For the second game in a row, Virginia Cavaliers basketball faces a team that is almost entirely rebuilt from last year’s team. The George Washington Colonials lost their top three scorers from last year and four of the top six. They had only finished 196th in the country in offensive efficiency, so perhaps the impact will not be as dramatically felt as it otherwise could be.
Among the losses was Jair Bolden, who transferred to South Carolina after being the second-leading scorer and leading GW in assists last season. Then again, he was shooting under 37% from the field, and there’s really no way you can be an asset to your team shooting that poorly, especially with a usage rate of 22%.