The niche field of play-by-play announcing requires a certain natural talent of cadence and comprehension of the flow of the game.
The Cavalier Daily Sports section looks back at six graduating athletes from men’s basketball, women’s swimming, baseball, men’s lacrosse, men’s tennis and football who have left a lasting impact on their teams and the University athletic community.
Coach Tony Bennett picked up another commitment in his 2017 recruiting class Sunday when power forward Francesco Badocchi announced his intent to play for the Cavaliers.
As the 2016-17 year comes to an end, the Sports staff takes a look at some of the most memorable moments from this past year.
Johnson confirmed the news via a tweet and post to Instagram Saturday.
The Cavalier Daily spoke with Hooz Got Next to discuss the upcoming offseason for the Virginia men’s basketball team.
Virginia men’s basketball coach Tony Bennett announced Thursday afternoon that junior guard Darius Thompson will be transferring this offseason.
Wednesday afternoon, Virginia basketball announced that both junior guard Marial Shayok and sophomore forward Jarred Reuter plan to transfer from Virginia this offseason.
According to Scout.com’s Evan Daniels, former Virginia junior transfer forward Austin Nichols is declaring for the NBA Draft and intends to sign with an agent.
While Perrantes will certainly be missed, the Virginia men's basketball team is primed for success going forward.
To suggest Virginia’s shortcomings this season were in any way due to coach Tony Bennett’s style is inaccurate.
No. 5 seed Virginia couldn’t put together a solid offensive performance against No. 4 seeded Florida, and saw its season slip away in the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament with a 65-39 loss.
Hopefully, this embarrassing loss will push the Cavalier returners to work hard in the offseason and return next season with a vengeance.
The No. 5 seed Virginia men’s basketball team pushed past its first round opponent, No. 12 seed UNC-Wilmington, to kick off NCAA Tournament action.
I’ve found it’s difficult to make any sense of the 2017 Cavaliers, who have shown such inconsistency that it almost feels like they are two different teams.
The Cavalier Daily’s Sports staff took a shot at picking their Final Four participants and National Championship winner.
Virginia (22-10, 11-7 ACC) will be No. 5 in the East region of the tournament and will take on No. 12 UNC-Wilmington (29-5, 15-3 CAA) in Orlando, Fla. Thursday.
While it is notable that Virginia has punched its ticket to the big dance for four-consecutive seasons – the first time the Cavaliers have done so since 1981-84 – coach Tony Bennett has built the program to have higher expectations.
The No. 6 seed Virginia men’s basketball team dropped a tough game to No. 3 seed Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament Thursday night, 58-71.
The No. 6 seed Virginia men’s basketball team pulled away late from a pesky Pittsburgh team in the second round of the ACC Tournament, using the three ball to get the 75-63 victory.
