Here’s how to watch
You can watch the game between the ‘Hoos and the Gators on Wednesday night at 7:00 pm ET on ESPN2. This means you can watch the game on TV on any television provider by logging in to each provider at watchspn.com, on the ESPN app, or by having an ESPN+ subscription.
Locationion: Gainesville, Florida
Date: December 4, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN2
Betting line: Florida -17.5
game thread
Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. – leave your thoughts before, during and after the game here and be sure to check back for lots of post-game content!
We will also be active on Twitter throughout the game and season. So follow the live reactions of our employees there.
Stripes on the lawn – @STL_UVA
Zach Carey – @Zach_Carey_
Dan Siegel – @DanSiegel_
Corbin Lathrop – @CorbinLathrop
John Kurcina – @JohnKurcina
Trey Kelleher – @TreyKelleher3
Gavin Booker – @GavinBookerPxP
Garrett Keogh – @Garrett_Keogh01
Game notes
Finally, game notes from UVA:
For openers
• UVA meets Florida for the first time in the SEC/ACC Challenge.
• The Cavaliers are 1-0 in the Challenge, defeating Texas A&M 59-47 last season at John Paul Jones Arena.
• UVA is 0-2 against ranked opponents this season, losing 64-42 to then-No. 11 Tennessee and 80-55 to then-No. 22 St. John’s in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship in Nassau, Bahamas on 21 and November 22nd.
• UVA ranks 29th nationally in 3-point accuracy at 38.8 percent.
• Isaac McKneely leads the team with 13.3 points per game, is shooting 50 percent from 3-point range and has scored in double figures in six games.
• UVA is shooting 44.8 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from 3-point range, up from 42.8 percent and 35.8 percent, respectively, last season.
Out last time
• Dai Dai Ames scored a career-high 16 points to lead Virginia to a 5-2 non-conference victory over Holy Cross, 67-41, on Friday, Nov. 29, at John Paul Jones Arena.
• Andrew Rohde and Isaac McKneely each contributed 13 points as UVA improved to 4-0 at home.
• Virginia shot 43.6 percent from the field and sank nine 3-pointers.
• UVA recorded a season-low six turnovers and limited Holy Cross to 33.3 percent shooting.
• Max Green led the Crusaders with 16 points.
McThreely: UVA’s best long-distance shooter
• Junior Isaac McKneely is UVA’s all-time 3-point leader at 43.2 percent.
• McKneely has made 153 of 354 3-pointers in his career, including 81 last season, which ranks ninth on UVA’s single-season list.
• McKneely’s 6 of 6 attempts from 3-point range against Villanova set a Cavalier single-game record for most three-pointers made without a miss.
• McKneely’s 12 3-pointers in consecutive games against Syracuse and NCCU (a career-best six in each game) last season were the most at UVA in a two-game span since Kyle Guy scored 13 points in 2019.
• McKneely has made six or more 3-pointers in four games and two or more 3-pointers in 44 games.
