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Everything Chris Mack said after Louisville’s loss to Virginia
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You can see video of Mack’s postgame press conference
Opening Statement:
Playing Virginia can be frustrating because they are so solid. If you had told me before the game that we would have held them, one of the top 10 three-point field goal efficiency teams in the country and how much they rely on the three, to go three-for-15 from the three and only had three turnovers for the entire game, I would have thought it was ours for the taking. I thought they are a very physical team and I say that with all the respect in the world. They do a terrific job of bodying your drives and playing on that fine line of legal versus hands-on. They just do a really good job. Our guards struggle against that physicality. You know we had our chances in the second half. We cut it to four and come out of that and miss two free throws and then we foul a three-point shooter at the other end because we don’t execute
Virginia foils Louisville yet again, 68-58
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As it turns out, not everything about this pandemic season is different.
In a game that felt eerily similar to a majority of Louisville-Virginia games of the recent past, the Cavaliers plodded out to an early lead over their hosts, held off a couple of U of L runs, and ultimately walked away with a 68-58 victory.
With the win coupled with Florida State’s loss, Virginia locked up its 25th consecutive ACC regular season title. Or at least it feels that way. I don’t know what the actual statistic is and I’m not going to look it up.