2018β19 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 1 |
AP | No. 2 |
Record | 35β3 (16β2 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Jason Williford (10th season) |
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Offensive scheme | Blocker-Mover |
Base defense | Pack-Line |
Captains | |
Home arena | John Paul Jones Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Virginia | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 35 | – | 3 | .921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 North Carolina | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 Duke β | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 32 | – | 6 | .842 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Florida State | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Virginia Tech | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (FL) | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notre Dame | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
β 2019 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2018β19 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the: University of Virginia during theββ2018β19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by, head coach Tony Bennett in his tenth year. And played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
UVA opened the season with consecutive wins over ranked Big Ten teams, "No." 25 Wisconsin (Battle 4 Atlantis) and No. 24 Maryland (ACCβBig Ten Challenge), the latter of which improved Bennett's record in the Challengeββto 8β2. An unheralded two-star recruit, 5'9" Kihei Clark from Los Angeles, California, started both games as a true freshman. The team then started the season 16β0 before fallingββto No. 1 Duke, 72β70. The game was just the "fourth in college basketball history between two teams both ranked No." 1, "as the No." 4 Cavaliers were voted atop the Coaches Poll before the loss. After a 16β2 ACC record, Virginia won a share of their fourth ACC regular season title in the past six years.
In the ACC tournament, the Cavaliers defeated NC State 76β56, before falling to Florida State in the conference semifinals. Virginia was then awarded the No. 1 seed in the South region. And dispatched Gardner-Webb and Oklahoma by healthy margins in the first two rounds in Columbia, South Carolina. They advanced to a Sweet 16 matchup with Oregon and beat Oregon 53β49 to advance to their 2nd Elite 8 under Bennett. In the Elite Eight, they beat Purdue 80β75 in overtime to secure a trip to their first Final Four since 1984. On April 6, 2019, they defeated Auburn in their Final Four matchup by a score of 63β62 on 3 last-second free throws by Kyle Guy, cementing the program's first ever trip to the national championship game. On April 8, 2019, Virginia beat Texas Tech 85β77 in overtime, winning its first national championship.
Previous seasonβ»
Unranked by the AP in the preseason poll, the Cavaliers surprisingly finished the 2017β18 season 31β3, and 17β1 in ACC play to win both ACC Regular Season and "tournament titles." The Cavaliers received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the South region, where they were upset by No. 16 UMBC in the first round. This was the first time in Men's NCAA tournament history that a No. 1 seed was upset by a No. 16 seed.
Offseasonβ»
Virginia's offseason started on the night of March 16, 2018, and ended on the evening of November 6, 2018.
The Cavaliers lost five players and gained four.
Departuresβ»
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Devon Hall | 0 | G | 6'5" | 211 | ![]() |
Virginia Beach, VA | Graduated/2018 NBA draft |
Justice Bartley | 2 | G | 6'5" | 212 | Junior | Lilburn, GA | Transferred to Maryland Eastern Shore |
Trevon Gross Jr. | 10 | G | 6'3" | 200 | Junior | Jackson, NJ | Transferred to Monmouth |
Isaiah Wilkins | 21 | F | 6'7" | 227 | Senior | Atlanta, GA | Graduated |
Nigel Johnson | 23 | G | 6'1" | 182 | ![]() |
Ashburn, VA | Graduated |
Incoming transfersβ»
