Ryan Odom's Steadiness Helps Steer Virginia Basketball Into the Round of 32

Ryan Odom's steadiness helps steer Virginia basketball into the Round of 32

Virginia basketball players said coach Ryan Odom's calm demeanor and steadiness helped the No. 3-seed Hoos survive No. 14-seed Wright State's bid for an upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday.

Virginia's Ryan Odom After NCAA Tournament Win vs Wright State: "Just really proud of the way that our guys fought"

Survive and advance is the popular mantra in the NCAA Tournament and the Virginia Cavaliers personified that today in their performance against 14th seeded Wrig

Who is Jacari White? Virginia senior explodes for 26 points as Cavaliers survive upset scare from Wright State

Get to know Jacari White, the star of Virginia's first March Madness win since 2019.

UVA clamps down in second half, survives and advances with win over Wright State

PHILADELPHIA, PA (WTKR)- It wasn't how they drew it up, but Virginia basketball is back in the March Madness win column.The Cavaliers cooled off a hot-shooting Wright State team to down the Raiders, 82-73, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday afternoon.Wright State came out firing from beyond the arc, knocking down eight first half three-pointers en route to a 43-38 halftime lead. Solomon Callaghan scored 16 points before the brea…

No. 3-seed Virginia basketball survives No. 14-seed Wright State to win in NCAA tournament

No. 3-seed Virginia basketball needed all 26 points it got from guard Jacari White in its fight-to-the-finish win against No. 14-seed Wright State on Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Friday.

Valiant Fight Falls Short in NCAA Tourney

PHILADELPHIA – The No. 14-seeded Wright State men's basketball team roared to a 43-38 halftime lead and were up by three with five minutes to play before third-seeded Virginia prevailed in the closing moments to hand the Raiders an 82-73 defeat on Friday in Philadelphia as part of first round action at the 2026 NCAA Championship.