Virginia Basketball | Virginia Opens Ally ACC Tournament Against Wake Forest

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 11 seed Virginia (15-14, 7-11 ACC) makes its 47th all-time ACC Tournament appearance when the Cavaliers take on 14th-seeded Wake Forest (6-24, 2-16 ACC) in the first round at Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday (March 6). Opening tipoff is slated for 6:30 p.m. on ACC Network.

FOR OPENERS

• The Cavaliers are coming off an 80-75 win over instate rival and then-No. 5 Virginia Tech in their regular-season finale.
• UVA has won five of its last seven games, two of which were over ranked opponents.
• Wednesday’s tournament matchup against the Demon Deacons is a rematch of UVA’s last two ACC Tournament openers, both of which the Cavaliers were on the losing end of.

BROADCAST INFORMATION

• Jenn Hildreth (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will have the call on ACC Network.
• The game will also be broadcast on 98.9-FM/1070-AM WINA, VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports mobile app.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports mobile app.

A WIN FOR THE CAVALIERS WOULD…

• Give Virginia its fourth win over a ranked opponent this season, a first since 2008-09.
• Be UVA’s sixth victory in its last eight games.
• Snap a two-game losing skid in the ACC Tournament and would mark the program’s first victory in the tournament since 2019.
• Guarantee the Hoos an above-.500 record upon the conclusion of this year’s ACC Tournament.

SERIES HISTORY

• Virginia leads the all-time series, which began in 1976, 71-10.
• UVA is 7-3 all-time against the Demon Deacons in the ACC Tournament. The Cavaliers won in: 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2017. Wake defeated UVA in 2011, 2022 and 2023.
• The Hoos won the first six meetings in the tournament between the two teams.
• Of Wake’s 10 victories since the series began 49 years ago, five of them have come in the last seven meetings dating back to 2018-19.
• The Cavaliers won 49 straight meetings from 1979 through 2002.

VIRGINIA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT

• UVA is 37-42 (.468) all-time in the ACC Tournament, including 6-4 in the first round.
• Among current ACC schools, UVA has only faced North Carolina (14) in the ACC Tournament more times than Wake Forest (10). The Cavaliers have also gone head-to-head with Georgia Tech 10 times.
• UVA’s last win in the tournament was…