Virginia’s Tony Bennett Collapses On Sideline In NCAA Tournament Game (Videos)

The Virginia basketball team endured a scary moment in its NCAA Tournament opener on Thursday.

The No. 1 seed Cavaliers were up big on No. 16 seed Hampton late in the first half when head coach Tony Bennett collapsed on the sideline near his own bench.

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Here’s another look, which captures Bennett putting his hand on his knee before falling to the hardwood.

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Team doctors immediately surrounded the 46-year-old head coach and checked his pulse before taking him to the locker room with 5.3 seconds left in the first half. According to Bennett himself, he suffered from a bit of dehydration and may have even lost consciousness momentarily.

“I think I was just crouched down, was a little dehydrated, got up and blacked out a little bit,” Bennett said in his sideline interview before the start of the second half, via Business Insider. “But I am OK.”

Bennett returned to the bench in the second half, so hopefully this is just a one-time thing.

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