I was pretty shocked when I looked at Virginia's stats in the ACC. They really stand out in two areas:
1. They are #2 in rebounding and #1 in rebounding margin versus opponents.
2, They are #1 in assists and #1 in assist/TO ratio.
That is obviously a powerful combination.
One clue in how to beat them - Wake Forest took them to triple overtime by shooting 51% from the field. So they do have defensive lapses.
I think we will need to do three things:
1. Try to keep them off of the boards as best we can.
2. Shoot lights out from outside, which we can do.
3. The usual - limit our own TO's and keep as close as possible to Virginia's TO level. That will be especially important in this game.
1. They are #2 in rebounding and #1 in rebounding margin versus opponents.
2, They are #1 in assists and #1 in assist/TO ratio.
That is obviously a powerful combination.
One clue in how to beat them - Wake Forest took them to triple overtime by shooting 51% from the field. So they do have defensive lapses.
I think we will need to do three things:
1. Try to keep them off of the boards as best we can.
2. Shoot lights out from outside, which we can do.
3. The usual - limit our own TO's and keep as close as possible to Virginia's TO level. That will be especially important in this game.