Virginia needed two OTs on Tuesday to win at Notre Dame. Saturday, the ‘Hoos make the trek to Chestnut Hill for another ACC road test, at Boston College.
Game Details
Virginia (17-3, 6-2 ACC, NET: 14) at Boston College (9-11, 2-5 ACC, NET: 156)
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
TV: The CW (Thom Brennaman/Eddie House)
Forecast
KenPom: Virginia 74-61
BartTorvik: Virginia 72-60
ESPN BPI: Virginia +13.0
First half
Media timeout: Boston College 10-9, 15:22/1st
The defense is lacking in intensity: blowby dunk with no help behind from Thijs de Ridder, foul on a light closeout on a made three.
Media timeout: Boston College 16-15, 11:46/1st
Porous interior defense: BC is 6-of-9 in the paint.
Media timeout: Boston College 23-19, 7:28/1st
Playing with the food continues.
On offense: 8-of-21 FG, 2-of-9 3FG, 6-of-12 in the paint.
On defense: 10-of-18 FG, 2-of-5 3FG, 8-of-13 in the paint.
Offensive rebounds: 42.9 percent, but just four second-chance points on the six boards.
Media timeout: Boston College 30-25, 1:58/1st
Our guys are 2-of-15 from three; 9-of-15 in the paint.
I’m surprised that the paint shots are that high.
This is just atrocious.
Halftime: Boston College 32, Virginia 27
There should be paint coming off the walls in the locker room after that monstrosity.
BC shot 50 percent (14-of-28) and was 3-of-7 from three, and had 11 makes in the paint.
Virginia shot 36.4 percent (12-of-33), was 2-of-16 from three, and 10-of-16 in the paint.
It feels not like an effort thing, but an attention-to-detail thing.
Settling for contested threes on offense, in particular.
The paint defense got better: BC started 6-of-9, was 5-of-12 after.
This one is about the offensive efficiency.
