I'm not sure who is screwed more - Hartford for getting ridiculously low seeds every year or the teams who had good season being forced to face Hartford in the 1st round. Poor Virginia has to deal with the best offense in the nation, and they can't. The Hawks shoot .609 from the field to build a big halftime lead. UVA couldn't get the stops they needed for a comeback. Hartford's Herbst and Nelson combined for 51 pts, 13 assists, and 13 rebounds.
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Hartford 99, Virginia 88
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Hartford (31-3, 15-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Cletus Son C 21 5-7 1-2 1 5 1 2 11
Chris Disney PF 24 4-8 0-0 1 2 6 2 8
Wallace Nelson SF 33 12-16 2-2 1 6 5 2 29
Russell Herbst SG 31 9-18 2-3 4 7 8 3 22
Cody Braxton PG 30 4-9 0-0 1 4 6 2 10
Emery Waldon SG 18 1-3 2-2 0 1 4 3 4
Robert Jackson SG 6 1-2 1-2 0 1 0 0 3
Gregory McCaffrey C 16 2-2 0-0 0 4 2 3 4
Harold Rhodes SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brisson PF 16 3-3 0-0 0 0 0 3 6
Tom Quick PF 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Turnovers: 22 (C.Son 2, C.Disney 3, W.Nelson 3,
R.Herbst 3, C.Braxton 4, E.Waldon 2, G.McCaffrey 1,
G.Brisson 2, T.Quick 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (C.Disney 2, R.Herbst 1, G.McCaffrey
1, G.Brisson 1)
Steals: 17 (C.Son 1, C.Disney 3, W.Nelson 2, R.Herbst
3, C.Braxton 3, E.Waldon 1, R.Jackson 1, G.McCaffrey
1, H.Rhodes 1, G.Brisson 1)
3P FGs: 7-14 (W.Nelson 3-4, R.Herbst 2-4, C.Braxton
2-5, R.Jackson 0-1)
Virginia (26-8, 12-6):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Manuel Berube C 33 3-8 5-6 3 7 0 1 11
Claud Maples PF 25 2-10 1-2 2 5 1 2 5
Rudolph Guinn SF 29 4-8 3-4 0 6 5 2 12
Jeffrey Edelstein SG 37 13-20 4-5 0 2 1 2 33
Brian Ferrara PG 16 0-0 4-4 1 2 6 4 4
Ralph Collier SF 12 1-2 2-2 1 2 0 0 4
Steven Goodsell PG 23 3-5 2-2 1 2 7 1 9
Ahmed Davis C 18 2-3 0-0 1 3 1 2 4
Cory Anderson SF 4 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 6
Robert Tanner PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Demarcus Griffin SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Edmundo Haas C 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 23 (M.Berube 4, C.Maples 3, R.Guinn 5,
J.Edelstein 5, B.Ferrara 2, S.Goodsell 3, C.Anderson 1)
Blocked Shots: 6 (M.Berube 2, R.Guinn 2, J.Edelstein 1,
R.Collier 1)
Steals: 10 (R.Guinn 2, J.Edelstein 6, S.Goodsell 2)
3P FGs: 7-12 (C.Maples 0-2, R.Guinn 1-1, J.Edelstein
3-5, S.Goodsell 1-2, C.Anderson 2-2)
Player of Game: SF Wallace Nelson (HART)