In a surprising turn of events, the Notre Dame men's basketball team, which has previously suffered significant losses this season and is ranked No. 223 in KenPom, achieved a remarkable victory over Virginia, leading by as much as 18 points during the game. Notre Dame maintained their lead into the final media timeout with 3:35 left on the clock, with a score of 71-46. The game concluded with Notre Dame securing a 76-54 win, effectively blowing out Virginia. This victory comes as a stark contrast to Notre Dame's earlier 20-point loss to The Citadel and a 10-point loss to Western Carolina. The win over Virginia is particularly notable as it follows a press conference by Micah Shrewsberry 10 days prior, suggesting that his message had a significant impact on the team. Meanwhile, Virginia's performance raised concerns, with a lack of shot creation and an inability to compete effectively in the ACC highlighted by their 22-point loss and a poor start where they missed their first seven shots and quickly fell behind.
#UVa missed its first seven shots, fell behind by double digits before the first media timeout and never recovered in a lopsided loss at Notre Dame on Saturday. https://t.co/1hXgWbAdEy https://t.co/e1S9pNnjNQ
UVA has no shot creation. This team is really limited and just not all that good. Memphis popped them in the mouth, and losing to this Notre Dame team by 22 is a really bad look. They’ve got a lot to improve if they’re to compete in this ACC. https://t.co/rn3UZozYNw
This press conference came 10 days ago, after Notre Dame lost to The Citadel by 20 points at home. Today, the Fighting Irish blew out Virginia, 76-54. I guess Micah Shrewsberry got his point across. https://t.co/uoBhNBGu8M
Final media timeout of the afternoon comes with 3:35 left as Notre Dame leads #UVa 71-46.
A Notre Dame men's basketball team that lost by 20 to The Citadel, 10 to Western Carolina and ranks No. 223 in KenPom is currently up 18 on Virginia.