If it were a homicide, the cause of death would have been strangulation.
State lost to Virginia by 20, but with 9:35 left, this was an eight point game with Virginia up 41-49.
Virginia took State apart in the closing minutes. State finished with 53 points - 12 more - and Virginia finished with 73 - 24 more.
We wrote yesterday about not particularly enjoying Virginia's style of basketball, but there's no denying it can be brutally effective. Know how Vegas adopted a shark mascot because Jerry Tarkanian, for better or worse, was the living heartbeat of that program?