Jason Evans

But they took 35 threes and only 22s.

They ended up shooting just 29% from the field.

It is the first time since November of 2024, a year and a half ago, that Virginia has shot less than 30% from the field in a game.

And I want to note something that happened with this Duke team on January 3rd.

I've talked about this a little bit, but I really want to articulate it.

Duke switched the defense they were playing.

Over the Christmas break, over the New Year's break, Duke stopped switching as much as they were because Texas Tech showed us that that's not going to work.

You switch a little guard onto Cam and Pat.

That's not something Duke wants to be doing every possession, and Texas Tech did it almost every time against us.

That is how they made their big comeback.

And John Shire took Christmas time to say, well, hey, coaching staff, let's remake the defense completely.

And Duke doesn't switch the way they did.

And that January 3rd game was against Florida State.

And that was the game after that game.

It's where Duke really started implementing this new look defense.

Since then, you know.

Duke has the number one defensive efficiency in the nation.

I mean, Duke has the number one defensive efficiency in the nation anyway.

But since then, since that January 3rd game, it's ridiculous.

Like, our difference, the difference between us and the number two team in defensive efficiency, the number two team, by the way, since January 3rd is Florida.