Virginia basketball fans are excited about getting their first look at the new Cavaliers’ men’s team in the Blue-White scrimmage, but there’s one thing for certain — this is Reece Beekman’s team.

The Virginia men’s and women’s basketball Pepsi Blue-White Scrimmages on Saturday will include autograph sessions for both programs.

Jason Williford has been around big-time college basketball since the 1990s, so when Virginia’s associate head coach makes a proclamation, others tend to listen.

Former UVA star Malcolm Brogdon has been traded by the Boston Celtics to the Portland Trail Blazers.

In his four seasons with Merrimack, a member of the Northeast Conference, Jordan Minor played in 107 games with 76 career starts, averaging 12.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.0 steals per game.

Now that he’s been in town for a few months, and after significant shuffling of the Virginia roster in the offseason, there’s certainly a path for considerable playing time for Dante Harris.

Following the mass exodus in the UVA basketball program after last season, head coach Tony Bennett saw a diamond in the rough, so to speak, in transfer Andrew Rohde.

Oklahoma graduate-transfer forward Jacob Groves knows exactly why Virginia head coach Tony Bennett wanted him in a Cavalier uniform come November — to sink some buckets and help generate points.

The Atlantic Coast Conference released the 2023-24 men’s basketball conference schedules on Tuesday. Virginia will play 20 ACC regular-season games, including 10 contests at John Paul Jones Arena.

The Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2023-24 women’s basketball conference schedule on Tuesday. Virginia will play 18 ACC regular-season games, including nine contests at John Paul Jones Arena.

Nate Ament, a 6-foot-8 forward from Colgan High in Manassas, and Latrell Allmond, a 6-7 forward from John Marshall High in Richmond, were both in Charlottesville over the weekend to check out the Cavaliers.

Kon Knueppel has announced a commitment to Duke, picking the Blue Devils over Virginia, Alabama, Wisconsin and Marquette.

Virginia has landed another top-100 basketball commitment — the top-rated power forward on the West Coast — in 6-foot-9, 225-pound Jacob Cofie.

Acaden Lewis, a 6-foot-2 combo guard from Sidwell Friends in D.C., will be dropping by to visit UVA’s coaching staff.

Jacob Wilkins, the four-star son of Basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins, will make an official visit to Virginia on Oct. 13, the weekend of the Cavaliers’ Blue-White Scrimmage.

Tony Bennett’s Virginia program has made the cut for two of the elite power forwards in the country in Jacob Cofie of Sammamish, Wash., and David Punch from Texas.

The Virginia women’s basketball team will take on Tulane on Nov. 24 in the opening game of the inaugural Cayman Islands Classic before challenging reigning national champion LSU on Nov. 25.

Something happened during Christian Bliss’ stop in Charlottesville that convinced him that he would play for Tony Bennett.

The Virginia women’s basketball team announced its 2023-24 non-conference schedule Tuesday with eight games to be played at John Paul Jones Arena in addition to a preseason exhibition game.