Basketball

Virginia gets past Demon Deacons thanks to Woldetensae’s hot hand

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.

Woldetensae’s sharp shooting leads comeback effort as ‘Hoos win in OT at Wake

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.

Jerry Ratcliffe interview with Gene Corrigan

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.

Tale of the Tape: Virginia at Wake Forest

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).

Morsell’s on-the-job training is challenging after being thrust into action

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

Perrantes signs with Wizards’ G League affiliate

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.

Virginia’s Caffaro displays toughness in loss to NC State

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.

‘Hoos claw back for late lead, but can’t finish against Wolfpack

After losing the lead with less than five minutes to play for the first time since midway through the first half, visiting NC State used a late 10-1 scoring run to take the lead and survived with a 53-51 win over Virginia Monday night.

Photo Gallery: Virginia loses to NC State

Tale of the Tape: NC State at Virginia

Another longtime ACC rival is on deck for Virginia Monday night, as the Cavaliers host NC State at 7 p.m. (ESPN) in a pivotal conference showdown.

Bennett doesn’t believe criticism of Clark is warranted, as PG comes through at Tech

Kihei Clark is a man who lives with pressure, and lately that pressure was amped up after a Virginia three-game losing streak.

Huff’s career highs make for fun night for the big man as he sparks Cavaliers past Jackets

Jay Huff hadn’t made a 3-pointer since Dec. 29, but his timing on a big make Saturday night couldn’t have been better for a staggering Virginia team trying to break out of a three-game losing streak.

Virginia snaps losing streak, hangs on for 63-58 win at Georgia Tech

Virginia put an end to its three-game losing streak, as the Cavalier big men led the way to a 63-58 win at Georgia Tech Saturday night.

Tale of the Tape: Virginia at Georgia Tech

Virginia squares off against Georgia Tech in Atlanta tonight at 8 p.m. on ACC Network, as the Cavaliers will be hungrier than ever to get back into the win column.

Struggling UVA hopes to end 3-game slide at Georgia Tech

UVA, staggering through a three-game losing streak, heads to Atlanta for a late-night battle with Georgia Tech on Saturday (8 p.m.), looking for answers. The Cavaliers’ problems are obvious. 

Vassell, Polite too much as FSU hands Virginia its third straight loss, 54-50

Florida State got a huge 3-pointer from Devin Vassell with 14.5 seconds remaining, and held on to defeat Virginia in Tallahassee, 54-50, extending the Cavaliers’ losing streak to three games.

Tale of the Tape: Virginia at No. 9 Florida State

Virginia looks to avoid a three-game losing streak tonight when the Cavaliers travel to the Sunshine State to face ninth-ranked Florida State (7 p.m., ESPN2). 

Scattershooting: ACC Power Poll, Bennett best defensive coach of all time?

Scattershooting around the ACC, while noting that Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim holds Virginia’s Tony Bennett in high regard …

Virginia’s shooting woes continue to haunt Cavaliers in rare home loss

While there were other underlying factors to Virginia’s 63-55 overtime loss to Syracuse on Saturday evening at John Paul Jones Arena, nothing stood out more than the 3-point figures for both teams.

Photo Gallery: Virginia loses in overtime to Syracuse

Photos from John Markon from Virginia’s 63-55 overtime loss to Syracuse.