
UVA Basketball: Tony Bennett, Kyle Guy, Ty Jerome on Virginia-Oklahoma
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.

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.

Chris Graham joins the “Mark Moses Show” to break down the brackets for the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

Gardner-Webb is a bit of a mystery coming into the NCAA Tournament. The Runnin’ Bulldogs have only been a Division I team since 2002 and are making their first NCAA Tournament appearance. A member of the Big South, Gardner-Webb plays its home games at Paul Porter Arena, maximum capacity 3,500 people

Virginia knows what March disappointment feels like. The Cavaliers experienced it a few days ago with a 69-59 loss to Florida State in the ACC Tournament semifinals, which sent the regular-season champs home a day earlier than expected.

It’s been the downfall of previous Virginia teams in March. The Cavaliers don’t have a “Plan B.” When things go awry — when opponents are hitting those heavily contested shots and Virginia simply isn’t making enough, even when they’re open — the Cavaliers are doomed.

The Virginia Cavaliers, with 13-and-a-half minutes left, took a 45-44 lead on a Kihei Clark jumper. It looked like the Cavaliers, after falling behind by as much as 10, had stemmed the tide.

Fresh off a 76-56 win over NC State on Thursday, the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers will face Florida State on Friday night in the ACC Tournament semifinals in Charlotte.

NC State coach Kevin Keatts and player Markell Johnson talk with reporters after the Pack’s loss to UVA in the 2019 ACC Tournament.
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