If Virginia wanted revenge against the Hokies, it certainly got it.
Virginia men’s basketball Coach Tony Bennett does not buy into the emotions of rivalries or revenge.
Led by 21 points from senior guard Malcolm Brogdon, ninth-ranked Virginia downed Pittsburgh, 64-50, Saturday afternoon.
At tipoff, No. 9 Virginia was just a two-point favorite against Pittsburgh. Playing on the road – in front of the Oakland Zoo, no less – against a team that received votes in last week’s AP poll, the prediction seemed about right.
No. 9 Virginia extended its win streak to five games with a dominating 61-47 win against Boston College in John Paul Jones arena.
Now in the midst of a four game win-streak, Virginia will host ACC bottom dweller Boston College Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Eagles (7-14, 0-8 ACC) have lost eight conference games in a row and are 0-5 on the road this season.
Does #GoACC basketball ever get old? Last week, Cat Barber torched Miami as NC State silenced the ’Canes, Syracuse toppled then-No. 25 Notre Dame by 15 and North Carolina fell in conference play for the first time all year, 71-65 at Louisville.
The computer algorithm on KenPom.com gave Virginia a 25 percent chance of beating Louisville Saturday.
No. 11 Virginia men’s basketball notched their fourth-consecutive win and handed 16th-ranked Louisville its worst loss at the KFC Yum! Center, 63-47.
After taking a giant leap in the wrong direction against Wake Forest, the Cavaliers face the daunting task of shoring up Louisville in the midst of a hyper-competitive ACC.
When redshirt sophomore guard Darius Thompson debuted for Virginia basketball as starting shooting guard in the season opener against Morgan State, I was thrilled.
Virginia was down seven points with 28 seconds remaining. Yet, against all odds, the Cavaliers pulled off as close to a miracle as can be accomplished in January basketball.
Back in the day — as in, winter 2014, when the mid-Atlantic wasn’t Sweden-lite — The Cavalier Daily published some formidable power rankings each week of the ACC men’s hoops season.
It was no secret entering the 2015-16 men’s basketball season that Virginia is a veteran squad.
No. 13 Virginia picked apart Boeheim’s zone, shooting 56.8 percent from the field – a season high for a Syracuse opponent.
At first glance Sunday night’s game does not appear to be another defensive masterpiece spun by Coach Tony Bennett’s team, and in actuality it was not.
Making his second straight start, Devon Hall shone against Clemson. The Cape Henry Collegiate alum set a new conference high with 11 points, needing only five shots to do so.
Senior guard Malcolm Brogdon led Virginia with 20 points as the Cavaliers (14-3, 3-3 ACC) muscled their way past the feisty Tigers (12-7, 5-2 ACC), 69-62.
Five days after taking down No. 8 Miami in John Paul Jones Arena, the Cavaliers fell on the road Sunday against the Seminoles. No. 13 Virginia was outscored 44-34 in the second half as Florida State stormed ahead for a 69-62 victory.
No. 13 Virginia shot 61.1 percent from the floor in the second half to pull away from eighth-ranked Miami in a 66-58 victory Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena.
