Virginia receives No. 2 seed in East Region, will face Belmont Friday
By Matthew Morris | March 15, 2015The Virginia men’s basketball team Sunday evening received a No. 2 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
The Virginia men’s basketball team Sunday evening received a No. 2 seed in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
The No. 3 Virginia men’s basketball team’s quest for a second straight ACC Tournament title came to an end Friday evening in a 71-67 loss against No. 19 North Carolina in Greensboro.
With under 10 minutes remaining, the top-seeded Virginia clung to a single-digit lead against ninth-seeded Florida State. The Cavaliers put the ball in the hands of their lone All-ACC first team selection.
The Virginia men’s basketball team suffered its second loss of the season Saturday night at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
As the game clock wound down at the Carrier Dome this past Monday, a much-anticipated sense of déjà vu started to sink in for Virginia fans, players and coaches alike.
The No. 2 Virginia men’s basketball team clinched the ACC regular season title for the second consecutive year with a dominating 59-47 victory over Syracuse at the Carrier Dome Monday night. The Cavaliers (28-1, 16-1 ACC) defeated Syracuse at home a year ago to clinch the same honor.
The Cavaliers had just won their 27th game in 28 tries, matching the best start in Virginia history and clinching at least a share of their second consecutive ACC regular season title.
The No. 2 Virginia men’s basketball dominated Wake Forest 70-34 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Wednesday night. Junior forward Anthony Gill led the way for the Cavaliers with 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.
The second-ranked Virginia men’s basketball team plays its final home game of the 2014-15 regular season Saturday, when in-state rival Virginia Tech (10-18, 2-13 ACC) comes to Charlottesville.
With selection Sunday less than three weeks away, let’s see how well you really know the best teams in the country. Do you trust that little number next to a team’s name when you watch them on TV? Do you turn to KenPom each week to feel like a more sophisticated college basketball fan? Or maybe you watch a dozen games a week and have your own solid opinions on which teams are good and which aren’t.
Less than two weeks ago, the Virginia men’s basketball team escaped with a 61-60 win against unranked Wake Forest at John Paul Jones Arena . Now, the No. 2 Cavaliers head to the Demon Deacons’ home venue — LVJM Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina — for a Wednesday night rematch.
Florida State freshman forward Phil Cofer drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing with 14:39 to go in the second half Sunday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
If you happened to be at John Paul Jones Arena this past Saturday to watch the Cavaliers take on the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest, you may have taken a program.
When the Virginia basketball team lost junior guard Justin Anderson to a finger injury a week and a half ago, I wasn’t sure what to think. Obviously losing a player ranked second on the team in points per game and third in minutes per game is not a positive. But given our system-based offense and defense, I was hopeful the damages would be minimal.
College basketball’s appeal and the integrity of its product is what Myron Medcalf had in mind when he penned the recent column, “Is Virginia’s Style bad for the game?”
After going down to the wire against NC State and Wake Forest in its first two games without junior guard Justin Anderson, the Virginia men’s basketball team matched up with Pittsburgh Monday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
It's bad form to think about what is missing on Valentine's Day, that special someone that is no longer there. But on Saturday, despite sharing a special moment with the basketball team I have spent four happy years with, I could not help but feel just a little bit empty inside.
Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, the Virginia men’s basketball team matched its best-ever start to a season with a 61-60 win against ACC up-and-comer Wake Forest.
The No. 3 Virginia men’s basketball team survived its first test Wednesday without injured junior guard Justin Anderson, when it pulled out a gritty win against North Carolina State.
The “Good Ol’ Song” roared over the mumbles of a satisfied audience following Saturday’s 52-47 victory over the ninth-ranked Louisville Cardinals. But uncertainty loomed in the Virginia locker room.