No. 4 Virginia 目的（とする）s to 避ける 早期に 出口 vs. impressive Furman
にわか景気-or-破産した／（警察が）手入れする Virginia will 長，率いる to Orlando, Fla., as the No. 4 seed in the South 地域 to 直面する No. 13 Furman on Thursday afternoon.
In coach Tony Bennett's last three trips to the NCAA Tournament, Virginia has experienced two first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 出口s and one 国家の 選手権.
The first flameout was historic, with the 2017-2018 Cavaliers becoming the first No. 1 seed ever to lose to a No. 16 seed (UMBC) in the 開始 一連の会議、交渉／完成する.
After cutting 負かす／撃墜する the 逮捕するs for the first time in program history in 2019, Virginia lost its most 最近の NCAA tourney game as a No. 4 seed to No. 13 Ohio in 2021.
This year, Virginia (25-7) won a 株 of the 大西洋 Coast 会議／協議会 正規の／正選手-season 選手権 and reached the ACC tournament final, 落ちるing 59-49 to Duke on Saturday in Greensboro, N.C.
Furman (27-7) swept the Southern 会議／協議会 正規の／正選手 season and tourney 肩書を与えるs to make the NCAA Tournament field for the first time since 1980. The Paladins have won six in a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 and 14 of their last 15.
Virginia and Furman have met only once, a 79-67 勝利，勝つ by the host Cavaliers on Dec. 8, 2004.
"You divvy up the scouts," Bennett said Sunday of his team's 準備s, per the Daily 進歩. "You get your people on the scouts, you watch them, and you 準備する as quickly as you can ... but it goes quick and you learn as much as you can as coaches and get the basics for your guys."
Three 退役軍人 Virginia players are 得点する／非難する／２０ing in 二塁打 人物／姿／数字s, led by Armaan Franklin (12.5 points per game), Jayden Gardner (12.1) and Kihei Clark (10.9 points, 5.4 補助装置s).
Franklin has played in 121 college games (67 for Virginia), Gardner in 148 (67 for the Cavaliers) and Clark in 160 -- i ncluding the 2019 国家の 選手権 勝利，勝つ against Texas Tech.
The game will be a 衝突／不一致 of styles, as Virginia games often are. Furman 階級s eighth in the nation with 82.1 points per game and Virginia 階級s sixth in 得点する／非難する／２０ing 弁護, 許すing 60.3 points per game.
"They can play. I know they can shoot," Bennett said of the Paladins. "They're very 技術d and they can get up and 負かす／撃墜する."
Furman is led by 会議／協議会 player of the year Jalen Slawson (15.7 points and 7.1 回復するs per game) and fellow all-会議／協議会 選択 マイク Bothwell (18.0 points per game), both fifth-year 上級のs.
Sixth-year coach （頭が）ひょいと動く Richey's Paladins have lost only twice in 2023, a four-point 後退 at The Citadel on Feb. 15 and an overtime 敗北・負かす against UNC Greensboro on Jan. 14. Two of their 非，不，無-会議／協議会 losses were against NCAA Tournament teams Penn 明言する／公表する and North Carolina 明言する／公表する.
Furman will be 井戸／弁護士席 残り／休憩（する）d, having not played since its 88-79 勝利，勝つ over Chattanooga in the SoCon final on March 6.
"We're going to have to defend and 回復する at the highest level," Richey said Sunday. "If we can get stops and get 回復するs, now we have an 適切な時期 to go out and do what we do. We're a 最高の，を越す-15 罪／違反 because of our 速度, our spacing, the 量 of 補助装置s we have per made basket.
.".. It's part of who we are. It's part of our 構成. I'm sure they're going to try to 縮む the game."
The Cavaliers-Paladins 勝利者 will 会合，会う either No. 5 seed San Diego 明言する／公表する or No. 12 Charleston in a second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する contest on Saturday in Orlando.
--Field Level マスコミ
