Coming into tonight, Coach Jim Larranaga and the 'Canes staff knew they were facing a wounded animal in the Virginia Cavaliers.
UVA came into the game with back to back road losses to Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech, and badly needed to defend their home court.
And given that the Hoos were 27-1 over the past few years at home in the ACC, this game was clearly not going to be a walk in the park.
As expected Virginia came to play. And to compound things Miami was not particularly effective in several key areas.