The Virginia Cavaliers pulled out a narrow 73-70 victory against their first legitimate competition of the season, a talented and athletic Florida squad. Reece Beekman’s last-minute steal iced the game for the ‘Hoos, but the story of the game was true freshman Blake Buchanan’s breakout performance: the Idaho product put up 18 points and seven rebounds in his second career game.
Here’s how our view of Virginia’s major contributors changed following the big win:
(A note on these stock up/stock down columns: players are graded relative to expectations entering the game, not on an overall good/bad scale.