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Syracuse got hot late and prevailed in overtime, 63-55, at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday, giving UVA its first losing streak since the Cavaliers fell in four straight ACC contests in February during the 2016-17 season.
Virginia will go for the season sweep — an odd statement for not even halfway through January — against ACC foe Syracuse this afternoon, with tip-off scheduled for 4 p.m. in Charlottesville.
Come Saturday night, Virginia will be halfway through its basketball season and plenty of questions remain.
Wahoo Nation held its collective breath in the final 15 seconds of Tuesday night’s loss at Boston College when Virginia senior Braxton Key took a hard fall on his already-injured wrist.
Boston College became the third team to put up 60-plus points against Virginia’s Pack-Line defense, which translated to the Cavaliers’ third loss of the season, 60-53, on Tuesday night in Chestnut Hill.
Today’s piece kicks off our new weekly ACC Power Poll, with our four expert panelists rating the league’s 15 teams.
Virginia will play its first game away from home in over a month Tuesday night when the 18th-ranked Cavaliers travel north to face Boston College (7 p.m., ACC Network).
Former Virginia basketball star Justin Anderson signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets on Monday and was dressed and on the bench for the club’s game in Orlando.
Saturday was not exactly what new Virginia Tech coach Mike Young had envisioned about his first trip to John Paul Jones Arena with his Hokies basketball team.
Photos by John Markon
Kihei Clark scored a career-high 18 points and Braxton Key added a season-high 18 of his own to lift No. 19 Virginia to a 65-39 win over Virginia Tech to stay perfect in conference play on Saturday.
Legendary UVA quarterback Shawn Moore joins this week’s Jerry Ratcliffe Show to recap the Cavaliers’ first Orange Bowl appearance and the momentum gained by the team’s recent success.
The Commonwealth Clash rivalry resumes Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, as No. 19 Virginia hosts Virginia Tech at 2 p.m. (Regional Sports Networks).
Braxton Key and Kihei Clark each had a memorable day to lead the way, as No. 16 Virginia rallied from a second-half deficit to hold off a pesky effort from Navy, 65-56, to cap the non-conference slate Sunday at John Paul Jones Arena.
Virginia closes out the year — and a very memorable decade — with its final non-conference game of the season this afternoon against Navy (4 p.m., ESPN2) at John Paul Jones Arena.
Florida reporter Jacquie Franciulli from Gators Territory joins The Jerry Ratcliffe Show this week, as she gives us the lowdown on Virginia’s opponent in Monday’s Capital One Orange Bowl.
Even with a cast on his hand, Braxton Key clocked the third-most floor time of any Cavalier in Sunday’s loss to South Carolina.
We all knew what the challenges would be for this Virginia basketball team after losing such a huge portion of its experience, its scoring and its perimeter shooting, not to mention leadership.
A much-needed 16-3 scoring run got No. 9 Virginia back into the game in the second half against visiting South Carolina Sunday at John Paul Jones Arena, and the team’s 22-game win streak in the building against non-conference opponents looked like it may survive.
Photos by John Markon from South Carolina’s 70-59 upset of #9 Virginia.