Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 10, 1990 TAG: 9003102286
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: doug doughty
DATELINE: LENGTH: Long
Terry Holland, 31-year-old coach at Davidson College, is named to succeed Bill Gibson as Virginia's coach. "We have to set our goal at winning 20 games and the conference title," says Holland, who will enter the 1989-90 season with a 15-year record of 306-161 at UVa.\ 1976 ACC TOURNAMENT
In his second year at Virginia, Holland, 33, coaches Virginia to its first ACC championship with three victories in as many days (March 4-6) over nationally ranked teams at the Capital Centre in Landover, Md. Virginia opens with a 75-63 victory over North Carolina State, then beats Maryland 73-65 before upsetting North Carolina 67-62 behind tournament MVP Wally Walker.\
MARCH 5, 1977
After finishing seventh and last in the regular season, the Cavaliers reach the ACC final for the second year in a row and have the lead before tiring in the last six minutes and losing to North Carolina 75-69 at the Greensboro Coliseum. Virginia, which carried a 10-16 record into the tournament, finishes 12-17.\ JEFF LAMP
Holland had a three-year record of 42-42 before signing Jeff Lamp, named Mr. Basketball in Kentucky, on April 26, 1977. The Cavaliers would enjoy a 92-32 record over the next four years and Lamp would finish his career as the leading scorer in school history with 2,317 points. Lamp was the first player recruited by Holland to have his jersey, No. 3, retired.\ RALPH SAMPSON
On May 31, 1979, Ralph Sampson stepped in front of a microphone in the gymnasium at Harrisonburg High School to say he was signing with Virginia. The 7-foot-4 Sampson would be named national player of the year three times and the Cavaliers would go 112-23, setting an ACC record for wins over a four-year period.\ MARCH 19, 1980
Virginia wins NIT with 58-55 victory over Minnesota team that includes Kevin McHale, Trent Tucker, Randy Breuer and Ben Coleman.\ 1981 REGULAR SEASON
Virginia finishes first in the ACC in the regular season for the first time at 13-1. The Cavaliers would tie for first each of the next two years with North Carolina at 12-2.\ MARCH 21, 1981
Virginia defeats Brigham Young 74-60 at the Omni in Atlanta for East Region championship and Holland's first trip to Final Four. Ralph Sampson leads way with 22 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.\ MARCH 28, 1981
After two earlier victories over North Carolina, Virginia falls to the Tar Heels 78-65 in the NCAA semifinals at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Al Wood scores 39 points for UNC.\ MARCH 7, 1982
In a game that is credited with speeding the introduction of the shot clock to college basketball, North Carolina defeats Virginia 47-45 in the ACC final at the Greensboro Coliseum. UNC goes to a spread offense with 12:59 remaining. \ MARCH 18, 1982
An injured Othell Wilson plays only four minutes as Alabama-Birmingham eliminates Virginia 68-66 in the semifinals of the NCAA Mideast Region at the Birmingham Coliseum. Cavs (30-4) set a school record for wins in a season. \ DEC. 23, 1982
In one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, Chaminade University, an NAIA program in Honolulu, knocks off top-ranked Virginia 77-72 at the Blaisdell Center. Chaminade is led by former Waynesboro High star Tony Randolph, a one-time Sampson rival in the Valley District.\ MARCH 26, 1983
North Carolina State defeats Virginia 63-62 at the Dee Center in Ogden, Utah, to advance to the Final Four. It is the last game of the four-year, Ralph Sampson era in which the Cavaliers were 88-13 the last three years. \ MARCH 24, 1984
Virginia defeats Indiana 50-48 in East Region final at Omni in Atlanta to send Holland to his second Final Four. Junior Jim Miller is named most outstanding player after scoring game-high 19 points.\ MARCH 31, 1984
Houston beats Virginia 49-47 in overtime in NCAA semifinals at the Kingdome in Seattle. Houston center Akeem Olajuwon has 12 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots.\ NO. 1 RANKINGS
Virginia was ranked No. 1 for four weeks in 1980-81, for three weeks in 1981-82, and for five weeks in 1982-83.\ 1985
Virginia needs to win two games in NIT for eighth straight winning season (17-16).\ JAN. 30, 1986
North Carolina comes into University Hall with a 21-0 record and ranked No. 1 in the country and exits with an 83-76 whipping. Virginia has a 44-31 rebounding edge over a Carolina team that starts Brad Daugherty, Joe Wolf and Warren Martin across the front line.\ MARCH 13, 1986
The Cavaliers make their fifth NCAA appearance in six years, but fall to DePaul 72-68, two days after a fight in practice between center Olden Polynice and reserve John Dyslin.\ MARCH 7, 1987
Virginia is deprived of a fifth appearance in the ACC championship game when North Carolina (29-2) defeats the Cavaliers 84-82 in double overtime. Virginia still maintains that UNC's Kenny Smith held John Johnson on an inbounds pass with six seconds left in the first overtime and UVa leading 78-76.\ MARCH 12, 1987
The Cavaliers overcome the loss of center Olden Polynice to return to the NCAA and finish 21-9 after losing to Wyoming and future NBA players Eric Leckner and Fennis Dembo 64-60 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.\ 1987-88
Virginia loses nine of its last 10 games to finish 13-18. It is Holland's first losing season in 11 years and the third in his 16 seasons at UVa.\ ILLNESS
Holland missed four games during the 1984-85 season and the Virginia Tech game in the 1985-86 season with an intestinal blockage that required surgery Jan. 2, 1989. Holland got out of the hospital Jan. 15 - in time to meet with the team before it annihilated North Carolina 106-83 at University Hall to end a three-game losing streak. He missed a total of six games before returning Jan. 28, 1989.\ 1988-89
After being picked for seventh place in the ACC, the Cavaliers contend until the final weekend, finishing in a second-place tie in the regular season. Virginia (22-11) advances to the final eight in the NCAA Tournament before losing to eventual national champion Michigan.\ MARCH 23, 1989
Freshman Bryant Stith scores 28 points and senior Richard Morgan adds 25 in Virginia's 86-80 upset victory over Oklahoma, the No. 1-seeded team in the NCAA Southeast Regional at Rupp Arena.\ MARCH 25, 1989
Michigan routs UVa 102-65 in the championship game in the Southeast Regional behind 32 points by senior forward Glen Rice. Sean Higgins comes off the bench to hit seven of 10 3-pointers for the Wolverines.\ JUNE 23, 1989
Holland announces that his 16th season at Virginia will be his last. At 47, he will return to Davidson, where he played and began his coaching career, as athletic director.\ 1989-90: Again picked for seventh in ACC, the Cavaliers stage a late-season surge that includes victories over North Carolina, Georgia Tech twice and Duke - which has beaten UVa 16 straight times - to zero in on Holland's ninth NCAA trip.
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