What Tony Bennett's retirement means for Virginia, college basketball

Posted Oct 27, 2024
As the game rapidly shifted, it became clear teams such as Tony Bennett's Virginia -- built on the development of young talent who would stay on campus for three or four years and give the program a continuous set of veteran anchors -- would have to shift their mindsets to win big. Bennett said he didn't feel the desire to learn to coach a different way. (ESPN.com)

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