CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (9-2) concludes non-conference action against Morgan State (4-10) on Wednesday (Dec. 27). Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 7 p.m. ET on ACC Network and Virginia Sports Radio Network.
For Openers
• UVA is 8-1 in non-conference action, including a 6-0 record at John Paul Jones Arena.
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Morgan State game will be televised on ACC Network 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 350-127 (.734) mark in 15 seasons at UVA and 419-160 (.724) career mark in 18 seasons as a head coach.
• Bennett passed the late Terry Holland (326-173, 16 seasons) as UVA’s all-time winningest coach 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 six ACC regular-season titles (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023), 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 11th consecutive postseason berth in 2022-23.
• In 2018-19, Bennett led the Cavaliers to their first NCAA national championship, a share of their ninth ACC regular-season title and a school-record 35 wins.
Hoo Are These Cavaliers?
• We play defense, take quality shots, pass the basketball, limit turnovers and transition points, rebound and play more defense.
• UVA returns one starter – Reece Beekman (12.5 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.5 rpg & 2.6 spg) – from last season’s ACC regular-season champion and NCAA tournament team that finished 25-8.
• Beekman, who earned All-ACC third-team honors last season, needs 35 steals to pass Othell Wilson (222 steals from 1981-84) for first all-time at UVA.
• Ryan Dunn (9.1 ppg) leads the team in rebounding (6.5 rpg), and blocked shots (2.5 bpg).
Isaac McKneely (11.7 ppg) leads the team in 3-pointers (27) and 3-point percentage (50%).
• McKneely averaged 6.7 points and shot a team-best 39.2 percent from 3-point range last year, while Dunn tallied 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds in 12.9 minutes per game.
• Jake Groves (8.2 ppg), Andrew Rohde (5.6 ppg & 3.5 apg),…