Virginia holds Harvard to a record-tying one first-half field goal

[KamaAina]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/virginia-holds-harvard-to-a-record-tying-one-first-half-field-goal-195927942.html

The Cavaliers' 76-27 victory over Harvard on Sunday afternoon was every bit as dominant as Kentucky's rout of the Bruins the previous day. Last year's ACC champions squeezed the life out of the Crimson early, opening leads of 30-4 after 15 minutes, 39-8 at halftime and 45-9 a few minutes into the second half....

Harvard's one first-half field goal tied a Division I record set by Savannah State against Kansas State in Jan. 2008 and matched by Northern Illinois against Eastern Michigan in Jan. 2013. The only saving grace for the Crimson is both those teams managed only four first-half points and remarkably shot an even lower percentage from the field.

During one stretch between baskets by Zena Edosomwan and Steve Mondou-Missi, Harvard went an incredible 19 minutes, 53 seconds without a field goal. Starting guards Siyani Chambers, Wesley Saunders and Agunwa Okolie shot a combined 0-for-24.

Such a suffocating defensive performance would have been noteworthy from Virginia even if it came against a bad opponent, but the fact that the Cavs did it at Harvard's expense is even more impressive. This is a Crimson team that entered 7-1, that has won a game in the past two NCAA tournaments and that is a heavy favorite to win the Ivy League outright for the third consecutive season.

Uh, meanwhile, geniuses, Yale has beaten UConn. So much for that "heavy favorite" baloney.

[joeybee12]

1. They did the impossible - they made UCLA look good by comparison...nt

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Yeah, But. . .

. . .it is Harvard, it is Ivy League, they haven't been a power in any major sport since the 1930's, they don't have scholarships and they were clearly grabbing a payday.

UCLA has none of those excuses. They're still a Pac12 team with a big budget and huge recruiting base. The whalloping they took seems worse to me.

[joeybee12]

4. True...UCLA is a storied program...

Doesn't matter how good Kentucky might be this year...they'll always be UCLA and people expect more.

Although I do think the Harvard game took some coverage away from what would have been non-stop UCLA pummeling in the media all weekend!

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Yeah, We Definitely Agree On Your Last Sentence

And UCLA would have deserved it, too. That was just a horrible performance. Hold the ball, spread the floor, eat clock, play more physically. You don't just take a beating like that without trying SOMETHING different. And with their talent they could have done something to make it less horrible.

[trotsky]

2. You, sir, have the boorish manners of a Yalie! n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

6. And, Don't Even Get Me Started On Those Princeton Fellows

After all, New Jersey!