It is the eve of the 2015-16 NCAA men’s basketball season and storylines abound.
Entering his seventh season in Charlottesville, coach Tony Bennett has undoubtedly brought Virginia basketball back into the national spotlight — back-to-back 30-win seasons and ACC regular-season titles will do that for a program.
At U.Va., we consider men’s basketball as its own holiday season. After the long period of mourning often associated with the football months of defeat, students transition to John Paul Jones Arena and see coach Tony Bennett and his Top 10 team — currently ranked 5th/6th in the preseason national polls — hit the court.
Fear always arises following the departure of star players and it was no exception with guard Joe Harris and forward Akil Mitchell after the 2014 season.
The Virginia men’s basketball team was picked second in the ACC Operation Basketball 2015-16 Preseason Poll. Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon was selected the ACC Preseason Co-Player of the Year alongside North Carolina senior guard Marcus Paige.
Being a student athlete is not an easy task. When you are a part of a NCAA Division I men’s basketball program, especially one that was recently ranked 6th in the nation in the USA Today’s preseason coach’s poll, the stress only worsens.
Coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers discussed NCAA rule changes for the upcoming season, the benefits of playing a challenging non-conference schedule, newfound flexibility at the point guard position and more.
The day after that early morning in the gym, I interviewed T.J. (not Thomas Jefferson) by phone for this piece.
Athletic forward Mamadi Diakite is joining the Virginia men’s basketball team a year early, coach Tony Bennett announced Thursday.
Virginia currently boasts the nation’s top-ranked 2016 recruiting class, according to 24/7 sports. Going by ESPN’s newly updated player database, the Cavaliers, along with Florida State, have the highest number of top-100 recruits with three. And per 24/7 sports, Virginia is undisputed as the only school with four top-100 players.
The Virginia men’s basketball team was expected to face a year of rebuilding after the 2015-16 season. After all, key cogs such as guard Malcolm Brogdon, forwards Anthony Gill and Evan Nolte and center Mike Tobey will all be seniors this year.
Former Virginia wing Justin Anderson was selected by the Dallas Mavericks in the 2015 NBA Draft Thursday night.
For Virginia guard Justin Anderson, the decision to forgo his final year of eligibility and declare for the NBA Draft was not an easy one.
Virginia junior guard Justin Anderson announced Monday his decision to forego his final collegiate season and enter the 2015 NBA Draft.
Freshman guard B.J. Stith will leave the Virginia’s men’s basketball program, coach Tony Bennett announced Friday morning. The 6-foot-5, 205-pound Stith’s decision to transfer follows a season of scant playing time on a loaded Cavalier roster.
Virginia’s Tony Bennett has been named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association’s Henry Iba National Coach of the Year.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For the second time in as many years, the second-seeded Virginia men’s basketball team exited the NCAA Tournament at the hands of Michigan State.
The Virginia men’s basketball team defeated dangerous Belmont 79-67 in NCAA Tournament action Friday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Junior guard Malcolm Brogdon’s shot sailed through the net with 16 seconds left to give Virginia a one-point lead in a heated contest against Louisville two Saturdays ago. During this moment, an unprecedented one-loss season seemed almost certain for the Virginia Cavaliers.
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Selection Committee is a cruel, terrible organization.
