The Bennetts led the Phoenix to an NCAA tournament berth and two appearances in the NIT. [20][21], Bennett, a point guard, played for his father Dick Bennett at the University of WisconsinGreen Bay (UWGB) following his high school career at Stevens Point Area Senior High and Preble High School. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Under Tony Bennett, Virginia has played in the NCAA tournament seven times in 10 seasons. "[123] Bennett's methods of recruiting and development have been compared to the San Antonio Spurs (because of that NBA franchise's commitment to unselfishness and team success under Coach Popovich).[14]. [17][18] He started for the United States national team at the 1991 Pan American Games, was awarded the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the nation's top player under six feet tall, and was named Academic All-American of the Year. Season Champion; Conf. Record includes games as coach of major schools, and does not reflect forfeits or vacated games. All Rights Reserved. In all, Williams went 19-25 all-time against Duke: 1-3 during his time at Kansas and 18-22 with North Carolina. [22], Bennett went on to be selected in the 1992 NBA draft by the Charlotte Hornets. [22] He was also incredibly accurate on two-point field goal attempts for a guard, connecting on 502 of 917 (54.7%) two-point attempts for his college career. In Duke's conference, the ACC, no coach has been more dominant. Key players: Sophomore G DeAndre Hunter (15 ppg, 5 rpg); Junior G Kyle Guy (15 ppg); Junior G Ty Jerome (13 ppg); Junior F Mamadi Diakite (7 ppg); Junior G Braxton Key (6 ppg); Sophomore F Jay Huff (5 ppg); Freshman G Kihei Clark (4 ppg); Senior C Jack Salt (4 ppg, 4 rpg). Highest AP ranking: UVA started the season ranked eighth in the country, reached as high as No. He celebrated his 1,000th career win on Jan. 25, 2015, when Duke defeated St. John's inside Madison Square Garden. Only the fourth former NBA player to win the NCAA Championship, Bennett has developed many of his players into NCAA All-Americans and NBA draft picks. L-R, Virginia head coach Tony Bennett and VCU head coach Mike Rhoades listen to an official near the end of the game at the Siegel Center in Richmond VA Fri. Nov. 17, 2017. 1 seeds came from the same conference. Twenty-eight were lottery picks (an all-time record by a school and a coach), including Kyrie Irving, Brandon Ingram, Jayson Tatum and the trio of Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, and Cam Reddish in 2019. The Winston-Salem Journal reporter literally "ate his words" about Virginia, ingesting a copy of his previous article with barbeque sauce. [109] The program faced several postponed and canceled games due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the UVA and other basketball programs. In 2018, Virginia became the first No. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. Under his guidance, Virginia had four of the five teams with records of 162 or better in the 18-game era (20122019) of ACC play, and only Virginia had a team finish 171 (none went undefeated). Five Sweet 16 runs, with 2019 being the high-water mark that included a push to the Elite Eight before losing a classic in overtime to eventual champ Virginia. He passed Smith's record of 422 back in 2015 and has won an ACC record 192 conference road games. All they were missing was a controlling point guard, which Bennett found on the recruiting trail in "diamond in the rough" three-star London Perrantes from California. Despite every disadvantage, including one star player (Landesberg) leaving because of academic struggles and another (Mike Scott) going down with an early-season injury and taking a medical redshirt, the Cavaliers started the season with a bang by knocking off No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, Virginia beat 16th-seeded Hampton, ninth-seeded Butler and fourth-seeded Iowa 84-71 before losing 68-62 to 10th-seeded Syracuse in the Elite Eight. [100] Bennett was named to a list of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune magazine alongside such names as Special Counsel (and UVA Law alumnus) Robert Mueller, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Tim Cook of Apple.[101]. [90] UVA attained a No. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Highest AP ranking: Virginia started the season unranked but reached No. After rapid development under Bennett over the past three years (of which he played only two because of injury), Mike Scott was taken 43rd overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2012 NBA draft. Just imagine what he could do with this group of players and this level of talent. 