It was the timing of the GT cancellation that affected them imo. Once they were eliminated from winning the ACC, which didn't happen until Saturday night after they beat Duke, the UNC game took on a far, far less significant meaning for them. Sunday it gets announced that the UNC game is at 3:30 and not in primetime. Tuesday's rankings cemented their elimination from CFP consideration, and then their final game was cancelled on Friday. It must have been a miserable week at the Hecht culminating in the choreographed ***-raping we witnessed on Saturday. The ACC title carrot was dangled in front of them for 4 months and when that fell through it was all over.