Who is the best person to lead Virginia basketball following former head coach Tony Bennett's 15-year tenure with the Cavaliers?

One day after the University of Virginia announced the surprise news that men’s basketball head coach Tony Bennett was retiring – effective immediately – after 15 seasons at the helm, an emotional Bennett explained why.

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

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.

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.

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.

A day after announcing his retirement, Virginia basketball head coach Tony Bennett went into detail about his stunning move.

Tony Bennett, the head coach of the University of Virginia’s men’s basketball team and a former basketball player, has decided to step down and announced his retirement. Bennett’s retirement comes after 15 seasons in which he helped UVA basketball soar to greater heights.

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,

Tony Bennett's retirement reverberated throughout college basketball. Iowa State's T.J. Otzelberger views Bennett as a "big brother."