Virginia’s Mamadi Diakite and Kihei Clark earned All-ACC honors, the league announced on Monday. Diakite was named to the All-ACC second team and All-ACC defensive team, while Clark was named to the All-ACC third team. In addition, Braxton Key earned All-ACC honorable mention.

Tony Bennett took his seat in the media room and started fielding questions after Virginia had just given its fan base a new round of palpitations Saturday night. The “Cardiac Cavs” had just lived up to their reputation yet again with a heart-pounding, 57-54 win over Louisville at John Paul Jones Arena.

Virginia second-year point guard Kihei Clark has proven on several occasions that he does not get rattled under intense pressure.

Photos by John Markon from Virginia’s 57-54 win over Louisville.

It’s Senior Day at John Paul Jones Arena for Mamadi Diakite and Braxton Key, as No. 22 Virginia hosts 10th-ranked Louisville at 4 p.m. (ESPN) in the regular-season finale.

When golden-domed Mamadi Diakite and compadre Braxton Key grace the court for the last time at John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday afternoon, we will remember.

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When Louisville attempts to break its losing streak at John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday, the Cardinals might not be playing with a full deck. Junior center Malik Williams, who started his last three games, will be a game-time decision, according to Louisville coach Chris Mack.

Virginia men’s basketball junior guard Tomas Woldetensae was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team, the conference office announced on Friday.

Virginia has become college basketball’s lords of crunch time over the last 47 days with its mystical ride continuing on the shores of South Florida on Wednesday night, when the Cavaliers did it again.

Jay Huff scored the first 17 Virginia points of the game, Mamadi Diakite kept the Cavaliers afloat with 10 of his 14 in the second half, and Kihei Clark sank the go-ahead free throws with 8.3 seconds left as 22nd-ranked UVA escaped with another nail-biting road win, 46-44, at Miami.

The Virginia men’s basketball team will be taking its talents — and its ACC-best six-game win streak — to South Beach tonight at 9 to face Miami in the final true road game of the regular season.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while thinking Wednesday night’s Virginia trip to Miami is the classic trap game …

During the heat of one of the biggest games of the season against the hardest team to beat in the ACC, Bennett took the time to notice Holland and his wife in the crowd.

The old coaches say that revenge is a dish best served cold. Huff would dispute that because Saturday night he was red hot in Virginia’s 52-50 upset over the seventh-ranked Blue Devils.

Virginia junior forward Jay Huff delivered a memorable all-around performance, finishing just one rebound shy of what would’ve been the program’s fourth triple-double and registering the key stop on Duke’s Vernon Carey Jr. on the next-to-last possession to help the Cavaliers knock off the seventh-ranked Blue Devils, 52-50.

Photos from John Markon from Virginia’s 52-50 win over #7 Duke.

Wins over Duke have been few and far between since 1983 when the Ralph Sampson-led Cavaliers routed the Blue Devils, 109-66, in the ACC Tournament.

No. 7 Duke visits John Paul Jones Arena Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN) for a crucial ACC showdown against Virginia, the hottest team in the conference.

Braxton Key and Casey Morsell played key roles in Virginia’s win at Virginia Tech on Wednesday night, a game won in the final seconds on a 3-pointer by Kihei Clark.