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(03-06-2019 06:28 AM)OldenburgCat Wrote:  

(03-04-2019 09:09 PM)jarr Wrote:  Virginia is really.good. They might be better offensively than defensively.

UVA is similar to UC in that they both preach defense over offense. Their style is very similar to the Huggs/Mick model and it doesn't translate well in March, unfortunately. It's a shame because I love Tony Bennett. I think he's a Top 5 Coach in CBB.

They are second in the nation in adjusted offense. They have been a top ten offense multiple times. Plenty of great defensive teams make runs. (In fact I showed the numbers last year defense is slightly more important than offense though deep runs almost always require both great d and o) . It's only a matter of time before Virginia makes a deep run. If they keep putting this type of team on the floor they'll win championships. Villanova had lost in the second round like 4 straight years then suddenly won 2 titles in 3.