| Virginia Cavaliers The ACC schedule works in three year cycles. Each team is assigned two permanent partners and nine rotating partners. Teams play their permanent partners in a home-and-away series each year. The rotating partners are split into three groups: three teams who are played in a home-and-away series, three teams who are played at home, and three teams who are played on the road. This creates an intra-conference schedule of 16 games against 11 Atlantic Coast Conference teams. Awesomeseating.com is your go-to ticket broker for ACC basketball. ACC schools have captured 10 NCAA Championships; the North Carolina Tar Heels have won 4 times, the Duke Blue Devils have won three; the North Carolina State Wolf Pack has won two, and the Maryland Terrapins have won one. The Virginia Cavaliers have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 16 times. They have made it to the Sweet Sixteen 7 times; 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1993 and 1995. This stretch included two Final Four appearances. The Cavaliers have never played in the National Championship game, losing their In 2007 the Cavaliers tied the North Carolina Tar Heels for first place in the ACC with an intra-conference record of 11-5 and entered the postseason as the No. 4 seed in the South Regional. The Cavs had an easy time to start, eliminating the Albany Great Danes in the opening round 84-57. In the second round they went up against the No. 5 seed Tennessee Volunteers and fell short by a three-pointer, 77-74. Home court for the Virginia Cavaliers is John Paul Jones Arena, 14,593-seat capacity multi-purpose arena on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Virginia. The $130 million facility opened for the 2006–2007 season, seating 6,000 more fans per game than University Hall, where the Cavs played previously. The 2007 Virginia Cavaliers went blow-for-blow with the ferocious North Carolina Tar Heels in conference play, with both teams finishing 11-5. 2007 was the season the Tar Heels tied the NCAA record for most wins in a season with a 36-3 record. For his accomplishment Head Coach Dave Leitao was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press for the 2006-07 season, his second with the Cavaliers. Leitao came to the Cavs after going 80-61 combined after two seasons at Northeastern and three with DePaul. In two fuul seasons at the University of Virginia Chapel Hill he has compiled a 53-42 record. Awesomeseating.com offers cheap tickets and luxury tickets for NCAA Basketball. We have NCAA Tournament Tickets as soon as the postseason line-up finalizes. Buy your cheap tickets to Virginia Cavaliers basketball from your trusted ticket broker right now. |