Pete's dragons bear no resemblance to successful Cavalier teams of the past and you won't hear many complaints about that. The offense's main purpose was to set up the defense and the defense made sure that the opponent's offense was even uglier than the Cavs', and that was quite a feat. For the fans, it was just plain boring and often downright painful to watch. The last time the Cavs played Saturday afternoon's opponent, they scored less than sixty points. Pete Gillen has put the fun back in UVA basketball.
Defense is a means to create offense and the offense is designed for thrills.
The 70-point barrier is usually history mid way in the second half. It could easily be his standard pre-game speech. The numbers are impressive. Without bothering to look, I am willing to bet the Cavs have never boasted three-point marksmanship of .432 after seven games. The charity stripe was uncharitable to the Hoos last season, as games were lost on the line.