Pomeroy

[aiw]

UNC with #1 SOS

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

UVA's EM will come down by about 3 points as their defense regresses. It shouldn't be possible to have the best defense ever recorded by 2.7 points per 100.

 

[CMon85]

Were like .4pts on defense from moving up 12-13 spots.

 

[aiw]

Nice

 

[aiw]

D up to #68. Damn you, Pomeroy!

 

[LastHearth]

O dropped but is still #2, D improved to 64.

 

[aiw]

Defense #60 now. We're winning the Natty Champers.

 

[aiw]

We're in the 50s!

 

[CMon85]

I just looked and it was 60, refreshed it and it went to 61. But still, up 40+ spots in 5-6 games is pretty wild.

 

[LastHearth]

Now at 59

 

[Slap the Floor]

This is encouraging. Defense will need to continue to improve to help offset the poor FT shooting and low IQ.

 

[sjsj2448]

58 now.

I do wonder where it would be if UVA could hit 10 foot jumpers against a zone.

 

[Slap the Floor]

58 now.

I do wonder where it would be if UVA could hit 10 foot jumpers against a zone.

That's a good shot to allow.

 

[SeanMayTriedToEatMe]

The thing about 10 footers is that they are just about the worst shots a team will ever take against Duke. So it doesn't really matter how good Virginia was at hitting them. If they were taking them, the defense Duke was playing at the time was working.

 

[sjsj2448]

The thing about 10 footers is that they are just about the worst shots a team will ever take against Duke. So it doesn't really matter how good Virginia was at hitting them. If they were taking them, the defense Duke was playing at the time was working.

Makes sense. One of most difficult 2 pointers.

 

[LastHearth]

We climbed from 108 to 59 in the span of 6 games, that's almost as impressive as the 2015 6 game rise in the tournament. If we can keep playing defense at the sub .90 adjusted defense level you have to like our chances rest of the way.

 

[StopThePumpFakesShav]

We climbed from 108 to 59 in the span of 6 games, that's almost as impressive as the 2015 6 game rise in the tournament. If we can keep playing defense at the sub .90 adjusted defense level you have to like our chances rest of the way.

It is not even in the same ballpark as the six game stretch in 2015 because, among other things, (1) you’re just leapfrogging other bad defensive teams to get to 58 as opposed to 2015 when we leapt ahead of some elite defenses to finish where we did and (2) you’re doing doing it with a smaller amount of games played to date versus 2015 when everyone already had 30 games in the system.

 

[best4heisman]

D up to 50. Have to wonder where we'd be if not for that horrendous opening to conference play against BC, FSU, and State.

 

[torontoduke]

I'm encouraged by the D - just keep it up against the fast-paced teams coming up on the schedule.

 

[rome8180]

Down to 51 after five minutes at 50. Unacceptable.