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[QUOTE="SU2NASA, post: 1717436, member: 800"]
And the officiating was the biggest thing that screwed up UVa.  I think you can split the game into three distinct sections:

The first half, we were getting to the basket but we were getting hacked almost at-will.  Perrantes had a few shots out of his mind, but overall, the UVa offense only scored 35 points.  The difference was the officiating and finishing/calls at the rim.

The first 10 minutes of the second half were called starkly different.  Three fouls were called on UVa within the first 2 minutes coming out of the locker room.  These were non-shooting fouls so the game was played at a stalemate score wise during this time.

Syracuse hit the bonus with just under 9 minutes left, when we started our run.  As UVa started getting into foul trouble, and we were now in the bonus, and you can see them backing away on our drives and not contesting/hacking as they were in the first half.  Outside of the threes hit by Mal and Tyler, I believe every other point came from a layup or foul shot.

Obviously the press creating turnovers gave us more possessions, and UVa's ineptness on offense helped, but as far as the offense we put up to outscore them 29-8 down the stretch, but I'm of the opinion that the lack of calls is what enabled them to create the lead, and they were caught off guard and unprepared to correct when those plays started getting called.
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