Aug. 24, 2007

CHARLOTTESVILLE - The Virginia men's basketball team plays Pennsylvania in the Philly Classic on Nov. 23 on the Quakers' home court at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. The Cavaliers will play either Navy or Seton Hall in the tournament on Nov. 24.

The Philly Classic is a homecoming for three members of the Virginia team who played at Philadelphia area schools during their high school careers. Senior guard Sean Singletary and freshman guard Sammy Zeglinski played at The William Penn Charter School, and freshman guard Jeff Jones played at Monsignor Bonner High School.

Times for the games in Philadelphia have not been determined, but Virginia's games will be played in the evening. On Nov. 23, Howard plays Loyola and Drexel meets Robert Morris in an afternoon session with Virginia playing Pennsylvania and Navy meeting Seton Hall in the evening. The winners and losers in each session play each other on Nov. 24 with the same four teams playing in the afternoon and evening. The tournament will have two champions.

Teams in each session will play two games against teams from the other session prior to the games in Philadelphia. On Nov. 11, Navy plays at Drexel and Pennsylvania is at Loyola. Robert Morris plays at Navy and Howard is at Virginia on Nov. 14. On Nov. 17, Howard plays at Pennsylvania, and on Nov. 18 Robert Morris is at Seton Hall. Loyola plays at Seton Hall on Nov. 20 and Drexel is at Virginia. The results of these games have no bearing on the pairings in Philadelphia.