last year, after trailing at the half, bennett made a major adjustment at halftime. he used his forwards to take the pass inside the free throw line, then dribble chukwu out to the perimeter. leaving a huge gap in the middle of the zone that pascal was not quick enough to cover. virginia eviscerated the zone that half and went on to win by 26.
ty jerome & de'andre hunter are gone and i don't know if bennet has the talent to try this again, but i hope he does, because i want to see what adjustments jb has made to the zone to react to it.
i don't think the syracuse defense is in top form yet, but i hope to see it competent and hold virginia to around 1.1 points per possession . . . hopefully less. but i don't think uva's defense will be in top form, either, and i hope to see the good ball movement and shooting continue.
dolezaj has never had a good offensive game against virginia; last year he had an offensive rating of 19 in that game, by far his worst of the season. i'm hoping he gets going against them this year. i don't think we'll see it this game, but at some point i would love to see a lineup with dolezaj playing a version of point center surrounded by four shooters - eli, bobby and any two of jgiii, brycen & buddy.
