Sylven Landesberg News

Brendan Knox's tip-in with 1.4 seconds left lifted Auburn to a 68-67 victory over Virginia on Monday night.

This is about as big as the national spotlight is going to get for Auburn during its non-conference schedule.

Junior forward Mike Scott, who scored 17 points against Penn State, and the rest of the Cavaliers will be looking for a more consistent performance in their upcoming matchup against the Tigers.

Portland was among a record-tying seven teams to move into the Associated Press men's basketball rankings Monday, the Pilots' first appearance in the poll since February 1959.

It is a time unlike any other in college basketball. Where each conference views another as an equal counterpart, the ACC certainly has had the Big Ten's number lately.

Talor Battle scored 28 of his 32 points in the second half and Penn State withstood a furious rally by Virginia in the final minute to beat the Cavaliers 69-66 Monday night in the opener of the Big Ten-ACC challenge.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Nov. 29, 2009 - The Nittany Lion basketball team will look to make Big Ten/ACC Challenge history on Monday when Penn State takes on Virginia at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Va.

Korinne Campbell scored 17 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to lead West Virginia to a 73-52 win over Duquesne on Tuesday night.

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.