Clemson does their best MU impression

[brewcity77]

Anyone watching this Clemson/UNC finish? Clemson led by 14 in the second half, but UNC crawled back in and eventually took a lead. Clemson retook the lead and built it up to 7, then started wasting clock with less than 4 minutes to play. UNC got back into it, going on a 7-0 run to force overtime, and the Tarheels are now leading 88-84 with 16.6 to play in overtime. They had the game in hand and gave it away. I feel for the Tigers today.

[NickelDimer]

Yep, Clemson took the air out up 7 with plenty of game left, and paid dearly.  Terrible coaching decision.

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

Barnes is pretty good. Clemson gave him a few open looks today and he made some great plays. I can see why he got so much pub.

[Lennys Tap]

Barnes is pretty good. Clemson gave him a few open looks today and he made some great plays. I can see why he got so much pub.

He really good - he's not the same player I saw in November/December.

[Pakuni]

Anyone watching this Clemson/UNC finish? Clemson led by 14 in the second half, but UNC crawled back in and eventually took a lead. Clemson retook the lead and built it up to 7, then started wasting clock with less than 4 minutes to play. UNC got back into it, going on a 7-0 run to force overtime, and the Tarheels are now leading 88-84 with 16.6 to play in overtime. They had the game in hand and gave it away. I feel for the Tigers today.

So did Notre Dame last night.
And Miami yesterday. And Virginia a couple of days ago. And West Virginia Wednesday night. And Illinois yesterday. And Villanova Tuesday night. And UNC earlier this year against Duke. And UW at Michigan State earlier in the year.

I know when MU blows a second-half lead there's plenty of teeth-gnashing around here (some of it justified), but it's hardly an exceptionally rare event for a team to come back from a late deficit - even a double-digit deficit - to win a game.
I'm not saying this to justify MU's blown leads .... it sucked. Yet it seems some totally lose perspective when it happens and act as if MU were the first team to blow a lead.