After both No. 5-ranked Virginia and No. 7-ranked North Carolina laid an egg in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge last Wednesday night, both fan bases were left shaking their collective heads.

Virginia welcomes longtime ACC rival North Carolina to John Paul Jones Arena this afternoon at 4 p.m. for another early-season conference battle, as the Cavaliers try to avoid their first losing streak in almost three years.

Purdue may have accomplished more than avenging last March’s overtime Elite Eight loss to Virginia on Wednesday night.

In West Lafayette, Ind., No. 5 Virginia dropped its first game since March Wednesday night, as Purdue rolled to a 69-40 home victory over the Cavaliers in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

When Virginia went up against Purdue for a spot in the Final Four last season, the Cavaliers may as well have been playing in West Lafayette, Indiana, where the Boilermakers call home.

Hoops2o just got another boost in its mission to provide clean water to East Africa, by landing Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett on its roster.

When Virginia was leading visiting Maine, 24-14, at halftime Wednesday afternoon, notice was served for the Cavaliers to bear down on defense.

Seventh-ranked Virginia will have to go into Purdue next Wednesday without its leading rebounder and second-leading scorer, senior Braxton Key.

The Cavaliers return to John Paul Jones Arena to close out the month of November with a Wednesday afternoon matchup against Maine, looking to extend their home win streak against non-conference opponents to 21 games.

Kyle Guy already lived part of the dream, the part that he dreamed as a kid out in the driveway, making believe that his free throws would put his team in the national championship game.

Virginia first-year guard Casey Morsell busted out of his early-season shooting slump with a vengeance Sunday afternoon.

Virginia will be attempting to win its seventh consecutive November basketball tournament this afternoon when the No. 7 Cavaliers take on Arizona State in the Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Tip-Off championship game in Uncasville, Conn.

Virginia senior forward Braxton Key led all scorers with 16 points, sophomore guard Kihei Clark added 14, and the Cavaliers remained unbeaten with a 58-46 win over Massachusetts Saturday in the Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament semifinals in Uncasville, Conn.

No. 7 Virginia travels to Uncasville, Connecticut for this weekend’s Air Force Reserve Tip-Off Tournament, and will go up against Massachusetts Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena.

For 35 minutes, Vermont sharpshooter Anthony Lamb made No. 7 Virginia sweat on Tuesday night, giving the unbeaten Cavaliers all they could handle. That’s why they still play 40.

The visiting Catamounts are coming of a 70-68 victory at St. John’s, and received 11 voting points in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll, the most by a Vermont team since the 2004-05 season when famed Tom Brennan was the coach.

With legendary Virginia shot-blocker Ralph Sampson sitting courtside, Jay Huff swatted away five Columbia shots, tying his own record at John Paul Jones Arena on Saturday.

No. 9 Virginia continues its initial homestand of the season at John Paul Jones Arena Saturday afternoon against Columbia (12 p.m. tipoff, ACC Network).

When Mamadi Diakite announced his decision to return to Virginia for his final year of eligibility last spring, Wahoo Nation let out such a collective sigh of relief that it could have huffed and puffed the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria across the Atlantic.