2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 14 AT VIRGINIA TECH, BLACKSBURG, VA. (CASSELL COLISEUM) VIRGINIA ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS 295 Massie Road, Room 154 Charlottesville, VA 22904 Men’s Basketball Contact: Erich Bacher OFFICE: (434) 982-5530 • CELL: (720) 318-5538 E-mail: [email protected] ON THE WEB: VirginiaSports.com VIRGINIA ON TWITTER: @UVAMensHoops, @ErichJBacher 21 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 2 NCAA FINAL FOUR BERTHS • 13 NIT APPEARANCES • 9 ALL-AMERICANS • 23 ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS GAME INFORMATION [8/8] VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (12-1, 1-0 ACC) Date / Time: Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 / 9 p.m. ET Head Coach: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992) Site: Blacksburg, Va. / Cassell Coliseum (9,487) TV/Online: ACC Network/ACC Network Extra Record at UVA: 200-84 (9th season), Career Record: 269-117 (12th season) Evan Lepler (pxp), Dan Bonner (analyst) AT Radio: Virginia Sports Radio Network [-/RV] VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (11-3, 0-1 ACC) Dave Koehn (pxp), Jimmy Miller (analyst) Head Coach: Buzz Williams (Oklahoma City University, 1994) Satellite Radio: Sirius (N/A), XM (193), Internet (955) Live Stats/Twitter: VirginiaSports.com/@UVAMensHoops Record at Virginia Tech: 64-51 (4th season), Career Record: 217-137 (11th season) Virginia All-Time vs. Virginia Tech: 90-55 FOR OPENERS LAST TIME OUT Charlottesville: 38-12 (7-3 at John Paul Jones Arena) • The Virginia-Virginia Tech game is part of the Commonwealth Clash • Ty Jerome hit 6 of 9 3-point tries and scored a career-high 31 points, Blacksburg: 20-30 (7-16 at Cassell Coliseum) presented by Virginia529, which is a head-to-head, points-based including two free throws with 53 seconds left, as the Cavaliers held Neutral: 32-13 competition between the athletic teams of the Cavaliers and Hokies. off Boston College 59-58 on Dec. 30. • Kyle Guy added 11 points and Isaiah Wilkins had eight with 14 re- First Meeting: Feb. 20, 1915 (@Virginia 39, VT 21) • Virginia is 5-3 in ACC road openers under head coach Tony Bennett. bounds and four blocks for the Cavaliers, who ended BC’s five-game Last Meeting: Feb. 12, 2017 (@VT 80, Virginia 78, 2ot) • Bennett became the third fastest Virginia head coach to achieve 200 wins (284 games) after UVA’s 59-58 victory over Boston College. winning streak. Winning Streak: Virginia Tech, 1 game • As of Jan. 2, the Cavaliers rank first nationally in scoring defense • Jerome Robinson led the Eagles (10-4, 1-1) with 29 points and 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 12-1, 1-0 ACC (52.8 ppg), second in turnovers per game (9.2), third in field goal Jordan Chatman had 18. Boston College scoring leader Ky Bowman (16.8 ppg) didn’t score until just 11:03 remained and finished with Date Opponent TV Time/Result percentage defense (36.4%), eighth in fouls per game (14.8), 12th in scoring margin (18.3), 16th in turnover margin (4.7), 17th in assist- five points on 2-for-10 shooting. Nov. 10 [RV/RV] UNC GREENSBORO ACCNE W, 60-48 to-turnover ratio (1.5) and 29th in free throw percentage (76.1%). Nov. 13 [RV/RV] AUSTIN PEAY ^ ACCNE W, 93-49 UVA IN KEN POM EFFICIENCY RATINGS Nov. 17 [RV/RV] at VCU CBSSN W, 76-67 MORE ON THE COMMONWEALTH CLASH • As of Jan. 2, UVA ranks Nos. 1, 5 and 41 in the KenPom.com Nov. 19 [RV/RV] MONMOUTH ^ RSN W, 73-53 • The Commonwealth Clash encourages a friendly, statewide rivalry adjusted defense, overall and adjusted offense efficiency ratings. Nov. 23 [RV/25] vs. Vanderbilt ^ ESPNU W, 68-42 between the two schools across all school-sponsored sports with 21 • UVA is shooting 47.7 percent, 39.2 percent from 3-point range (2nd Nov. 24 [RV/25] vs. Rhode Island ^ ESPNU W, 70-55 individual event points on the line. best in school history) and 76.1 percent from the free throw line (2nd Nov. 27 [18/15] WISCONSIN % ESPN2 W, 49-37 • The school that accumulates 11 points or more will be crowned the best in school history). Dec. 2 [18/15] LEHIGH ACCNE W, 75-54 winner and take home the Virginia529 Commonwealth Clash trophy. • UVA has shot 50 percent or better in seven games and limited its Dec. 5 [15/12] at West Virginia [18/16] ESPNU L, 68-61 • The UVA-VT game is worth a half point in the Clash and the Hokies opponents to less than 50 percent shooting in all 13 games. Dec. 16 [16/16] DAVIDSON ACCNE W, 80-60 lead this year’s Clash 4-1. GETTING DEFENSIVE Dec. 19 [13/14] SAVANNAH STATE ACCNE W, 78-47 • UVA captured the Clash in 2015 and 2016. • UVA has limited its foes to 52.8 points per game (2nd best in school Dec. 22 [13/14] HAMPTON ACCNE W, 82-48 ALL-TIME VS. VIRGINIA TECH history) and has held six opponents to fewer than 50 points (UNCG, Dec. 30 [9/9] BOSTON COLLEGE * RSN W, 59-58 • Virginia is 90-55 all-time vs. Virginia Tech, including a 20-30 mark in Austin Peay, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Savannah State and Hampton). Jan. 3 [8/8] at Virginia Tech * [-/RV] ACCN 9 p.m. Blacksburg, in the series that dates back to 1914-15. • UVA has held nine foes to less than 43 percent shooting. Jan. 6 [8/8] NO. CAROLINA * [12/11] ESPN 1 p.m. • The Cavaliers are 5-2 in their last seven games against the Hokies at • The Cavaliers are 70-2 when limiting their opponents to fewer than Jan. 9 SYRACUSE * ACCN 8 p.m. Cassell Coliseum and 8-2 in its last 10 meetings vs. the Hokies overall. 50 points under head coach Tony Bennett. Jan. 14 NC STATE * ESPNU 6 p.m. • Head coach Tony Bennett is 11-5 all-time vs. Virginia Tech. • In 2016-17, Virginia led the nation in scoring defense (56.4 ppg) for Jan. 18 at Georgia Tech * ACCN 8 p.m. the third time under Bennett. Jan. 21 at Wake Forest * ESPNU 6 p.m. LAST TIME AGAINST THE HOKIES • Bennett-coached teams have led the nation in scoring defense four Jan. 23 CLEMSON * RSN 7 p.m. • Seth Allen hit a short jumper with three seconds left in double times (2008-09, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17) and finished in the Jan. 27 at Duke * CBS 2 p.m. overtime to send Virginia Tech to an 80-78 win over then-No. 12 top-five nationally in eight of 11 seasons. Jan. 31 LOUISVILLE * ESPN2 7 p.m. Virginia on Feb. 12, 2017. • Bennett-coached teams are 95-3 when holding opponents to fewer Feb. 3 at Syracuse * ACCN 4 p.m. • London Perrantes led four Cavaliers in double figures with a game- than 50 points during his 12-year coaching career. high 22 points. Feb. 7 at Florida State * RSN 7 p.m. • Kyle Guy added 12 points, Marial Shayok added 11 and Devon Hall UVA VS. THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA Feb. 10 VIRGINIA TECH * ESPN/2 6 p.m. had 10 in the Commonwealth Clash. • UVA has a 64-14 record against teams from the Commonwealth of Feb. 13 at Miami * ESPN2 9 p.m. • Virginia Tech erased a 14-point UVA halftime advantage and sent Virginia since 1999-2000. Feb. 21 GEORGIA TECH * ESPN2 7 p.m. the game to overtime on a Ty Outlaw tip-in at the buzzer. • UVA is 2-0 vs. teams from Virginia this season (VCU and Hampton). Feb. 24 at Pitt * ESPNU 4 p.m. • Isaiah Wilkins had a game-high nine rebounds. • UVA has won 17 of its last 19 games against teams from Virginia. Mar. 1 at Louisville * ACCN 8 p.m. Mar. 3 NOTRE DAME * ACCN 4 p.m. VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG NOTES Mar. 6-10 at ACC Tournament TBA TBA G 0 Devon Hall (Virginia Beach, Va.) R-Sr. 6-5 211 11.5 3.9 Career-high 20 pts vs. Davidson; 11 or more pts in 7 games G 5 Kyle Guy (Indianapolis, Ind.) So. 6-2 175 15.7 1.1s Two 20-point games; 3rd in ACC at 45.7% 3FG HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS ^ - NIT Season Tip-Off G 11 Ty Jerome (New Rochelle, N.Y.) So. 6-5 200 9.7 2.6a Averaging 19.3 points in last 3 games; Career-high 31 vs. BC % - Big Ten/ACC Challenge F 21 Isaiah Wilkins (Lilburn, Ga.) Sr. 6-7 227 7.3 7.5 Career-high 19 pts vs. URI; 8 pts, 14 rebs (CH), 4 blks vs. BC * - ACC game; All Times Eastern C 33 Jack Salt (Auckland, New Zealand) R-Jr. 6-10 250 3.6 4.3 6 points, 4 rebounds & 1 block vs. BC OFF THE BENCH PRONUNCIATION GUIDE G 23 Nigel Johnson (Ashburn, Va.) Gs. 6-1 182 6.5 2.5 Grad transfer had season-high 22 pts vs. Davidson FRANCESCO BADOCCHI....................Fran-CHESS-co Bah-Dokey F 25 Mamadi Diakite (Guinea, Africa) R-So. 6-9 228 6.1 3.8 Matched a career-high with 12 points vs. Vanderbilt MAMADI DIAKITE...........................Mama-DEE, Dee-ah-KEE-tay G 12 De’Andre Hunter (Philadelphia, Pa.) R-Fr. 6-7 222 6.0 2.1 Career highs 23 points vs. Monmouth & 14 vs. Hampton TREVON Gross Jr. ........................................................TRAY-von F 30 Jay Huff (Durham, N.C.) R-Fr. 7-1 230 4.6 2.6 Has 11 blocked shots in eight games DEVON Hall.......................................................................Devin G 24 Marco Anthony (San Antonio, Texas) Fr.