This paywalled but worth a read if you can access it.
What’s next for Virginia? Tony Bennett’s plan after tournament upset, transfers
Here’s the take-home at the end.
What’s next for Virginia? Tony Bennett’s plan after tournament upset, transfers
Here’s the take-home at the end.
That is one of many ways in which the new world order will challenge this perennially old-school program. There is a stubbornness here, an unwillingness to to be moved, that is either admirable or foolhardy or both. Virginia will flex tactically; Bennett has experimented with different offensive systems several times in the last decade, including when Virginia won its national title, and he played a radical five-out system with Huff, Hauser and Murphy in the frontcourt in 2021. It will get marginally more money into the NIL pot. But the foundational strategic vision, the core values, are not subject to alteration.
If that means losing a talented redshirt from a gutted roster before the kid ever plays a minute for his team, well, so be it. Fellow coaches admire this devotion; they also attempt to use it to their advantage.