6 Virginia vs. No. (Dean Hoffmeyer/ Richmond Times-Dispatch), Coach Tony Bennett as UVA takes on Oklahoma in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, SC on Sunday, March 24, 2019. He broke a 33-year-old, 135-game winning streak for No. March 3, 2018. PASSION: Do Not Be Lukewarm [75] No. He's compiled a record of 251-89 and taken the team to the NCAA tournament seven times, posting a record of 10-6. 1 to 353 for 201920, 538: Virginia Cavaliers Back to Their Old Ways and It's Working, Virginia Men's Basketball Team The Early Favorite To Win National Championship, Virginia One of ACC Programs Dealing with COVID-19 Issues, Huff, Hauser lead No. Bennett will make sure these guys defend (yes, even you Niang!) He's one of the best coaches in the country but not everyone is fit to be part of his program. 2 ranking for the first time since 1983. Former NFL star Chad Johnson says he saved money by living inside Cincinnati Bengals stadium for 2 years. North Carolina (12-7, 7-5 ACC) has been treading NCAA tournament bubble waters since January, its daily NET rankings from No. "[103] The Cavaliers won the Hall of Fame Tip Off by defeating Arizona State in the championship game. [94][95] In the Final Four, Virginia defeated the Auburn Tigers by a single point, 6362, as Kyle Guy drained three free throws with 0.6 seconds on the clock after an Auburn player undercut his lower body on the release of a corner three-pointer just as time expired. Please subscribe to keep reading. [114] While cleared to play after being woken up for tests at 1:30 AM on the day of the game,[115] the week in quarantine and late arrival did Virginia no favors as they shot 35% from the field and lost the game 6258. Teel: Victory over UNC elevates UVA's Bennett into rare company. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. [81] Virginia then notoriously lost to UMBC in the opening round, the first time since expansion in 1985 that a No. [79] The Cavaliers won the 2018 ACC tournament, defeating North Carolina 7163 in the ACC Championship Game. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament, Conf. 4 seeds all lose in the opening weekend. [133] He has spoken about his faith saying, "When you have a relationship with the Lord, there's a peace and perspective you have. 9 Virginia past UNC, 60-48, Virginia men's basketball out of ACC tournament after COVID-19 positive; Georgia Tech to final, Stuck in quarantine, Virginia has spot in tournament waiting, Ohio busts final perfect brackets, knocks out defending champ Virginia, Virginia loses 62-58 to Preston, Ohio, ending title defense, Greg Hansen: Hiring Tommy Lloyd is a gamble, but Wildcats appear poised to take their chances, Clemson snaps 11-game losing skid against Virginia, 67-50, Gardner leads Virginia's late rally to beat Clemson 75-65, North Carolina basketball snaps losing streak against Virginia, beats Cavs 74-58, Duke Blue Devils men's basketball 'punched in the mouth' by Virginia Cavaliers on heels of emotional UNC win, Q&A with Virginia's Tony Bennett on Recruiting Transfer Rules and Title Impact. 4 Cavaliers routed No. Roy Williams' coaching record:Here's the gaudy numbers compiled by one of NCAA basketball's greats, How Roy Williams' record compares:Top 10 all-time NCAA Division-I men's basketball coaches: How Roy Williams' record compares. Oldest person to reach No.1 on the US album chartwith a newly recorded album forCheek to Cheek.. 7 Duke, and No. [80] The New York Daily News changed their pick from Virginia winning the national title to losing in the Sweet Sixteen after the injury. Leon Bond (6-5/200) is a very athletic guard out of Wisconsin. Tournament Champion; NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF. Published Did you encounter any technical issues? The 70-year-old Hall of Famer leaves college basketball as the sport's third-winningest coach from storied. [105] Mamadi Diakite and Braxton Key graduated on an 8-game ACC winning streak but without a chance to play in the unfinished 2020 ACC tournament or to defend their NCAA Championship. [3] Bennett is a three-time recipient of the Henry Iba Award, two-time Naismith College Coach of the Year, and two-time AP Coach of the Year. "[68] UVA later defeated Iowa State in Niang's final collegiate game in the Sweet Sixteen, before Bennett's first loss (starting 30) to Jim Boeheim's Syracuse in the Elite Eight. When it plays Purdue on Saturday in the Elite Eight, it will match the farthest Tony Bennett has ever taken a Virginia team. If you pair . [62] Two injuries to Justin Anderson near the end of the season dampened NCAA Tournament hopes before he turned pro for the 2015 NBA draft. 