UVA had little to no notable basketball success ... The team already had 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson, the reigning Rookie of the Year, playing the center role. Additionally, the team passed on Michael ...

To his right were his University of Virginia basketball teammates, and to his left were his grandchildren. His mother sat proudly in the front row, across the aisle from his high school friends. Ralph ...

Ralph Sampson was the hottest college prospect in the early 1980s because he combined size at 7’4” and an immense skill set. Playing in the center position at Virginia, Sampson considered ...

University of Virginia basketball legend Sampson already has made his stamp on state history. After winning three Naismith Awards as the National Player of the Year, the 7-foot-4 Sampson graduated ...

As of Monday, half of her wait was over. Ralph Sampson, the 7-foot-4 wonder who helped take University of Virginia basketball to new heights 30 years ago, was selected for induction into the ...

University of Virginia basketball legend Ralph Sampson is having success on the Charlottesville restaurant scene. Sampson, on Monday, announced a new venture, The Sampson Group, that seeks to ...

Ralph Sampson was initially seen by most as someone ... In 82 regular season games, the former Virginia Cavalier averaged 21.0 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 2.4 blocks in 32.8 minutes ...

Terry Holland, the gentlemanly coach who brought Ralph Sampson to Charlottesville and turned the University of Virginia into a college basketball power, has died at the age of 80. Holland led the ...

Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national prominence ... likely was luring the nation’s most coveted recruit, 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson of Harrisonburg, to join the Cavaliers ...

Cinderella was waiting. Days after beating Phi Slama Jama Houston and Utah in Tokyo, No. 1 Virginia and national player of the year 7-foot-4 center Ralph Sampson had a matchup with then-NAIA ...

Ralph Sampson,” Old Dominion Coach Jeff Jones, who played for Holland from 1978 to 1982 and succeeded him as Virginia’s coach, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch, which first reported the news ...