Overview
- Tipoff is set for Wednesday at 9 p.m. EST in Charlottesville, marking the teams’ first ACC meeting this season.
- Virginia is 8-0 at home and is coming off a 76-61 win at NC State, where Sam Lewis scored 23 points.
- Former Virginia guard Dai Dai Ames leads Cal at 17.6 points per game in his first season with the Golden Bears.
- Thijs De Ridder paces Virginia’s balanced offense at 16.4 points per game, while guard Jacari White remains out with a broken left wrist.
- Cal has won 10 of its past 11 games, features additional double-digit scorers Chris Bell, Justin Pippen and John Camden, and its Notre Dame finish prompted an ACC reprimand of Irish coach Micah Shrewsberry.