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(02-18-2019 12:02 PM)Recluse1 Wrote:  

(02-18-2019 11:16 AM)Cataclysmo Wrote:  The hot takes on Virginia are my favorite part of being on the bandwagon. They went undefeated in the freaking ACC last year and people really had the opinion that "they just can't score enough to win in March".

But they couldn't, because they didn't.... http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketb...retrievers

Slow ball of their variety doesn't win championships.
Look at who did take the whole thing(Villanova), then compare the two.

Sorry, but it's easy to be efficient when you play the way they do. Unfortunately, this isn't boxing where if both fighters are still standing, judges give you points for being efficient and methodical.
If someone can really light it up, you have to score too. No amount of defensive clout will ever overcome someone who can just flat out score at an elite level. For that reason, they're never going to be a championship team.

The two Villanova championship team were 290th and 233 respectively in offensive tempo.

The Wisconsin team that lost a close game to Duke in the National Championship finished 350th in offensive tempo. There are different ways to "light it up."

Using one freaking awful game from Virginia to judge their entire program is stupid. And again this year's team is better offensively by a wide margin over last years.