It’s time for another round of mailbag questions in the Virginia Q&A feature, which runs as part of our Fan Friday content on TheSabre.com. There were a lot of questions last week so we split it up into two articles. Today: basketball!

Before getting into the questions themselves, I thought it was interesting how many fans are thinking about the UVA defense in the middle of the spring. Announcers on TV often joke about how much Cavalier fans appreciate shot clock violations during games and how much they are bought into the defensive style. Offseason chatter about the defense, though? That proves it!

On to the questions …

How often will Gardner and BVP share the floor, and in what lineups? ~ Toolie92

I assume this may have already been asked because it is on everybody’s mind best guess at the distribution of the 200 basketball minutes next year? ~ nyhoo

When Virginia learned that Jayden Gardner and Kihei Clark would return as ‘Super Seniors’ using the extra year of eligibility created by the pandemic, there were already bound to be questions about minutes distribution. After all, the Hoos have a highly rated recruiting class coming to town in a few weeks. When they added Ohio ‘Super Senior’ Ben Vander Plas a few days later, though … well figuring out the puzzle pieces became item of interest No. 1. Both of these questions touch on that.

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