Virginia left the game with positive results on two major percentage points.
“We let Virginia's pressure bother us,” Marshall Coach Cornelius Jackson said. “They're physical."
“I’m telling you, that’s a good team,” Hampton Coach Ivan Thomas said.
“We salute you."
“It was one thing to see [Virginia] on tape, but another thing to kind of experience that in person,” Eagles Coach Levelle Moton said.
The tortoise has become the hare. Fast basketball? Some conqueror rewrote the source code.
“Really proud of the way they responded in the second half,” Odom said. “Shots weren’t falling in the first."
Beneath the eerie glow of the Scott Stadium lights and within the hallowed walls of John Paul Jones arena, some nights were better left forgotten.
Who exactly are these guys?
"You put me in any scenario, and I'll make sure we win.”
“For both teams to be in pressure situations there,” Odom said postgame, “invaluable experience."
Three basketball writers from The Cavalier Daily give their thoughts.
"This one's been a lot different," Odom said during a press conference Sept. 10.
The new leader of Virginia men's basketball, and some players, offered an inside look at offseason plans.
A frenetic offseason likely awaits.
