| Virginia Cavaliers | |||
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| University | University of Virginia | ||
| First season | 1905–06 | ||
| All-time record | 1719–1204–1 (.588) | ||
| Athletic director | Carla Williams | ||
| Head coach | Ron Sanchez | ||
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | ||
| Location | Charlottesville, Virginia | ||
| Arena | John Paul Jones Arena (capacity: 14,623) | ||
| Nickname | Cavaliers (official) Wahoos (unofficial) | ||
| Student section | Hoo Crew | ||
| Colors | Orange and blue[1] | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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| NCAA tournament champions | |||
| 2019 | |||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
| 1981, 1984, 2019 | |||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
| 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1995, 2016, 2019 | |||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
| 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1995, 2014, 2016, 2019 | |||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
| 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | |||
| NCAA tournament appearances | |||
| 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 | |||
| Conference tournament champions | |||
| 1976, 2014, 2018 | |||
| Conference regular season champions | |||
| 1922, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023 | |||
| NIT tournament champions | |||
| 1980, 1992 | |||
The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Virginia. The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Virginia has won the NCAA Championship, two National Invitation Tournaments, and three ACC tournament titles. The team plays home games at the on-campus John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) which opened in 2006. They have been called the Cavaliers since 1923, predating the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA by half a century.
Virginia won its first NCAA Championship in 2019, and won the last third-place game ever played at the Final Four in 1981. The Cavaliers have been ranked in the Top 5 of the AP Poll more than 100 times since 1980,[2] and have received seven No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament.[3] Many Virginia players have gone on to NBA success, with Ralph Sampson and Malcolm Brogdon being named NBA Rookie of the Year in 1984 and 2017. Sampson was later inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Brogdon went on to become the NBA's eighth 50–40–90 club member and was named NBA Sixth Man of the Year in 2023. Trey Murphy III is the ACC's first college 50–40–90 club member[a] and several other players have won national awards at Virginia: Brogdon and De'Andre Hunter were named NABC Defensive Player of the Year, Darion Atkins was awarded the Lefty Driesell Award, and Kyle Guy was named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player while playing for the Cavaliers.
Virginia was a top program in the early years of college basketball under the tutelage of Pop Lannigan from 1905 to 1929 and a consistent winner under multi-sport coach Gus Tebell from 1930 to 1951, but the Cavaliers struggled through the 1950s and 1960s before Terry Holland arrived in 1974 to win their first ACC Championship and earn their first NCAA tournament appearance in just his second year. The program has since won 11 ACC season titles, third-most in conference history. Under Tony Bennett in the 18-game ACC era (2012–2019), Virginia had four out of the five ACC teams that finished 16–2 or better in conference play and won its first NCAA Championship.[4] As of 2024, Virginia has had 13 consecutive winning ACC seasons, the longest active streak among ACC programs.[5]
- ^ "Athletics Color Palette". University of Virginia Consumer Product Brand Standards (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2023.
- ^ Men's Basketball Appearances in the AP Top 5: 1980–81 to Present, accessed November 21, 2022.
- ^ NCAA Tournament All-Time No. 1 Seeds History, NCAA, accessed January 27, 2021.
- ^ Cavs' in league of their own in ACC, accessed August 15, 2019
- ^ David Teel. "Victory over UNC elevates UVA's Bennett into rare company". Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 13, 2021. Accessed August 26, 2021. Note that the article mentions it was the second-longest at the time, before Duke failed to achieve a winning record in that season.
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