CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The legend of Sean Singletary grew last night, if that's possible.

In the final minute, with his college career seemingly about to end, the University of Virginia's all-ACC point guard took down Old Dominion with a flurry that sent electricity surging through the crowd of 6,460 at John Paul Jones Arena.

"It was crazy," U.Va. junior forward Mamadi Diane said.

Singletary, a 6-0 senior, scored eight points in 25 seconds to help Virginia (17-15) erase a four-point deficit. And when the final horn sounded, the Cavaliers celebrated a stunning 80-76 victory in the quarterfinals of the inaugural College Basketball Invitational.

Virginia (17-15) will play Bradley (19-15) tomorrow in a CBI semifinal at the JPJ. Tickets are $10 for reserved seats, $5 for U.Va. students.

"In the end, I keep saying it: Everybody can have who they got, and I'll take Sean Singletary," said his coach, Dave Leitao. "He just continues to rewrite a story that's already a bestseller in the annals of Virginia basketball."

After 6-10 sophomore Gerald Lee sank a jumper to push ODU's lead to 74-70, some fans started toward the exits. But Singletary was fouled on a drive and hit both free throws with 29.6 seconds left to make it a two-point game.

Two seconds later, Monarchs senior guard Brian Henderson went to the line for two free throws. Henderson, a Varina High graduate, had scored a career-high 25 points, and he was a 85-percent free-throw shooter.

ODU (18-16) could not have asked for much more, but Henderson went 1 for 2 from the line.

Then Singletary took over. With 22.4 seconds left, his 3-pointer from the top of the key kissed the glass and dropped through the hoop.

"You didn't hear me? I called 'bank,'" Singletary said with a sly smile afterward.

Monarchs coach Blaine Taylor said: "I'd give him the same shot again. I mean, he missed so bad he made it."

No matter. The score was suddenly 75-75, and the roar from the fans rivaled the loudest heard in the JPJ's two seasons.

"I could tell no difference between the crowd today and when 15,000 people have been in here," Leitao said.

Virginia supporters had more to cheer. When ODU point guard Brandon Johnson, near midcourt, tried a crossover dribble on Singletary, No. 44 poked the ball free.

Singletary tracked it down, dribbled in and rose for a layup. Johnson contested the shot, fouling Singletary, but the ball fell through to make it 77-75. Singletary added the free throw, and after ODU's Jonathan Adams went 1 for 2 from the line, Virginia guard Calvin Baker hit both ends of a one-and-one with 3.1 seconds left to seal the victory.

"The steal was something that you want to be able to tell your children about 10, 20 years from now, because he's truly amazing," Leitao said.

Virginia was anything but amazing early, as the Monarchs raced to a 10-0 lead. The Wahoos battled back, only to see ODU answer and take a 37-29 lead into halftime. A 12-0 run early in the second half put U.Va. up 43-41, but Old Dominion responded again. Back and forth the teams went in a game in which there were seven lead changes.

"A couple of times, they probably thought we had them dead to rights," Leitao said, "and I know we thought that they had us dead to rights a few times."

Singletary had help. Three Virginia reserves scored in double figures: Diane (14 points), sophomore forward Jamil Tucker (11) and junior center Laurynas Mikalauskas (10). Freshman guard Jeff Jones hit two treys and contributed 10 points, his first game in double figures since Dec. 22.

In the end, though, the story was Singletary, as it has been so many times since he enrolled at U.Va. in 2004.

"When I look back on my career, this'll probably be one of the bright spots," he said.

OLD DOMINION (18-16)

	M	FG	FT	R	PF	A	Pt
Finney-------------------------	24	2-6	0-0	3	3	0	5
Hassell-------------------------	26	5-6	0-0	5	3	1	10
Lee-------------------------	33	5-10	6-8	4	3	1	16
James-------------------------	18	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	2
Henderson-------------------------	34	10-17	1-2	2	0	2	26
Lidonde-------------------------	1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Johnson-------------------------	27	2-4	3-5	4	4	8	7
Neely-------------------------	3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0
Carter-------------------------	16	4-9	1-2	7	1	0	9
Adams-------------------------	18	0-1	1-1	3	1	0	1
Team				2
Totals -------------------------		29-57	12-18	30	16	13	76

VIRGINIA (17-15)

	M	FG	FT	R	PF	A	Pt
Joseph-------------------------	9	2-2	0-0	2	0	0	4
Scott-------------------------	15	0-1	0-0	3	1	2	0
Pettinella-------------------------	11	1-2	1-2	1	1	0	3
Jones-------------------------	21	4-10	0-0	1	1	0	10
Singletary-------------------------	34	7-12	6-7	3	2	10	22
Baker-------------------------	29	1-6	2-2	4	1	4	4
Mikalauskas-------------------------	27	4-4	2-6	4	3	1	10
Tucker-------------------------	25	4-10	0-0	6	4	0	11
Diane-------------------------	25	6-10	0-0	4	4	2	14
Tat-------------------------	4	1-3	0-0	1	0	0	2
Team				2
Totals -------------------------		30-60	11-17	31	17	19	80

Old Dominion ------------------------- 37 39 -- 76
Virginia ------------------------- 29 51 -- 80

3-point goals -- Old Dominion (6-14): Henderson 5-9, Finney 1-1, Adams 0-1, Carter 0-1, Johnson 0-2. Virginia (9-30): Tucker 3-8, Diane 2-5, Jones 2-5, Singletary 2-7, Scott 0-1, Baker 0-4.

Turnovers -- Old Dominion (13): Johnson 5, James 3, Finney, Hassell, Lee, Carter, Adams. Virginia (12): Mikalauskas 3, Scott 2, Baker 2, Diane 2, Jones, Singletary, Tucker.

Blocked shots -- Old Dominion (0). Virginia (2): Tucker, Diane.

Steals -- Richmond (7): Johnson 3, Finney 2, Henderson 2. Virginia (6): Singletary 3, Tucker 2, Baker.

A -- 6,460.