Tony Bennett (basketball)
Anthony Guy Bennett is an American former professional basketball player and since 2009 the head coach of the University of Virginia men's team, with whom he won the NCAA Championship in 2019. Bennett is a three-time recipient of the Henry Iba Award, two-time Naismith College Coach of the Year, and two-time AP Coach of the Year. Bennett is the all-time wins leader at Virginia, and holds or shares records for single-season wins and career winning percentage at both Virginia and Washington State. He is one of three coaches in history to lead his program to ten or more consecutive winning ACC records and is one of three coaches to be named ACC Coach of the Year four or more times.
Bennett at the Barclays Center in 2014–15
Bennett's retired #25 hangs in the rafters of the Resch Center, the home court of the Green Bay Phoenix. Bennett holds 1st place all-time for the Phoenix in both scoring and assists.
Bennett coaching Washington State in a game at Haas Pavilion against California
Malcolm Brogdon is the 8th member of the 50–40–90 club (the ultimate standard for shooters) in NBA history. He was NBA Rookie of the Year in 2017, the first second round pick to win the award since Willis Reed in 1965.
Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing the University of Virginia. The school competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Virginia has won the NCAA Championship, two National Invitation Tournaments, and three ACC tournament titles. The team is coached by Tony Bennett and plays home games at the on-campus John Paul Jones Arena (14,623) which opened in 2006. They have been called the Cavaliers since 1923, predating the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA by half a century.
Terry Holland won UVA's first ACC Tournament championship, and led UVA to its first two NCAA Final Fours.
Kyle Guy converted all three free throws with less than a second left in the Final Four game against Auburn; UVA won by one point.
De'Andre Hunter shut down Jarrett Culver and scored a career-high 27 points in the National Championship Game; he soon was the No. 4 pick of the 2019 NBA draft.
Darion Atkins with the Cavaliers in November 2014