Redshirt junior Sa’Myah Smith starts at forward for Virginia, which meets TCU in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16 on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET in Sacramento, Calif.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — She had to recover from two knee operations in 2025, but those were minor setbacks compared to what University of Virginia forward Sa’Myah Smith experienced after the calendar flipped to 2026. In early January, her mother, Sherry Haynes, died…