After two tough road games, the Virginia Cavaliers return home for a nationally televised, big-time showdown against their in-state “rivals” in front of the ESPN College Gameday crowd. I use quotes there because the “rivalry” in basketball is only slightly less one-sided than it is in football. Sure the Hokies have won 14 straight in football, but the Hoos are 12-3 against the Hokies since 2011.
That record includes a 78-52 shellacking at Cassell Coliseum just over a month ago. The Hoos never trailed in that one, and had a double digit lead just 9 minutes in.