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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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

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.