The Cavaliers coach joked how his dad Dick, a legend in the business, has given the opposing coach too much insight.
"His influence on the game, maybe a lot of people don’t know about it, but in the coaching circles has been huge," Virginia Coach Tony Bennett, above, said of his father Dick, who also influenced Auburn's Bruce Pearl in his defensive teachings. The Cavaliers face the Tigers in the Final Four on Saturday night.
Pearl since has changed jobs, taking No. 5 seed Auburn to its first Final Four. The Tigers’ opponent Saturday night in Minneapolis is top-seeded Virginia, which coincidentally has another first-time coach in the Final Four: Tony Bennett, the son of Dick Bennett.“I was like, ‘Why did you have to do these instructional videos back then?’ ” Tony Bennett said with a chuckle about his father.
So it was fitting late Saturday night shortly after Virginia defeated No. 3 seed Purdue in overtime, 80-75, to advance to its first Final Four since 1984 that Tony Bennett and his dad shared an embrace, becoming the second father-son duo to reach the national semifinals.
“I think obviously I’ll visit with my dad,” he said. “When I’ve either read some things or heard things coaches said, whether first time or often, it seems like it’s the balance of you do have to enjoy it, but you do have to remain focused and prepare well because you can be pulled in so many different obligations.”
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