5 North Carolina, 5343, and No. 1 ranking since 1982. Washington State's success immediately skyrocketed under the younger Bennett, and his 26 wins in both the 200607 and 200708 seasons tied a 66-year-old school record[32] set by the team that reached the Championship Game of the 1941 NCAA tournament. North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams made an appearance on The David Glenn Show last week. [4] Virginia clinched Bennett's fifth ACC regular season title in eight years with a victory at Louisville in the last game of the season, and was seeded No. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 6:01AM. As a 5'11" point guard, Bennett ranks first in NCAA history for career three-point field goal accuracy at 49.7%, shooting above 50% from range in both his junior and senior seasons. 1 seed to lose to a No. He has coached nine Duke players to a combined 11 National Player of the Year awards, a record for total NPOY honors by one coach. UVA's head coach Tony Bennett walks out of the court after the team won against Hampton during the first round of the NCAA tournament at PNC Arena in Raleigh, N.C. on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Bennett met his wife Laurel (ne Purcell) at a church in nearby North Carolina, while he was playing for the Charlotte Hornets. In the Duke game, Durham native Jay Huff had 10 blocks to spur the Cavaliers to victory against the Blue Devils. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. The Grammy Award-winning singer just set a Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to release an album . In 2015, in the round of 64 against Belmont, Virginia led 62-60 with 4:37 left. Highest AP ranking: UVA never made the top 25. Duke won 26 consecutive league games at Cameron Indoor from 1997-2000, those rosters including the likes of Elton Brand, Shane Battier and Trajon Langdon. Season Champion; NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF; NCAA Champion. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. To win like he did there in that program, told me right away the kid is a winner. UVA opened the season with consecutive wins over ranked Big Ten teams, No. [38][39] He also discussed the LSU (his wife's alma mater) vacancy at that year's Final Four, a job that eventually went to Stanford coach Trent Johnson. Highest AP ranking: Virginia reached No. Key players: Senior G London Perrantes (13 ppg); Junior G Marial Shayok (9 ppg), Junior G Devon Hall (8 ppg); Freshman G Kyle Guy (8 ppg), Junior F Isaiah Wilkins (7 ppg, 6 rpg); Junior G Darius Thompson (6 ppg); Freshman G Ty Jerome (4 ppg); Sophomore C Jack Salt (4 ppg, 4 rpg). 1 Gonzaga in a December neutral site game (in Fort Worth, Texas) allowing 60% shooting and 50% three-point shooting in a 9875 loss. Do you have a sports website? Highest AP ranking: Virginia started the season ranked fifth in the country, fell as low as sixth and finished second in the final regular-season poll. In 201314, Perrantes started as a freshman and joined the top players from the previous season as the Cavaliers won their sixth ACC regular season title, clinching it with a statement 7556 home win against highly touted ACC newcomer No. Longest time between the release of an original recording and a re-recording of the same single by the same artist. 12 Clemson 8550 on the road, Virginia's largest margin of victory in ACC games since 2015. If you can't say yes, then you have not done your job improving. Fresh off their second COVID pause, the Seminoles survived feisty Wake Forest in overtime Saturday, extending their conference home winning streak to 23, second-longest in ACC history. It forces opposing teams to pass and shoot well, while limiting dribble penetration and post play.[29][30]. The Cavaliers held the No. The No. [28] Bennett's teams, especially at Virginia, are known for their motion offense and stifling defense which features his version of the "pack line" defensive strategy famously devised by his father. Another ragged offensive night doomed No. Season Champion; Conf. There was a problem saving your notification. 2. [42], Bennett was named head coach at Virginia on March 31, 2009. 