RALEIGH – Kyle Guy took the inbounds pass from teammate Ty Jerome and hurled the ball high in the air down court, knowing by the time the ball landed it was game over.

Kyle Guy’s only 3-pointer couldn’t have come at a better time for third-ranked Virginia Tuesday night.

The ACC road gets a little tougher for the 3rd-ranked Cavaliers down the stretch, beginning with a showdown at No. 23/22 NC State Tuesday at 7 on ESPN2.

Jerry Ratcliffe and Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham and Scott German from Augusta Free Press vote in this week’s ACC Basketball Power Poll. How do things shake out after an interesting weekend in ACC play?

Virginia kept it rolling on the road Saturday at Notre Dame behind another performance in which five players scored in double figures, as the Cavaliers cruised to an 82-55 win over the Fighting Irish.

Virginia’s men’s basketball team hits the road for its next two games, beginning with Saturday’s trip to Purcell Pavilion to tangle with Notre Dame. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m., and the game will be nationally televised by CBS.

There it was in black and white on what Duke students refer to as the “cheat sheet” for all home games.

For any skeptics who wondered how losing an emotional decision at Duke last weekend might impact Virginia going forward, the Cavaliers quickly provided an answer Tuesday night when they pummeled visiting Wake Forest, 68-45.

Third-ranked Virginia built a 22-point lead in the opening minutes and never looked back, steamrolling visiting Wake Forest, 68-45, at John Paul Jones Arena Tuesday night.

Photos by John Markon from Virginia’s 68-45 win over Wake Forest.

The Virginia men’s basketball team returns home tonight against Wake Forest after suffering its first loss of the season over the weekend at Duke. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena.

Jerry Ratcliffe and Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham and Scott German from Augusta Free Press vote in this week’s ACC Basketball Power Poll. Will Duke supplant UVA atop the standings after Week 3 of ACC play?

DURHAM, N.C. – Only minutes after the nation’s last unbeaten team – Virginia – went down Saturday night against No. 1-ranked Duke, the Cavaliers were already talking about the rematch.

Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett combined for all but 15 of top-ranked Duke’s points Saturday, as the Blue Devils held on to give No. 4 Virginia its first loss of the season in a 72-70 barn burner at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Round 1 is almost here between arguably the top two college basketball teams in the nation, as No. 4/1 Virginia travels to historic Cameron Indoor Stadium to face No. 1/2 Duke Saturday evening.

Someone described Saturday nights’ Virginia at Duke basketball showdown at Cameron Indoor Stadium as a “unification bout.” I prefer to use a term borrowed from UVa coach Tony Bennett’s dad, Dick Bennett, who calls these kinds of battles “slobberknockers.”

Kihei Clark knew he had arrived as a major college basketball player during a pickup game with his Virginia teammates last summer in Charlottesville.

On the eve of the biggest basketball game in modern state history, Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams said that what rival coach Tony Bennett had done at Virginia was “otherworldly.”

Sole possession of first place in the ACC belongs to No. 4 Virginia, as the Cavaliers used a dominant first half to roll over 9th-ranked Virginia Tech, 81-59, in front of a packed house Tuesday night at John Paul Jones Arena.

Photos from John Markon illustrate Virginia’s 81-59 win over Virginia Tech.