In Wednesday’s ACC action, NC State took out Alcorn State 87-64 - no big surprise - and Virginia survived Vermont 61-55, which might have surprised some but not us.
Vermont has become a solid program. They knocked off St. John’s the other day and like UVA are a good defensive team.
Virginia’s problem, so far, has been offense. It wasn’t that bad in this one actually. Mamadi Diakite scored 19 to lead the way and three other starters scored at least nine points.
Surprisingly, the bigger problem was on defense: The Cavs had trouble controlling Vermont’s Anthony Lamb, who scored 30, nearly scoring more than the 34 Syracuse managed in Virginia’s season opener.