There’s been considerable talk lately about Virginia’s strong regular-season showings, now becoming a habitual feature of ACC basketball.
Tony Bennett’s clubs finished first in three of the last five seasons, and second twice. In two of those years, 2014 and 2018, the Cavaliers went on to win the ACC Tournament as well.
For a while in 2018-19 it appeared UVa might run through the ACC without a loss, something that hasn’t happened since Duke did it in 1999.
The ’18 Cavs won their first dozen league outings before dropping an overtime contest at home against perpetually over-rated Virginia Tech.