The latest podcast from TheSabre.com took the title of “on again, off again” because the Virginia basketball team has rinsed and repeated a win-loss pattern since just after Thanksgiving. The lone exception came in back-to-back victories at Syracuse and Clemson to start 2022. That held true again with a loss at Notre Dame followed by a win at home against Boston College.
The Double Bonus is back for a quick look at the latest one-two step.
Slip Test
One thing that popped up regularly in the game with BC was a tactic that sometimes gives the Virginia defensive scheme a lot of trouble: screeners or slip. A slip is when a player moves toward a teammate, appears to be ready to screen, and then quickly cuts away from the screen instead.
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