Riding high after a big win at Duke, the No. 2 Cavaliers head back to John Paul Jones Arena for a huge conference clash against Louisville.
Saturday afternoon's victory over Duke marks the first time the Cavaliers have won at Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1995.
The bitter rivalry continues Saturday when the No. 2 Cavaliers travel to the No. 4 Blue Devils in what promises to be the biggest ACC matchup of the season.
If five seasons of on-court success aren’t enough, then how can Tony Bennett buck the perception that his teams don’t belong among the nation’s elite?
Virginia improved to 13-0 at home this season and 8-0 in the ACC with Tuesday night's victory.
Redshirt freshman guard De'Andre Hunter is helping bring confidence back to the Cavalier fan base as he builds his own.
It didn't come easy, but No. 2 Virginia pulled out a tough 59-49 road win against Wake Forest to stay unbeaten in the ACC.
Redshirt freshman guard De’Andre Hunter stole the show, leading both teams with 17 points on 7-9 shooting.
Virginia will play six of its next nine games on the road.
Although the No. 9 Virginia men’s basketball team prepares to play an unranked Syracuse opponent, the Cavaliers (17-4, 7-2 ACC) won’t take the game lightly.
One tip-in of the basketball as the final buzzer sounded was all it took to change the result of the game for No. 12 Virginia, who lost 61-59 to No. 1 Villanova.
Former Virginia men’s basketball player Akil Mitchell suffered a gruesome eye injury Thursday night in a National Basketball League game between his New Zealand Breakers and the Cairns Taipans in Auckland.
The No. 12 Virginia basketball team traveled to No. 14 Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. only to hand the Fighting Irish (17-4, 6-2 ACC) their first home loss of the season.
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.
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.
With basketball season just under two months away, the Atlantic Coast Conference released Virginia’s 2016-17 schedule.
Virginia’s game against North Carolina Saturday certainly wasn’t a must-win situation, but it was an important stepping-stone for the team.
With less than 48 hours between the final buzzer and Monday’s opening tip, No. 7 Virginia did not have long to process the controversial ending to Saturday’s loss to Duke. The Cavaliers (21-5, 10-4 ACC) took an early body blow from NC State but regrouped and suffocated the life out of the Wolfpack (13-13, 3-10 ACC) in the second half en route to a 73-53 victory inside John Paul Jones Arena.
The following is a compilation of more than dozen posts made in the aftermath of the Virginia basketball team’s loss to GW on Monday night.
The Virginia men’s basketball team survived a major scare against in-state and conference rival Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg. Trailing 43-33 with less than 11 minutes to play, the No. 2 Cavaliers reeled off a game-ending 17-4 run to deal the Hokies their seventh straight defeat by a final score of 50-47.
