
More Postgame: UVA’s Kihei Clark, De’Andre Hunter, Jay Huff on win over Purdue
UVA Basketball players Kihei Clark, De’Andre Hunter and Jay Huff on the Elite Eight win over Purdue.

UVA Basketball players Kihei Clark, De’Andre Hunter and Jay Huff on the Elite Eight win over Purdue.

UVA Basketball coach Tony Bennett and players Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome, Mamadi Diakite and Jack Salt on the team’s win over Purdue that sends the ‘Hoos to the Final Four.

UVA Basketball coach Tony Bennett and players Kihei Clark, De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy talk with reporters about the team’s game Saturday with Purdue in the Elite Eight.

Purdue can beat you in a defensive slog: proving that in its 61-48 NCAA Tournament first-round win over ODU. The Boilermakers can also outscore you, as they proved last night in their 99-94 overtime win over Tennessee. Pretty versatile, this bunch.

UVA Basketball coach Tony Bennett and players Kihei Clark, Ty Jerome and Kyle Guy talk with reporters on the Sweet Sixteen win over Oregon Thursday night.

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.
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