Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett did not mince words when he spoke in front of the media for one of the first times this fall.

Bennett was not going to coddle his players—not when the Virginia Cavaliers have not been to the NCAA tournament since 2007 or any postseason at all since 2008.

That sentiment grew in strength when viewed in hindsight of the ignominious close to last season, when the Cavaliers suffered one of the worse collapses in the history of the program.

Virginia gagged a seemingly insurmountable 10-point lead against Miami in the ACC Tournament.

In the matter of 42 seconds, the game was inexplicably tied. The Cavaliers were luc...

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