The Virginia Cavaliers moved on in the bracket after a roller-coaster affair against 16-seed Gardner-Webb on Friday. The Running Bulldogs came out and punched the Hoos in the mouth, getting out to a 14-point lead by the 7:30 mark of the first half. Virginia would proceed to trim that deficit to six points by the halftime break and take the lead for good at the 16:16 mark of the second half.
There were a lot of things to like and not like about Virginia’s first round game, so here are three takeaways from the game:
The demons were real, but so was the exorcism
There was a moment, nay, several moments, where you could practically see the ghosts of UMBC in the eyes of the Virginia players.