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | Years Remaining | Date Eligible |
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Braxton Key | 2 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Junior | Decatur, GA | Alabama | 2 | October 1, 2018 |
2018 recruiting classβ»
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Kody Stattmann SG |
Cairns, Queensland, Australia | St. Augustine's College | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | N/A | Aug 28, 2017 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Kihei Clark PG |
Woodland Hills, CA | Taft High School | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | N/A | Oct 2, 2017 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Francisco CΓ‘ffaro C |
El TrΓ©bol, Argentina | NBA Global Academy | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | N/A | May 1, 2018 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: 247Sports: 65 | ||||||
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Rosterβ»
Playersβ»
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Coaching staffβ»
Name | Position | Year with Position | Year on Coaching Staff | Alma Mater |
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Tony Bennett | Head coach | 10 | 10 | UW-Green Bay |
Jason Williford | Associate head coach | 1 | 10 | Virginia |
Brad Soderberg | Assistant Coach | 4 | 4 | UW-Stevens Point |
Orlando Vandross | Assistant Coach | 1 | 4 | American International |
Kyle Getter | Director of Recruiting/Player Development | 1 | 1 | Hanover College |
Larry Mangino | Director of Scouting/recruiting | 3 | 3 | Montclair State |
Johnny Carpenter | Director of player personnel | 1 | 4 | Virginia |
Mike Curtis | Strength and Conditioning Coach | 10 | 10 | Virginia |
Ethan Saliba | Head Athletic Trainer | 21 | 36 | Kansas |
Ronnie Wideman | Associate AD for Basketball Administration/Operations | 9 | 10 | Washington State |
Depth Chartβ»
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench | |||
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C | Jack Salt | Jay Huff | |||
PF | Mamadi Diakite | ||||
SF | De'Andre Hunter | Braxton Key | |||
SG | Kyle Guy | ||||
PG | Ty Jerome | Kihei Clark |
Schedule and resultsβ»
Source:
Date time, TV |
Rank | Opponent | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 5 | Towson | W 73β42 | 1β0 |
20 β Jerome | 10 β Hunter | 6 β Clark | John Paul Jones Arena (13,807) Charlottesville, VA | |||
November 11, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 5 | George Washington | W 76β57 | 2β0 |
20 β Tied | 6 β Jerome | 7 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (13,574) Charlottesville, VA | |||
November 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 4 | Coppin State Battle 4 Atlantis campus-site game |
W 97β40 | 3β0 |
20 β Hunter | 7 β Key | 6 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (13,971) Charlottesville, VA | |||
November 21, 2018* 9:30 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 4 | vs. Middle Tennessee Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals |
W 74β52 | 4β0 |
15 β Tied | 8 β Hunter | 9 β Hunter | Imperial Arena (1,115) Nassau, Bahamas | |||
November 22, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 4 | vs. Dayton Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals |
W 66β59 | 5β0 |
23 β Hunter | 6 β Tied | 2 β Tied | Imperial Arena (2,258) Nassau, Bahamas | |||
November 23, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 4 | vs. No. 25 Wisconsin Battle 4 Atlantis Final |
W 53β46 | 6β0 |
20 β Hunter | 9 β Hunter | 5 β Jerome | Imperial Arena (2,249) Nassau, Bahamas | |||
November 28, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN |
No. 4 | at No. 24 Maryland ACCβBig Ten Challenge |
W 76β71 | 7β0 |
18 β Guy | 7 β Salt | 4 β Hunter | Xfinity Center (17,950) College Park, MD | |||
December 3, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 4 | Morgan State | W 83β45 | 8β0 |
