Virginia and Maryland Announce Series

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia and Maryland will renew their historic men’s college basketball rivalry in 2025-26 as part of a four-year agreement, the schools announced Wednesday (Sept. 11).

The Cavaliers will host the Terrapins in 2025-26 and 2027-28 in Charlottesville, and travel to College Park in 2026-27 and 2028-29.

“We are excited to announce a four-year series with Maryland,” Virginia Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach Tony Bennett said. “I greatly respect Coach (Kevin) Willard and what he’s doing there. We’ve played some exciting games against Maryland in the past, and we’re looking forward to a highly competitive series.”

“Maryland and Virginia have a long basketball history and we’re excited to bring this series back to life,” Willard said. “Looking ahead, I think it means a lot to our fanbase to have our historic rivalries rekindled between Georgetown and now Virginia which has been outstanding under Coach Bennett.”

In 2025-26, Virginia and Maryland will meet for the first time since Nov. 28, 2018, when the Cavaliers posted a 76-71 road win in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge contest. Maryland owns a 107-76 advantage in the series that dates to 1913, but the Cavaliers have won eight of the last nine meetings. Bennett is 8-4 against the Terrapins at UVA. Maryland joined the Big Ten Conference in July of 2014 after competing in the ACC for 62 years.

Season tickets for the 2024-25 are sold out. Fans interested in becoming season-ticket holders can join the waitlist here. Single-game ticket information for 2024-25 will be announced in late September on uvatix.com.