2008–09 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

2008–09 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2008–09 record	10–18 (4–12 ACC)
Head coach	Dave Leitao (4th season)
Assistant coach	Bill Courtney (4th season)
Assistant coach	Steve Seymour (4th season)
Assistant coach	Drew Diener (2nd season)
Home arena	John Paul Jones Arena

2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#2 North Carolina	13	–	3	.813	34	–	4	.895
#6 Duke†	11	–	5	.688	30	–	7	.811
#12 Wake Forest	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
#16 Florida State	10	–	6	.625	25	–	10	.714
#24 Clemson	9	–	7	.563	23	–	9	.719
Boston College	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
Maryland	7	–	9	.438	21	–	14	.600
Virginia Tech	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Miami (FL)	7	–	9	.438	19	–	13	.594
North Carolina State	6	–	10	.375	16	–	14	.533
Virginia	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Georgia Tech	2	–	14	.125	12	–	19	.387

† ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2008–09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Dave Leitao, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cavaliers were picked to finish last in the conference this season in the pre-season media poll.^[1] While they only finished 11th, ahead of Georgia Tech, their record of 10–18 and 4–12 in conference was the worst the team had received in over forty years. At the end of the season, head coach Dave Leitao resigned.^[2] On April 1, 2009, Washington State head coach Tony Bennett was announced as his replacement.^[3]

Last season

The Cavaliers had a record of 17–16, with a conference record of 5–11.

Roster

2008–09 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	2	Farrakhan, Jr., MustaphaMustapha Farrakhan, Jr.	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Thornton Township	Harvey, Illinois
1.5 !G	4	Baker, CalvinCalvin Baker (C)	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Woodside/William & Mary	Newport News, Virginia
5.0 !C	5	Sene, AsseneAssene Sene	84 !7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	226 lb (103 kg)	1.0 !Fr	South Kent	Saint-Louis, Senegal
3.5 !F	12	Tucker, JamilJamil Tucker	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	241 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	West Side	Gary, Indiana
1.5 !G	13	Zeglinski, SammySammy Zeglinski	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1.0 !Fr	William Penn Charter School	Philadelphia
1.5 !G	15	Landesberg, SylvenSylven Landesberg	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Holy Cross	Flushing, New York
1.5 !G	21	Soroye, TunjiTunji Soroye (C)	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	252 lb (114 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Montrose Christian	Dugbe Ibadan, Nigeria
3.5 !F	22	Sherrill, WillWill Sherrill	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2.0 !So	Phillips Academy Andover	New York, N.Y.
1.5 !G	23	Jones, JeffJeff Jones	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Monsignor Bonner	Chester, Pennsylvania
2.5 !G/F	24	Diane, MamadiMamadi Diane (C)	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	DeMatha Catholic	Potomac, Maryland
5.0 !C	25	Brandenberg, JohnJohn Brandenberg	83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1.0 !Fr	De Smet Jesuit	Des Peres, Missouri
3.5 !F	32	Scott, MikeMike Scott	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	2.0 !So	Deep Creek/Hargrave Military	Chesapeake, Virginia
2.5 !G/F	45	Tat, SolomonSolomon Tat	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Community Christian School	Jos Plateau, Nigeria
4.5 !F/C	55	Meyinsse, JeromeJerome Meyinsse	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	3.0 !Jr	McKinley	Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Head coach

Dave Leitao (Northeastern)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Courtney (Bucknell)
Steve Seymour (Bridgewater (MA))
Drew Diener (St. Louis)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 13 December 2014

