The 2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett in his 15th year, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team drew an average home attendance of 13,992 in 17 games in 2023-24, the 17th highest in college basketball.
The Cavaliers started the season with four straight wins and earned themselves the twenty-fourth spot in the AP Rankings to start the season. They lost the opening game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off to Wisconsin and rebounded to defeat West Virginia in the third place game. The win wasn't enough to keep them in the rankings, as they fell out ahead of their ACC–SEC Challenge matchup with fourteenth ranked Texas A&M. They won that match and two more matches to return to the rankings at number twenty-two. They went 1–1 as the 22nd ranked team, losing to twenty-third ranked Memphis before falling out again. The Cavaliers then lost three of their next four ACC games, with the lone win coming against struggling Louisville. A rivalry win over Virginia Tech sparked an eight game winning streak for the Cavaliers as they also defeated NC State in overtime and Clemson during the stretch. They again returned to the rankings at number twenty-one. They lost to Pittsburgh and won a low scoring game against Wake Forest before falling out of the rankings again. The Cavaliers finished out the season 2–3 losing a rivalry rematch to Virginia Tech and to North Carolina and Duke, who were both ranked tenth at the time of the matchup.
The Cavaliers finished the season 23–11 and 13–7 in ACC play to finish in third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals, where they defeated eleventh seed Boston College in overtime before losing to eventual champions NC State in overtime in the Semifinals. They earned a controversial at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as a tenth seed in the First Four in the Midwest region. They lost their matchup with Colorado State 67–42 to end their season. After the game, Virginia was widely criticized for its offensive performance, which included a stretch of nearly 14 minutes of game time and nearly an hour of real time during which they did not score.
Previous season The 2022–23 Cavaliers finished the season with a 25–8 record, 15–5 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for first place and clinch a share of their sixth regular season title in ten seasons, and their eleventh ACC regular season title in school history. They defeated North Carolina and Clemson to reach the championship game of the ACC tournament, where they lost to Duke. They received a bid to NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the East region, where they were upset in the First Round by Furman.
Offseason Coaching changes Virginia Coaching Changes Kyle Getter Assistant coach Associate head coach (Notre Dame) Ron Sanchez Head coach (Charlotte) Associate head coach Chase Coleman Guard (w) Graduate assistant
Departures Virginia departures Kihei Clark G 167 Woodland Hills, CA Graduated Jayden Gardner F 233 Wake Forest, NC Graduated Armaan Franklin G 200 Indianapolis, IN Graduated/undrafted in 2023 NBA draft; signed with the Denver Nuggets Ben Vander Plas F 236 Ripon, WI Graduated Chase Coleman G 165 Norfolk, VA Walk-on; became UVA graduate assistant coach Kadin Shedrick F/C 231 Holly Springs, NC Transferred to Texas Francisco Cáffaro C 254 Santa Fe, Argentina Graduate transferred to Santa Clara Isaac Traudt F 229 Grand Island, NE Transferred to Creighton
Incoming transfers Virginia incoming transfers Andrew Rohde G 202 Milwaukee, WI St. Thomas (MN) 3 October 1, 2023 Jordan Minor F 242 Kingston, MA Merrimack 1 October 1, 2023 Jake Groves F 211 Spokane, WA Oklahoma 1 October 1, 2023
2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Players
Coaches Virginia coaching staff Tony Bennett Dean and Markel Families Head Coach 15 15 UW-Green Bay Clintonville, WI Jason Williford Associate head coach 6 15 Virginia Richmond, VA Ron Sanchez Associate head coach 1 10 SUNY-Oneonta San Pedro de Macorís, DR Orlando Vandross Assistant Coach 6 9 American International Brad Soderberg Director of Scouting 3 9 UW-Stevens Point Wausau, WI Larry Mangino Director of player development 3 8 Montclair State Johnny Carpenter Director of player personnel 6 9 Virginia Great Falls, VA Isaiah Wilkins Graduate assistant 3 3 Virginia Lilburn, GA Chase Coleman Graduate assistant 1 1 Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Mike Curtis Strength and conditioning coach 15 15 Virginia Richmond, VA Ethan Saliba Head Athletic Trainer 26 41 Kansas Ronnie Wideman Associate AD for Basketball Administration/Operations 14 15 Washington State Washougal, WA
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| ACC tournament
!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References