2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:Virginia Cavaliers
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Record:23–11
Conf Record:13–7
Head Coach:Tony Bennett
Hc Year:15th
Assoc Coach:Jason Williford
Ahc Year:15th
Asst Coach1:Ron Sanchez
Ac1 Year:10th
Asst Coach2:Orlando Vandross
Ac2 Year:6th
Arena:John Paul Jones Arena
Tourney:NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:First Four
Off Scheme:Blocker-Mover

The 2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett in his 15th year, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cavaliers started the season with four straight wins and earned themselves the twenty-fourth spot in the AP Rankings to start the season. They lost the opening game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off to Wisconsin and rebounded to defeat West Virginia in the third place game. The win wasn't enough to keep them in the rankings, as they fell out ahead of their ACC–SEC Challenge matchup with fourteenth ranked Texas A&M. They won that match and two more matches to return to the rankings at number twenty-two. They went 1–1 as the 22nd ranked team, losing to twenty-third ranked Memphis before falling out again. The Cavaliers then lost three of their next four ACC games, with the lone win coming against struggling Louisville. A rivalry win over Virginia Tech sparked an eight game winning streak for the Cavaliers as they also defeated NC State in overtime and Clemson during the stretch. They again returned to the rankings at number twenty-one. They lost to Pittsburgh and won a low scoring game against Wake Forest before falling out of the rankings again. The Cavaliers finished out the season 2–3 losing a rivalry rematch to Virginia Tech and to North Carolina and Duke, who were both ranked tenth at the time of the matchup.

The Cavaliers finished the season 23–11 and 13–7 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals where defeated third seed Boston College in overtime before losing to eventual champions NC State in overtime in the Semifinals. They earned a controversial at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as a tenth seed in the First Four in the Midwest region. They lost their matchup with Colorado State 42–67 to end their season. After the game, Virginia was widely criticized for its offensive performance, which included a stretch of nearly 14 minutes of game time and nearly an hour of real time during which they did not score.

Previous season

The 2022–23 Cavaliers finished the season with a 25–8 record, 15–5 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for first place and clinch a share of their sixth regular season title in ten seasons, and their eleventh ACC regular season title in school history. They defeated North Carolina and Clemson to reach the championship game of the ACC tournament, where they lost to Duke. They received a bid to NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the East region, where they were upset in the First Round by Furman.

Offseason

Departures

Virginia departures
167 Graduated
233 Graduated
200 Graduated/undrafted in 2023 NBA draft; signed with the Denver Nuggets[1]
236 Graduated
Chase Coleman 165 Walk-on; became UVA graduate assistant coach
Kadin Shedrick 231 Transferred to Texas[2]
254 Graduate transferred to Santa Clara[3]
Isaac Traudt 229 Transferred to Creighton[4]

Incoming transfers

Virginia incoming transfers
Andrew Rohde 202 3 October 1, 2023[5]
242 1 October 1, 2023[6]
Jake Groves 211 1 October 1, 2023[7]

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Coaches

Virginia coaching staff
Dean and Markel Families Head Coach 15 15
Jason Williford Associate head coach 6 15
Assistant Coach 1 10
Orlando Vandross Assistant Coach 6 9
Director of Scouting 3 9
Larry Mangino Director of player development 3 8
Johnny Carpenter Director of player personnel 6 9 Virginia
Graduate assistant 3 3 Virginia
Mike Curtis Strength and conditioning coach 15 15 Virginia Richmond, VA
Ethan Saliba Head Athletic Trainer 26 41
Ronnie Wideman Associate AD for Basketball Administration/Operations 14 15

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=""| ACC tournament|-!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA tournament[8]

Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NUGGETS SIGN ARMAAN FRANKLIN AND ANDREW FUNK TO TRAINING CAMP CONTRACTS. NBA.com. July 18, 2023. July 31, 2023.
  2. Web site: Longhorns Land Virginia Transfer Kadin Shedrick. Sports Illustrated. Zach. Dimmitt. April 23, 2023. September 7, 2023.
  3. Web site: Former UVA Center Francisco Caffaro Transfers to Santa Clara. Sports Illustrated. Matt. Newton. April 10, 2023. September 7, 2023.
  4. Web site: Virginia Transfer Isaac Traudt Commits to Creighton. Sports Illustrated. Matt. Newton. March 31, 2023. September 7, 2023.
  5. Web site: Men's Basketball Adds St. Thomas Transfer Andrew Rohde. virginiasports.com. Virginia Athletics. April 20, 2023. September 7, 2023.
  6. Web site: Newton . Matt . 2023-04-13 . Merrimack Transfer Jordan Minor Announces Commitment to Virginia . 2023-06-21 . Sports Illustrated Virginia Cavaliers News, Analysis and More . en.
  7. Web site: Oklahoma Transfer Jacob Groves Commits to Virginia. Sports Illustrated. Matt. Newton. April 25, 2023. September 7, 2023.
  8. Web site: 2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule. Virginia Sports. October 2, 2023.