UVA’s 7-foot duo has spurred defense heading into showdown with No. 1 Duke

UVA’s 7-foot duo has spurred defense heading into showdown with No. 1 Duke

CHARLOTTESVILLE — The first 10 minutes of No. 11 Virginia’s 90-61 win over NC State on Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena exemplified just how suffocating the Cavaliers’ defense can be. At the 10:35 mark in the first half, the Wolfpack trailed 15-5, had made only 2 of 17 field-goal attempts and connected on only one shot inside the arc. The fulcrum of that defensive stonewalling by UVA was its pair of 7-foot centers, Johann Grünloh and Ugonn…