Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
Virginia Cavaliers | |||
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University | University of Virginia | ||
First season | 1905–06 | ||
All-time record | 1719–1204–1 (.588) | ||
Athletic director | Carla Williams | ||
Head coach | Tony Bennett (15th season) | ||
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||
Location | Charlottesville, Virginia | ||
Arena | John Paul Jones Arena (Capacity: 14,623) | ||
Nickname | Cavaliers (official) Wahoos (unofficial) | ||
Student section | Hoo Crew | ||
Colors | Orange and blue[1] | ||
Uniforms | |||
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NCAA tournament champions | |||
2019 | |||
NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
1981, 1984, 2019 | |||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2016, 2019 | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2014, 2016, 2019 | |||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1976, 2014, 2018 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1922, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 | |||
NIT tournament champions | |||
1980, 1992 |
The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is the
Virginia
Virginia was a top program in the early years of college basketball under the tutelage of
History
The
After Lannigan's sudden death in 1930 and with limited administration interest at the onset of the
As of 2023, Bennett has led Virginia to the program's first NCAA Tournament Championship, third Final Four, second and third ACC Tournament Championships, and six of eleven seasons Virginia has finished first in the ACC season standings. He holds the single-season wins record with 35 from the 2018–19 season, breaking his own previous record of 31.
NCAA Final Four teams
Virginia is 3–2 at Final Four events and won the
1981: Sampson and Goliath
Led by Coach Terry Holland, National Player of the Year Ralph Sampson and his first team All-ACC teammate Jeff Lamp, the Cavaliers rolled to their best season in school history. After beginning the season with a 23–0 record, the Cavaliers would claim the ACC Regular Season title before falling in the ACC Tournament Semifinals. Despite the loss, UVA still entered the NCAA tournament as the 1 seed in the East Regional of the 1981 NCAA tournament.
UVA received a first-round bye and squeaked by
1984: Virginia plays Cinderella
Following the loss of their vaunted All-American in Sampson, the Virginia basketball team took a step back in 1983–84, at least in the regular season. The Cavaliers limped into the ACC tournament with a 17–10 (6–8) record, promptly falling to Wake Forest in the first round. Their record was good enough to ensure them an NCAA tournament invite and they were awarded the 7-seed in the East Regional.
After escaping 10th-seeded Iona 58–57 in the first round, Virginia drew Southwest Conference champion and 2nd-seeded Arkansas in the 2nd round. The Cavaliers dispatched the Razorbacks 53–51 in an overtime affair before cruising past 3rd-seeded Syracuse 63–55 in the Sweet Sixteen. In a low-scoring, defensive affair, the Cavaliers defeated Bobby Knight's 4th-seeded Indiana Hoosiers 50–48 in the Elite Eight to clinch the school's second Final Four appearance in 4 seasons.
In the National Semifinals, Virginia drew the
2019: Redemption National Championship
Coming off a loss to 16-seed UMBC a year prior, the Virginia team returned with a vaunted Bennett defense along with the three-pronged offensive attack of De'Andre Hunter, Kyle Guy, and Ty Jerome.[14] The Cavaliers began and ended the season ranked in the AP Top 5, with a 28–2 regular season record and both losses to Zion Williamson's AP No. 1 ranked Duke squad under Coach Krzyzewski.[15][16] Those two Virginia–Duke matchups during the ACC regular season were the most watched college basketball games of the regular season with 3.8 million and 3.3 million viewers for their games in Durham and Charlottesville respectively.[17] In the ACC Tournament, Virginia defeated bubble team NC State 76–56 before being defeated by Florida State, 69–59.[18][19] Entering the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was a No. 1 seed in the South region, Duke was the No. 1 overall seed and placed in the East region, while North Carolina also received a No. 1 seed but in the Midwest region. The only No. 1 seed from another conference was Gonzaga in the West, later to be defeated by Texas Tech in the Elite Eight.
