Boston College became the third team to put up 60-plus points against Virginia’s Pack-Line defense, which translated to the Cavaliers’ third loss of the season, 60-53, on Tuesday night in Chestnut Hill.

Today’s piece kicks off our new weekly ACC Power Poll, with our four expert panelists rating the league’s 15 teams.

Virginia will play its first game away from home in over a month Tuesday night when the 18th-ranked Cavaliers travel north to face Boston College (7 p.m., ACC Network).

Former Virginia basketball star Justin Anderson signed a 10-day contract with the Brooklyn Nets on Monday and was dressed and on the bench for the club’s game in Orlando.

Saturday was not exactly what new Virginia Tech coach Mike Young had envisioned about his first trip to John Paul Jones Arena with his Hokies basketball team.

Photos by John Markon

Kihei Clark scored a career-high 18 points and Braxton Key added a season-high 18 of his own to lift No. 19 Virginia to a 65-39 win over Virginia Tech to stay perfect in conference play on Saturday.

The Commonwealth Clash rivalry resumes Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, as No. 19 Virginia hosts Virginia Tech at 2 p.m. (Regional Sports Networks).

Braxton Key and Kihei Clark each had a memorable day to lead the way, as No. 16 Virginia rallied from a second-half deficit to hold off a pesky effort from Navy, 65-56, to cap the non-conference slate Sunday at John Paul Jones Arena.

Virginia closes out the year — and a very memorable decade — with its final non-conference game of the season this afternoon against Navy (4 p.m., ESPN2) at John Paul Jones Arena.

Even with a cast on his hand, Braxton Key clocked the third-most floor time of any Cavalier in Sunday’s loss to South Carolina.

We all knew what the challenges would be for this Virginia basketball team after losing such a huge portion of its experience, its scoring and its perimeter shooting, not to mention leadership.

A much-needed 16-3 scoring run got No. 9 Virginia back into the game in the second half against visiting South Carolina Sunday at John Paul Jones Arena, and the team’s 22-game win streak in the building against non-conference opponents looked like it may survive.

Photos by John Markon from South Carolina’s 70-59 upset of #9 Virginia.

No. 9 Virginia welcomes South Carolina to John Paul Jones Arena at 3 p.m. Sunday (ABC), as the Cavaliers try to stay perfect at home on the season and extend the JPJ non-conference winning streak to 23 games.

Some observers believe the key for Virginia becoming a contender in the ACC this season is Key … Braxton Key.

Wednesday night was one of those kind of nights, the kind that highly-favored teams lose during the silent December stretch when nobody is paying attention.

The ninth-ranked Virginia men’s basketball team is back in action tonight against non-conference opponent Stony Brook at John Paul Jones Arena.