Duke strangles Virginia, which shoots 33.3 percent in 59-49 loss in ACC title game
Virginia never could get things going on offense, shooting 33.3 percent on the night against a stout Duke defense.
Virginia never could get things going on offense, shooting 33.3 percent on the night against a stout Duke defense.
You might have heard that the Duke side feels that it was somehow shortchanged in its first game with Virginia this season, a 69-62 OT loss to the ‘Hoos in JPJ exactly one month ago.
For the second straight night, Virginia may have cost the ACC, and Virginia Athletics, some money, by knocking an opponent out of the ACC Tournament.
Virginia had its full arsenal on display in the ACC Tournament semifinals, devouring Clemson, 76-56. The win sets the stage for Saturday night’s championship of the 70th edition of the tournament and a rematch with red-hot Duke, which has won eight straight.
The eye test tells you that Virginia’s 76-56 win over Clemson in the ACC Tournament semifinals might have been the best performance of the 2022-2023 season for these ‘Hoos.
A 23-4 run over a 10 minute-plus stretch put Virginia in firm control, and the Cavaliers coasted from there to a too easy 76-56 win over Clemson in the ACC Tournament semifinals on Friday in Greensboro.
Virginia’s 68-59 over North Carolina in Thursday’s ACC Tournament quarterfinal action likely means one less ACC team will be heading into March Madness.
Kadin Shedrick was a healthy scratch in Virginia’s final two regular-season games, a massive comedown for a guy who started 14 of the first 15 games of the season, and played some pretty good basketball in that stretch.
Clemson, needing a win to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive, took control with a massive 31-6 second-half run that blitzed NC State out of the ACC Tournament by an 80-54 final on Thursday night.
The Virginia-North Carolina rubber match went to Virginia with a late knockout punch to the face of the Tar Heels, 68-59, that in all likelihood will send UNC packing for the wrong postseason tournament.
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