CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Athletic department officials whisked Tony Bennett away for a tour of the University of Virginia during his interview for the head-coaching job when they came to a pause in front of the iconic Rotunda.
It wasn't the beauty of the structure that captured their attention.
"All of a sudden, we saw two or three college students, they had their bathrobes on and were carrying their little soap and shampoo," Bennett recalled. "We were like, 'What in the world?' They explained to us that when you live on the Lawn, this is the deal."
It's a flashback to life in the 1800s, when Thomas Jefferson first designed the school's original campus, or grounds, as they are called in the UVA vernacular.