
#1 Duke tops #1 UVA, 72-70
Duke held UVA scoreless for a three and a half minutes late in the second half, and knocked the ‘Hoos from the ranks of the unbeaten, with a 72-70 win Saturday night in Durham.

Duke held UVA scoreless for a three and a half minutes late in the second half, and knocked the ‘Hoos from the ranks of the unbeaten, with a 72-70 win Saturday night in Durham.

Chris Graham leads our live coverage of the matchup of #1s: UVA (16-0, 4-0 ACC) vs. Duke (14-2, 3-1 ACC). Tipoff is at 6 p.m. Get ready with our game notes and links to pregame coverage, then join our live blog at the tip.

Trailing by 14 at the half, the VMI basketball team came up just short of victory as the host ETSU Bucs escaped with an 85-82 win over the Keydets Thursday night at Freedom Hall in Johnson City, Tenn.

Duke and UVA have top five offenses and top five defenses. How will they defend and how will they attack each other’s defense?

On one level, #1 (in the coaches poll) UVA and #1 (in the AP poll) Duke couldn’t be any more different: older system guys on the one side, young one-and-dones on the other.

The UVA men’s tennis team will open the dual match portion of the 2018-19 season by hosting William & Mary at the Boar’s Head Sports Club on Thursday at 6 p.m.

For all the attention given Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish, deserved, by the way, Tre Jones, to me, is the key to the Duke engine this year.

Klöckner Pentaplast will invest $25 million to expand its global production capacity for pharmaceutical and medical device packaging films at its manufacturing facility in Louisa County.

UVA football will open its 2019 schedule on Saturday, Aug. 31, at defending ACC Coastal Division champ Pitt. The ‘Hoos then open their home schedule on Friday, Sept. 6, with in-state opponent William & Mary, now led by former UVA head coach Mike London.

This year’s Girl Scout Cookie Sale program includes a brand new cookie. Caramel Chocolate Chip, will join the 2019 Girl Scout Cookie season lineup, as a gluten-free offering this year.

Virginia Tech came into Tuesday’s game at #1 UVA ranked 19th nationally in adjusted defensive efficiency, per KenPom.com. It left Charlottesville ranked 38th.

Things were starting to get chippy early in Tuesday’s matchup between #1 UVA and #7 Virginia Tech.