7:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Virginia -1, Over/Under: 115 A pair of teams heading in opposite directions meet in a rematch as the No. 5 Florida State Seminoles battle the reigning National Champion, Virginia Cavaliers, from John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. In a season in which the typical hierarchy of the Atlantic Coast Conference has been disrupted, perhaps the most surprising claimant to the throne has been Florida State … [Read more...]
Orange Bowl: (9) Florida vs (24) Virginia
8:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Florida -14.5, Over/Under: 54.5 With both National Semifinals in the rearview mirror the Bowl Season continues its march, as the No.9 Florida Gators battle the No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers, in the Capital One Orange Bowl from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Now in their second season under the guidance of Dan Mullen, there is a feeling that Florida (10-2, 6-2 in SEC) is nearly restored to their place as one … [Read more...]
(3) Texas Tech vs (1) Virginia
9:20 PM EST, CBS - Line: Virginia -1, Over/Under: 118 After three weeks of madness, it all comes down to one last game on Monday Night, as the Three Seed Texas Tech Red Raiders face off against the One Seed Virginia Cavaliers in the NCAA Tournament Final from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The remarkable rise of Texas Tech (31-6, 14-4 in Big XII) continues on to the grandest of stages in College Basketball, with an opportunity to … [Read more...]
(1) Virginia vs (5) Auburn
6:09 PM EST, CBS - Line: Virginia -5.5, Over/Under: 131 And then there were four. After a wild two weeks of the NCAA Tournament, the big dance's penultimate round begins with the final No. One Seed standing, the Virginia Cavaliers, facing off against the red-hot Five Seed Auburn Tigers, from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The road to redemption continues for Virginia (33-3, 16-2 in ACC), who after last year's humiliating defeat … [Read more...]
(12) Oregon vs (1) Virginia
9:59 PM EST, TBS - Line: Virginia -8.5, Over/Under: 119.5 With a Sweet Sixteen featuring mostly chalk, the matchup with biggest disparity in seeding can certainly be found in the South Region, where the Twelve Seed Oregon Ducks face off against the One Seed Virginia Cavaliers. There was at one point in the season in which it appeared that Oregon (25-12, 10-8 in Pac-12) would not be participating in the NCAA Tournament at all, sitting at a … [Read more...]
(2) Duke @ (3) Virginia
6:00 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Virginia -2.5, Over/Under: 135.5 Let's play it again, shall we? For the second time this season, ACC juggernauts collide in a Top-5 Matchup, as the Second-Ranked Duke Blue Devils face off against the Third-Ranked Virginia Cavaliers from John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia. The victor of the previous meeting was Duke (20-2, 8-1 in ACC), who managed to rebound from what was just their second loss of the … [Read more...]
(3) Virginia @ (21) North Carolina State
7:00 PM EST, ESPN2 - Line: Virginia-7, Over/Under: 139 Atlantic Coast Conference foes battle tonight in Raleigh, as the Third-Ranked Virginia Cavaliers face off against the Twenty-First-Ranked North Carolina State Wolfpack from PNC Arena. After suffering their first loss of the season, Virginia (18-1, 6-1 in ACC) has bounced back with a vengeance, easily besting their past two opponents by a resounding total of fifty points. In the wake of a … [Read more...]
(12) Duke @ (14) Virginia
9:00 PM EST, ESPN2 - Line: , Over/Under: With the Regular Season close to reaching it's conclusion, ACC powerhouses meet tonight in Charlottesville, as the Fourteenth-Ranked Virginia Cavaliers look to remedy their recent uneven stretch against the surging Twelfth-Ranked Duke Blue Devils in a matchup ripe with league implications. After a disappointing streak in which they dropped four out of seven games, Duke (20-5, 8-4 in ACC) has now strung … [Read more...]
March Madness Primer
As the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee announced the lucky sixty-eight teams that will be taking part in this year's NCAA Tournament, and the number of unfortunate schools to miss out on that distinction, we look ahead to the conclusion of a 2015-2016 campaign that has been marked by many things, but none more than parity. In a contest that is historically rife with chaos, based off of the previous four months there is reason to believe that this … [Read more...]
(7) North Carolina @ (3) Virginia
6:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Virginia -3.5, Over/Under: 137.5 With the postseason on the horizon, the Atlantic Coast Conference looks as if it will come down to the wire, as pair of it's chief competitors clash today in Charlottesville, as the third-ranked Virginia Cavaliers host the seventh-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. Coming into this contest, North Carolina (23-5, 12-3, 1st in ACC) is holding onto a one-game lead for first place in the … [Read more...]