Frankly, when these things occur they’re hard to miss.
But attention must be paid when Miami scores 14 points in the first half, falling behind by 20 against an estimable team like Purdue, only to rally to victory. All without star guard Chris Lykes, a first team All-ACC selection out with an injured ankle.
Or when Clemson holds Maryland to 15 points and 26.1 percent shooting in the first half, leading to a comfortable victory in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Later counterbalanced by Louisville’s 18 first-half points in a delayed Challenge drubbing at Wisconsin.
For all the recent thought given to goosing college scoring, all the tinkering across the years, anemic halves keep popping up in the ACC and elsewhere.