{"id":191057,"date":"2026-03-14T03:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191057\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T03:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:20:26","slug":"virginia-miami-meet-in-acc-tournament-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191057\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia, Miami meet in ACC Tournament semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tGame Details<\/p>\n<p>Miami\u00a0(25-7, 14-5 ACC, NET: 32) vs.\u00a0Virginia\u00a0(28-4, 16-3 ACC, NET: 13)<br \/>\nDay\/Time:\u00a0Friday, 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV:\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Forecast<\/p>\n<p>KenPom: Virginia 75-72<br \/>\nBartTorvik: Virginia 74-71<\/p>\n<p>Miami rotation<\/p>\n<p>6\u20199\u201d senior\u00a0Malik Reneau: 19.0 ppg, 6.6 rebounds\/g, 55.9% FG, 36.5% 3FG, 5.7 FTAs\/g<br \/>\n6\u20193\u201d senior\u00a0Tre Donaldson: 16.8 ppg, 5.9 assists\/g, 46.2% FG, 35.4% 3FG,<br \/>\n6\u20196\u201d freshman\u00a0Shelton Henderson: 13.9 ppg, 4.8 rebounds\/g, 56.8% FG, 27.7% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20194\u201d junior\u00a0Tru Washington: 11.9 ppg, 4.1 rebounds\/g, 45.7% FG, 36.4% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u201911\u201d senior\u00a0Erndest Udeh Jr.: 7.1 ppg, 9.4 rebounds\/g, 74.8% FG<br \/>\n6\u20194\u201d freshman\u00a0Dante Allen: 6.3 ppg, 41.7% FG, 29.9% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20198\u201d freshman\u00a0Timo Malovec: 4.7 ppg, 35.0% FG, 33.3% 3FG<\/p>\n<p>Virginia rotation<\/p>\n<p>6\u20199\u201d freshman\u00a0Thijs de Ridder: 15.9 ppg, 6.3 rebounds\/g, 51.3% FG, 34.1% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20195\u201d senior\u00a0Malik Thomas: 12.1 ppg, 4.1 rebounds\/g, 40.6% FG, 33.9% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20196\u201d junior\u00a0Sam Lewis: 10.4 ppg, 3.6 rebounds\/g, 45.0% FG, 36.9% 3FG<br \/>\n5\u201910\u201d freshman\u00a0Chance Mallory: 9.6 ppg, 3.8 rebounds\/g, 3.5 assists\/g, 43.3% FG, 34.3% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20193\u201d senior\u00a0Jacari White: 8.9 ppg, 45.0% FG, 43.4% 3FG<br \/>\n7\u20190\u201d freshman\u00a0Johann Grunloh: 7.7 ppg, 5.5 rebounds\/g, 2.4 blocks\/g, 52.9% FG, 35.0% 3FG<br \/>\n7\u20190\u201d senior\u00a0Ugonna Onyenso: 6.4 ppg, 4.9 rebounds\/g, 2.6 blocks\/g, 54.9% FG, 28.1% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20194\u201d senior\u00a0Dallin Hall: 5.9 ppg, 4.3 assists\/g, 42.1% FG, 34.1% 3FG<br \/>\n6\u20197\u201d senior\u00a0Devin Tillis: 4.8 ppg, 40.8% FG, 38.3% 3FG<\/p>\n<p>Analytics: Miami vs. UVA<\/p>\n<p>Data: KenPom; rankings: among 365 D1 teams<\/p>\n<p>Points per possession<\/p>\n<p>Virginia offense:\u00a01.216 PPP (33)<br \/>Miami defense:\u00a01.001 PPP (34)<\/p>\n<p>Miami offense:\u00a01.218 PPP (32)<br \/>Virginia defense:\u00a00.962 PPP (16)<\/p>\n<p>Rebounds<\/p>\n<p>Offensive-Virginia:\u00a037.9% (10)<br \/>Defensive-Miami:\u00a074.1% (20)<\/p>\n<p>Offensive-Miami:\u00a037.3% (15)<br \/>Defensive-Virginia:\u00a071.3% (97)<\/p>\n<p>Turnover rate<\/p>\n<p>Virginia offense:\u00a015.9% (128)<br \/>Miami defense:\u00a018.4% (82)<\/p>\n<p>Miami offense:\u00a016.3% (157)<br \/>Virginia defense:\u00a015.8% (241)<\/p>\n<p>Shooting zones-Virginia offense vs. NC State defense<\/p>\n<p>Per game FGs\/FGAs; Data: CBB Analytics<\/p>\n<p>Virginia in the paint: 16.5\/29.2, 56.4%<br \/>Virginia threes: 10.2\/28.3, 35.8%<br \/>Virginia FTs: 20.4 FTA\/g, 71.9%<\/p>\n<p>Miami D in the paint: 14.2\/26.6, 54.4%<br \/>Miami D on threes: 9.2\/26.4, 35.0%<br \/>Miami opponent FTs: 16.8 FTA\/g<\/p>\n<p>Shooting zones-Miami offense vs. Virginia defense<\/p>\n<p>Per game FGs\/FGAs; Data: CBB Analytics<\/p>\n<p>Miami in the paint: 21.8\/33.1, 60.1%<br \/>Miami threes: 8.3\/23.4, 35.2%<br \/>Miami FTs: 22.7 FTA\/g, 68.0%<\/p>\n<p>Virginia D in the paint: 13.5\/28.7, 47.1%<br \/>Virginia D on threes: 6.9\/22.2, 31.1%<br \/>Virginia opponent FTs: 19.7 FTA\/g<\/p>\n<p>Game coverage<\/p>\n<p>Pregame note: Johann Grunloh<\/p>\n<p>Johann Grunloh, who had been listed as a \u201cgame-time decision\u201d in the availability report, is in the starting lineup tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Game tied at 4-4, 14:52\/1st<\/p>\n<p>Defenses dominating at the outset: Virginia is 2-of-9 with two turnovers, Miami is 2-of-7 with three turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia has missed a couple of open shots; Miami really isn\u2019t getting open looks.