Virginia and Maryland are renewing their historic men’s basketball rivalry. The two schools announced a four-year home-and-home series that will start in the 2025-2026 season with the Cavaliers hosting the Terrapins at John Paul Jones Arena. UVA will host Maryland in Charlottesville in the 2025-2026 and 2027-2028 seasons with the return games being played in College Park in 2026-2027 and 2028-2029.

“We are excited to announce a four-year series with Maryland,” Tony Bennett said in a joint press release. “I greatly respect Coach [Kevin] Willard and what he’s doing there. We’ve played some exciting games against Maryland in the past, and we’re looking forward to a highly competitive series.”

Virginia and Maryland used to have an intense and entertaining rivalry on the hardwood on an annual basis, but that all went away when the Terrapins joined the Big Ten in 2014, ending a 62-year term of membership in the Atlantic Coast Conference. UVA and Maryland have played just twice since then, both times as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, which has since been replaced by the ACC/SEC Challenge.