After watching Virginia hang tough with North Carolina today,
I think enough evidence has accumulated to prove there has been a seismic shift
in Virginia basketball. Virginia is now
a legitimate team, and not just a legitimate team by virtue of a good year or
two from a lucky recruiting class, but a legitimate program. Any team might get
lucky and have a chance to pull off a big upset, but how UVA did it shows they
will be a team to watch out for in years to come. How they hung with UNC was not a fluke, but a
continuation of how they’ve been playing all year, and all the credit has to
start with Tony Bennett.
