14 points in a half is criminal.

whats not being talk about his how Virginia winning roughly 22 games without having the talent its needs to be to be a consistent sweet 16 team

We need a rise and fall of Villanova basketball

fun fact: virginia's 14 points at halftime matches the notoriously low scoring Virginia Tech vs NC State game from 2019 in terms of losing team's first half points.

Good job using Ken-Pom for your stats and reasoning. Stats don’t play the games, players do. Let me help you out a little bit on where Virginia is right now. The Tournament runs they had from 2014 - 2016, they had an inside presence on both ends of the floor. Akil Mitchell, Darin Atkins for defense, Anthony Gill for offense. In 2017, it was much like this year, they were young and only had London Perrantes and a bunch of outside unreliable scorers. They had a guy Austin Nichols transfer in and he would have been the inside presence they needed, but he got kicked out of school. The National Champions on this roster were freshmen and sophomores. 2018, The young class came of age and found that inside presence in DeAndre Hunter. Hunter hurt his wrist in the ACC tournament and didn’t play in the UMBC upset. Had, he played, things may have been different. That team was the most efficient team Tony Bennett has had at UVA. They were satisfying to watch. See the Duke game. 2019, Diakite emerged as a second option on offense and the dominating presence on defense they needed to win it. 2020, heavy turnover and COVID. 2021, even more turnover and this was the beginning of UVA not having a dominant scorer on the inside. Jay Huff was supposed to be that, but he was better suited as a stretch. The 2021 team was a great offensive team, but bad defensively because it was made up of transfers who are NBA players, Sam Hauser, Tre Murphy but they had no time to grasp the defensive concepts and once again, there was no inside presence on the offensive end. 2022, lots of roster turnover and once again, no inside presence on either end of the floor. Jayden Gardner was a transfer brought in for inside scoring, but he was undersized. 2023, much more of the same no inside presence and all the players 6-8 and above, as average as they were, graduated or transferred out except Ryan Dunn. So this year again, no size at all in the inside and the numbers show it. Bad defense, bad rebounding, no points in the paint. So for Virginia, it’s not a system problem, it’s a personnel problem. To be deliberate on the offensive end and stingy on the defensive end, a dominant presence on the interior is needed and they haven’t had one since 2020. An inside presence gets you two points when you need them and stabilizes the game when the jumpers aren’t falling.

A couple of things, 1) UVa was without the best player on thr team against umbc. 2) UVa had done something completely different than the ACC, they win in a different style. 3) Wahoo-Wa.

"Virginia basketball is the equivalent to Iowa football..."

95% of teams would trade everything for a Natty. Virginia isn’t some blue blood, just a team with a unique style that works well when they have decent at worst offensive players and not their offensive equivalent of a JUCO squad. There is not a single player on that squad that can generate offense single-handedly, due to transfers and busts out of the portal. An offensive change is likely necessary, however anyone that watched this team play knew that when they would lose they lost big time. An unfortunate end but a predictable one. Will be very interesting to see how the offense changes.

This video is a joke. They had a down year and a very bad game. Coaches are adjusting to the transfer portal and NIL. TB actually got a lot out of this time to finish 3rd in the ACC. They tied for the conference regular season last year and have a solid recruiting class. They have the best record in the ACC over the last 10 years. Kentucky is 1-4 in the last four tournaments. Should they fire Cal? Fans are ridiculous. If you don't like UVA then do not watch.

Fall is crazy 23 wins ……

Longtime UVa fan: It's definetly heartbreaking. It feels like we sold our soul to win the national championship in 2019 and its depressing to see now. It felt like the stars finally aligned , and despite having the pieces there to build another championship roster stubbornness, and bad luck have ruined what could've been something special in C'ville.

I feel like this correlates with the NIL stuff. I wouldnt be shocked that they cant get good players anymore because of it

Towards the end it starts to sound like Michigan football. But the plus side is being attractive to defensive transfers. Not prevalent in bball.

It is painful to watch a game with Virginia. It is such a slow down game, the opposition ends up playing a similar game. The problem with Virginia, is stars do not want to play that style of play. Even when they won it all, they only had 2 players that were somewhat stars. They just was so good at running their defense and offense. My Tarheels beat Virginia at Virginia this year. First time in a dozen years or so. Such a tough place to play when they good. This is Bennett's offense. He may lose his job if he cannot get better athletes.

After seeing the halftime score I was second guessing if it was a Basketball game or a Football game

I've been curious...where does this stat info come from?

Fall? Crazy reach bro

Tony was a good coach at WSU. That 2007 team with Klay Thompson had good O and D, and they made the Sweet 16.

Virginia should have never got in the tournament this year definitely think some of the other teams that got left out wouldnt have had 14 points thru one half for sure

Transfer portal really bother Virginia basketball. It’s indeed hard to attract players who try to put more numbers on their stats

When Wisconsin is eliminated release a rise and fall of Wisconsin basketball

I love the iowa football comparison

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Anyone shocked by this latest result has not paid attention to the Bennett family at all. The offense and defense they run is especially susceptible to this going back to his father Dick at Wisconsin.

You should make a video on the fall of Vcu basketball

how did St. John's not make the tourny?

Virginia is fine. Poor 3pt shooting and free throw shooting doomed them. Heavy roster turnover has hurt Virginia. Look at Kentucky they have basically nba players but they have been booted quickly as well.

5 of 29 shotting in the 1st half was pathetic. No offensive rebounds.

It’s more like the fall, rise, and fall again of UVA.

That was absolutely awful. Indiana State really got the shaft.....

After winning the 2019 championship Virginia couldn't win a tournament game. They always have a perfect regular but a bad post season.

Everyone is sleeping on Colorado State

Bennett should have stayed at Washington State. I know he got a natty, but he also was the first coach of a 1-seed to ever lose to a 16-seed. More infamous than famous. Go Cougs.

I think Bennet will leave in 2-3 years. He is not a fan of what college basketball is becoming.

Seton Hall Robbed

The style of play doesn’t work anymore. He will have to evolve. And if he can’t… he is done as a big time college basketball coach.

How the Cavaliers have fallen

The UMBC game was not out of nowhere and you are being disingenuous. They lost their best player and biggest offensive threat prior to that game. You have a team that reiles heavily on defense and its best offensive player is out with injury? If he had palyed, that is likely a win. SO, I wouldn't call that out of nowhere.

I mean they haven’t fully fell off

Adapt or die

They never should’ve won their ring in 2019. They got supremely lucky

Is Tony Bennett on the hot seat?

So fuckin dumb Its not a "fall" if they are still going to thr tournament every year.

I’m really tired of this team. They always disappear when NCAA tournament time comes

Tony Bennett is so overrated

haha

This is karma for double dribbling their way to a championship in 2019

You forgot to mention the double dribble in the final four