The Virginia Cavaliers have a good defense but ND can really shoot the ball especially at home. The Cavaliers love to play in the half court and this group currently ranks 1st in the nation in total defense and 270th in scoring average. Notre Dame has been better than anyone was expecting coming into the year factoring in the kind of veteran talent the Irish lost this past offseason, but Notre Dame has reloaded and currently stands 17-3 overall and 6-1 in the ACC. Notre Dame has been getting the job done at home and on the road with some of their better conference wins coming against teams like Louisville, Pitt, Miami, Va Tech, and in their last outing against Syracuse at home by a final of 84-66. Notre Dame has been playing with tremendous confidence ranking 39th in the nation in scoring average and 70th in total defense. Bonzie Colson has stepped up to lead the team averaging 15.4 points per game. Notre Dame has shown they can compete at a high level against all the ACC has had to throw at them so far this season and it would be somewhat of a surprise if the Irish fell at all at home during the rest of ACC play given their great home court advantage. I like Notre Dame to continue to roll and get this win at home.