Jamil Tucker News

It's truea 'absence really does make the heart grow fonder. After all, Virginia forward Jamil Tucker is far from an all-star. For his career, he has averaged a modest 7.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - 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.

After wearing an orange necktie during Virginia's season-opening victory over Longwood last week, Cavaliers coach Tony Bennett didn't wear one in the team's loss at South Florida on Monday night.

Scott Sutton and his Oral Roberts basketball players and coaches are mixing pleasure with business on their long and winding road trip in the Cancun Challenge.

In his first game as Virginia men's basketball coach, Tony Bennett delivered on his promise not to hold the ball.

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.

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.

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.

The Tony Bennett coaching era at Virginia began with an 85-72 win against Longwood on Friday night.

Virginia men's basketball tips off its 2009-2010 schedule on Friday as the Longwood Lancers visit John Paul Jones Arena.

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Virginia senior forward Jamil Tucker will take an undetermined leave of absence from the basketball program, coach Tony Bennett announced Wednesday.

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, Oct. 12 -- Practice officially begins Friday, but Monday was the first time all the Virginia's men's basketball players spoke publicly in the same room since the season ended with a loss to Boston College in the ACC tournament. That was Dave Leitao's final game as head coach after leading the Cavaliers to one NCAA tournament in four seasons. Tony Bennett replaced Leitao on March 31 after taking Washington State to two NCAA tournaments in three seasons.

He inherits a roster that returns eight players who averaged at least 10 minutes, including Sylven Landesberg, the ACC rookie of the year. But he also must rebuild confidence in a group that finished 10-18 last season and endured 34 losses during the past two seasons.