Virginia Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Virginia Cavaliers

ACC (18-6, 13-4)

 

 
Big Wins: 1/16 at Clemson (85-50), 2/10 at Georgia Tech (57-49), 2/13 North Carolina (60-48)
Bad Losses: 11/27 at San Francisco (60-61), 2/20 at Duke (65-66), 2/24 NC State (61-68)
Coach:  Tony Bennett
 
Probable Starters:
Kihei Clark, Junior, Guard, 9.5 ppg, 4.6 apg
Trey Murphy III, Junior, Guard, 11.3 ppg, 1.3 apg
Reece Beekman, Freshman, Guard, 4.7 ppg, 3.0 apg
Sam Hauser, Senior, Forward, 16.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg
Jay Huff, Senior, Forward, 13.1 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 2.6 bpg
 
Key Role Players:
Justin McKoy, Sophomore, Forward, 3.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Tomas Woldetensae, Senior, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 1.0 apg
Casey Morsell, Sophomore, Guard, 4.3 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 68.5 (248th in nation, 12th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 60.1 (5, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.1 (28, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.6 (78, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.4 (76, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 38.6 (13, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 81.2 (3, 1)
Rebound Margin: 2.6 (105, 6)
Assists Per Game: 13.8 (121, 9)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.3 (3, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2019NCAARound of 64 Gardner-Webb
2019NCAARound of 32 win over Oklahoma
2019NCAARegional Semifinal win over Oregon
2019NCAARegional Final win over Purdue
2019NCAANational Semifinal win over Auburn
2019NCAANational Final win over Texas Tech
2018NCAARound of 64 loss to UMBC
2017NCAARound of 64 win over UNC Wilmington
2017NCAARound of 32 loss to Florida
2016NCAARound of 64 win over Hampton
2016NCAARound of 32 win over Butler
2016NCAARegional Semifinal win over Iowa State
2016NCAARegional Final loss to Syracuse
2015NCAARound of 64 win over Belmont
2015NCAARound of 32 loss to Michigan State
2014NCAARound of 64 win over Coastal Carolina
2014NCAARound of 32 win over Memphis
2014NCAARegional Semifinal loss to Michigan State
2013NITFirst Round win over Norfolk State
2013NITSecond Round win over St. John's
2013NITQuarterfinal loss to Iowa
2012NCAARound of 64 loss to Florida
2008CBIFirst Round win over Richmond
2008CBISecond Round win over Old Dominion
2008CBISemifinal loss to Bradley
2007NCAARound of 64 win over Albany
2007NCAARound of 32 loss Tennessee
2006NITFirst Round loss to Stanford
2004NITFirst Round win over George Washington
2004NITSecond Round loss to Villanova
2003NITFirst Round win over Brown
2003NITSecond Round loss to St. Johns
 
*all team stats through 3/7