Texas Tech wrecks UVA easily.

Wrong team favored again. Should be TT -3.5 or -4.5 honestly. This defense will be remembered and talked about for years as one of the toughest after they complete the job and dismantle UVA.

UVA is nothing really special and is NOT a team of destiny. A combination of easy draw, luck, referees and other teams choking is why they fluked themselves here. They should have been out 2 rounds ago and are NOT deserving of champions like TT. Who have been soundly BEATING higher seeds without any help not like pathetic Virginia who been scraping by.

Have a hard time seeing how UVA will even score 50 here. Even against weak defenses, UVA struggles to score, it can get really ugly here against Texas Tech. Tech too physical, too disruptive and UVA simply won't get enough offense or pts from players other than Kyle Guy. Their bigs Salt, Diakite don't score jackshit. Ty Jerome and Hunter will probably give them no more than 15pts MAX. It's basically Guy coming off pin downs and flare screens catching and shooting in their wheel offense. Won't be enough to hurt Tech.

Texas Tech has better players, frontcourt is not as tall as UVA, but are stronger. UVA has never pulled away in any of their games. When their defense plays well and helps them go on a run, their offense messes it up and goes cold and allows all their opponents back in the game or to stay within the number.

I saw how these UVA fools looked soft and got owned against Florida State with their length and toughness. Texas Tech has all those same attributes, but is on another level to FSU.

Really, with that reliable defense that will be too tough for UVA, all Texas Tech needs to do here is reach 50. Can they? Yes.

Texas Tech 55-47 Virginia

GL

I can see either team win.  Flip a coin.  Guy seems to have that Rumeal Robinson magic tho

Bennett ball is kind of like D'Antoni ball in nba. It will never win a championship. UVA offense is too horrendous it goes cold too often.

You often see those graphics like '0 FG in last 6 mins' or '2 pts in last 8 mins' come up on the screen for UVA when they play. Their offense will fail them here and they'll fall behind against Tech and once Tech has the lead and control, you don't recover from that.

Very misleading stats and metrics on UVA offense and their efficiency. Also reputation of ACC is also reason why books make UVA favorite, but those are also misleading.

ACC was actually weak this year, apart from the top 3. FSU and VA Tech weren't that good. So all those conference wins UVA had where they dominated against most of the ACC shitters like BC, Wake, Pitt, Cuse don't really impress. You almost have to ignore those because it's almost like Gonzaga having their great numbers against weak WCC opponents. 

TTech has to win, all 5 starters are gone after tomorrow, they gotta win or who knows when Tech will ever get back to the title game.