Virginia was the sole No. 1 seed of the tournament to
The National Championship match was headlined by two of the top defenses in college basketball, Virginia and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.[25] Texas Tech did not score a field goal for the first 7 minutes and 11 seconds of the game, but eventually tied the game at 19 with 7 minutes and 33 seconds remaining in the first half. The teams traded leads until halftime, with Virginia holding a 32–29 advantage at intermission.[25] Eventual top-10 picks in the subsequent NBA draft De'Andre Hunter and Jarrett Culver shot 1-for-8 and 0-for-6 from the field respectively in the first half, but Hunter shot 7-for-8 in the second half to end with a career-high 27 points while the NABC Defensive Player of the Year sophomore limited Culver to 5-for-22 shooting and a 15-point total.[26] Texas Tech rallied from a deficit to take a late lead before Virginia scored in the closing seconds to take the game into overtime.[25] Virginia outscored Texas Tech 17–9 in overtime to win their first national title 85–77.[25]
Virginia ended the season with a 35–3 record, breaking the school record for wins in a single-season.[25] The team was 29–0 after leading at halftime.[25] The Cavaliers were the first first-time champions of the NCAA Tournament since the University of Florida thirteen years earlier.[25] In light of the previous year's loss to UMBC, ESPN called Virginia's championship run "the most redemptive season in the history of college basketball," and NBC Sports described it as "the greatest redemption story in the history of sports."[27][12]
ACC Tournament championship teams
Virginia has won the ACC tournament three times, defeating Duke or North Carolina in each title game.
1976: Miracle in Landover
The 1975–76 Cavalier season was largely disappointing as they finished 13–11 overall (4–8, ACC) and limped into the ACC tournament as the 6th seed. Played at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, the tournament was the first in ACC history to be played outside the state of North Carolina.
Despite falling to NC State twice during the regular season, the Cavaliers upset the 3rd-seeded Wolfpack 75–63. The Cavaliers then drew 2-seed Maryland, longtime border rivals that had just defeated UVA five days earlier at
Virginia was awarded the East Region's 7 seed in the NCAA tournament, where they fell to 2nd-seeded DePaul in the first round.
2014: Bennett Ball arrives
After a few years of steady improvement, Tony Bennett finally had a team he had fully recruited and coached. The Cavaliers got off to a forgettable 9–4 start, punctuated by a 35-point road loss at Tennessee. Following a pivotal conversation between star G/F Joe Harris and Bennett, UVA got on track and rolled through the ACC. On March 1, the 12th ranked Cavaliers would defeat #4 Syracuse at John Paul Jones Arena to clinch the ACC regular season title outright for the first time since 1981, allowing them to enter the 2014 ACC men's basketball tournament as the 1-seed.
After cruising against 8th seeded Florida State, Virginia held off 4th-seeded Pittsburgh in the final seconds of the semifinal, setting up a championship game against 3rd seeded Duke at
2018: Calm before the storm
After losing all-conference point guard London Perrantes to graduation and the Cleveland Cavaliers, many expected 2017–18 to be a rebuilding year for Virginia basketball. The team would start the season unranked before getting off to an 11–1 non-conference start and climbing up to No. 13 in the country at the start of conference play. Virginia would then become the first team to go 17–1 in conference play, notably snapping a long losing streak at Cameron Indoor Stadium against Duke, scoring 5 points in 0.9 seconds to stun Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center, and only losing one conference game by a single point in overtime.
They would open the ACC tournament by routing 9th-seeded Louisville 75–58 in the quarterfinals before dispatching 4th-seeded Clemson 64–58 in the semis. They would then rematch with a North Carolina team they had defeated earlier in Charlottesville and claim the ACC championship with a 71–63 win. Kyle Guy was named tournament MVP and was joined on the First team by Devon Hall as the Cavaliers gave Tony Bennett his second ACC tournament title in 5 seasons.
