No. 18 Virginia Welcomes Pitt to JPJ on TuesdayNo. 18 Virginia Welcomes Pitt to JPJ on Tuesday
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No. 18 Virginia Welcomes Pitt to JPJ on Tuesday

No. 18 Virginia (18-3, 7-2 ACC) hosts Pitt (9-13, 2-7 ACC) on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Tipoff for the ACC contest at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 9 p.m. on the ACC Network and Virginia Sports Radio Network.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 18 Virginia (18-3, 7-2 ACC) hosts Pitt (9-13, 2-7 ACC) on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Tipoff for the ACC contest at John Paul Jones Arena is set for 9 p.m. on the ACC Network and Virginia Sports Radio Network.

Tickets

• Single-game, group and mini-plan tickets are on sale at uvatix.com. The Pick 2 Plan features one weekend game (Syracuse, Miami or Virginia Tech) and one weekday game (Pitt, NC State or Wake Forest). The Pick 2 Plan packages start at $110, and can be purchased online, or by contacting the UVA Ticket Sales Team at (434) 924-8821 (Ext. 1). 

For Openers

  • No. 18 Virginia (18-3) is tied for third in the ACC at 7-2, while Pitt (9-13) is tied for 15th at 2-7.
  • Thijs De Ridder is the ACC Player and Rookie of the Week, after averaging 24.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in road wins at Notre Dame and Boston College.
  • UVA has scored 80 or more points in 15 games, most since 21 in 2000-01.
  • The Cavaliers are averaging 84 points, third-most in school history and most since 85 ppg in 2000-01.
  • UVA ranks 17th in the kenpom.com rankings and 18th in the NET rankings.

Broadcast Information

  • The Virginia-Pitt game will be televised on the ACC Network, streamed on ESPN.com/watch and broadcast on the Virginia Sports Radio Network, VirginiaSports.com and Virginia Sports app.
  • Live statistics are available on VirginiaSports.com and the Virginia Sports app.

The New Head Coach

• Ryan Odom was named the University of Virginia’s Dean and Markel Families Men’s Head Basketball Coach on March 22.

  • He spent the last two seasons at VCU, leading the Rams to a 52-21 record and 2025 NCAA Tournament berth.
  • VCU won the 2025 Atlantic-10 Tournament and shared the A-10 regular-season championship.
  • UVA is Odom’s fifth stint as a collegiate head coach. In 12 seasons, he has compiled a record of 224-127, including stops at Utah State (2021-23), UMBC (2017-2021), Lenoir-Rhyne (2016), Charlotte (2015, interim).
  • Odom led UMBC, Utah State and VCU to the NCAA Tournament during his second season at those schools.
  • Odom coached UMBC to an upset against Virginia in 2018 NCAA Tournament, marking the first time a No. 16 seed defeated a No. 1 seed in the event’s history.
  • Odom is the first UVA coach to start his tenure 5-0, surpassing the Cavaliers’ first coach Henry Lannigan who started 4-0 in 1905-06.
  • Odom’s 18 wins rank second for most wins for a UVA first-year head coach behind Jeff Jones’ 21 wins in 1990-91.

All-Time vs. Pitt

  • UVA is 20-6 all-time vs. Pitt in the series that dates to 1957.
  • UVA is 8-2 against the Panthers in Charlottesville.
  • The Cavaliers are 3-2 in their last five games against the Panthers and 8-2 in the last 10.
  • UVA has won nine of the last 11 contests in the series.
  • Virginia has won 15 of the last 18 games against Pitt.
  • UVA is 13-3 against Pitt in ACC action since 2013-14.

Last Time vs. The Panthers

  • Dai Dai Ames scored 27 points to lead Virginia to a 73-57 road win at Pittsburgh on Feb. 3, 2025.
  • Ames shot 11 of 16 from the field and 3 of 6 from 3-point land.
  • Blake Buchanan added 10 points and 11 rebounds and Andrew Rohde chipped in nine points, a career-high nine assists and seven rebounds in the road win.
  • UVA shot 56% from the field and outrebounded Pitt 33-21.
  • Ish Leggett led the Panthers with 17 points.

Last Time Out

  • Thijs De Ridder scored 17 points to lead No. 17 Virginia to a 73-66 win over Boston College at Conte Forum on Jan. 31.
  • Malik Thomas added 14 points and Chance Mallory chipped in 11 as UVA captured its fifth ACC road win of the season.
  • The Cavaliers gained their first lead of the game at 15:31 of the second half (41-38).
  • UVA finished 4 of 23 from 3-point range but scored 44 points in the paint.
  • Donald Hand Jr. led Boston College (9-12, 2-6 ACC) with 20 points, while Fred Payne chipped in 17.

Virginia Standard

  • The Virginia Standard is to pursue excellence and is built on the six pillars of humility, passion, unity, servanthood, thankfulness and accountability,
    • We play with pace, share the basketball and our defensive style is to dictate and disrupt.

Hoo Are These Cavaliers?

Hoos Among ACC Leaders

  • UVA ranks first in the ACC in rebounds (41.8) and offensive rebounds (14.3), second in field goal percentage defense (.395), rebound margin (+9.0) and blocks (5.9 bpg), third in scoring margin (+14.8) and assist/turnover ratio (1.6), fourth in 3-pointers (10.1) and scoring defense (69.3 ppg) and fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (.359), 3-point field goal percentage defense (.302) and defensive rebounds (27.5 rpg).
  • Thijs De Ridder ranks ninth in scoring (17 ppg), seventh in field goal percentage (53.8%) and 17th in rebounds (6.3 rpg).
  • Dallin Hall ranks first in assist/turnover ratio (3.3) and 11th in assists (4.3 apg).
  • Ugonna Onyenso ranks second in blocks at 2.4 bpg.
  • Johann Grünloh ranks third in blocks (2.2 bpg) and 18th in rebounds (6.3 rpg).
  • Chance Mallory ranks second in assist/turnover ratio (3.0), third in steals (1.9 spg), 14th in assists (3.5 apg) and 15th in free throw percentage (78.7%).
  • Jacari White ranks 12th in 3-pointers made per game (2.1).

On The Horizon

  • No. 18 Virginia hosts Syracuse on Saturday, Feb. 7. Tipoff at John Paul Jones Arena is set for Noon on ESPN, ESPN Radio and Virginia Sports Radio Network.