Virginia Cavaliers NCAA Basketball Betting
Head coach Tony Bennett will go down in history as the coach who led the Virginia Cavaliers to their only national championship. However, since taking the crown in 2019, Virginia has become a caricature of itself. Bennett has always emphasized defense, but these days, it has reached an absurd level. UVA has no offense to speak of this year while its defense was among the best in the nation. The Cavaliers are hard on the eyes and did not provide consistent value on the board in 2023-24.
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2024 Virginia Cavaliers Betting Odds
Colorado State Rams -2.5
Virginia Cavaliers +2.5
Total: 121
Money Line: Colorado State -140, Virginia +120
Virginia Cavaliers Next Matchup
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, the Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference will face the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference at UD Arena in Dayton, OH. Tipoff Time is 9:10 p.m. ET, with television coverage on TruTV.
Colorado State Rams Team Overview
Overall, the Colorado State Rams are 22-9 straight up, 15-14 against the spread, and 12-16-1 over/under the total. Colorado State has national metrics of 93rd for scoring offense, 13th for field goal percentage, 152nd for 3-point field goal percentage, 45th for free throw percentage, and 295th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Colorado State is 73rd for scoring defense, 133rd for field goal percentage permitted, 158th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 127th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Colorado State has covered one of its previous seven games. Colorado has gone under the total in seven of its last ten outings. First among Colorado State scorers is G Isaiah Stevens, with 16.5 points and 7.0 assists per game. F Joel Scott brings 12.9 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest. And then G Nique Clifford averages 12.2 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.
Virginia Cavaliers Team Overview
Overall, the Virginia Cavaliers are 22-9 straight up, 16-14-1 against the spread, and 13-18 over/under the total. Virginia has national metrics of 355th for scoring offense, 245th for field goal percentage, 41st for 3-point field goal percentage, 350th for free throw percentage, and 331st for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Virginia is 3rd for scoring defense, 12th for field goal percentage permitted, 28th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 189th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Virginia has covered three of its previous nine games. Virginia has gone over the total in four of its last five outings. First among Virginia scorers is G Reece Beekman, with 14.3 points and 6.3 assists per game. G Isaac McKneely averages 12.5 points per game.
After coming off their epic national championship run in the 2018-19 season, the Virginia Cavaliers have had a hard time since then. Virginia has not been nearly as good since that dream season.
Fans of the Virginia Cavaliers will always be grateful for their 2019 national championship. But as the years fade, UVA fans are becoming increasingly impatient with coach Tony Bennett's defense-only approach. In like manner, gamblers are running out of patience with the lack of profits on the board. Virginia has always been a one-dimensional and defensive-oriented team under Bennett. And it is not always pretty to watch. It was okay when the Cavaliers won the national championship. These days, the style is ripped as a liability.
Virginia encountered an almost unprecedented level of roster turnover last offseason, with seven scholarship players exiting the program due to graduation, the NBA Draft, or the transfer portal, and eight new scholarship players coming in, four from the portal and four freshmen. But by far, the biggest event of the offseason was the return of Reece Beekman, who declared for the NBA Draft, participated in the Draft Combine and a few private workouts with NBA teams, but ultimately decided to return to Virginia for his senior season.
Virginia was in the upper quarter of the ACC but is not seen as a serious national contender.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2023 |
Lost First Round vs. (13) Furman, 67–68 |
| 2021 |
Lost First Round vs. (13) Ohio, 58–62 |
| 2019 |
Won National Championship vs. (3) Texas Tech, 85–77 (OT) |
| 2018 |
Lost First Round vs. (16) UMBC, 54–74 |
| 2017 |
Lost Second Round vs. (4) Florida, 39–65 |
| 2016 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (10) Syracuse, 62–68 |
2023-2024 NCAA Basketball Top Teams
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