Virginia coach Tony Bennett gave a statement on the gathering of white supremacist groups on and around the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville.
"On behalf of my coaching staff and the Virginia basketball team, we believe in diversity and unity to its fullest extent. We know that when those two things come together, something beautiful and triumphant comes out of it," Bennett said.
"I pray that our program...can provide some source of encouragement and hope to reach out into the community and learn and grow from this."
A number of white supremacist groups convened in Charlottesville this weekend to protest the removal of a Robert E.