Virginia’s Jay Huff (Durham, N.C.) was one of 20 players named to the watch list for the 2021 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Friday (Nov. 6).

Virginia’s Sam Hauser was one of 20 players named to the watch list for the 2021 Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Wednesday.

Virginia’s Kihei Clark (Woodland Hills, Calif.) was one of 20 players named to the watch list for the 2021 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Monday (Nov. 2).

Virginia will host Michigan State in the 22nd ACC/B1G Challenge on Wednesday, Dec. 9. Tip times and networks for this year’s Challenge, which includes 14 games, will be announced at a later date.

“Bubbleville” will be Virginia’s basketball home for its two opening games of the season next month in Uncasville, Conn.

Villanova coach Jay Wright told CBS basketball analyst Jon Rothstein on Monday that the Wildcats are still planning to play Virginia this season at Madison Square Garden.

Two CBS basketball writers believe that Virginia is the best team in the ACC and one of the nation’s top teams.

Dick Vitale is a keen observer of college basketball, and even though there’s chaos in the game in terms of trying to get schedules set, the great one has come out with his preseason Top 40.

Five-star Caleb Houstan, a 6-foot-7, 190-pound small forward from Montverde Academy in Florida, narrowed his final four college choices to Alabama, Duke, Michigan and UVA.

Virginia basketball has never met Florida during the regular season, but that will change on Nov. 27 when the Cavaliers and Gators are scheduled to clash at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun.

Shortly after Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper hoisted the Stanley Cup Trophy, he joined Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter late Monday night, sporting a Virginia basketball national championship hat.

It appears that Virginia’s basketball team will participate in the 2020 Wooden Legacy event in Orlando, although dates have not been announced.

Virginia reached across the Pacific to land its first basketball recruit for the Class of 2021 early Sunday morning when projected 4-star guard Taine Murray announced on his Instagram account that he had committed to Tony Bennett’s program.

Only one day after 4-star power forward Trey Kaufman included Virginia on his top-5 list of schools, the Cavaliers also made the final-3 list for 5-star combo guard Trevor Keels of Fairfax.

After visiting ACC powerhouses Virginia and North Carolina over the weekend, high-profile power forward Trey Kaufman announced a top-5 list of schools on Tuesday night.

Of the eight Wahoos currently playing in the Association, five will be participating in the postseason, which begins today — Malcolm Brogdon, Joe Harris, Mike Scott, Justin Anderson and Devon Hall.

Coach Tony Bennett had a second virtual meeting this week with Dallan “Deebo” Coleman, who holds offers from five other ACC schools including Louisville, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest and Clemson.

Virginia basketball lost out on one star prospect on Sunday, but made the final-three cut for another prospect in New Zealand shooting guard Taine Murray.

Fans who do not currently receive the ACC Network through their cable or satellite provider can take advantage of a limited-time free trial offer through YouTubeTV to view Saturday’s lineup.

Jay Huff’s announcement that he is returning for his fifth year didn’t catch me by surprise, although he may have caused Wahoo Nation’s collective hearts to flutter a bit in the way he broadcasted the news.