Look at their 1st round tourney loss last season. Lost to a team that plays a similar style to us. That jumped on then and made UVA have to try and shoot the 3 to keep pace. If we can do the same we have a real chance. The Cavs want a low scoring affair. We have to make them find a way to play our game. Which will mean playing good interrupt defense. A weakness for us. If we can get them to play in the 70s-80s it favors us. A game in the 50s-60s favors them.
We'll have to defend the three as well as making our own. They definitely had some three point shooters last night, it just isn't their approach to take the quick three, they prefer to run down the shot clock when on offense. They tend to take their three point shots with under eight seconds on the clock, then use the zone to keep you from scoring. If out three point shooters get hot they'll be willing to let us take those shots.