ACC Roundup – Virginia Absolutely Crushes Arkansas

Virginia was just spectacular against #12 Arkansas, building a 27-point lead in the second half before winning 91-72.

The ‘Hoos basically put the Hogs on a spit and roasted them for 40 minutes. Virginia forced Arkansas to play slower than they wanted, and just took control of the game.

UVA forced 15 turnovers, got 15 offensive rebounds that were converted to 28 second-chance points.

Interestingly, Virginia dominated Arkansas despite quite early foul trouble from ACC Player of the Year candidate Thijs De Ridder, who picked up three in the first half.

Despite that, Virginia had a 19-7 run to close out the first half. Now the question is this: are they really that good? Or did Arkansas just lay an…