2017-18 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEN’S BASKETBALL • GAME 34 VS. UMBC • NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (SPECTRUM CENTER) 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 22 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 2 NCAA FINAL FOUR BERTHS • 13 NIT APPEARANCES • 9 ALL-AMERICANS • 24 ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS GAME INFORMATION Date / Time: Friday, March 16, 2018 / Approx. 9:20 p.m. ET #1 SEED VIRGINIA CAVALIERS (31-2) Site: Charlotte, N.C. / Spectrum Center (20,200) Head Coach: Tony Bennett (Green Bay, 1992) TNT: Jim Nantz, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery, Tracy Wolfson Record at UVA: 219-85 (9th season), Career Record: 288-118 (12th season) Online: ncaa.com/marchmadnesslive VS. Virginia Sports Radio Network: Dave Koehn, Jimmy Miller Westwood One/NCAA Radio: Kevin Kugler, Eric Montross #16 SEED UMBC RETRIEVERS (24-10) Sirius (137), XM (201) & westwoodonesports.com/charlotte Head Coach: Ryan Odom (Hampton-Sydney, 1996) Live Stats/Twitter: VirginiaSports.com/@UVAMensHoops Record at UMBC: 45-23 (2nd season), Career Record: 74-44 (4th season) Virginia All-Time vs. UMBC: 3-0 Charlottesville: 2-0 (0-0 John Paul Jones Arena) FOR OPENERS ALL-TIME VS. UMBC Baltimore: N/A • Virginia is the No. 1 overall NCAA Tournament seed for first time. • Virginia is 3-0 all-time vs. UMBC in a series that dates back to 1990. Neutral: 1-0 (1-0 at Richmond Coliseum) • UVA earned the ACC’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, • The Cavaliers meet the Retrievers for the first time since Dec. 28, First Meeting: Dec. 21, 1996 (W, 57-34 in Charlottesville, Va.) while UMBC earned the America East Conference’s automatic bid. 2005, when Virginia won 77-66 in Richmond, Va. Last Meeting: Dec. 28, 2005 (W, 77-66 in Richmond, Va.) • UVA is entering the NCAA Tournament as the nation’s top-ranked • The Cavaliers are 2-0 against UMBC in Charlottesville, including Winning Streak: Virginia, 3 games team for the first time. wins an 85-69 win on Dec. 23, 1990, and 57-34 win on Dec. 21, 1996. • UVA has won a school-record 31 games and has won 30 or more 2017-18 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 31-2, 17-1 ACC games under head coach Tony Bennett three times (2014, 2015 & LAST TIME VS. UMBC Date Opponent TV Time/Result 2018). • J.R Reynolds scored 20, including 14 in the second half, as Virginia Nov. 10 [RV/RV] UNC GREENSBORO ACCNE W, 60-48 • UMBC head coach Ryan Odom is the son of former UVA assistant pulled ahead to beat UMBC 77-66 on Dec. 28, 2005. Nov. 13 [RV/RV] AUSTIN PEAY ^ ACCNE W, 93-49 coach and Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom. UVA Director of • Mamadi Diane and Jason Cain each had 16 for the Cavaliers, and Nov. 17 [RV/RV] at VCU CBSSN W, 76-67 Recruiting/Player Development Orlando Vandross was an assistant Adrian Joseph had 10. Cain added 12 rebounds. Nov. 19 [RV/RV] MONMOUTH ^ RSN W, 73-53 with Ryan Odom at Charlotte from 2010-15. • Reserve Brian Hodges had 23 for UMBC and Jay Greene added 12. Nov. 23 [RV/25] vs. Vanderbilt ^ ESPNU W, 68-42 • The Cavaliers rank first nationally in scoring defense at 53.4 ppg and Nov. 24 [RV/25] vs. Rhode Island ^ ESPNU W, 70-55 turnovers per game (8.6). LAST TIME OUT • MVP Kyle Guy scored 16 points and Devon Hall added 15 as No. 1 Nov. 27 [18/15] WISCONSIN % ESPN2 W, 49-37 ALL-TIME IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT seed Virginia claimed its third ACC Tournament championship with a Dec. 2 [18/15] LEHIGH ACCNE W, 75-54 • UVA is 29-21 all-time in 21 NCAA Tournament appearances. 