As a star basketball player at Friends Central School in Wynnewood, De'Andre Hunter really made a name for himself on the court. But in the halls of the school, it was a different story. But Hunter carried the same work ethic that got him success on the court into the classroom.
Kyle Guy was named the Final Four's 'Most Outstanding Player' as the UVA basketball team beat Texas Tech 85-77 in OT for its first-ever National Championship.
This time, there were tears of joy. Virginia defeated Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime to win the first NCAA championship in program history Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium, one year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed in men’s tournament history.
This time, there were tears of joy. Virginia defeated Texas Tech, 85-77, in overtime to win the first NCAA championship in program history Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium, one year after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a No. 16 seed in men’s tournament history.
The NCAA men's basketball title game was an overtime thriller Monday night. The University of Virginia is now home to the national champs, and a player who calls Philly home had a lot to do with it.
Dick Bennett has difficult time watching his son, Tony, coach Virginia. He rarely attends games. The Cavaliers didn’t make it easy on the elder Bennett, beating Texas Tech 85-77 on Monday night in the first overtime NCAA championship game in 11 years. When it was over, Dick and Tony Bennett shared a hug on a court covered in confetti and then posed for a picture with the whole family before the son went to cut down the net.
On the road to a national title, there is often an incredible comeback, a game where the winning team has to overcome long odds. For Virginia, there were three.
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., cited a provision of the law known as 26 U.S. Code § 6103 in the letter he sent to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. The law allows the chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee to seek returns by sending a written request, and that those returns "shall" be handed over. This legal authority is almost a century old, said University of Virginia law professor George Yin. "Congress decided that tax information should remain confidential except in two situations," Yin has written.
Any given human could function at a high level well into his or her dotage. But these are outliers. The overwhelming majority decline. This happens to different people at different ages, but scientists have established that decline accelerates with advancing age: In a study by the University of Virginia, adults between the ages of 61 and 96 showed a decrease in cognitive speed twice as great as adults under age 60, and a drop-off in memory four times as great.
A federal judge has ordered North Korea to pay more than $500 million in a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, a UVA student who died shortly after being released from that country.
(Video) The UVA community celebrated nurses of color during a special recognition ceremony.
(Video) People all over Charlottesville can start creating new tools to help make the city smarter.
UVA alumni kicked off Monday's national championship game day by joining UVA President Jim Ryan for an early morning run around Minneapolis.
Monday’s men’s college championship between Virginia and Texas Tech was widely predicted to be a duck: a snoozy, asleep-on-the couch-by-10 p.m. bore, thanks to two torpid, defense-first, low-scoring outfits certain to batter each other into somnolent submission. But the Hoos vs. the Red Raiders would defy its critics and potshots and ramp up into a bona fide gem – one of the better title games in history, really – a wake-the-kids-up overtime thriller that was close until its final moments.
April is even madder than March. A week after winning on one of the most memorable plays in NCAA tournament history, UVA advanced to the national title game — on a sequence that won’t be forgotten in these parts anytime soon. Kyle Guy was fouled with 0.6 seconds remaining, then calmly made all three free throws to deliver the win.
Hundreds of the University of Virginia students stormed The Corner after a nail-biting win against Auburn.
The University of Virginia is advancing to the NCAA championship game for the first time in its history. This is what it was like on campus.
He didn’t know it yet, but in about eight months Coach Tony Bennett would stand in front of his Virginia team before the Elite Eight and call back to this moment, employing it as an example of faith. But now, Bennett, in his floral orange swim trunks and blue helmet, was floating in the New River in West Virginia, surrounded by his players and assistants on a sweltering August day. The team had gone whitewater rafting, but the boats had been playfully tipped over, pouring the men into the murky waters. He took a moment to himself: “Alright, Lord. What’s this year going to bring?”
Kihei Clark might smile when he's with his teammates behind closed doors. He might laugh when he watches a funny video. He might chuckle at one of Tony Bennett's corny jokes, within the confines of the Virginia men's basketball closed practices. But the face he shows the public, and opponents, is all business. Perhaps that's because at 5-foot-9, 155 pounds, the freshman guard is not supposed to be starting for most college basketball teams, let alone one that is in the championship game of the NCAA tournament on Monday night.
If you follow UVA hoops, you understand that the goal is to prevent the opponent from finding and taking an easy shot. It stops the opposing team from scoring in transition and forces them to work harder. On offense, the objective is to find the best shot