
William and Mary lands NIT bid
For the third time in program history, the William and Mary men’s basketball team was selected to take part in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) on Sunday evening.

For the third time in program history, the William and Mary men’s basketball team was selected to take part in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) on Sunday evening.

Justin Anderson didn’t score in 26 minutes in two appearances off the bench in UVA’s shorter-than-expected run in the 2015 ACC Tournament.

UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett had a couple of chances in a Sunday night conference call with the news media to address the snub from the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee that gave ACC runner-up Duke the #1 seed in the South and left the Cavs as the #2 seed in the East.

As CBS cameras panned across the nation to capture scenes of NCAA Tournament bracket euphoria, UVA, one of the more intriguing stories in the walkup to Selection Sunday, was noticeably absent.

Did UVA get shorted with the #2 seed in the East Regional? Does it matter? The UVA Sports Today podcast breaks down the brackets with a focus on Virginia, starting with Friday’s second-round game with #15 seed Belmont.

For weeks, UVA basketball seemed destined for the East Regional, a road to the Final Four that would take the Cavs first to Charlotte, then to Syracuse.

ACC regular-season champion UVA will make its 19th NCAA Tournament appearance. It was announced Sunday (March 15) that Virginia (29-3) is the No. 2 seed in the East Region. The Cavaliers will face No. 15 seed Belmont (22-10) in an NCAA Tournament second-round game played in Charlotte, N.C., at Time Warner Cable Arena on Friday, March 20. Tipoff time and the television information will be announced Monday (March 16).

UVA is the #2 seed in the East Regional in the 2015 NCAA Tournament, and the Cavs, the ACC regular-season champs, will face #15 seed Belmont in a second-round game in Charlotte on Friday.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will briefly close westbound Interstate 64 in Rockbridge County on March 19, 2015 to make pavement repairs in the area of the Maury River bridges near Lexington.

UVA basketball spent the last 11 weeks ranked second or third in the Associated Press Top 25, won the ACC regular season for the second straight year, and yet when the NCAA Tournament seeds are released this evening, you can bet on Virginia being on the two seed line.
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