71-63 win over No. 6 seed North Carolina on March 10. Dec. 5 [15/12] at West Virginia [18/16] ESPNU L, 68-61 • The Cavaliers will make their school-record fifth consecutive NCAA • Ty Jerome added 12 points, six rebounds and six assists as regular- Dec. 16 [16/16] DAVIDSON ACCNE W, 80-60 Tournament appearance. season and tournament champion UVA finished 20-1 against ACC Dec. 19 [13/14] SAVANNAH STATE ACCNE W, 78-47 • UVA earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time, competition. Dec. 22 [13/14] HAMPTON ACCNE W, 82-48 including its third in the last five years under Tony Bennett. • UVA ended a seven-game postseason losing streak to North Dec. 30 [9/9] BOSTON COLLEGE * RSN W, 59-58 • UVA is 12-5 as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Carolina, holding the Tar Heels scoreless for more than five minutes Jan. 3 [8/8] at Virginia Tech * [-/RV] ACCN W, 78-52 • Last season, No. 5 seed UVA defeated No. 12 seed UNC Wilmington during the second half in the win. Jan. 6 [8/8] NO. CAROLINA * [12/11] ESPN W, 61-49 76-71 in the first round before losing 65-39 to No. 4 seed Florida in • UNC was led by Luke Maye’s 20 points and Joel Berry II added 17. Jan. 9 [3/3] SYRACUSE * ACCN W, 68-61 the second round. • UVA held the Tar Heels to a pair of fastbreak points and owned an Jan. 14 [3/3] NC STATE * ESPNU W, 68-51 • UVA reached the NCAA Final Four in 1981 and 1984. 18-6 advantage in bench scoring. Jan. 18 [2/2] at Georgia Tech * ACCN W, 64-48 • Virginia head coach Tony Bennett is 10-7 in seven NCAA tourna- Jan. 21 [2/2] at Wake Forest * ESPNU W, 59-49 ments, including a 7-5 record at UVA. UVA IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS Jan. 23 [2/2] CLEMSON [18/17] * RSN W, 61-36 • UVA ranks first nationally in scoring defense (53.4 ppg), turnovers Jan. 27 [2/2] at Duke [4/4] * CBS W, 65-63 A WIN VS. UMBC WOULD: per game (8.6) and winning percentage (93.9%), third in fouls per Jan. 31 [2/2] LOUISVILLE [RV/RV] * ESPN2 W, 74-64 • Give UVA a win in its NCAA Tournament opener in each of the last game (14.1) and field goal percentage defense (37.5%), sixth in Feb. 3 [2/2] at Syracuse * ACCN W, 59-44 five years. 3-point field goal percentage defense (30.3%), seventh in scoring Feb. 7 [2/2] at Florida State [RV/RV] * RSN W, 59-55 • Extend UVA’s school record for wins to 32. margin (14.2), eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.6) and turnover Feb. 10 [2/2] VIRGINIA TECH * ESPN L, 61-60 ot • Give UVA a 30-21 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament. margin (4.2) and 29th in 3-point field goal percentage (39%). Feb. 13 [1/3] at Miami [RV/RV] * ESPN W, 59-50 • Give UVA a 13-5 record as a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. • Give UVA a 4-0 record against UMBC. CAVALIERS AGAINST THE FIELD OF 68 Feb. 21 [1/2] GEORGIA TECH * ESPN2 W, 65-54 • Give UVA a 10-0 record against current America East members. • Virginia competed against 12 teams which qualified for the NCAA Feb. 24 [1/2] at Pitt * ESPNU W, 66-37 • Give UVA a 29-3 all-time record as the No. 1 team in the nation. Tournament, posting a 14-2 record in 16 games. Mar. 1 [1/1] at Louisville * ACCN W, 67-66 • Give UVA a nine-game winning streak overall. • UVA went 2-0 vs. Clemson, 1-0 vs. North Carolina, 2-0 vs. Syracuse, Mar. 3 [1/1] NOTRE DAME * ACCN W, 62-57 • Give UVA an 3-2 record at Spectrum Center. 1-0 vs. Davidson, 1-0 vs. Duke, 1-0 vs. Florida State, 1-0 vs. Miami, Mar. 8 [1/1] vs. Louisville ** ESPN/ACCN W, 75-58 • Give UVA a 13-17 all-time mark in Charlotte. 1-0 vs. NC State, 1-0 vs. UNC Greensboro, 1-0 vs. Rhode Island, 1-1 vs. Mar. 9 [1/1] vs. Clemson [19/20] ** ESPN/ACCN W, 64-58 • Give Tony Bennett an 11-7 record in the NCAA Tournament. Virginia Tech and 0-1 vs. West Virginia. Mar. 10 [1/1] vs. No. Carolina [12/11] ** ESPN/ACCN W, 71-63 Mar. 16 [1/1] vs. UMBC & TNT 9:20 p.m. VIRGINIA’S PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP Mar. 18 [1/1] vs. Kansas State/Creighton TBD TBD Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG NOTES G 0 Devon Hall (Virginia Beach, Va.) R-Sr. 6-5 211 12.0 4.3 2nd in ACC in A/TO Ratio (3.0); 10+ pts in 23 games G 5 Kyle Guy (Indianapolis, Ind.) So. 6-2 175 14.1 2.5 Four 20-point games; Team-leading 83 3-pointers HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS G 11 Ty Jerome (New Rochelle, N.Y.) So. 6-5 200 10.6 3.9a Career-high 10 assists vs. Clemson (3/9/18) ^ - NIT Season Tip-Off F 21 Isaiah Wilkins (Lilburn, Ga.) Sr. 6-7 227 5.9 6.3 ACC DPOY leads UVA in rebounds and blocked shots % - Big Ten/ACC Challenge C 33 Jack Salt (Auckland, New Zealand) R-Jr. 6-10 250 3.5 4.1 65% FGs; 8 points & 8 rebounds vs. Clemson (3/9/18) * - ACC game OFF THE BENCH ** - ACC Tournament game G 12 De’Andre Hunter (Philadelphia, Pa.) R-Fr.