How to watch
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: March 19th, 2024
Time: 9:10 PM ET
Channel: TruTV
Betting Line via DraftKings: Virginia +1.5
Pregame Content
UVA BASKETBALL SNEAKS INTO MARCH MADNESS
UVA basketball opens as 1.5 point underdogs vs Colorado State in NCAA Tournament First Four
Four takeaways from UVA basketball’s late game collapse to NC State in the ACC Semifinals
Stay tuned for additional preview content as we get closer to Tuesday night’s tip!
Game thread
Tipoff is at 9:10 — leave your pre, in, and post-game thoughts here and be sure to check back in for plenty of postgame content!
We’ll also be active on Twitter throughout the game and all season long so follow along on there for our staff’s live reactions.
Streaking the Lawn — @STL_UVA
Ben Wieland — @BenWieland
Dan Siegel — @DanSiegel_
John Kurcina — @JohnKurcina
Ryan Reese — @HoosOn_First
Paul Guttman — @Tiki_UVA
Corbin Lathrop — @CorbinLathrop
Zach Carey — @Zach_Carey_
Game Notes
Lastly, here are game notes from UVA:
UVA All-Time in the NCAA Tournament
• The Cavaliers are 35-24 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
• UVA is making its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance under Tony Bennett and 26th overall.
• UVA is 0-1 as a No. 10 seed in the NCAA Tournament, dropping a first round contest to No. 7 seed Florida, 71-45, in Omaha, Neb.
• UVA won the NCAA championship in 2019 and made Final Four appearances in 1981 and 1984, respectively.
• Virginia head coach Tony Bennett is 16-10 in 11 NCAA tournaments, including a 13-8 record in nine NCAA berths at UVA.
Bennett in the NCAA Tournament
• Virginia head coach Tony Bennett is 16-10 all-time in 11 NCAA tournament appearances.
• Bennett owns a 13-8 record in nine appearances at UVA (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023), highlighted by the 6-0 mark en route to the 2019 NCAA title.
• He went 3-2 during two trips to the NCAA Tournament at Washington State and led the Cougars to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2008.
All-Time vs. Colorado State and the Mountain West
• Virginia meets Colorado State for the first time.
• UVA is 7-3 all-time vs. the Mountain West and meets its first MWC foe since defeating UNLV 75-65 on Feb. 12, 1995, at University Hall.
• UVA is 1-1 vs. the Mountain West in the NCAA Tournament, defeating New Mexico (57-54) in 1994 and losing to Wyoming (64-60 in 1987).