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2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers Men's Basketball Team
The 2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett (basketball), Tony Bennett in his 15th year, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Cavaliers started the season with four straight wins and earned themselves the twenty-fourth spot in the AP Rankings to start the season. They lost the opening game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off to 2023–24 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team, Wisconsin and rebounded to defeat 2023–24 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team, West Virginia in the third place game. The win wasn't enough to keep them in the rankings, as they fell out ahead of their ACC–SEC Challenge matchup with fourteenth ranked 2023–24 Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, Texas A&M. They won that match and two more matches t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Bennett (basketball)
Anthony Guy Bennett (born June 1, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player and since 2009 the head coach of the University of Virginia men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2019.Norm Wood.Bennett begins task after day of praise. '' The Daily Press'', April 2, 2009. Accessed April 11, 2019 Bennett is a three-time recipient of the Henry Iba Award, two-time Naismith College Coach of the Year, and two-time AP Coach of the Year. Bennett is the all-time wins leader at Virginia, and holds or shares records for single-season wins and career winning percentage at both Virginia and Washington State. He is one of three coaches in history (with Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski) to lead his program to ten or more consecutive winning ACC recordsDavid Teel.Teel: Victory over UNC elevates UVA's Bennett into rare company. ''Richmond Times-Dispatch'', February 13, 2021. Accessed February 14, 2021. and is one of three coaches (also with Smith and Krzyzewski) to be n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