<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Virginia 10-8, 11:11\/1st<\/p>\n<p>Virginia: 5-of-16 FG, 0-of-6 3FG, two TOs<br \/>\nMiami: 3-of-12 FG, 0-of-4 3FG, 2-of-2 FT, four TOs<\/p>\n<p>Ugonna Onyenso: four points (2-of-2 FG), one rebound, two blocked shots<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Game tied at 15-15, 7:22\/1st<\/p>\n<p>Defenses still dominating.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia: 6-of-19 FG, 0-of-7 3FG, 3-of-3 FT, five TOs<br \/>\nMiami: 5-of-18 FG, 1-of-8 FG, 4-of-4 FTs, four TOs<\/p>\n<p>Miami has gone to the 2-3 zone that they used in the February game in Charlottesville, and worked at first, before it didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Virginia 21-17, 3:54\/1st<\/p>\n<p>Remember, these teams played to an 86-83 final three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Bennett would love this.<\/p>\n<p>Onyenso: eight points (4-of-4 FG), two rebounds, three blocked shots in 11 minutes off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Halftime: Virginia 38-23<\/p>\n<p>Virginia outscored Miami 23-6 in the final six minutes, going 8-of-11 from the field (3-of-6 3FG) in that stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Ugonna Onyenso: 10 points (5-of-5 FG), three rebounds, three blocked shots in 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia: 14-of-31 FG, 3-of-13 3FG, 7-of-12 at the rim, six turnovers<br \/>\nMiami: 9-of-28 FG, 1-of-10 3FG, 4-of-8 at the rim, six turnovers<\/p>\n<p>Second chance points: UVA 14-8<\/p>\n<p>Points in the paint: UVA 22-14<\/p>\n<p>FTs: UVA 7-of-7, Miami 4-of-4<\/p>\n<p>Analysis<\/p>\n<p>Miami averages 21.8 FGs in the paint (60.1 FG%) per game; they were 7-of-13 (53.8%) in the paint in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>UM averages 74.1% rate on defensive rebounds; first half: 52.9%.<\/p>\n<p>UM offensive rebound rate coming in: 37.3%. First half: 26.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia is winning in the trenches.<\/p>\n<p>There will be paint blistering off the walls in the UM locker room.<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Virginia 45-28, 15:09\/2nd<\/p>\n<p>Good first five minutes for Virginia; actually grew the lead a small bit.<\/p>\n<p>Another stretch like this one, and Miami may lose its will.<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Virginia 53-42, 10:07\/2nd<\/p>\n<p>Still a game. Miami has made four of its last five shots, and Virginia missed a couple of easy ones.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia will want to keep this in the 10- to 14-point range at the under-8; Miami won\u2019t mind keeping it where it is, with a goal of getting it to six to eight at the under-8.<\/p>\n<p>Media timeout: Virginia 62-44, 7:49\/2nd<\/p>\n<p>The 9-2 run is a layup, three and dunk from Malik Thomas, and an open 15-footer on a break from Sam Lewis.<\/p>\n<p>Miami timeout: Virginia 77-54, 2:59\/2nd<\/p>\n<p>Since that one mini-run from Miami, Virginia has outscored the \u2018Canes 24-12.<\/p>\n<p>Final: Virginia 84, Miami 62<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got another one tomorrow night.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Multimedia<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game Details Miami\u00a0(25-7, 14-5 ACC, NET: 32) vs.\u00a0Virginia\u00a0(28-4, 16-3 ACC, NET: 13) Day\/Time:\u00a0Friday, 7 p.m. ET TV:\u00a0ESPN Forecast&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191058,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[89204,29211,123,125,124,78384,78385],"class_list":["post-191057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-2026-acc-tournament","tag-acc-basketball","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-uva-basketball","tag-uva-vs-miami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}