The No. 4 Virginia Cavaliers had a chance to pick up a huge road win in the ACC against No. 1 Duke on Saturday evening, but fell just short 72-70. It was Virginia’s first loss of the season and their first ACC road loss since the end of the 2017 season.
There’s a lot to takeaway from the first of (at least) two matchups with the Blue Devils, so let’s get to it.
Three point shooting was...bad
Virginia doesn’t live by the three and die by the three, but their cold shooting from outside was the difference in the game today.