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Two weeks after taking over as head coach of the Virginia women’s basketball program, Aaron Roussell has made his most significant hire yet, officially naming former Florida head coach Kelly Rae Finley as associate head coach on Monday. Finley took over Florida’s program as interim coach in 2021 before being hired permanently in February of […]
Following yet another mid-major midweek loss, the Virginia Cavaliers won their fifth ACC series against Clemson over the weekend. The Wahoos improved to 12-9 in conference play and 28-13 overall in the process. UVA pieced together rallies in the second and sixth innings en route to a fiery 6-4 victory in the series opener. The […]
New Virginia women’s basketball head coach Aaron Roussell had a clear first order of business upon arriving in Charlottesville — convince Kymora Johnson to return to Grounds. Less than two weeks into his regime, Roussell has gotten the job done, as Johnson, one of the most coveted players in the transfer portal, announced on Friday […]
UVA men’s basketball’s offseason momentum kept rolling Sunday, when Jon Rothstein reported that Sam Lewis has agreed to return to Virginia for the 2026-27 season for what is expected to be his senior season. For Ryan Odom and the Cavaliers, it is hard to overstate how important that news is. The 6-foot-7 wing played a major role in Virginia’s […]
Virginia head football coach Tony Elliott signed an extension on April 8th, 2026 to lead the Virginia Cavaliers football team through 2030. This extension comes off the heels of a record-setting 2025 season when Elliott led the ‘Hoos to 11 wins and the first bowl and Commonwealth Clash victory of his tenure at Virginia. Elliott […]
Just days after parting ways with Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball program announced the hiring of former Richmond Spiders head coach Aaron Roussell on Tuesday evening. Roussell, who arrives in Charlottesville after leading the Spiders to appearances in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments, has amassed a career record of 460-194 in […]
The Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball program announced three major roster wins on Monday: point guard Chance Mallory, forward Thijs De Ridder, and forward Johann Grünloh will be returning for the 2026-27 season. The three players will join head coach Ryan Odom in his second season in Charlottesville, showcasing Odom’s ability to not only recruit talent, […]
Charlottesville native and Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball star Kymora Johnson will reportedly forgo her final season with the ‘Hoos and enter the transfer portal, according to Talia Goodman. The news comes following the announcement that UVA parted ways with Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton and the conclusion of UVA’s best season since 2000. Johnson averaged 19.7 points […]
For the second consecutive weekend, the Virginia Cavaliers have fallen victim in two out of a three game set, this time at the hands of No. 7 Florida State. The Wahoos opened the series on a high note, posting a crooked number on Seminoles ace Wes Mendes in the fourth inning and hanging on for […]
Despite leading the ’Hoos to their first Sweet 16 appearance since the year 2000, Virginia Athletics announced Saturday afternoon that Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton will not be returning as the women’s basketball head coach. In a rather short official statement, Virginia noted that Coach Mox “finished her four-year tenure at UVA with a 70-58 record, including […]
Former Syracuse Orange head coach Adrian “Red” Autry has officially been announced as an assistant coach for the Virginia Cavaliers. The announcement came this afternoon that Autry will be joining Ryan Odom’s staff as an assistant. Autry fills the spot left by former Associate Head Coach Griff Aldrich, who left the Cavaliers’ staff to become […]
Malcolm Brogdon is officially returning to the Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball program but this time, in a professional capacity. On Tuesday, the Virginia Cavaliers announced that the Virginia alumnus would be returning to serve as Strategic Advisor, a newly created position. In the statement, head coach Ryan Odom said Brogdon will bring “a wealth of knowledge, […]
On Thursday, Virginia Cavaliers associate head coach Griff Aldrich was hired as the new head coach at Pepperdine. After one year on the UVA sidelines, and several previous seasons in the Commonwealth, Aldrich will be taking his talents out west for a new opportunity. Aldrich, Ryan Odom’s college teammate, left his head coaching gig at […]
For the first time since the year 2000, the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team will take the floor in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. The ‘Hoos, who have become the talk of the college basketball world this week after shocking second-seeded Iowa on Monday afternoon, are the first women’s team ever to advance past the […]
“We did some team bonding, we had some really tough practices … [and] we had some soul searching,” Virginia head coach Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton said on ACC Network on Selection Sunday. “I felt like we got better this week.” She was right. Hamilton’s Cavaliers, at the time losers of three-straight games, had once seemed like […]
College hoops may be the king of March sports, especially with strong performances from both Virginia’s men’s and womens’ teams. This month will also see the beginning of the 2026 United Football League season. Virginia fans tuning in will have the chance to see some of their favorite players from past UVA football teams take […]
For the first time since 2000, the Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet 16. Led by another remarkable performance from Kymora Johnson and some timely buckets by Paris Clark, the tenth-seeded ’Hoos stunned the second-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes, 83-75 in double-overtime, in front of their sold-out home crowd at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. With […]
The Virginia Cavaliers’ season is over, and what makes this one sting is that it never really felt out of reach. The No.3 seed Wahoos fell 79-72 to No. 6 seed Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday night in Philadelphia, ending a season that delivered far more than many expected in Ryan Odom’s first year. But this was not one of those clean tournament […]
The three-seeded Virginia Cavaliers fell 79-72 to the six-seeded Tennessee Volunteers in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday night. Following a five point deficit at halftime, Virginia sprung back into the picture. After a back-and-forth second half, Tennessee spent much of the final minute at the free-throw line – expanding Virginia’s final […]
Behind a career-high output from Sa’Myah Smith and another vintage Kymora Johnson performance, the tenth-seeded Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team survived an overtime thriller against the seventh-seeded Georgia Bulldogs, 82-73, in the NCAA Tournament’s Round of 64. Inside an air-conditioning-less Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the ’Hoos delivered their best offensive performance since their upset of then-No. 8 […]
The Virginia Cavaliers took care of business on Friday, surviving 14-seeded Wright State behind a late surge, and now they will be faced with a much larger test to advance to the second weekend — 6-seeded Tennessee. The Volunteers are coming off of an impressive Round of 64 victory themselves, dominating 11-seeded Miami Ohio by […]
Virginia is moving on, but not without making its fans sweat for most of the afternoon. The third-seeded Cavaliers beat fourteenth-seeded Wright State, 82-73, on Friday in Philadelphia, but this was no comfortable first-round cruise. UVA trailed 43-38 at halftime, spent much of the game looking like it was one bad stretch away from another […]
Finally, once and for all, Virginia fans can breathe easily. The Wahoo faithful were given an all-too-familiar story, as 14-seeded Wright State gave UVA all they could handle. However, this time, the alternative version of the script was finally written as the Cavaliers pulled away in the final minutes for an 82-73 victory, avoiding a […]
It wasn’t pretty, but the tenth-seeded Virginia Cavaliers women’s basketball team did just enough to pull out a 57-55 win over fellow No. 10 seed Arizona State in the NCAA Tournament’s First Four on Thursday night. Inside Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the ’Hoos took the floor in the Big Dance for the first time since 2018. […]
The talk is over, and the Virginia Cavaliers have arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for their first-round matchup against the 14-seeded Wright State Raiders on Friday afternoon at 1:50 PM. The ‘Hoos are -4000 odds to win and are favored by 17.5 points according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Make of that what you will… Virginia will be […]