UVa., JMU to square off in WNIT on Sunday
The Virginia women’s basketball team will play on the road at James Madison for its quarterfinal Women’s National Invitation Tournament contest on Sunday (March 25) at 2 p.m.
Virginia (25-10) is playing in the WNIT quarterfinals for the fifth time in school history (1980, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012). The Cavaliers advanced to the semifinals in 1980. Read more
UVa. women advance in WNIT
The Virginia women’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament with a 74-58 victory over Appalachian State Thursday (March 22) at John Paul Jones Arena.
With the victory, Virginia improved to 25-10 overall and 17-3 at home this season. The Cavaliers reached the 25-win mark for the first time since the 1999-2000 season when that team finished with a 25-9 record. Read more
UVa. women top Richmond in WNIT
The Virginia women’s basketball team defeated in-state foe Richmond, 68-55, Monday (March 19) in the second round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The Cavaliers advance to host Appalachian State in the third round on Thursday (March 22) at 7 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena.
With the win, UVa improved to 24-10 overall on the season and 16-3 at JPJA. Richmond concluded its season with a 23-9 record. Read more
Florida blows out UVa. in NCAAs
Freshman guard Bradley Beal had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and sophomore guard/forward Casey Prather scored 14 points to lead Florida to a 71-45 victory over Virginia in the second round of the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at the CenturyLink Center Omaha on Friday afternoon.
Sophomore forward center Patric Young added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Gators. Read more
UVa. women beat Howard in WNIT in OT
The Virginia women’s basketball team advanced to the second round of the 2012 Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) with a 59-56 victory over Howard in overtime on Thursday (March 15) night at John Paul Jones Arena. Virginia moves on to host in-state foe Richmond on Monday (March 19) at 7 p.m.
With the victory, Virginia improved to 23-10 overall and 15-3 at home this season. Howard finished its season with a 24-9 record.
Lexie Gerson (Fort Washington, Pa.) was the Cavaliers’ leading scorer with 18 points. The junior guard finished 6-for-17 from the field, connected on two 3-pointers and wasclutch from the free throw line (4-for-4). She added seven rebounds, six assists and two steals. Read more
UVa., VCU, Norfolk State make NCAA field
Virginia will play in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. The ‘Hoos (22-9) earned the #10 seed in the West Regional and will square off with the #7 seed Florida (23-10) in a second-round game in Omaha, Neb., on Friday.
The winner of that game gets the winner of the matchup between #2 seed Missouri (30-4) and #15 seed Norfolk State (25-9).
UVa. and Florida had two common opponents in the 2011-2012 regular season – Florida State and LSU. Florida beat Florida State 82-64 at home on Dec. 22 and beat LSU 76-64 at home on Jan. 21. Virginia beat LSU on the road 57-52 on Jan. 2 and lost twice to FSU – 58-55 on the road on Feb. 4 and 63-60 at home on March 1. Read more
UVa. falls to N.C. State, now awaits NCAA fate
Sophomore forward C.J. Leslie scored 19 points and had a game-high 14 rebounds to lead NC State to a 67-64 victory over Virginia in a quarterfinal game in the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Friday afternoon (March 9) at Philips Arena.
Leslie made nine of 11 field goal attempts in the game.
Sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown had 15 points and a game-high eight assists for the Wolfpack and junior forward Richard Howell added 10 points. Read more
