Ron Sanchez has a chance to earn the full-time Virginia men's basketball head coach job this season, but who are some other external candidates to replace Tony Bennett?

Tony Bennett's sudden retirement put the University of Virginia in an extremely awkward position. The men's college basketball season begins in just a few weeks. By now, Bennett has run a camp with his players and begun formulating plans for the upcoming season.

National championship-winning Virginia men's basketball coach Tony Bennett is retiring from the sport effectively immediately. That gobsmacking news landed Thursday with just 20 days separating the Cavs and their season opener against Campbell on Nov.