Virginia 79 UNC 74: What We Learned

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY SportsUNC dropped a 79-74 decision at Virginia. Here is what we learned.

Another Weird Stat Game

Consider this.

Field goal shooting

UNC: 29-59(49.2%)

Virginia: 27-61(44.3%)

Three point shooting

UNC: 9-19(47.4%)

Virginia: 7-16(43.4%)

Free throw shooting

UNC: 7-13(53.8%)

Virginia: 18-21(85.7%)

ORB%

UNC: 39.4

Virginia: 36.1

FTR:

UNC: 22.0

Virginia 33.4

TO%

UNC: 20.2

Virginia: 12.4

eFG%

UNC: 56.8

Virginia: 50.0

Adjusted offensive efficiency

UNC: 112.8

Virginia: 120.5

Given Virginia's defense prowess nearly shooting 50% and posting an adjusted OE of 112.8 points to a solid offensive outing. Even in terms of the "four factors" it was a split with UNC winning on ORB% and eFG% while UVa won on TO% and…