After playing three games in three days in the Bahamas and then traveling to College Park for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Virginia Basketball deserved a bit of a break. They got it twofold. First, the Hoos got four full days of rest. Second, they now face a low major team ranked 324th by KenPom.
The Morgan State Bears are 2-4, with home wins over Navy and Mount St Mary’s. They are coming off a close road loss to George Mason, which frankly isn’t too bad. Though Mason isn’t the same team that went to a Final Four over a decade ago, they’re still an Atlantic-10 team, and playing them close on the road is an achievement for Morgan State and their coach Todd Bozeman.