Seasons
Results by season (1980–present)
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | |||||
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Terry Holland (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1974–1990) | ||||||||||
1979–80 | Terry Holland | 24–10 | 7–7 | 5th | NIT Championship | |||||
1980–81 | Terry Holland | 29–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Final Four
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1981–82 | Terry Holland | 30–4 | 12–2 | T–1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | |||||
1982–83 | Terry Holland | 29–5 | 12–2 | T–1st | NCAA Elite Eight | |||||
1983–84 | Terry Holland | 21–12 | 6–8 | 6th | NCAA Final Four | |||||
1984–85 | Terry Holland | 17–16 | 3–11 | 8th | NIT Quarterfinals | |||||
1985–86 | Terry Holland | 19–11 | 7–7 | 5th | NCAA First Round | |||||
1986–87 | Terry Holland | 21–10 | 8–6 | 4th | NCAA First Round | |||||
1987–88 | Terry Holland | 13–18 | 5–9 | 6th | ||||||
1988–89 | Terry Holland | 22–11 | 9–5 | 3rd | NCAA Elite Eight | |||||
1989–90 | Terry Holland | 20–12 | 6–8 | 5th | NCAA Second Round | |||||
Terry Holland: | 326–173 (.653) | 111–103 (.519) | ||||||||
Jeff Jones (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1990–1998) | ||||||||||
1990–91 | Jeff Jones | 21–12 | 6–8 | 6th | NCAA First Round | |||||
1991–92 | Jeff Jones | 20–13 | 8–8 | 5th | NIT Championship | |||||
1992–93 | Jeff Jones | 21–10 | 9–7 | 5th | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | |||||
1993–94 | Jeff Jones | 18–13 | 8–8 | 4th | NCAA Second Round | |||||
1994–95 | Jeff Jones | 25–9 | 12–4 | T–1st | NCAA Elite Eight | |||||
1995–96 | Jeff Jones | 12–15 | 6–10 | 7th | ||||||
1996–97 | Jeff Jones | 18–13 | 7–9 | 6th | NCAA First Round | |||||
1997–98 | Jeff Jones | 11–19 | 3–13 | 9th | ||||||
Jeff Jones: | 146–104 (.584) | 59–67 (.468) | ||||||||
Pete Gillen (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1998–2005) | ||||||||||
1998–99 | Pete Gillen | 14–16 | 4–12 | 9th | ||||||
1999–00 | Pete Gillen | 19–12 | 9–7 | 3rd | NIT First Round | |||||
2000–01 | Pete Gillen | 20–9 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA First Round | |||||
2001–02 | Pete Gillen | 17–12 | 7–9 | 5th | NIT First Round | |||||
2002–03 | Pete Gillen | 16–16 | 6–10 | 6th | NIT Second Round | |||||
2003–04 | Pete Gillen | 18–13 | 6–10 | 8th | NIT Second Round | |||||
2004–05 | Pete Gillen | 14–15 | 4–12 | 11th | ||||||
Pete Gillen: | 118–93 (.559) | 45–67 (.402) | ||||||||
Dave Leitao (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2005–2009) | ||||||||||
2005–06 | Dave Leitao | 15–15 | 7–9 | 7th | NIT First Round | |||||
2006–07 | Dave Leitao | 21–11 | 11–5 | T–1st | NCAA Second Round | |||||
2007–08 | Dave Leitao | 17–16 | 5–11 | 10th | CBI Semifinals | |||||
2008–09 | Dave Leitao | 10–18 | 4–12 | 11th | ||||||
Dave Leitao: | 63–60 (.512) | 27–37 (.422) | ||||||||
Tony Bennett (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2009–present) | ||||||||||
2009–10 | Tony Bennett | 15–16 | 5–11 | 9th | ||||||
2010–11 | Tony Bennett | 16–15 | 7–9 | 8th | ||||||
2011–12 | Tony Bennett | 22–10 | 9–7 | 4th | NCAA First Round | |||||
2012–13 | Tony Bennett | 23–12 | 11–7 | 4th | NIT Quarterfinals | |||||
2013–14 | Tony Bennett | 30–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Sweet Sixteen | |||||
2014–15 | Tony Bennett | 30–4 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA Second Round | |||||
2015–16 | Tony Bennett | 29–8 | 13–5 | 2nd | NCAA Elite Eight | |||||
2016–17 | Tony Bennett | 23–11 | 11–7 | T–5th | NCAA Second Round | |||||
2017–18 | Tony Bennett | 31–3 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | |||||
2018–19 | Tony Bennett | 35–3 | 16–2 | T–1st | NCAA Champions | |||||
2019–20 | Tony Bennett | 23–7 | 15–5 | T–2nd | Cancelled | |||||
2020–21 | Tony Bennett | 18–7 | 13–4 | 1st | NCAA First Round | |||||
2021–22 | Tony Bennett | 21–14 | 12–8 | 6th | NIT Quarterfinals | |||||
2022–23 | Tony Bennett | 25–8 | 15–5 | T–1st | NCAA First Round | |||||
2023–24 | Tony Bennett | 23–11 | 13–7 | 3rd | NCAA First Four | |||||
Tony Bennett: | 364–136 (.728) | 189–82 (.697) | ||||||||
Total: | 1742–1215–1 (.589) | 513–553 (.481) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Postseasons
NCAA tournament results
The Cavaliers have appeared in the NCAA tournament 26 times. Their combined record is 35–25. They were national champions in 2019.
