D allows ugliness

Defense allows you to win ugly. Your offense can have an off night, and you still can win if your defense is good. Virginia started off their season with a 48-34 win over Syracuse. Holding an ACC team to 34 points? That is impressive no matter who it is. They held Syracuse to 24% overall and 17% from the arc. And that is with a team that lost their three leaders off the national championship squad.