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Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

And as Duke has been the class of the ACC, Virginia has been right there, right behind them.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

And this is another one versus two, at least in the conference, matchup on Saturday.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

So, Jason, let's talk about their metrics.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

Talk about why they are so good.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

Start with the offense.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

I'm sure you're probably going to start with the defense because we normally talk about defense when it comes to Virginia.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

Going back to the defense, I think the one thing that I always see with Virginia that has carried over from the pack line defense that Tony Bennett had to Ryan Odom's defense is they are always good at just keeping guys in front of them.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

And frustrating them by, as you mentioned, having a slow tempo, making it where you're running the shot clock out and at with two or one left on the clock, you're throwing up a bad shot because you realize that the clock is about to expire.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

They're not trying to go necessarily for steals.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

Yeah, they may try on occasion.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

They may try to force you to throw the ball away with some traps, but they're not a team that's going to force you.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

They're not going to go for broke is the real answer here.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

They're going to try and keep guys in front of them and make it where you are frustrated.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

You have to try and pass the ball around to get a good shot.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

And then after that...

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

You sit there with two, three seconds left on the clock.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

You go, we're 27 seconds in.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

We haven't got a good shot.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

I just got to throw the ball up and hope that I can get the rebound and start over.

Duke Basketball Roundup
DBR Bites #147 - Pivotal Cavalier Showdown

So that's kind of what they do on defense.