2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team

2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball
NCAA tournament, round of 32
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 6
Record30–4 (16–2 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachRitchie McKay (6th season)
Assistant coaches
Offensive schemeBlocker-Mover
Base defensePack-line
Captains
Home arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Virginia 16 2   .889 30 4   .882
No. 4 Duke 15 3   .833 35 4   .897
No. 8 Notre Dame 14 4   .778 32 6   .842
No. 15 North Carolina 11 7   .611 26 12   .684
Miami (FL) 10 8   .556 25 13   .658
NC State 10 8   .556 22 14   .611
Syracuse 9 9   .500 18 13   .581
Clemson 8 10   .444 16 15   .516
Florida State 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Pittsburgh 8 10   .444 19 15   .559
Wake Forest 5 13   .278 13 19   .406
Boston College 4 14   .222 13 19   .406
Georgia Tech 3 15   .167 12 19   .387
Virginia Tech 2 16   .111 11 22   .333
No. 17 Louisville* 0 6   .000 0 8   .000
ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Louisville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)

The 2014–15 Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, in their 110th season of play. The team was led by head coach Tony Bennett, in his sixth year, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Building on the success of the previous season, the Cavaliers had their best regular season in program history with a record of 28–2, their first undefeated non-conference regular season record since 2000–01, and their highest national ranking since 1982–83, ranking at number two on the AP Poll for a total of seven weeks. The Cavaliers also became the first team outside of Tobacco Road to win back-to-back ACC regular season championships, with their conference record of 16–2. Particular highlights included holding Rutgers, Harvard, and Georgia Tech to under thirty points each. Virginia also held Harvard to a single field goal in the first half of their game, tying the NCAA record for fewest field goals allowed in the first half of a game since the shot clock was instituted in 1986. However, late-season injuries, in particular Justin Anderson's nearly five-week-long absence due to a broken finger and appendectomy, hurt the team, with the Cavaliers falling in a close loss to North Carolina in the ACC tournament semifinals. In the NCAA tournament they defeated Belmont in the second round before losing in the third round to Michigan State.