Tony Bennett was emotional and candid in saying goodbye to the Virginia Cavaliers and college basketball Friday. And perhaps calculating, too.
Bennett said he didn’t reach this decision to abruptly retire, less than three weeks before Virginia’s opener, until a recent fall getaway with his wife. He acknowledged thinking about it in the spring, when rumors were flying in the sport that he might hang it up. But then he signed a recruiting class, and a contract extension, and said he was excited for the season … until he suddenly wasn’t.