Year | Seed/Region | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1976 | East | First Round | DePaul | L 60–69 |
1981 | #1 East | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Third Place |
#9 Villanova #4 Tennessee #6 BYU #2 (W) North Carolina #1 (MW) LSU |
W 54–40 W 62–48 W 74–60 L 65–78 W 78–74 |
1982 | #1 Mideast | Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#9 Tennessee #4 UAB |
W 54–51 L 66–68 |
1983 | #1 West | Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#8 Washington State #4 Boston College #6 NC State |
W 54–49 W 95–92 L 62–63 |
1984 | #7 East | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four |
#10 Iona #2 Arkansas #3 Syracuse #4 Indiana #2 (MW) Houston |
W 58–57 W 53–51OT W 63–55 W 50–48 L 47–49OT |
1986 | #5 East | First Round | #12 DePaul | L 68–72 |
1987 | #5 West | First Round | #12 Wyoming | L 60–64 |
1989 | #5 Southeast | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#12 Providence #13 Middle Tennessee #1 Oklahoma #3 Michigan |
W 100–97 W 104–88 W 86–80 L 65–102 |
1990 | #7 Southeast | First Round Second Round |
#10 Notre Dame #2 Syracuse |
W 75–67 L 61–63 |
1991 | #7 West | First Round | #10 BYU | L 48–61 |
1993 | #6 East | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen |
#11 Manhattan #3 Massachusetts #2 Cincinnati |
W 78–66 W 71–56 L 54–71 |
1994 | #7 West | First Round Second Round |
#10 New Mexico #2 Arizona |
W 57–54 L 58–71 |
1995 | #4 Midwest | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#13 Nicholls State #12 Miami (OH) #1 Kansas #2 Arkansas |
W 96–72 W 60–54OT W 67–58 L 61–68 |
1997 | #9 West | First Round | #8 Iowa | L 60–73 |
2001 | #5 South | First Round | #12 Gonzaga | L 85–86 |
2007 | #4 South | First Round Second Round |
#13 Albany #5 Tennessee |
W 84–57 L 74–77 |
2012 | #10 West | First Round | #7 Florida | L 45–71 |
2014 | #1 East | Second Round Third Round Sweet Sixteen |
#16 Coastal Carolina #8 Memphis #4 Michigan State |
W 70–59 W 78–60 L 59–61 |
2015 | #2 East | Second Round Third Round |
#15 Belmont #7 Michigan State |
W 79–67 L 54–60 |
2016 | #1 Midwest | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight |
#16 Hampton #9 Butler #4 Iowa State #10 Syracuse |
W 81–45 W 77–69 W 84–71 L 62–68 |
2017 | #5 East | First Round Second Round |
#12 UNC Wilmington #4 Florida |
W 76–71 L 39–65 |
2018 | #1 South | First Round | #16 UMBC | L 54–74 |
2019 | #1 South | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship |
#16 Gardner–Webb #9 Oklahoma #12 Oregon #3 Purdue #5 (MW) Auburn #3 (W) Texas Tech |
W 71–56 W 63–51 W 53–49 W 80–75OT W 63–62 W 85–77OT
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2021 | #4 West | First Round | #13 Ohio | L 58–62 |
2023 | #4 South | First Round | #13 Furman | L 67–68 |
2024 | #10 Midwest | First Four | #10 Colorado State | L 42–67 |
NCAA Tournament seeding history
Virginia is one of five NCAA programs to earn a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament seven or more times.[3]
The NCAA began seeding the NCAA Tournament with the
Years → | '81
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'82 | '83 | '84 | '86 | '87 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '97 | '01 | '07 | '12 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '21 | '23 | '24 |
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Seeds → | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
NIT results
The Cavaliers have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 14 times. Their combined record is 19–12. They were NIT champions in 1980 and 1992.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1941 | Quarterfinals | CCNY | L 35–64 |
1972 | First Round | Lafayette | L 71–72 |
1978 | First Round | Georgetown | L 68–70OT |
1979 | First Round Second Round |
Northeast Louisiana Alabama |
W 79–78 L 88–90 |
1980 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Lafayette Boston College Michigan UNLV Minnesota |
W 67–56 W 57–55 W 79–68 W 90–71 W 58–55 |
1985 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
West Virginia Saint Joseph's Tennessee |
W 56–55 W 68–61 L 54–61 |
1992 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |
Villanova Tennessee New Mexico Florida Notre Dame |
W 83–80 W 77–52 W 76–71 W 62–56 W 81–76OT |
