UVA was sitting at #3 earlier this week, but has climbed to #2 based on results through Friday night (Feb 12). Villanova occupies the top spot. Duke checks in at #12. Virginia has the #11 offense and #10 defense with the defensive stats having improved greatly in our last four games. Duke checks in with the #2 offense and the #121 defense (yes, 121st!). In a nutshell, Duke can score, but they can't defend. Duke's 3-point shooting and UVA's ability to defend against it will be the key to this game. Both teams can score, but UVA can defend, albeit we struggle with the deep ball. Had the game been at a neutral court or at JPJ, I would guarantee the victory, but at Cameron there are many other factors. However, we are a team with senior leadership that does not get frazzled on the road (our earlier losses were just that we played poorly), and I think we will feed off the energy tonight. There are two monkeys we need to get off our back: 1) losing at Cameron, and 2) losing to Michigan State. Let's eliminate the first one tonight!
