Jeff Jones News

While returning ACC Freshman of the Year Sylven Landesberg will be the focus of attention most nights the Virginia men's basketball team takes the court, the Cavaliers have been getting scoring from other sources in their most recent games.

Sylven Landesberg scored 14 points, grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and dished out six assists to lead Virginia over Hampton 80-54 on Wednesday night.

Jeff Jones scored 11 points to lead Virginia as they cruised past New Jersey Institute of Technology 68-37 on Monday night.

The Cavaliers shot just 38 percent against Stanford, and Sylvan Landesberg and Jeff Jones were the only two Hoos to reach double figures.

Virginia notches only seven field goals in the second half to fall to the Cardinal in Cancun.

The UVA Men's basketball team got a team high 17 points from Jeff Jones but lost to Stanford 57-52 in the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico.

Mike Scott of Chesapeake had 17 points and nine rebounds Thursday night, leading Virginia to a 79-46 victory against Rider in a Cancun Challenge game in Charlottesville.

Mike Scott had 17 points and nine rebounds Thursday night, leading Virginia to a 79-46 victory against Rider in the Cancun Challenge.

The Cavaliers held Rider to 33.3 percent shooting , ending a fast start to the season that saw the Broncs average 87 points in beating Mississippi State and Lehigh.

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.

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

The American University basketball program owes some thanks to UAlbany athletic director Lee McElroy for winning the past two Patriot League titles.

The Virginia men's basketball team beat Longwood 85-72 Friday night at John Paul Jones Arena in Tony Bennett's head coaching debut at UVA.

In many ways Virginia basketball has had this sign up in their gym since the departure of three-time national player of the year Ralph Sampson.

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 ...

Coach: Tony Bennett 2007-08 record: Postseason: None Returning starters :A Sylven Landesberg, 6-6, sophomore, guard , Sammy Zeglinski, 6-, redshirt sophomore, guard ,A Mike Scott, 6-8, junior, forward .

The Cavalier men's basketball team has been practicing for almost two full weeks, and begin the season two weeks from Friday, when they host Longwood.

The following offseason, offcourt issues prompt Alexander to transfer with two years of eligibility remaining in the following offseason.