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition game
Nov. 9* 2:00 PM	Shepherd	W 87–52		John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Virginia
Regular season
Nov. 16* 4:00 PM, CSN	VMI	W 107–97	1–0	John Paul Jones Arena (9,955) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 19* 7:00 PM	South Florida	W 77–75	2–0	John Paul Jones Arena (8,810) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 21* 7:00 PM	Radford	W 68–66	3–0	John Paul Jones Arena (10,311) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 25* 7:00 PM	Liberty	L 82–86	3–1	John Paul Jones Arena (9,263) Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov. 28* 7:00 PM	at Syracuse	L 70–73	3–2	Carrier Dome (22,096) Syracuse, New York
Dec. 2* 9:30 PM, ESPN2	at Minnesota ACC/Big Ten Challenge	L 56–66	3–3	Williams Arena (12,424) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec. 17* 7:00 PM	Longwood	W 90–61	4–3	John Paul Jones Arena (8,543) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 20* 4:00 PM, CSN	Auburn	L 56–58	4–4	John Paul Jones Arena (11,070) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 23* 7:00 PM	Hampton	W 74–48	5–4	John Paul Jones Arena (9,158) Charlottesville, Virginia
Dec. 28 5:30 PM, FSN	at Georgia Tech	W 88-84 ^OT	6–4 (1–0)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum (7,230) Atlanta, Georgia
Jan. 3* 2:00 PM, CSN	No. 22 Xavier	L 70–84	6–5 (1–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,174) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 6* 7:00 PM	Brown	W 74–50	7–5 (1–0)	John Paul Jones Arena (8,357) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 10 4:00 PM, RSN	at Virginia Tech	L 75–78	7–6 (1–1)	Cassell Coliseum (9,847) Blacksburg, Virginia
Jan. 15 9:00 PM, ESPN	No. 5 North Carolina	L 61–83	7–7 (1–2)	John Paul Jones Arena (13,811) Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan. 20 8:00 PM, Raycom	at Maryland	L 78–84	7–8 (1–3)	Comcast Center (16,205) College Park, Maryland
Jan. 24 4:00 PM, RSN	Florida State	L 62–73	7–9 (1–4)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,981) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 1 2:00 PM, FSN	at No. 1 Duke	L 54–79	7–10 (1–5)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina
Feb. 4 7:00 PM, ESPNU	Boston College	L 70–80	7–11 (1–6)	John Paul Jones Arena (9,631) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 7 4:00 PM, Raycom	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 61–76	7–12 (1–7)	Dean Smith Center (20,879) Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Feb. 10 7:00 PM, RSN	at No. 25 Florida State	L 57–68	7–13 (1–8)	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,921) Tallahassee, Florida
Feb. 15 1:00 PM, Raycom	No. 12 Clemson	W 85-81 ^OT	8–13 (2–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (10,971) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 18 8:00 PM, Raycom	Virginia Tech	W 75–61	9–13 (3–8)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,174) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 21 1:00 PM, Raycom	at NC State	L 67–72	9–14 (3–9)	PNC Arena (16,353) Raleigh, North Carolina
Feb. 26 8:00 PM, Raycom	Miami	L 55–62	9–15 (3–10)	John Paul Jones Arena (9,392) Charlottesville, Virginia
Feb. 28 2:00 PM, Raycom	No. 13 Wake Forest	L 60–70	9–16 (3–11)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,065) Charlottesville, Virginia
Mar. 3 7:00 PM, RSN	at No. 18 Clemson	L 57–75	9–17 (3–12)	Littlejohn Coliseum (8,150) Clemson, South Carolina
Mar. 7 3:30 PM, ABC	Maryland	W 68–63	10–17 (4–12)	John Paul Jones Arena (11,050) Charlottesville, Virginia
ACC Tournament
Mar. 12 9:30 PM, Raycom	vs. Boston College ACC Tournament First Round	L 63–76	10–18	Georgia Dome (26,352) Atlanta
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time..

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References

↑ "ACC Releases Preseason Rankings and Awards". Boston College Official Athletic Site. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
↑ "Dave Leitao Resigns As UVa's Head Men's Basketball Coach". VirginiaSports.com. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
↑ Barnes III, Lindsay (1 April 2009). "Heeere's Tony: Bennett makes debut as UVA coach". The Hook. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
↑ "2008–2009 Schedule". VIRGINIASPORTS.COM – The University of Virginia Official Athletic Site. Retrieved December 13, 2014.

Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
Venues	Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1965) University Hall (1965–2006) John Paul Jones Arena (2006–present)
Rivalries	Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	CavMan "The Cavalier Song" "The Good Old Song" Chaminade upset
People	Head coaches Notable players
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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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