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No. 22 St. John's bounces back from double OT loss with 80-55 rout of Virginia
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — RJ Luis Jr. scored 18 points, Kadary Richmond added 12 and No. 22 St. John’s bounced back from a buzzer-beating, double-overtime loss the night before to rout Virginia 80-55 in the consolation game of the Baha Mar Championship on Friday night. Deivon Smith...
Isaac McKneely makes all 6 of his 3-point attempts to help Virginia beat Villanova 70-60
BALTIMORE (AP) — Isaac McKneely scored 23 points and made all six of his 3-point attempts to help Virginia beat Villanova 70-60 on Friday night as part of the Hall of Fame Series. Virginia is 3-0 under interim coach Ron Sanchez after three-time national coach of the year Tony...
McKneely gives Virginia a fast start, Cavaliers roll to a 62-45 victory over Coppin State
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Isaac McKneely hit three straight 3-pointers in the closing minutes of the first half to push Virginia to a double-digit halftime lead and the Cavaliers cruised to a 62-45 win over Coppin State on Monday night. Virginia is now 2-0 to start the season...
Virginia outlasts Campbell to give interim head coach Ron Sanchez a victory in his debut
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Freshman Jacob Cofie had 16 points, Elijah Saunders scored nine of his 11 points in the second half and Virginia outlasted Campbell 65-56 on Wednesday night to begin the Ron Sanchez era. Sanchez was named interim head coach on Oct. 18 after three-time...
Roster chaos born of NIL money and the transfer portal have turned college hoops upside-down
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — KJ Adams Jr. is sitting in a corner of Hadl Auditorium, just down the hallway from Allen Fieldhouse, the historic home of the top-ranked Kansas basketball team, and the place that the senior forward has called home for the past four years. He is a rarity these...
Big 12 coaches understand Tony Bennett's decision to retire as college hoops landscape changes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are only six coaches left in men's Division I basketball that know how it feels to raise a national championship trophy. Two of them are in the Big 12 Conference. That makes Bill Self of Kansas and Scott Drew of Baylor suited to opine on...
Virginia sets sights on a season just days after Bennett's abrupt retirement, Sanchez in his place
Virginia (23-11 overall, 13-7 ACC) Virginia was headed for major changes even before Tony Bennett’s retirement. Before stepping down weeks before his 16th season, Bennett had rebuilt the roster with four scholarship transfers and redesigned the offense, installing a more up-tempo...
The ACC race starts with No. 7 Duke and No. 9 UNC. The league needs more teams to join the chase
Jon Scheyer's third season at No. 7 Duke begins as the Atlantic Coast Conference favorite, even while adding 10 newcomers and preparing to lean on a freshman earning All-America recognition before ever playing a college game. Ninth-ranked North Carolina has its typically lofty status...
Tony Bennett cites NIL and transfer portal era as reason he's suddenly retiring at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Describing himself as “a square peg in a round hole,” a tearful Tony Bennett said Friday he suddenly retired from coaching at Virginia because he wasn’t suited to navigate the current landscape of college basketball. Bennett — dressed in his...
Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring effective immediately
Virginia basketball coach Tony Bennett never chased the spotlight. That included with his stunning and abrupt decision to retire effective immediately, announced on the eve of the start of the season. The program said Thursday the 55-year-old Bennett will announce his retirement at a...
