CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 7 Virginia (19-4, 11-3 ACC) travels to Louisville (3-22, 1-13 ACC) for an ACC contest Wednesday (Feb. 15). Tipoff at KFC Yum! Center is set for 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
For Openers
• No. 7 Virginia (19-4) is tied for first in the ACC at 11-3, while Louisville (3-22) is 15th at 1-13.
• The Cavaliers have won 11 or more ACC games for the 11 consecutive season.
• UVA is 7-3 away from home, including a 5-3 true road record.
• Virginia has a five-game win streak vs. Louisville.
• Kihei Clark needs one win to become the ACC’s all-time winningest player (ACC regular season and tournament games).
• UVA ranks first nationally in assist/turnover ratio (1.79), fourth in turnovers per game (9.1), 10th in scoring defense (60.4 ppg), 18th in assists per game (16.3), 22nd in fouls per game (14.2), 24th in turnover margin (3.7), 25th in 3-point percentage (37.7%) and 36th in scoring margin (9.5).
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Louisville game will be televised on ESPNU and streamed online at WatchESPN.com.
• The game will also be broadcast on Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.
The Head Coach
• Dean and Markel Families Head Men’s Basketball Coach Tony Bennett has a 335-121 (.735) mark in 14 seasons at UVA and 404-153 (.725) career mark in 17 seasons as a head coach.
• Bennett passed Terry Holland (326-173, 16 seasons) as the all-time winningest coach at UVA with the win over Syracuse (1/7/23).
• Bennett recorded his 400th career win at Wake Forest (1/21/23).
• Bennett has guided the Cavaliers to five ACC regular-season titles (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2021), two ACC Tournament titles (2014 and 2018) and one NCAA national championship (2019).
• The three-time National (2007, 2015 and 2018) and four-time ACC Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019) guided UVA to its 10th consecutive postseason berth in 2021-22.
UVA Ranked No. 7 in Latest AP Poll
• UVA is ranked No. 7 in the latest AP national poll and has been ranked in the top-20 in all 15 polls.
• UVA’s No. 2 ranking on Dec. 12 as UVA’s highest since spending the last four weeks at No. 2 in 2018-19.
• UVA returned to the top-5 for the first time on Nov. 21 since a No. 4-preseason ranking in 2020-21.
• The Cavaliers were ranked No. 18 in the AP Preseason poll.
• UVA was ranked in the preseason AP top-25 for the fifth straight…