2000 | First Round | Georgetown | L 111–1153OT |
2002 | First Round | South Carolina | L 74–67 |
2003 | First Round Second Round |
Brown St. John's |
W 89–73 L 63–73 |
2004 | First Round Second Round |
George Washington Villanova |
W 79–66 L 63–73 |
2006 | Opening Round | Stanford | L 49–65 |
2013 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
Norfolk State St. John's Iowa |
W 67–56 W 68–50 L 64–75 |
2022 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals |
Mississippi State North Texas St. Bonaventure |
W 60–57 W 71–69OT L 51–52 |
CBI results
The Cavaliers appeared in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational (CBI), in 2008. Their record is 2–1.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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2008 | #1 | First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals |
Richmond Old Dominion Bradley |
W 66–64 W 80–76 L 85–96 |
Rivalries
Annual Home-and-Away Series
Louisville Cardinals
Following conference realignment, the Cardinals moved from the Big East to the ACC and were designated UVA's home-and-away rivals. The two teams had previously met for four straight years outside of their conferences in the 1980s during an era both programs were highly ranked. The Cavaliers won each of those games in 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1985. In the ACC, the two teams have acted as spoilers to the other with a Cardinal win in 2015 and a 2017 Cavalier win delaying or preventing an ACC regular season title, while an injury to star player Justin Anderson during the 2015 matchup derailed UVA's national championship aspirations. The March 2018 matchup between the two teams ended with Virginia scoring five points in the final 0.9 seconds and dealing what proved to be a mortal blow to Louisville's NCAA tournament hopes. Both teams won recent NCAA Championships — Louisville in 2013 and Virginia in 2019. UVA leads the all-time series 16–5.
Virginia Tech Hokies
As the two
Other rivalries
North Carolina Tar Heels
As the two oldest universities of the ACC, the UVA–UNC rivalry spans many sports and has persisted to varying degrees since the late 1800s. The early 1980s were a particular highlight for the basketball series as all-time greats Ralph Sampson and Michael Jordan led two Top 5 programs of the era. The Tar Heels have dominated much of the all-time series and lead 131–60, but Virginia is 11–4 against the Heels since the Cavaliers began their rise back to national prominence under Tony Bennett in the 2012–13 season. The two teams defeated each other for ACC Tournament Championships in 2016 and 2018, and the winner of those conference title matches went on to win NCAA Championships the following year (UNC in 2017 and UVA in 2019).
Maryland Terrapins
Thanks to the proximity of these two long-time ACC members, and their status as
Coaches
Virginia has had 11 head coaches lead the Cavaliers.[30] The longest tenure was Pop Lannigan, who coached the team for 24 years starting in 1905.
Head coach | Years | Win–loss | Pct. |
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Henry Lannigan | 1905–1929 | 254–95–1 | .727 |
Roy Randall | 1929–1930 | 3–12 | .200 |
Gus Tebell | 1930–1951 | 241–190 | .559 |
Evan "Bus" Male | 1951–1957 | 67–88 | .432 |
Billy McCann | 1957–1963 | 40–106 | .274 |
Bill Gibson | 1963–1974 | 120–158 | .432 |
Terry Holland | 1974–1990 | 326–173 | .653 |
Jeff Jones | 1990–1998 | 146–104 | .584 |
Pete Gillen | 1998–2005 | 118–93 | .559 |
Dave Leitao | 2005–2009 | 63–60 | .512 |
Tony Bennett | 2009–present | 364–136 | .728 |
Statistics
Overall[31] | |
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Years of basketball | 118 |
First season | 1905–06 |
Head coaches (all-time) | 11 |
All Games[31] | |
All-time record | 1719–1204–1 (.588) |
20+ win seasons | 29 (1928, 1972, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023,2024) |
30+ win seasons | 5 ( 2019 )
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Home Games[31] | |
John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present) | 232–54 (.811) |
University Hall (1965–2006) | 402–143 (.738) |
Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1965) | 279–157 (.640) |
Fayerweather Gymnasium (1905–1924) | 134–19 (.876) |
Conference Games[31] | |
