After beating Louisville nine straight times over the last five years, Virginia lost its mojo over the Cardinals by an 80-73 count at the KFC Yum! Center.

After erasing a 14-point halftime deficit, Virginia fought back to take a two-point lead with 3:25 to play, but No. 5 Louisville made eight of its 10 free-throw attempts over the final three minutes and held on for an 80-73 win Saturday.

Virginia carries its three-game win streak into the KFC Yum! Center Saturday when the Cavaliers go up against fifth-ranked Louisville (4 p.m., ESPN).

We’ve all been there, working overtime, finishing up a report for the boss, working on our golf swing, trying to perfect that overhead smash shot in tennis, and all the while putting off our significant other.

Virginia kept the recent positive momentum rolling Wednesday night, as senior Braxton Key sank two crucial 3-pointers in the last five minutes to help lift the Cavaliers to a 51-44 win against Clemson.

Photos from John Markon from Virginia’s 51-44 win over Clemson.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while thinking Virginia just might be getting itself together for the final month of the regular season …

One of the keys for the Cavaliers in the month of February will be how senior forward Mamadi Diakite performs.

Virginia hoops legend Barry Parkhill and longtime athletic trainer Joe Gieck join Hootie to share some memories of the late Gene Corrigan.

Kihei Clark doesn’t care that he’s 5-foot-9. Neither does Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton, who will readily tell you they can measure your height but they can’t measure your heart.

The smallest guy on the floor made the biggest play of the game Tuesday, as Virginia sophomore point guard Kihei Clark scored on a reverse layup with a minute to play to put his team on top and the Cavaliers held on to upset fifth-ranked Florida State, 61-56, at John Paul Jones Arena.

Photos by John Markon from Virginia’s 61-56 win over Florida State.

The fifth-ranked Florida State Seminoles visit John Paul Jones Arena tonight for their second meeting in 13 days with Virginia, in a Super Tuesday ACC battle (7 p.m., ESPN).

Virginia, one of the worst perimeter shooting teams in the nation, got a surprising lift from junior-college transfer Tomas Woldetensae’s seven 3-pointers to escape Winston-Salem with a 65-63 overtime win.

Tomas Woldetensae put up a career-high 21 points — including seven 3-pointers — as Virginia rallied from a 12-point, second-half deficit and escaped Winston-Salem with a 65-63 overtime win Sunday afternoon.

In the spring of 2018, I had the wonderful opportunity for a long sit down interview with legendary Gene Corrigan to talk about his unique career.

Virginia looks to make it eight wins in a row against Wake Forest Sunday, as the two conference rivals clash at Lawrence Joel Coliseum at noon (ACC Network).

Under normal circumstances, Casey Morsell could have spent most of his freshman season at Virginia gradually breaking into college basketball.

Former Virginia point guard London Perrantes will be playing a little closer to his college home, as Tuesday he signed with the Capital City Go-Go, the NBA G League affiliate of the Washington Wizards, also located in the D.C. area.

If nothing else, seven-footer Francisco Caffaro exhibited to the ACC world on Monday night that he’s not going to take any crap from anyone.