With 23 days until the start of the Virginia Basketball season, we take a look today at a new face who will be wearing #23, Nigel Johnson.
As a season of potential uncertainty dawns in Charlottesville, one newcomer to the Virginia Cavaliers has the potential to help the Hoos break a stereotype that has been following them since their rise to prominence.
UVA has ranked in the bottom-eight of Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted tempo ratings for the last four seasons, and ranked last of all teams in the country the past two years. Their average of 59 possessions per game was their lowest since the statistic was first tracked since 2001-02.