When Craig Littlepage was promoted to Virginia’s director of athletics in 2001, his charge was to build a consistently performing top 10 athletic program.

Michael Colley died of an apparent heart attack during a walk at Virginia Beach, where he was vacationing with friends.

As of Friday, Virginia officials said current season-ticket sales for the upcoming slate are at 30,140, a drop of 14.6 percent from the same date in 2008.

Eight years later, as the Virginia baseball team prepares for its first appearance in the College World Series, Dennis Womack has the benefit of perspective.

Everybody has a favorite Jim West story and today’s column is dedicated to our late good friend, James O, who passed away this past week.

Everybody called him “James O.”

Craig Littlepage was put on the spot a few times during a short chat with sportswriters following the press conference where Tony Bennett was officially introduced as Virginia’s new basketball coach.

Bennett’s system has been portrayed by some as “slow” and “boring” — not exactly music to the ears of 17- and 18-year-olds.

Among a bevy of prerequisites, college basketball head coaches have to be good with X’s and O’s and they must understand what style of play best suits their team.

When Virginia athletics director Craig Littlepage began his homework on Tony Bennett, he was amazed by the feedback from every corner of the basketball world.