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10 CAVALIER CORNER cavalier sports 1st Road win over a top-10 team in program history for the Vir- ginia football team was its 31-27 upset of previously unbeaten and then-No. 10 North Carolina Oct. 21. UVA came into the game 0-30 in road games against top-10 opponents. The Cava- liers' last win over a top-10 opponent was a 26-21 home win over No. 4 Florida State on Oct. 15, 2005. The victory versus the Tar Heels also snapped a five-game losing streak against ranked foes and marked the first victory for UVA against a top-25 team since it defeated North Carolina 44-41 at Scott Stadium on Oct. 31, 2020. "There's so many different visuals around here that spark thoughts about Lavel, Devin and D'Sean. There's not a day that goes by that I don't have feelings about them. On this day, I want it to be a true remembrance of the legacies of those young men." — UVA head football coach Tony Elliott on the Nov. 13 anniversary of the passing of UVA football players Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D'Sean Perry 10 Or more steals and blocks were recorded by the Virginia men's basketball team in the same game for the first time in school history in its 62-33 win over Texas Southern Nov. 16. The Cavaliers made 13 steals and blocked 10 shots, while allowing the lowest number of points by an opponent in a game since yielding 32 to St. Francis Brooklyn on Nov. 15, 2016. HOO'S TWEETING 23rd Is where ESPN ranked the 2018-19 national cham- pion Virginia Cavaliers among its 25 best teams in men's college basketball in the past 25 years. "A year after becoming the first top seed to suffer a loss to a 16-seed in the NCAA Tour- nament, the Hoos finally reached their dream and won a national title," ESPN noted. "This is one of the top defensive teams on this list. The Cavaliers held their opponents to 46.1 points per game, the top mark in the country that season. They also shot 39.5 percent from the three-point line, eighth in America. Kyle Guy (15.4 points per game) and five other players on this roster made it to the NBA." " It's no exaggeration to say Dunn has a case for being the best perimeter defender in college basketball. His length and athleticism already are better and make more of an impact on that end than teammate and reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year Reece Beekman. At 6-foot-8, Dunn is capable of sliding with guards and wings just as easily as he can bang inside against tough, physical players. He's an elite presence when making necessary rotations, as he always finds himself in the right spots at the right times to make a significant impact on the play. … "Dunn had one of the most impactful 6-point games that any player in the country will have this season in Virginia's victory over Florida. He tallied 7 rebounds, 2 assists and a whopping 7 steals, shutting down everything the Gators wanted to do while rotating around like a mad man in help situations." — Sam Vecenie of The Athletic on second-year UVA guard RYAN DUNN 2 NBA mock drafts in November both included a pair of Cavaliers: second- year guard RYAN DUNN and fourth-year guard Reece Beekman. Dunn was a first-round projection in both, coming in at No. 21 in ESPN's projections and No. 22 in The Athletic's. Beekman was a second-rounder in both, slotted at No. 33 by ESPN and No. 47 by The Athletic. Photo courtesy UVA