COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kalu Anya showed what he can provide for Virginia basketball in win over Arkansas GREG MADIA The Daily Progress Nov 9, 2026 4 hrs ago 0 × Virginia coach Ryan Odom discusses backup forward Kalu Anya, both coaching against him two seasons ago and coaching him now. Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON, D.C. — He was summoned from the bench earlier on Sunday than he had been in either of Virginia’s first two games.kA 4=2DDlQE?4>D\:?=:?6\=:?<Qmk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^52:=JAC@8C6DD]4@>^E?4>D^2DD6E^65:E@C:2=^763hf_6f\fhgb\c72e\26ha\gh7_h4d`be3dQm}@] h ':C8:?:2 32D<6E32== E9C@EE=6D }@] `a pC<2?D2D 7@C 5@>:?2?E H:? :? srk^2mk^AmkAmu@CH2C5 z2=F p?J2 56=:G6C65 :?DE2?E=J[ E@@[ 7@C E96 }@] h r2G2=:6CD :? 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UVa's Odom on Anya Virginia coach Ryan Odom discusses backup forward Kalu Anya, both coaching against him two seasons ago and coaching him now.
No. 9 Virginia basketball throttles No. 12 Arkansas for dominant win in DC No. 9 Virginia basketball used a late first-half surge to blow past No. 12 Arkansas on the way to a dominating victory on Sunday in Washington, D.C.
