The #5 Louisville Cardinals will host the defending national champion Virginia Cavaliers Saturday in the KFC Yum! Center. The Cards have struggled mightily against UVA since joining the ACC winning just once.
Tony Bennett’s squad 15-6 is not as ‘unbeatable’ in 2019-2020 as we’ve seen in year’s past, but the signature Pack Line Defense remains the best in college basketball…… but the Hoos can’t score. UVA has been one of the worst offenses in college basketball.
Virginia has solid wins on the season beating Syracuse, Vermont, Arizona State, North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Clemson and Florida State. In fact, UVA has won its last 3 games. But there are some troublesome losses: a 29-point loss to Purdue, an 11-point loss to South Carolina and a loss to Boston College.
– | Louisville | Virginia |
Strength of Schedule (Ken Pom) | 59th | 73rd |
PPG | 75.9 (41st) | 56.0 (350th) |
Avg Scoring Margin | 12.9 (9th) | 5.6 (74th) |
Field Goal % | 46.4% (37th) | 40.1% (315th) |
Effective FG% | 53.9% (27th) | 45.3% (329th) |
2-pt FG % | 50.1% (132nd) | 47.6% (241st) |
3-pt FG % | 40.3% (4th) | 27.6% (346th) |
FT % | 72.8% (106th) | 70.2% (197th) |
Team Fouls Per Game | 17.0 (131st) | 13.3 (3rd) |
Opp Team Fouls Per Game | 17.5 (185th) | 14.4 (344th) |
FT Attempted Per Game | 19.0 (147th) | 13.8 (341st) |
Opp FT Attempted Per Game | 16.1 (60th) | 11.5 (1st) |
Opp Shooting % | 37.3% (5th) | 35.7% (1st) |
Opp Effective FG% | 43.3% (6th) | 42.1% (3rd) |
Opp 2-pt FG % | 43.0% (14th) | 41.0% (4th) |
Opp 3-Pt FG % | 29.1% (19th) | 29.0% (17th) |
Rebound Rate | 54.4% (20th) | 53.7% (34th) |
Assists Per Game | 14.5 (50th) | 11.3 (286th) |
Turnovers Per Game | 12.6 (102nd) | 12.5 (94th) |
Blocks Per Game | 3.0 (173rd) | 4.4 (42nd) |
Steals Per Game | 5.3 (272nd) | 5.7 (237th) |
Opp Turnovers Per Game | 11.6 (307th) | 12.7 (215th) |
Opp Blocks Per Game | 3.0 (116th) | 2.3 (13th) |
Opp Steals Per Game | 6.1 (137th) | 7.2 (287th) |
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