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Five takeaways from Virginia basketball’s NCAA Tournament collapse to Furman

In tragically typical fashion, the Virginia Cavaliers lost a heart-breaker to the Furman Paladins today, 68-67. Despite leading by double digits numerous times throughout the game, the ‘Hoos simply fell apart in the final minutes. With the loss and the conclusion of UVA’s season, we have five takeaways.

Virginia chokes in March yet again

For starters, any pessimism or overall negativity about UVA not succeeding in March Madness has to be taken with the behemoth of salt that is the 2019 National Championship. It doesn’t matter if the Cavaliers don’t win an NCAA Tournament game for a decade, you take that title and make the deal with the devil every single gosh darn time.