15 β Tied | 9 β Key | 5 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (13,397) Charlottesville, VA | |||
December 9, 2018* 1:30 pm, ACCRSN |
No. 4 | VCU | W 57β49 | 9β0 |
15 β Guy | 8 β Jerome | 4 β Key | John Paul Jones Arena (13,648) Charlottesville, VA | |||
December 19, 2018* 7:00 pm, SECN |
No. 5 | at South Carolina | W 69β52 | 10β0 |
25 β Jerome | 9 β Salt | 7 β Jerome | Colonial Life Arena (12,291) Columbia, SC | |||
December 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
No. 5 | William & Mary | W 72β40 | 11β0 |
18 β Hunter | 10 β Jerome | 4 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) Charlottesville, VA | |||
December 31, 2018* 1:00 pm, ACCRSN |
No. 4 | Marshall | W 100β64 | 12β0 |
30 β Guy | 8 β Tied | 4 β Tied | John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) Charlottesville, VA | |||
ACC regular season | |||||||||||
January 5, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 4 | No. 9 Florida State | W 65β52 | 13β0 (1β0) |
21 β Guy | 6 β Tied | 6 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) Charlottesville, VA | |||
January 9, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 4 | at Boston College | W 83β56 | 14β0 (2β0) |
18 β Tied | 9 β Key | 5 β Guy | Conte Forum (5,738) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||
January 12, 2019 12:00 pm, Raycom |
No. 4 | at Clemson | W 63β43 | 15β0 (3β0) |
13 β Guy | 8 β Tied | 5 β Jerome | Littlejohn Coliseum (9,242) Clemson, SC | |||
January 15, 2019 8:00 pm, Raycom |
No. 4 | No. 9 Virginia Tech Commonwealth Clash |
W 81β59 | 16β0 (4β0) |
21 β Hunter | 5 β Tied | 12 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) Charlottesville, VA | |||
January 19, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 4 | at No. 1 Duke College GameDay |
L 70β72 | 16β1 (4β1) |
18 β Hunter | 6 β Tied | 4 β Jerome | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC | |||
January 22, 2019 9:00 pm, ACCRSN |
No. 3 | Wake Forest | W 68β45 | 17β1 (5β1) |
12 β Tied | 8 β Salt | 5 β Tied | John Paul Jones Arena (14,273) Charlottesville, VA | |||
January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, CBS |
No. 3 | at Notre Dame | W 82β55 | 18β1 (6β1) |
19 β Hunter | 9 β Jerome | 6 β Jerome | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN | |||
January 29, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | at No. 23 NC State | W 66β65 | 19β1 (7β1) |
15 β Hunter | 8 β Key | 6 β Jerome | PNC Arena (18,211) Raleigh, NC | |||
February 2, 2019 2:00 pm, Raycom |
No. 3 | Miami (FL) | W 56β46 | 20β1 (8β1) |
14 β Hunter | 9 β Salt | 6 β Clark | John Paul Jones Arena (13,978) Charlottesville, VA | |||
February 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 3 | No. 2 Duke College GameDay |
L 71β81 | 20β2 (8β2) |
16 β Tied | 10 β Key | 4 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (14,629) Charlottesville, VA | |||
February 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 4 | at No. 8 North Carolina | W 69β61 | 21β2 (9β2) |
20 β Tied | 6 β Key | 11 β Jerome | Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC | |||
February 16, 2019 2:00 pm, Raycom |
No. 4 | Notre Dame | W 60β54 | 22β2 (10β2) |
22 β Guy | 10 β Hunter | 3 β Tied | John Paul Jones Arena (13,448) Charlottesville, VA | |||
February 18, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 3 | at No. 20 Virginia Tech Commonwealth Clash |
W 64β58 | 23β2 (11β2) |
23 β Guy | 7 β Guy | 6 β Jerome | Cassell Coliseum (9,275) Blacksburg, VA | |||
February 23, 2019 12:00 pm, Raycom |
No. 3 | at No. 18 Louisville | W 64β52 | 24β2 (12β2) |
26 β Hunter | 8 β Guy | 5 β Jerome | KFC Yum! Center (17,529) Louisville, KY | |||
February 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 2 | Georgia Tech | W 81β51 | 25β2 (13β2) |
19 β Jerome | 8 β Diakite | 6 β Clark | John Paul Jones Arena (14,094) Charlottesville, VA | |||
March 2, 2019 2:00 pm, Raycom |
No. 2 | Pittsburgh | W 73β49 | 26β2 (14β2) |
17 β Guy | 6 β Huff | 5 β Hunter | John Paul Jones Arena (13,452) Charlottesville, VA | |||
