Basketball


Wahoo Madness: Elite Eight

Okay, Wahoos, it’s that time. We are down to the Elite Eight of the best Virginia basketball players of all time.


Virginia makes the cut for Rice transfer guard Trey Murphy III

Virginia basketball has made another final four, this time as a finalist for the services of Rice transfer Trey Murphy III.


Virginia basketball will play in Charlotte tripleheader come November

According to CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein, Virginia is scheduled to play in a tripleheader in Charlotte on Nov. 13.


Bennett & staff could clearly see Big Picture at Virginia 11 years ago

I decided late in that first Bennett season to write a piece about the Big Picture, what Bennett and his staff knew and saw that fans and media were missing.


Coronavirus claims the life of Kyle Guy’s grandfather

Last year at this time, Kyle Guy was en route to one of the happiest weekends of his life. On Friday, Guy learned that his grandfather had died from the Coronavirus.


Wahoo Madness: Sweet 16

We’ve reached the Sweet Sixteen of “Wahoo Madness” with a few unexpected developments and some tough matchups before we reach the Elite Eight of the best Virginia basketball players of all time.


11 Years Ago, UVA lured Bennett across the country and changed Wahoo history

Honestly, when I was told UVA had hired Tony Bennett, I had never heard of him. I thought I knew college hoops pretty well, but my knowledge of some of the schools out west wasn’t up to par.


STAB’s Poindexter continues local UVA basketball walk-on tradition

Tony Bennett has had a pipeline of preferred walk-on basketball players from Charlottesville-area schools, and that tradition continued on Saturday when St. Anne’s-Belfield guard Malachi Poindexter announced he would be the next.


Wahoo Madness: Round of 32

The round of 32 is set for “Wahoo Madness,” our All-Time Virginia basketball bracket voted on by you, the Cavalier fans. We’re getting down to the nitty gritty, as we advance to the second round of our 64-man bracket to determine your favorite Cavalier basketball heroes of all time.


Photo Gallery: Mamadi Diakite

Let’s celebrate the University of Virginia career of Mamadi Diakite with this exclusive photo gallery taken by Annie Piland, a fourth-year student at UVA majoring in Biology.


Diakite looking for an NBA future, but loved his UVA past

While he was not “live-tweeting” like some of his former teammates during the recent replays of last year’s national championship, Virginia’s Mamadi Diakite enjoyed looking back.


UVA’s Key hires agent, ready for next step

Despite having his senior season cut short due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, Virginia’s Braxton Key has come to peace with the situation, and is focused on taking the next steps in his basketball career.


UVA PG signee Reece Beekman’s brother, Bryce, dies at age 22 at Washington State

Tragedy struck the home of Virginia basketball signee Reece Beekman on Tuesday when he and his family were informed that older brother, Bryce Beekman, had died in Pullman, Wash.


Flashback: Looking back at ‘The Shot’

It went from being the shot heard round the world – at least the basketball world – to now being immortalized as one of the greatest shots in March Madness history.


UVA’s wins over Purdue, Auburn and Texas Tech on TV tonight

Having March Madness withdrawals? Want to relive last season’s Virginia run to the national championship? Missed Sunday’s replay of the Wahoos’ title win over Texas Tech?


Wahoo Madness: Round of 64

The field of 64 is set for Wahoo Madness, our All-Time Virginia basketball bracket voted on by you, the Cavalier fans.


Wahoo Madness: The 64 greatest UVA basketball players of all time

Welcome to Wahoo Madness, a fun way to find out who you, the fans, will determine to be the greatest UVA hoops players of all time.


Wahoos finish No. 16 in season-ending AP Top 25 Poll

Virginia is one of four ACC teams that finished the season ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. All four finished in the top 20, tied for the most teams of any conference.


Harvard sharpshooting forward Towns has UVA on his final transfer list

Reigning national champion Virginia could be adding a player to its basketball roster this week in 6-foot-7 forward Seth Towns, a graduate transfer from Harvard who announced on Twitter a few days ago that he will be making his choice this week.


Tony Bennett knew exactly how to break the news of season cancellation to his Cavaliers

Very little has been heard from the Virginia basketball program since the abrupt ending of the college season. After the ACC cancelled the remaining three days of the ACC Tournament and the NCAA cancelled March Madness, hoops fans were left in shock.