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Syracuse women's basketball re-groups as margin for error vanishes in NCAA Tournament

Syracuse, N.Y. -- In retrospect, Syracuse women's basketball coach Quentin Hillsman was the lucky one.

During the moment, Hillsman said he was unaware that the Orange was going 0-16 from the floor and scoring just five points in the final quarter of his team's 85-70 loss to Virginia Tech in its first game of the ACC Tournament on March 1.

"I've never been a part of a situation to where you don't make a shot in a quarter,'' Hillsman said. "I didn't realize it until I got the stat sheet at the end of the game. No clue.