🏀 Virginia vs Dayton, Saturday, 6 December 2025, 1200, ESPN2

Men's Basketball
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There is no world in which we are splitting tomorrow.

  1. Beat Dayton because win good

  2. Beat Dayton to ensure that UVA football claims it’s first ACC title

  3. Beat Dayton so Odom can $1 million handshake De’Shayne Montgomery in the post game salutations.

  4. Beat Dayton and show out in Charlotte, a fertile HS and portal recruiting ground

  5. Beat Dayton because it make @Hooandtrue happy

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Happy birthday, cuz.

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Happiest of them @DFresh11 !!

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Happy Birthday Fresh!! Hope you’re well into celebrating by now!

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I’m feeling pretty good about this game. We have the edge in some pretty significant categories:

         UVA     DAY
PTS:     87.6    80
Opp Pts: 67.8    70.4
REB:     43.4    33.3
BLK:      7.5     4.4
3PP:     37.9    33.5
TO:      75     113

So, while they generate about 3 more steals per game, they’re turning over the ball at a pretty high clip at 12.6 to our 9.4. Also, the rebound differential is entirely due to our huge advantage in OR. We have 130 to their 80. Finally, while they’ve gotten to the line 42 more times than us, they’ve only made 8 more.

I look for us to bully them in this game. 87-72

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Last I looked, we were #2 in offensive rebound rate on KenPom, which is an absolute departure from the Tony Bennett philosophy of avoiding offensive rebounds like the plague.

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And, I love Tony, but a welcome departure!

One of the most demoralizing features of the late TB era was watching other teams get 2, 3, or 4 long offensive rebounds off of missed 3s. Now it’s us getting those boards.

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Thank you very much

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And thank you so much!

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Preview from BUR weekend watchlist (not sure if pay link)

#62 Dayton vs. #24 Virginia (-5), 12 PM ET, ESPN2.

Both these teams excel via their usage of stretch-5s on offense, allowing them to open up the court for drives and mid-post attacking from their 4-men. Johann Grünloh (Virginia) and Amael L’Etang (Dayton) are not true high-volume threats from deep, but they can pull their opponent away from the bucket. That’s critical, as both players are effective rim protectors (particularly Grünloh).

That should allow for big games from other scorers: slashing wing Malik Thomas and mismatch forward Thijs De Ridder for the Cavaliers, jitterbug guard Javon Bennett and scoring wing De’Shayne Montgomery for the Flyers. Virginia just blitzed Texas’ overmatched defense, and rookie dynamo Chance Mallory has been a serious spark plug off the bench, as well.

Keonte Jones’ presence could be critical here. The Flyers’ late portal addition will be the best athlete on the court, using his lanky limbs to disrupt Virginia’s offensive flow. He can also be an effective slasher on offense, and if he gets De Ridder in foul trouble (the talented Belgian recently fouled out of back-to-back games against Marshall and Northwestern), that could swing the outcome of the game. - Jim Root

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Dayton fans eat fried gaetta

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I love the very specific Ohio references

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Outside of UC Dayton is Xs biggest rival.

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Pitino keeps lobbying for them to get in the big east

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It would be good to have them in conference and home n home.

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Anyone know what the new bag policy is at Spectrum?

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We’re thinking it’s going to be a massive UVA crowd today right?

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Good morning Charlotte!

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Dayton +6.5

Go Hoos

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Dayton fans walking around with beers already. Midwest is a different breed

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