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The National Championship match was headlined by two of the top defenses in college basketball, Virginia and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. [25] Texas Tech did not score a field goal for the first 7 minutes and 11 seconds of the game, but eventually tied the game at 19 with 7 minutes and 33 seconds remaining in the first half.
The game was first twice played in 1892 (Virginia won the first, and North Carolina the second, splitting the southern title). Virginia then claims a southern championship for every year of 1893–1897, with North Carolina gaining a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association title in 1895 (only loss to Virginia) and 1898.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team. The Cavaliers won the NCAA Tournament Championship in 2019. The team was a charter member of the Southern Conference in 1921 until becoming an independent in 1937 and finally a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953.
The 1914–15 University of Virginia men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 1914–15 NCAA men's basketball season.The team was led by tenth-year head coach Henry Lannigan, and played their home games at Fayerweather Gymnasium in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Cavaliers entered the Chaminade game with an 8–0 win–loss record in the 1982–83 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team featured center Ralph Sampson, who had twice been voted national college basketball player of the year; he received similar honors after the 1982–83 season concluded. [5]
Both games included elaborate pre-game festivities that featured a fireworks display and the Cavalier mascot rappelling from the rafters. Michael Buffer was introduced to announce the Virginia starting lineup prior to the men's game. On March 1, 2007, the men's basketball team defeated Virginia Tech 69–56, clinching a share of first place in ...
The games are normally played on the schools' respective campuses, but, especially between 1976 and 2000, neutral sites throughout Virginia, such as Roanoke, Lynchburg, Richmond, and Norfolk hosted the games. [4] In 2006, the teams had their lone meeting in the ACC men's basketball tournament; Virginia won 60-56 in the first-round match-up. [5]
The 1982–83 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. On December 23, 1982, the Chaminade Silverswords of Honolulu defeated the No. 1 ranked Cavaliers 77–72. [ 1 ]