50, thanks to contests against Iowa, Texas and Stanford. Virginia head coach Tony Bennett has words for an official during game against Duke at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA Sat. Captured o, Twice this season Virginia has traveled to confront an opponent whose NCAA tournament expectations were on life support. Looking back on Tony Bennett's 10 seasons as Virginia's basketball coach. Bennett is the all-time wins leader at Virginia, and holds or shares records for single-season wins and career winning percentage at both Virginia and Washington State. Roy Williams, who retired Thursday, won three national championships and compiled a 903-264 career record across 33 seasons at Kansas and North Carolina. Contrast that to Virginia, which began January at No. 1 Virginia dominates Pittsburgh to wrap up ACC regular-season title, Virginia's De'Andre Hunter to miss NCAA tournament because of broken wrist, "De'Andre Hunter, Virginia sixth man, out of NCAA Tournament with broken wrist", Leonard Hamilton: Upsets Almost Like a Revolution, 16-seed UMBC stuns Virginia in historic upset, Virginia Coach Tony Bennett's Postgame Interview Is a Powerful Lesson in Leadership, UVA's Bennett named National Coach of the Year for Third Time. "[86][99] With little left to prove in the college game, Hunter, Jerome, and Guy forwent their remaining eligibility and all three were selected in the 2019 NBA draft; both Hunter and Jerome went in the first round. (Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire). [78] With a 6637 victory at Pitt, Virginia won its third outright regular season title in five years. Virginia head coach Tony Bennett whistles at the referees during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against James Madison on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in Charlottesville, Va. Photo / Ryan M. Kelly / The Daily Progress ORG XMIT: VARK117. NCAA tournament: Virginia played in the NIT, defeating Norfolk State and St. Johns before losing to Iowa in the third round. [18] He made 80 of 150 (53.3%) three-point field goal attempts in his junior season and repeated the feat of hitting over half of his three-point attempts during his senior season, making 95 of 186 (51.1%). Coach K's 67 ACC Tournament victories are also the most in league history, as are his 517 ACC victories across the regular season and tournament. [76] UNC prepared for their Duke rivalry game by reviewing tape of UVA suffocating No. Sign up for our newsletter to keep reading. One player had a positive COVID test following the team's quarterfinals victory over Syracuse, forcing a forfeit against Georgia Tech, which then received an effective bye to the championship game and won it. ACC tournament: After beating Pittsburgh, Virginia fell to Notre Dame 71-58. North Carolina forward Armando Bacot (5) grabs a rebound next to Virginia forward Jay Huff (30) and guard Trey Murphy III (25) during an NCAA college basketball game Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. (Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress via AP, Pool). The only coaches to author 10 or more consecutive winning ACC records are North Carolinas Dean Smith (33 straight), Dukes Mike Krzyzewski (13 and counting, two others of 10) and UVAs Bennett (10). In its next game, UVA scored just 39 points in a 65-39 loss to Florida. Bennett was 39 years old, had coached three seasons at Washington State and was relatively unknown in the state of Virginia. (Chuck Liddy/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT). And if that doesnt happen, he is willing to play non-conference opponents. [51] It was soon announced that Landesberg and the program mutually parted ways, and he turned pro but went undrafted.[52]. After inheriting a 1018 squad that had the worst record in program history since the 196667 season, Bennett's Virginia won 15, 16, 22, 23, 30, and 30 games in his first six seasons. Virginia led by 16 at halftime but allowed Syracuse to make a big second-half run. Coach K's successor Jon Scheyer (age 33) will begin his head coaching tenure during the 2022-23 season, and will be around the same age as Coach K was when Krzyzewski started his journey at Duke. A man committed as much to greatness off the court as he is to excellence on the hardwood, Coach K has already amassed a laundry list of records throughout his 46-year tenure as a head coach. In control for the final 30 minutes, Virginia won Saturday with 3-point shooting, connecting on 10 of 22. 