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U.Va. gets No. 1 overall seed for NCAA Tournament

By Patrick Roth

WASHINGTON — The University of Virginia got the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and will be taking on another local team in the first round.

The Cavaliers will take on No. 16 ranked UMBC on Friday in the first round of the South Region in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday, March 16.

Virginia Tech got the No. 8 seed in the East Region and will play No. 9 seed Alabama in Pittsburgh on Thursday.

How a rafting trip led to the Cavaliers’ NCAA championship a year ago

By Dave Johnson
It was a year ago Wednesday that the Virginia Cavaliers won the NCAA men's basketball championship, and with the world on pause right now, I’m reminded of the time they stopped to reflect, and how that helped them win it all. In August 2018, head coach Tony Bennett took his team to New River Gorge, in Lansing, West Virginia, to go whitewater rafting. It was chance to bond as a team, and maybe another chance to heal.
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