Guest columnist David Teel writes that Bennett’s retirement leaves the ACC without a national-championship head coach for the first time since the 1981-82 season, when North Carolina won the first

The college basketball world was shocked this past week as Virginia coach Tony Bennett decided to retire. The real shock from this announcement came from the fact that the season is less than two weeks away from starting.

Tony Bennett’s retirement from coaching was a major loss for the University of Virginia. It was an equally damaging loss for all of college basketball. In an era when it seems as if nothing is certain in the sport, Bennett represented everything good — a class act in every way, and a Hall of Fame coach as a bonus.

Bennett's philosophies didn’t always align with the name, image and likeness and transfer portal era of college athletics.

We never truly knew how lucky we were to have Tony Bennett at the helm. In only a few years time, Virginia men’s basketball shifted from an afterthought to a juggernaut. Bennett consistently dominated the ACC,

Bennett, a three-time national coach of the year who led Virginia to the 2019 national title, went 364-136 in 15 seasons with the Cavaliers.

Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett's sudden and surprising decision to retire this week has sent shockwaves throughout the college basketball world. Bennett was considered one of the top coaches in the sport,

UVA legend and current assistant Kyle Guy said that his former coach Tony Bennett retiring was a good thing, per Preston Willett. Guy thought it was actually a selfless act, and it’s his job to make sure people respect Bennett and his decision.