Once marred by racist rally, Charlottesville revels in win

Mamadi Diakite hoods the NCAA championship trophy as Virginia team members are welcomed by fans as they return to Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019, the day after defeating Texas Tech in the title game of college basketball's Final Four. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Ty Jerome and other members of the Virginia basketball team are welcomed by fans as they return home after their win of the championship in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament against Texas Tech, in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Tournament MVP Kyle Guy adjusts his hat as he is introduced during a welcoming ceremony as he and members of the Virginia basketball team are welcomed by fans as they return home after their win of the championship in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament against Texas Tech, in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia head coach Tony Bennett, greets fans as he and his team are welcomed back home after their win of the championship in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament against Texas Tech, in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2017, file photo, people fly into the air as a vehicle is driven into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. A Virginia city once marred by tiki torches, Nazi chants and deadly violence savored a moment of bliss Tuesday as it welcomed home national men's college basketball champion University of Virginia. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2016, file photo, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, left, author of "A Rape on Campus," a now retracted Rolling Stone article detailing an alleged rape at the University of Virginia, walks to the federal courthouse in Charlottesville, Va., with an attorney. Charlottesville, a Virginia city once marred by tiki torches, Nazi chants and deadly violence, savored a moment of bliss Tuesday, April 9. 2019, as it welcomed home national men's college basketball champion University of Virginia. (Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress via AP, File)

Virginia head coach, Tony Bennett, center, speaks to the crowd as members of the Virginia basketball team are welcomed by fans as they return home after their win of the championship in the Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament against Texas Tech, in Charlottesville, Va., Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)