Southern Conference Record (1921–1937) | 73–79 (.480) |
SoCon Regular Season Championship | 1 (1922) |
ACC Record (1953–present) | 500–546 (.478) |
ACC Regular Season Championships | 10 (1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, ) |
ACC tournament championships | 3 (1976, 2014, 2018) |
ACC Players of the Year | 5 (Parkhill 1972; Sampson 1981, 1982, 1983; Brogdon 2016) |
NCAA Tournament | |
NCAA Appearances | 26 |
NCAA W–L record | 35–25 (.583) |
Sweet Sixteen | 10 () |
Elite Eight | 7 (1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2016, 2019) |
Final Four | 3 (1981, 1984, 2019) |
National Championships | 1 ( 2019 )
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National Invitation Tournament | |
NIT Appearances | 14 |
NIT W–L record | 19–12 (.613) |
NIT Championships | 2 (1980, 1992) |
Accurate through 2023 season |
Individual honors
Notable alumni
Name | Position | Year | Notes |
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Cory Alexander | PG | 1995 | Charlotte Bobcats
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Justin Anderson | G | 2015 | 2015 NBA draft 1st Round Pick—Dallas Mavericks (21st), Texas Legends, Philadelphia 76ers |
Darion Atkins | F | 2015 | SIG Basket
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Malcolm Brogdon | G | 2016 | 2016 NBA draft 2nd Round Pick–Milwaukee Bucks (36th). 2016-2017 NBA Rookie of the Year |
Junior Burrough | SF | 1995 | Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets |
Herb Busch | C | 1959 | New York Knicks |
Rick Carlisle | PG | 1984 | Player: Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets; Coach: Dallas Mavericks, Indiana Pacers
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Steve Castellan | C | 1979 | Boston Celtics |
John Crotty | PG | 1991 | Charlotte Hornets, Utah Jazz, Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Portland Trail Blazers, Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons |
Frank DeWitt | F | 1972 | Buffalo Braves |
Kenton Edelin | C | 1984 | Indiana Pacers |
Mustapha Farrakhan Jr. | G | 2011 | Melbourne Tigers, Oklahoma City Blue
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Gus Gerard | C | 1974 | Kansas City Kings , San Antonio Spurs
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Anthony Gill | F | 2016 | Yeşilgiresun Belediye, BC Khimki, Washington Wizards |
Kyle Guy | G | 2019 | 2019 Final Four Most Outstanding Player, 2019 NBA draft 2nd round pick—Sacramento Kings (55th) |
Devon Hall | G | 2018 | 2018 NBA draft 2nd round pick—Oklahoma City Thunder (53rd), Cairns Taipans |
Joe Harris | G | 2014 | Canton Charge, Brooklyn Nets
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De'Andre Hunter | F | 2019 | 2019 NBA draft 1st round pick—Atlanta Hawks (4th) |
Marc Iavaroni | PF | 1978 | Player: New York Knicks, Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz; Coach: Memphis Grizzlies |
Ty Jerome | G | 2019 | 2019 NBA draft 1st round pick—Phoenix Suns (24th), Oklahoma City Thunder |
Jeff Jones |
PG | 1982 | Player: Indiana Pacers, Old Dominion
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Andrew Kennedy | F | 1987 | Philadelphia 76ers, 1996 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP |
Jeff Lamp | SG | 1981 | 1981 NBA draft 1st Round Pick—Portland Trail Blazers (5th), Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs |
Bill Langloh | G | 1977 | Boston Celtics |
Lewis Lattimore | F | 1981 | Milwaukee Bucks |
Roger Mason |
SG | 2002 | Chicago Bulls, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, San Antonio Spurs, New York Knicks, Miami Heat |
Scott McCandlish | C | 1972 | Portland Trail Blazers |
Jim Miller | F | 1985 | Utah Jazz |
Akil Mitchell | F | 2014 | Houston Rockets, Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Olympique Antibes, New Zealand Breakers, Long Island Nets, Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
Cornel Parker | G | 1994 | Golden State Warriors |
Barry Parkhill | G | 1973 | 1973 NBA draft 1st Round Pick—Portland Trail Blazers (15th), Virginia Squires, St Louis Spirits |
London Perrantes | G | 2017 | San Antonio Spurs, Cleveland Cavaliers, Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli Basketball Premier League |
