Don't want to start another silly conspiracy theory but there were many times when UVa players were playing Matador defense. A lot of uncontested layups and open 3s. Very uncharacteristic of a Tony Bennett team. Their style of defense usually wreaks havoc on lesser opponents but UMBC was shooting lights out, especially in the 2nd half. I kept waiting for UMBC to go on a 4-5 minute scoring drought and for UVa to get back into the game but it never happened. On the contrary, UMBC just kept scoring. 53 points in the 2nd half when UVa gives up 53 on average per game.

It just didn't make sense. Very strange, indeed.