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Sophomore guard Sammy Zeglinski put in 23 minutes of work Saturday afternoon for 13 points, three rebounds and one assist.

Life on the East Coast may be an adjustment for new Virginia coach Tony Bennett, but none of that matters this week in Cancun, Mexico.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Lo and behold, the Virginia Cavaliers can play defense. The Cavaliers held Oral Roberts to 32 percent shooting in the second half Saturday, pulling away from the Golden Eagles for a 76-55 nonconference victory at John Paul Jones Arena.

Mike Scott scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Sylven Landesberg added 14 points to lead Virginia to a 76-55 win over Oral Roberts in the final states-side game of the Cancun Challenge on Saturday.

Virginia was unable to duplicate its offensive production from Tony Bennett's coaching debut and failed again Monday night to display Bennett's trademark defense.

The 17 points and nine rebounds stood out on Mike Scott's stat line for Virginia on Thursday night, but it might have been the three assists that got the most attention from first-year coach Tony Bennett and the rest of the Cavaliers.

Coach Tony Bennett inherited quite the mess when he arrived to Charlottesville earlier this year.A He has a team that won 10 games last season, one that has lacked fundamentals on offense and defense.

Any thoughts the Virginia Cavaliers might have had about returning to form in an easy victory tonight were shattered when they watched tape of their opponent.

As the case of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan D. Harrington entered its second month, authorities on Tuesday investigated the discovery of a body in Roanoke.

Dominique Jones had 22 points, seven rebounds, four assists and four steals Monday night to lead South Florida to a 66-49 victory over cold-shooting Virginia.

There haven't been many games recently for South Florida like Monday's 66-49 victory against Virginia in the home opener.

Notable: Virginia is without three key players. G Calvin Baker is injured, 7-foot C Assane Sene is suspended and 6-9 F Jamil Tucker is on indefinite personal leave.

Longwood forwards Billy Robinson Jr., and Antwan Carter stand 6-7 and 6-6, respectively.

The Wahoos finished off Longwood for the first victory of shiny new coach Tony Bennett's coaching tenure in Charlottesville.

Bad news already UVA hoops fans, UVA has just announced that forward Jamil Tucker from Indiana will be leaving the team for "personal" reasons.

He takes over a Virginia program that won 48 in the same span. How quickly can he change the culture, Even with eight of their top nine scorers back, the Cavs are a long way from making waves in the ACC.

Sophomore center Assane Sene will not play during the first three games of the season after being suspended by coach Tony Bennett for a team violation.

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On April 1, 2009, Tony Bennett was introduced as the 11th head coach of Virginia's basketball program ... in three seasons at Washington State, Bennett led the Cougars to a 69-33 record, including a 32-22 mark in the Pac-10 ... Washington State's 69 wins were the most in a three-year span in school history ... the 2007 consensus National Coach of ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE - The Kool-Aid fountains are plenty busy at Virginia as the arrival of new men's basketball coach Tony Bennett has enthusiasm running at a fever pitch, at least within the walls of the program.