How did the Cavaliers go from a top-20 team in November to the worst team in the ACC by March? To be sure, it wasn’t any single thing. It was a combination of things – injuries, attrition, poor leadership, fractured chemistry and increasing discord within the program.

With the help of a few well-placed sources, I’ll try to examine Virginia’s slide from prosperity to mediocrity and pinpoint the factors that poisoned a once-promising season. Call it the anatomy of a lost season. Or, in this case, more of an autopsy. This is the coroner’s report.

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