No. 2 Virginia Hosts Louisville on Senior Day
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 2 Virginia (27-2, 14-2 ACC) hosts Louisville (19-11, 10-7 ACC) in ACC men’s basketball action Saturday (March 9). Tipoff for Senior Day at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 4 p.m. on ESPN.
For Openers
• UVA will celebrate Senior Day by honoring Jack Salt and managers Ben Buell, Justin Maxey and Faris Wasim prior to the game.
• The Cavaliers have 27 or more wins in five of the last six seasons.
• UVA has 15 or more ACC wins for the fourth time in school history.
• UVA has clinched a top-2 seed for 2019 ACC Tournament.
• UVA has won its last three games by 24 or more points, becoming the fifth team in ACC history to accomplish the feat.
• The Cavaliers have finished at or higher than their predicted ACC finish in 10 of the last 11 seasons.
Broadcast Information
• The Virginia-Louisville game will be televised on ESPN and streamed online on ACC Network Extra (WatchESPN.com) and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
• Live statistics will be located on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.
The Head Coach
• Three-time National and ACC Coach of the Year Tony Bennett has a 246-88 (.737) mark in 10 seasons at Virginia and 315-121 (.722) career mark in 13 seasons.
• Bennett became the 80th active Division I head coach to win his 300th career game against Marshall on Dec. 31, 2018.
• In 2017-18, Bennett led Virginia to its eighth ACC regular-season title, third ACC Tournament championship, school-record 31 wins, ACC-record 17 league wins and ACC-record 9-0 mark on the road.
• Bennett was named the USBWA Henry Iba National Coach of the Year for the third time to rank second all-time behind legendary John Wooden, who captured the award six times.
UVA in the National Statistical Rankings
• As of March 7, UVA ranks first nationally in scoring defense (54.1 ppg), 3-point field goal percentage defense (26.9%), second in fewest turnovers (268), scoring margin (18.0) and winning percentage (93.1%), third in turnovers per game (9.2) and field goal percentage defense (37.3%), fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (41.4%) and fewest fouls (418), fifth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.59), eighth in personal fouls per game (14.4) and 23rd in rebound margin (6.1).
Five Cavaliers Among ACC Leaders
• As of March 8, Kyle Guy ranks first in the ACC in 3-pointers per game (3.2), third in 3-point percentage (45.6%), 10th in minutes (34.0) and field goal percentage (46.6%) and 12th in scoring (15.4).
• Ty Jerome ranks first in assists (5.3), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.2), fourth in 3-point percentage (42.9%) and 19th in minutes (32.5).
• De’Andre Hunter ranks third in field goal percentage (54.7%), fifth in free throw percentage (79.7%) and 13th in scoring (15.4).
• Mamadi Diakite ranks eighth in blocked shots (1.6) and Braxton Key ranks 24th in rebounding (5.5).
UVA Ranked No. 2 in AP Poll
• UVA is ranked No. 2 in the latest AP poll.
• UVA has been ranked in the AP top six in 27 consecutive polls.
• UVA has been ranked in the AP for 33 straight polls and has been ranked in the top 10 in each of the past 29 polls.
• UVA was ranked No. 5 in the preseason polls and has been ranked in the top 10 in the preseason rankings in four of the past five seasons.
Last Time Out
• No. 2 Virginia matched a school record with 18 3-pointers in its 79-53 win at Syracuse on Monday, March 4.
• Kyle Guy drilled a career-high 8 of 10 3-pointers en route to a game-high 25 points.
• Ty Jerome had 16 points and UVA record-tying 14 assists for his third career double-double.
• De’Andre Hunter (21 points) had career-bests with five 3-pointers and three blocked shots.
• Guy, Jerome and Hunter became the first trio of teammates in ACC history to make five or more 3-pointers in the same game.
• UVA trailed 34-32 at halftime before going on a 24-3 run in the second half to pull away from the Orange.
All-Time vs. Louisville
• UVA is 14-4 all-time vs. Louisville in a series that began in 1923-24.
• UVA has an eight-game winning streak against Louisville and is 8-1 vs. the Cardinals in ACC action.
• The Cavaliers are 6-1 vs. the Cardinals in Charlottesville, including a 4-0 mark at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA defeated Louisville 64-52 on Feb. 23 and aims for its fourth straight two-game regular season sweep vs. the Cardinals.
• UVA has held Louisville to 59 or fewer points in eight of 10 contests since the Cardinals joined the ACC in 2014-15.
• Tony Bennett is 9-1 vs. Louisville as head coach at Virginia.
Last Time vs. the Cardinals
• De’Andre Hunter scored a career-high 26 points, including 19 in the second half, as then-No. 3 Virginia rallied for a 64-52 win at then-No. 18 Louisville on Feb. 23.
• Virginia trailed 37-27 at the half, before outscoring Louisville 37-15 for its eighth straight win against the Cardinals.
• Louisville was 10 of 16 from 3-point range in the first half, but was 2 of 17 in the second half from distance.
• Mamadi Diakite added 14 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots and Jay Huff chipped in 12 points as UVA owned a 26-15 advantage in bench points.
• UVA outscored Louisville 38-4 in the paint.
On the Horizon
• No. 2 Virginia will compete in the 2019 ACC Tournament on Thursday, March 14 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C.