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Hoos On First — 21-1

This week, Caroline Darney from Streaking the Lawn joins host Emily Caron to talk all things Virginia men’s basketball, including the team’s current No. 2 ranking.


Sophomore forward Mamadi Diakite anchored the Cavaliers' defense, tallying four blocks to propel the JPJ crowd into a frenzy time and again. 
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Men’s basketball readies for home opener

John Paul Jones Arena was good to the Virginia men’s basketball team a season ago, as coach Tony Bennett’s team joined Oregon, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana and California as one of only six high-major programs to go unbeaten at home.


Two juniors — forward Isaiah Wilkins and guard Devon Hall — each showed signs of promise last season.
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​Virginia basketball looks forward to 2016-17 season

Removed at least in time from that gut-wrenching 68-62 loss to Syracuse in last season’s Elite Eight and the departures of his four senior leaders — Malcolm Brogdon, Anthony Gill, Mike Tobey and Evan Nolte — whose collective contribution to the Virginia basketball program goes without saying, Coach Tony Bennett addressed the media Monday afternoon in advance of the 2016-17 season.


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