CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (20-7, 11-5 ACC) hosts No. 10 North Carolina (20-6, 12-3 ACC) in ACC action on Saturday (Feb. 24). Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 4 p.m. on ESPN and Virginia Sports Radio Network.
For Openers
• Virginia (20-7) is third in the ACC at 11-5, while No. 10 North Carolina (20-6) is tied for first at 12-3.
• UVA has an eight-game home win streak vs. North Carolina.
• UVA meets its first top-10 foe of the season and is 1-1 vs. ranked opponents in 2023-24.
• UVA is 14-1 at John Paul Jones Arena.
• A win over Virginia Tech will give the Cavaliers their third straight 21-win season and 12th under head coach Tony Bennett.
• UVA has won 11 ACC games for 12 straight seasons.
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-North Carolina game will be televised on ESPN and streamed on 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 361-132 mark in 15 seasons at UVA and 430-165 career mark in 18 seasons as a head coach.
• Bennett passed the late Terry Holland (326-173, 16 seasons) as UVA’s winningest coach with the win over Syracuse (1/7/23) and recorded his 400th 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 (13.9 ppg, 5.8 apg, 3.2 rpg & 2.2 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 four steals to pass Othell Wilson (222 steals from 1981-84) for first all-time at UVA.
• Ryan Dunn (8.6 ppg) leads UVA in rebounding (7.0 rpg), and…