This is the second year in a row that Bennett has suspended a player, with forward Austin Nichols suspended and eventually removed from the team last year.
The CD Sports Staff discusses Virginia men's and women's basketball, ACC men's basketball and non-basketball questions on their minds.
Virginia found a new way to win on Wednesday night – with lights-out offense in crunch time.
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.
