Let’s get this out of the way up front. This is a terrible matchup for the Hoos. Here’s the quick review we did immediately after the brackets were announced.
All season long, the Virginia Cavaliers have struggled against teams that can shoot the basketball, and in particular against teams with bigs who can shoot. Teams have had success spreading the floor with four-out and five-out lineups. The Pack Line is designed to keep the ball out of the paint and force tough outside shots, but if a team is content to shoot from outside and doesn’t try to get the ball inside, that can take a lot of the teeth out of Virginia’s defense.