As the announcers were talking over halftime, one of the announcers marveled that Virginia is 34-3 when holding teams to under 70 points – and I immediately said, that is a stupid stat. That had to be close to their overall record. So, I looked it up.

And Virginia’s record is 34-3. So, they totally botched it. Because Purdue scored 75 points, Maryland scored 71 points, and Duke scored 81 and 72 points (with the Cavaliers going 2-2 in those games thanks to the two losses to Duke). So, first of all, they were wrong – they are 32-1. But second of all, it was still stupid – it is almost like saying they are 34-0 when they score more points than the other team.

It is crazy impressive that the Cavaliers have played 37 games and held 33 to under 70. But the record thing is a little silly – they win games because they play great defense – got it.

That’s OK, I am still marvelling how Texas Tech scored 4 points in 7 1/2 minutes and managed to BUILD THEIR LEAD!!!

As I type this, there is an offensive flurry going on as the Red Raiders are now up 39-33. So in the first 7 1/2 minutes of the first half, they scored 28 points combined – compared to the 7 to end the first half. And then as I typed that, Matt Mooney just hit two straight three-pointers to extend the lead to 12. Crazy offense – thankfully there was a time-out called so I could catch up