5 seed, Virginia struggled against 12th-seeded UNC-Wilmington before winning 76-71. Feb. 22, 2014. Diminutive (5'9") point guard Kihei Clark, an unheralded three-star recruit who had initially committed to the UC Davis Aggies of the Big West Conference, started both games as a true freshman. The Tar Heels were 54th on the NET entering Saturday, one spot ahead of Richmond, but Williams insisted Friday that he doesnt dangle the postseason carrot habitually. Find out more. But Saturdays win makes it certain. During the rebuilding process, Bennett's teams increased their win total in every successive season. 1 seeds against 16s. Washington State dropped charter flights for Bennett and his staff for use in recruiting to the remotely located school and cancelled a trip for his staff to the 2009 Final Four (held ten years and two days prior to the 2019 Final Four which would be won by a Bennett team) due to ongoing budgetary constraints in the WSU athletics department. 2 Virginia then overcame No. So Thursday's announcement that. Key players: Junior G Joe Harris (16 ppg); Junior F Akil Mitchell (13 ppg, 9 rpg); Freshman G Justin Anderson (8 ppg); Freshman F Mike Tobey (7 ppg); Freshman F Evan Nolte (6 ppg). CNN . In 2011, Bennett and Gaga recorded the song The Lady is a Tramp, and three years later they released a collaborative album entitled Cheek to Cheek.. [118] Virginia returned the favor with a 10-point victory at Clemson, continuing a 6-game winning streak for UVA at Littlejohn Coliseum. [110] The team rebounded to shut down No. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? The pack line is designed to clog up potential driving lanes to the paint by forcing ball handlers to the middle of the floor where more "help" is concentrated. [92][93] Mamadi Diakite and Clark played the heroes to save the season with a backtap rebound to Clark and his subsequent bullet pass and game-tying shot from Diakite with under 1 second left to force overtime. 7 Duke). Virginia coach Tony Bennett has to wear the historical hair shirt, the burden of being The First. [96] Reigning NCAA football champion and friend Dabo Swinney sent Bennett a text prior to the title game which he shared with the team: "let the light that shines in you be brighter than the light that shines on you. Should they win, the Cavaliers will play in their first Final Four since 1984. UVA coach Tony Bennett talks during an NCAA press conference at Colonial Life Arena on Saturday, March 23, 2019. In 2021-22, Bennett guided the Cavaliers to a 21-14 record and berth in the NIT quarterfinals. [126] Both of Bennett's players who won NABC Defensive Player of the Year (Brogdon and De'Andre Hunter) have gone on to become NBA starters. Bennett's UVA teams went a perfect 70 in his final seven games against Hall of Famer Roy Williams (712 against Bennett) to close out a friendly[131] rivalry during the final five years of Williams' tenure at UNC (during which period both Williams, in 2017; and Bennett, in 2019; won NCAA Championships with their respective programs). ACC tournament: UVA beat Florida State in the ACC quarterfinals and then lost to North Carolina 71-67 in the semifinals. First came the victory at Duke last Saturday, followed by a Snapchat video of Bacot and teammate DayRon Sharpe socializing with others indoors maskless. 5 Florida State, No. 6. Remarkably, Duke's coach has seen at least one player taken in 33 of the past 40 NBA drafts. 19 Illinois in the championship game, 7061. I see a young boy every time I sing with him, and it just makes the experience of singing so freeing. At the time of his departure, he was second on Kansas' all-time wins list behind only Phog Allen; he has since been passed by current coach Bill Self. Join our linker program. In fact, Guinness says he holds four others: Indeed, to quote another tune Bennett recorded, the singer has been living The Good Life.. 'Twas that type of evening for North Carolina, which in its most recent outing, last Saturday at Duke, scored 91 points. Feb. 9, 2019. All rights reserved. 