When UVa takes the floor against South Florida at John Paul Jones Arena, the tempo of the game figures to be more conventional.

When Virginia’s basketball schedule first came out, the season-opening game versus VMI probably wasn’t a very big topic of discussion around the water cooler.

Kevin McMullan wanted to force the action. Virginia’s third base coach signaled for catcher Franco Valdes to take a pitch after he raced out to a 3-1 lead in the count as the bottom half of the 11th inning started.