Seventy-five seconds into Saturday’s senior day game against rival Maryland, Dave Leitao spotted something that only coaches see and immediately felt good karma.

Diane hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 38 seconds left to lift the Cavaliers to a stunning 68-63 victory at John Paul Jones Arena.

While the Terrapins (18-11, 7-8) will be fighting for their NCAA Tournament lives, the Cavaliers will be playing out the string — with Diane on their minds.

John Brandenburg’s technical foul in the waning moments of the lopsided loss to Clemson on Tuesday night definitely fell under the category of “silly freshman mistake.”

After a 75-57 demolition of Virginia, Clemson coach Oliver Purnell said it was very important that his team had gotten the win — and not just because it was Senior Night or for a potential bye in next week’s ACC Tournament.

Call this one the Meltdown in Tiger Town.

“Obviously, you’re the one who’s driving the bus, so a lot of times it starts and ends with you,” said Virginia coach Dave Leitao.

Wake Forest, behind 12 points apiece from Al-Farouq Aminu, Jeff Teague and Chas McFarland, handed Virginia its third straight loss — a 70-60 setback in front of a crowd of 11,065.

March Madness — or as they say around these parts nowadays, March Sadness — arrived overnight without a whimper.

So what happens when the best shooting team in the ACC meets up with the worst offensive and defensive squad?

White-knuckle time — it usually brings out the very best and the very worst in teams as they try to win in the clutch.

Well, save for freshman Sylven Landesberg, Leitao may want to his reassess the unit that started the Cavaliers’ 72-67 loss in front of a crowd of 16,353 at the RBC Center.

Sportswriters aren’t supposed to pull for players they cover. We’re supposed to be unbiased, uncaring. We’re supposed to be the Switzerland of the sports world — neutral.

This afternoon in Raleigh, N.C., the Wahoos (9-13, 3-8 ACC) — flying high after back-to-back wins — take on N.C. State.

UVa — behind 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists from freshman Sylven Landesberg, some unexpected intangibles from Tunji Soroye off the bench and defense that held the visitors to 37-percent shooting — dunked the Hokies, 75-61, in front of a fired-up crowd of 11,174.