De Ridder Pushing Himself To The Limits For His Final Season
To say that Virginia second-year forward Thijs De Ridder was amped to get the 2026-27 season underway would be putting it very mildly.
To say that Virginia second-year forward Thijs De Ridder was amped to get the 2026-27 season underway would be putting it very mildly.
The Atlantic Coast Conference doesn’t need defending when it comes time to reflect on its glorious basketball history.
For 20 minutes on Thursday night, Virginia struggled to find its rhythm against Davidson. After spending much of the first half trading baskets with the Wildcats, the Cavaliers came out of halftime with a renewed sense of urgency, stringing together 15 unanswered points to pull away for a 72-57 victory.
No. 9 Virginia hosts its second straight CAA opponent on Friday in a rare 5 p.m. tipoff at John Paul Jones when Northeastern comes to town (ACC Network Extra).
The Cavaliers defeated Notre Dame on penalty kicks, 5-4, to advance to the quarterfinal round of the ACC Men’s Soccer Championship.
One of Ryan Odom’s goals with his No. 9 ranked Virginia basketball team going into the season was to become more disruptive defensively.
Only 140 seconds had ticked off the game clock when Drexel coach Zach Spiker looked up and wondered what had poleaxed his basketball team.
No. 9 Virginia eventually cruised in its season opener against underdog Drexel on Tuesday at John Paul Jones Arena, 89-60.
Kymora Johnson scored 21 points, Breona Hurd and Adeang Ring each had a double-double, and the Virginia Cavaliers (1-0, 0-0) started the Aaron Roussell era with a convincing 87-45 win over UMES at John Paul Jones Arena on Monday night.
A quietness often follows a major sports injury.
For an athlete whose identity has been forever tied to explosiveness and a lockdown defensive mentality, the stillness of rehab can be deafening.
Virginia opens its 122nd basketball season tonight (7:30 p.m., ACC Network Extra) against visiting Drexel, the first of three games in six days, capped by a neutral court battle with nationally-ranked Arkansas on Sunday in Washington, D.C.
If there was ever a weekend that highlighted the unpredictable nature of college football, Halloween weekend was a perfect centerpiece.
Tony Elliott said everything in his program has to be evaluated over the next two weeks. Likely, he’s not going to like much of what he sees.
There are losses; there are beatdowns; and then there is what happened to the University of Virginia football team Saturday in Winston-Salem.
Virginia dropped its third consecutive game — and fourth in its last five outings — as No. 14 Wake dismantled the hobbled Wahoos, 51-7.
Monroe Mills was announced as one of 38 college football student-athletes under consideration for the Comeback Player of the Year Award.
Ryan Odom can’t help but get excited during practice drills when he observes the speed of his basketball team.
Virginia’s challenge of taking on Wake Forest increased significantly when the Cavaliers’ top rusher, Jekail Middlebrook, was ruled “out.”
Head coach Aaron Roussell inherits a squad with five returning players, including guard Kymora Johnson and a host of incoming players.
Wake Forest is riding high with a 6-1 record, a four-game winning streak and is a heavy favorite over struggling Virginia in this Saturday’s ACC clash in Winston-Salem (3:45 p.m., ESPN2).