Olden Polynice | C | 1987 | 1987 NBA draft 1st Round Pick—Chicago Bulls (11th), Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers |
Lee Raker | F | 1981 | San Diego Clippers
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J.R. Reynolds |
PG | 2007 | Torku Konyaspor
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Craig Robinson | F | 1983 | Boston Celtics |
Jamal Robinson | SF/SG | 1997 | Portland Trail Blazers, Miami Heat |
Ralph Sampson | C | 1983 | Washington Bullets
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Mike Scott | PF | 2012 | 2012 NBA draft 2nd Round Pick—Atlanta Hawks (43rd), Washington Wizards |
Tom Sheehey | F | 1987 | Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls |
Sean Singletary | PG | 2008 | Charlotte Bobcats
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Curtis Staples | SG | 1998 | Player: United States men's national basketball team (1997 Summer Universiade); Coach: Virginia Episcopal School |
Bryant Stith | SF | 1992 | 1992 NBA draft 1st Round Pick—Denver Nuggets (13th), Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers |
Ricky Stokes | PG | 1984 | Coach: Virginia Tech, East Carolina |
Mike Tobey | C | 2016 | CB 1939 Canarias
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Wally Walker | SF | 1976 | 1976 NBA draft 1st Round Pick—Portland Trail Blazers (5th), Seattle SuperSonics, Houston Rockets |
Buzzy Wilkinson | G | 1955 | Boston Celtics |
Othell Wilson | PG | 1984 | Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings |
National honors
Naismith College Player of the Year | |
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1981 | Ralph Sampson |
1982 | Ralph Sampson |
1983 | Ralph Sampson |
Oscar Robertson Trophy | |
1981 | Ralph Sampson |
1982 | Ralph Sampson |
1983 | Ralph Sampson |
John R. Wooden Award | |
1982 | Ralph Sampson |
1983 | Ralph Sampson |
Adolph Rupp Trophy | |
1981 | Ralph Sampson |
1982 | Ralph Sampson |
1983 | Ralph Sampson |
NABC Defensive Player of the Year | |
2016 | Malcolm Brogdon |
2019 | De'Andre Hunter |
Lefty Driesell Award | |
2015 | Darion Atkins |
All-American | |
1915 | William Strickling |
1955 | Buzzy Wilkinson |
1972 | Barry Parkhill |
1973 | Barry Parkhill |
1980 | Jeff Lamp & Ralph Sampson |
1981 | Jeff Lamp & Ralph Sampson* |
1982 | Ralph Sampson* |
1983 | Ralph Sampson* |
2008 | Sean Singletary** |
2012 | Mike Scott |
2015 | Malcolm Brogdon & Justin Anderson |
2016 | Malcolm Brogdon* |
2018 | Kyle Guy |
2019 | Kyle Guy, De'Andre Hunter & Ty Jerome** |
Academic All-American | |
1973 | Jim Hobgood |
1976 | Wally Walker |
1980 | Lee Raker |
1981 | Jeff Lamp & Lee Raker |
Retired numbers
The Cavaliers have retired eight numbers to date:[32]
Virginia Cavaliers retired numbers | ||||
No. | Player | Pos. | Career | |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Jeff Lamp | SG | 1977–81 | |
14 | Buzzy Wilkinson | G |
1951–54 | |
15 | Malcolm Brogdon | G |
2011–16 | |
20 | Bryant Stith | SG | 1988–92 | |
40 | Barry Parkhill | G |
1969–73 | |
41 | Wally Walker | F |
1972–76 | |
44 | Sean Singletary | PG | 2004–08 | |
50 | Ralph Sampson | C | 1979–83 |
Retired jerseys
The University of Virginia's athletic department has issued the following statement distinguishing "retired jerseys" from "retired numbers": "Jersey retirement honors Virginia players who have significantly impacted the program. Individuals recognized in this way will have their jerseys retired, but their number will remain active."[33]
Virginia Cavaliers retired jerseys | ||||
No. | Player | Pos. | Career | |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Curtis Staples | SG | 1994–1998 | |
44 | Sean Singletary | PG | 2004–2008 |
All-time leaders
Notes
- ^ This is the only NCAA Tournament game that Virginia has lost in overtime. UVA's record in NCAA Tournament overtime periods is 4–1 as of 2019.
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- ^ "Malcolm Brogdon's Number To Be Retired" (Press release). Virginia Cavaliers. December 15, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2016.
- ^ 2008 Virginia Football Media Guide, page 175. The University of Virginia has not released a similar policy statement regarding basketball jerseys, but the same "retired jerseys" terminology is being used as to both the football and basketball programs.