UVA escapes with 49-47 win over Wake Forest
Despite a horrible afternoon from the free-throw line, Virginia survived with a hard-fought, 49-47 victory against Wake Forest on Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena.
Despite a horrible afternoon from the free-throw line, Virginia survived with a hard-fought, 49-47 victory against Wake Forest on Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena.
The win over the Deacs assured Virginia of finishing above the .500 mark in ACC play for the 13th-consecutive year.
Nearly 14 years had passed since the last time Virginia coach Tony Bennett was slapped with a technical foul, until Saturday’s game against Wake Forest.
Tony Bennett has been less than thrilled with Virginia’s defensive performances in the last two games. Look for that to change in Saturday’s huge showdown against visiting Wake Forest.
Pittsburgh knew exactly what it was getting into long before it arrived at John Paul Jones Arena on Tuesday night.
The last time Virginia had lost a game at John Paul Jones Arena prior to Tuesday’s ACC tilt against Pittsburgh, Kihei Clark was still wearing a Cavalier uniform.
Pitt coach Jeff Capel knows that defending Virginia is sort of like playing “Whack-a-Mole.” Shut down one 3-point shooter, and another pops up.
A future shoo-in for the Naismith Hall of Fame, Tony Bennett, in only his 15th year in Charlottesville, has taken the Cavaliers to higher ground.
Isaac McKneely and Reece Beekman each scored career highs on Saturday night to spark Virginia’s 80-76 win at Florida State.
Virginia will attempt to keep its seven-game winning streak going tonight when the Cavaliers take on Florida State in Tallahassee.
Virginia outscored Boston College by seven points in the fourth quarter to claim its second ACC road win of the season, 73-66, at Conte Forum Thursday night.
Having grown up in the ACC and eventually having covered a number of ACC tournaments, I confess that today’s announcement concerning the next five years warmed my heart.
Two Virginia stars are included on the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list, as UVA is one of only two schools in the country with two players on the list.
If you’re a Virginia basketball fan, you’ve probably observed a new tag team of sorts that has helped the Cavaliers’ resurgence in ACC play: Jordan Minor and Blake Buchanan.
Tony Bennett didn’t talk to his Virginia team about tournament resume building prior to Big Monday’s big beatdown of Miami.
Virginia looked like a well-oiled machine on both ends of the floor against visiting Miami on Monday night in front of a national TV audience, cruising to a 60-38 win.
The nation’s longest home winning streak will be on the line tonight when Miami visits Virginia at John Paul Jones Arena.
Look who woke up this morning all alone in second place in the ACC basketball standings. None other than written off, left-for-dead Virginia.
Virginia extended its overall win streak to six games Saturday, hanging on in the waning seconds for an important 66-65 win over Clemson, marking UVA’s seventh-straight win at Littlejohn Coliseum.
Virginia erased a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, but ultimately came up short in the waning minutes, falling 75-69 to Clemson at John Paul Jones Arena Sunday afternoon.