The finish tied for the University’s second-best in the 30-year history of the Directors’ Cup, awarded to the country’s top all-around intercollegiate athletics programs.

There’s something about JPJ and UVA for ESPN. The sports network is bringing College GameDay back for the fourth time, this one in advance of the Duke showdown.

Powered by its third straight NCAA men’s tennis championship, UVA sports have now ranked in the top 30 in each of the 24 years of the Director’s Cup competition’s existence.

The UVA men’s basketball team will look to make a deep run in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, starting with Thursday’s first-round matchup against high-scoring UNC-Wilmington in Orlando, Florida.

The basketball star is the first to be named both Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, and is the first Cavalier named Player of the Year since Ralph Sampson in 1982.