1 ranking through the final regular-season ranking. Malcolm Brogdon is a member of the NBA's exclusive 504090 club for extreme shooters, and Klay Thompson is one of the Splash Brothers of the three-time NBA champion Golden State Warriors. [37] After losing to North Carolina in the Sweet Sixteen, Bennett's team had again reached the school record for wins, with 26. "[3] Originally inheriting the worst UVA team since 1967, his Cavaliers have had four 30-win seasons; won the NCAA tournament championship with a 353 team in 2019; won ACC tournaments in 2014 and in 2018; and have won or shared ACC regular season titles five times. Williams posted a 418-101 record in 15 seasons at Kansas and a 485-163 mark in 18 years at UNC, where he won three national championships. Virginia head coach Tony Bennett, Ty Jerome (11) and team acknowledge the fans after the game against Notre Dame at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, VA Sat. Mike Krzyzewski's career cant be summed up by numbers but Ill try in the context of entire programs:240 AP-ranked wins, as many as Indiana97 NCAA Tournament wins, 21 more than Louisville41 1st-rd Draft picks, two more than UCLA14 Final Four wins, two more than Kansas. His 97 NCAA tournament victories are 17 more than second-place coach Williams, who retired from UNC at the end of last season. Both teams were ranked in the top 10 (No. Solid, the ultra-particular Bennett said of the Cavaliers defense Saturday. and he also has the ideal, even-keeled temperament. March 3, 2018. 24 Maryland (ACCBig Ten Challenge), the latter of which improved Bennett's record in the Challenge to 82. Of the active coaches in the conference, Tony Bennett at Virginia has won the ACC tournament twice, while recently retired UNC coach Roy Williams won three times. [26] He completed his playing career as a two-time New Zealand NBL All-Star Five honoree and a two-time Keith Carr Trophy winner for being the league's Most Outstanding Guard both years. Williams kept his discipline of the offending players and managers private, and the entire roster was in uniform at JPJ. I noticed Terry Norris- Simon Brown 2 was left off the . Bennett had nothing but kind words for Williams. NCAA tournament: Virginia qualified for the NCAA tournament as a No. [25] He then joined the North Harbour Vikings, became its star player, and in his second year there became a dual-role player and head coach. During those seven trips, Virginia got as far as the , Elite Eight twice, facing Purdue on Saturday and falling to Syracuse in 2016, Sweet 16 in 2014, losing to Michigan State, Round of 32 twice, losing to Michigan State in 2015 and Florida in 2017. Highest AP ranking: Though Virginia was unranked from much of November through January, the Cavaliers entered the top 25 in February and finished the season ranked third. We present them here for purely educational purposes. 10 Louisville. It held on for a 79-67 victory. NABC Defensive Player of the Year redshirt sophomore De'Andre Hunter scored a career-high 27 points while holding Red Raider star Jarrett Culver to 15 points on 5-for-22 shooting. UVA was viewed as a rebuilding team after departures of London Perrantes, Marial Shayok, and Darius Thompson, and the first AP poll had Virginia unranked for the first time since 2013. [131], Bennett is married and has two children, one son and one daughter. After a decade of proving himself as one of the very best coaches in all of college basketball, Tony Bennett shook the monkey off of his back for good as he led Virginia to the greatest redemption story in the history of sports. Season Champion; NCAA Tournament; NCAA FF, Reg. Vitale explains that Williams belongs on the Mount Rushmore of college basketball coaches. Bennett's vocal partners in the 1950s and '60s ranged from Judy Garland to Andy Williams. Duke beat Virginia, 69-65. [45], Bennett worked from Day 1 to build "a program that lasts" at Virginia. Unlike some other celebrity duets efforts where performances were recorded separately and then combined by producers, such as Frank Sinatra's 1993 Duets, Bennett was . Williams coached 15 seasons at Kansas (from 1988 to 2003). Known for coaching defensive intensity, Bennett has been ranked the top defensive coach in college basketball by ESPN Insider and a CBS Sports poll of head coaches. Harrell (8 ppg), Junior G Sammy Zeglinski (8 ppg); Sophomore G Jontel Evans (6 ppg). [59][60] Highlights included holding Georgia Tech, Rutgers, and Harvard to under thirty points each and actually "doubling up" the scores of Georgia Tech (5728) and Wake Forest (7034) unprecedented dominance for any team of the past 50 years against ACC competition. appreciated. In addition to his success at Duke, Coach K revitalized Army's basketball program during his first head coaching stint (1975-1980), which he acquired after a season as an assistant under legendary coach Bob Knight at Indiana. SERVANTHOOD: Make Teammates Better Or write about sports? Gaga, 35, said that despite their 60-year age difference, she finds inspiration performing alongside the senior crooner. 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