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 ...

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 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 ...

"If you look at Ralph Sampson in his Virginia days and his early career before injury, a version of that," said Mullin. "Now, this kid is special, no doubt about it. And he put together an ...

With Ralph Sampson returning for his senior year in 1982-83, Virginia officials crafted a diabolical nonconference schedule to test college basketball’s top-ranked team. Terry Holland and Dick ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The business will still operate as a partnership between Sampson, who played center for UVa between 1979 and 1983, and Warren Thompson, a fellow Wahoo and the founder of Thompson Hospitality.

(7News) — Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national ... luring the nation’s most coveted recruit, 7-foot-4 Ralph Sampson of Harrisonburg, to join the Cavaliers for the ...