Tony Bennett owned Louisville, regardless of whether Rick Pitino or Chris Mack was at the helm.  Louisville is back, sitting second in the ACC standings (though

No matter how the remainder of UVA’s season transpires, from admirable recovery to full-on meltdown, a return to prominence could be at hand.

Virginia (8-10, 1-6 ACC) suffered a 81-67 loss to Louisville (13-5, 6-1 ACC) at the KFC YUM! Center on Saturday afternoon. Here are our five takeaways from UVA's fifth-consecutive loss with Virginia losing four of those games by double digits.

On Saturday afternoon, the Virginia Cavaliers lost their fifth straight game, falling to the Louisville Cardinals 81-67. UVA had won nine straight and 18 of the last 19 against Louisville before now dropping two contests to the Cardinals by a combined 34 points in the last two weeks.

Virginia (8-9, 1-5 ACC) faces off against Louisville (13-5, 6-1 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at noon at the KFC YUM! Center. See full play-by-play and live analysis for the game in the thread below and stay tuned to Virginia Cavaliers On SI for more coverage after the game.