Virginia Basketball Double Bonus: North Carolina

The Virginia basketball team needed a last-second shot from Tomas Woldetensae to grab a 64-62 win at North Carolina, but that continued UVA’s recent success in the series. The Hoos have won six straight games in the series and swept two regular season meetings this year for the first time since 2001-2002.

Beyond Woldetensae’s shot, there were some more interesting things within the game. The Double Bonus returns for a closer look.

Wrinkle Repeated

The Cavaliers turned to a different sort of look on offense throughout the game with the Tar Heels. The basic concept is to present some false motion to move the defense around and then have a screener sprint into a spread ball screen. UVA has been using spread ball screen looks with Kihei Clark frequently this season, but this is a different way to get into that look that potentially can create more space.

It certainly worked against Carolina. The Wahoos, for example, scored at least 11 points on in the first half.

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