Sylven Landesberg News

Thanks to walk-on Will Sherrill, Virginia's memories of the Moon Palace Resort are a little more favorable than they might have been otherwise.

Sylven Landesberg scored 20 points and Will Sherrill came off the bench to add 18, including 15 in the second half, to lead Virginia to a 76-65 victory over Cleveland State on Wednesday night.

The Virginia men's basketball team won its first two Cancun Challenge games by an average of 27 points, but ran into much stiffer competition on Tuesday night.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 arrival of new head coach Tony Bennett at Virginia has sparked enthusiasm that the Cavaliers will improve after several dismal seasons.

Virginia men's basketball head coach Tony Bennett led the Cavaliers to an 85-72 win over Longwood in his first game at Virginia.

Two of the top three returning scorers in the ACC play for schools in the same state.

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.

Last November, Sylven Landesberg's stat line was borderline ridiculous. Playing in his very first college game, the New York City native had 28 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals in Virginia's sea-son-opening victory over VMI.

This past offseason, Sylven Landesberg could have tried out for the USA Basketball under-19 team for the summer's world championship. He could have gone to Israel to play on the United States's Maccabiah Games team. He even could have represented his mother's native Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean championships.

The Virginia guard who was named the 2008-09 ACC rookie of the year spurned all those offers. Instead, he did what helped him earn accolades in one of the nation's finest conferences, opportunities on national teams and even discussions as an NBA prospect: Landesberg returned to his home in New York, sweating through the skill-training sessions that his father emphasized during Landesberg's youth.

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.

Virginia guard Sylven Landesberg voted for Wake Forest's Ish Smith as the ACC's fastest player.

It isn't often Tony Bennett shows off his shooting skills to his new Virginia team - just enough to show he still has it.

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 ...