Teel Time: Virginia's offense this season most efficient since Bennett's arrival

“When a team really grasps that — everybody talks about and gives it lip service — that’s when I think you become more efficient and more effective. This team, if you just look at us, we’ve shown that anybody can beat us [see Old Dominion and Georgia Tech]. But when we play well, we have a chance to be competitive and hopefully beat most teams [see Wisconsin, North Carolina and North Carolina State]. I hope that keeps our guys in a humble spot.”

Here are the efficiency ratings for Bennett’s teams, the first three at Washington State, the last four at Virginia.

                OFF.        DEF.       TEAM RECORD

2007       54           19           26-8*

2008       26           7              26-9**

2009       121         6              17-16

2010       97           65           15-16

2011       145         69           16-15

2012       132         6              22-10***

2013       59           11           17-6

* Defeated Oral Roberts, lost to Vanderbilt in double-overtime in NCAA tournament.

** Defeated Winthrop and Notre Dame, and lost to North Carolina in NCAA.

*** Lost to Florida in NCAA.

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