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Virginia cruises in Bennett's debut (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The Tony Bennett coaching era at Virginia began with an 85-72 win against Longwood on Friday night. Bennett, the former Washington State coach, was hired in April to replace Dave Leitao. Virginia, behind 23 points from Sylven Landesberg and 17 from Mustapha Farrakhan, defeated Longwood in both team's season openers.