
UVA defeats Oregon: Dana Altman, Paul White, Payton Pritchard talk loss in Sweet Sixteen
Oregon coach Dana Altman and players Paul White and Payton Pritchard talk with reporters following the 53-49 loss to Virginia in the Sweet Sixteen.

Oregon coach Dana Altman and players Paul White and Payton Pritchard talk with reporters following the 53-49 loss to Virginia in the Sweet Sixteen.

UVA Basketball coach Tony Bennett and players Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome, De’Andre Hunter and Jack Salt talk with reporters on the eve of the team’s Sweet Sixteen game with Oregon.

Oregon is a 12 seed. Easy win. Right? Nah. The Ducks (25-12) have won 10 straight, and remind me of one of those Harold Deane-era UVA teams from the early to mid 1990s. The ones that had Cory Alexander, and then didn’t, and had to adjust to life without him, and eventually did.

The first thing we did was look at where we were in the seat assignments. Actually, no. Step back. The first thing we did was apply for the credentials. This year was my fifth NCAA Tournament as a media member. I never take the credential thing for granted. The approval is always celebrated.

In the locker room with UVA basketball players De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome, Mamadi Diakite, Kihei Clark and Braxton Key following the win over Oklahoma that sends the ‘Hoos to the Sweet Sixteen.

#TeamAFP is courtside at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, S.C., for today’s matchup in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament between East Region #1 seed Duke (30-5) and #9 seed Central Florida (24-8). The game will tip at 5:15 p.m.

Virginia basketball replayed its last 12 months in about two hours Friday afternoon here in Columbia. The first hour, the ‘Hoos were getting dominated, again, by a 16 seed. The second hour, redemption.

UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett and ‘Hoos players Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome talk with reporters on the eve of Virginia’s second-round NCAA Tournament game with Oklahoma.

The time has come. The NCAA Tournament starts Thursday, and 1-seed Virginia’s path to redemption starts Friday against 16-seed Gardner-Webb in Columbia, South Carolina.

It’s that time of year. The greatest time of year for a sports fan. The NCAA Tournament.The premise is simple: One sentence explaining every pick, from the first game of the tournament — Louisville vs. Minnesota — to the finale three-and-a-half weeks later in Minneapolis. Let the madness begin.
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