March 4, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 2 | at Syracuse | W 79β53 | 27β2 (15β2) |
25 β Guy | 7 β Guy | 14 β Jerome | Carrier Dome (29,052) Syracuse, NY | |||
March 9, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN |
No. 2 | Louisville Senior Day |
W 73β68 | 28β2 (16β2) |
24 β Jerome | 6 β Guy | 6 β Jerome | John Paul Jones Arena (14,629) Charlottesville, VA | |||
ACC tournament | |||||||||||
March 14, 2019 12:30 pm, ESPN/Raycom |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (8) NC State Quarterfinals |
W 76β56 | 29β2 |
29 β Guy | 7 β Key | 10 β Jerome | Spectrum Center (19,691) Charlotte, NC | |||
March 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN/Raycom |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (4) No. 12 Florida State Semifinals |
L 59β69 | 29β3 |
13 β Hunter | 5 β Salt | 4 β Guy | Spectrum Center (20,116) Charlotte, NC | |||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 22, 2019* 3:10 pm, truTV |
(1 S) No. 2 | vs. (16 S) GardnerβWebb First Round |
W 71β56 | 30β3 |
23 β Hunter | 9 β Diakite | 6 β Jerome | Colonial Life Arena (15,417) Columbia, SC | |||
March 24, 2019* 7:45 pm, truTV |
(1 S) No. 2 | vs. (9 S) Oklahoma Second Round |
W 63β51 | 31β3 |
14 β Diakite | 9 β Tied | 3 β Tied | Colonial Life Arena (16,332) Columbia, SC | |||
March 28, 2019* 9:59 pm, TBS |
(1 S) No. 2 | vs. (12 S) Oregon Sweet Sixteen |
W 53β49 | 32β3 |
13 β Jerome | 11 β Diakite | 6 β Jerome | KFC Yum! Center (19,831) Louisville, KY | |||
March 30, 2019* 8:49 pm, TBS |
(1 S) No. 2 | vs. (3 S) No. 13 Purdue Elite Eight |
W 80β75 | 33β3 |
25 β Guy | 10 β Guy | 7 β Jerome | KFC Yum! Center (21,623) Louisville, KY | |||
April 6, 2019* 6:09 pm, CBS |
(1 S) No. 2 | vs. (5 MW) No. 14 Auburn Final Four |
W 63β62 | 34β3 |
21 β Jerome | 9 β Jerome | 6 β Jerome | U.S. Bank Stadium (72,711) Minneapolis, MN | |||
April 8, 2019* 9:20 pm, CBS |
(1 S) No. 2 | vs. (3 W) No. 9 Texas Tech National Championship |
W 85β77 | 35β3 |
27 β Hunter | 10 β Key | 8 β Jerome | U.S. Bank Stadium (72,062) Minneapolis, MN | |||
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=South, MW=Midwest, W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Game summariesβ»
Towson Tigers vs Virginia Cavaliersβ»
November 6
7:00 PM |
Towson Tigers 42, Virginia Cavaliers 73 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 19-28, 23-45 | ||
Pts: Tobias Howard (10) Rebs: Dennis Tunstall Brian Fobbs (6) Asts: Dennis Tunstall (1) |
Pts: Ty Jerome (20) Rebs: De'Andre Hunter (10) Asts: Kihei Clark (6) |
Rankingsβ»
Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
AP | 5 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 6 (1) | 5 (1) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (5) | 4 (6) | 3 (3) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 4 | 3 | 2 (15) | 2 (21) | 2 (23) | 2 (5) | Not released |
Coaches | 5 (1) | 5^ (1) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 (1) | 3 | 1 (10) | 2 (11) | 1 (11) | 1 (13) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2T (2) | 2 (5) | 2 (1) | 1 (32) |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.
Referencesβ»
- ^ RJ Barrett leads No. 1 Duke past No. 4 Virginia 72β70, accessed January 19, 2019
- ^ Wang, Gene (March 9, 2019). "Virginia basketball clinches ACC title share. But honoring Jack Salt was 'more important'". The Washington Post. Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ "Kyle Guy's free throws with 0.6 seconds remaining send Virginia to the title game". Ncaa.com.
- ^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
Notesβ»
- Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball seasons
- 2018β19 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
- 2019 in sports in Virginia
- 2018 in sports in Virginia
- 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament participants
- NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons
- NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship seasons