Still say the Richard Morgan game was my greatest moment vs. UNC (plus I was there as a kid), but his performance tonight puts him in that legendary status but not only top games against UNC, but on the all time list. Kudos to him as a player and for being a great ambassador for the University.

Figured I'd pass this along from the media room at JPJ ahead of tonight's game: The officials will be Brian Dorsey, Joe Lindsay, and Tim Clougherty.

Nary a JAMIE! Luckie or Les Jones to be found. Calling that a win...

It is great to be able to give up 74 points to UNC and still win. It wasn't garbage time points, either. We played at an accelerated pace for us.

If not for the gift they gave K for his 69th, we would currently be sitting in the 1 seed right now. Man, I can't get that last play in Cameron out my mind. No matter where we finish, we should be one game above.

Malcolm should be ACC POTY. Johnson is having a nice season but he isn't the player Malcolm is. Barber is quick and a scoring machine but he doesn't elevate his team like Malcolm. Allen is a good player but he is a dirty player, making Brogdon more deserving simply on personal character, The ACC should want Malcolm's face on this award.

Win out in the regular season we are a 2 and maybe a 1, depending on ACCT and other things.

2-1 and a win in ACCT should keep a 2.

1-2 (UNC and Ville) I fear we could fall to a 3/4 line.

Let's be honest. Is there much difference between a 2-4? Either way by the 16 you are playing a good team. We have seen as a 2 you could end up playing a feisty 7-10 seed. Purdue, South Carolina, Wichita State in brackets I have seen would be 7-10 teams that would be tough 32 opponents even as a 2. Can't the tourney start now

Love seeing Gameday live!

On the topic of Grayson Allen, Greenberg is crushing it saying Allen should have been suspended and Coach K needs to take responsibility. J-Will agrees.

But Bilas taking the attorney approach trying to focus only on the single incident rather than the overall pattern of behavior.

My favorite sign so far is "Even Christian Laettner hates Grayson Allen"...

Now onto the really good stuff - Virginia vs Carolina!

Getting ready to go here with UVa's Tony Bennett. Check this thread for notes...

Greetings from John Paul Jones Arena, where No. 7 North Carolina and No. 3 UVa will tip it up in about 20 minutes. As I posted elsewhere, Isaiah Wilkins and Evan Nolte are dressed and warming up for the Cavaliers. I'll be back with starters in a few.

As always, have at it folks...

The WAR ROOM is back and this edition is full of football recruiting scoop! With the first Junior Day for the 2017 class coming this weekend, it's time for the coaching staff to host a number of prospects and start to build the foundation for the class. We'll give you a sense of who will be on Grounds tomorrow as well as review a number of offers that went out this week, which includes more than a dozen prospects and several of them will be in town when the Cavaliers host their big event tomorrow.

As always, what's said in the War Room, stays in the War Room. Let's go!


Visitors aplenty headed for The Hook

As the Wahoos have moved forward with recruiting in the next cycle, a key piece of the puzzle for Bronco Mendenhall and his staff has been offering players near and far. Tomorrow, they finally get their shot at getting some of these players in town and it seems like it should be a pretty successful event in terms of the kids who will be visiting.

For starters, there's a solid trio of players coming up from Woodberry Forest, including UVa's lone commit in the 2017, three-star tight end John Kirven as well as three-star quarterback Lindell Stone and three-star defensive back Terrell Jana. From out point of view, we wouldn't be shocked to see Jana pull the trigger at some point, though that's more on feel than outright intel on the 6-foot-1, 185-pound corner. Stone seems like a guy who is going to go through the process for a while but it'll be very interesting to see how the Cavaliers play this. He seems like a different sort of fit for the offense going forward, though he's not known as a runner perhaps as much as you'd think Virginia would want. But then again, having a dual-threat guy and a pocket passer in the same class is already something Bronco and Co. have shown they will go after.

As Rivals.com's Adam Friedman dropped on the board last night, UVa is expecting to host four-star Rivals100 Midlothian defensive back and current Arizona State commit Jermani Brown, who recently moved east from California. And he won't be the only four-star prospect from the Richmond area to attend as the Cavaliers will also host Rivals250 four-star linebacker Ellis Brooks as well.

The other top-rated in-state prospect expected to attend is four-star Cox defensive end Jordan Williams, a player who has been absolutely crushing it on the recruiting trail of late.

Elsewhere, Virginia is expecting to host another quarterback target in three-star signal caller Hendon Hooker, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound dual-threat QB from Greensboro (NC) Dudley. The Cavaliers are one of several early offers for Hooker in addition to NC State, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Pitt, South Carolina, Syracuse, Wake Forest, and West Virginia, among others.

Staying in the state of North Carolina, UVa is also expecting Wahoo legacy and three-star ATH Germane Crowell to be back in Charlottesville tomorrow afternoon. And this is definitely one to watch going forward considering how highly he speaks of the Cavaliers.

The Covington (GA) duo of three-star linebacker Jaquan Henderson, a UCLA commit, and three-star wideout Jeremiah Holloman are also expected to be in town, as is recently offered three-star Bullis (MD) defensive back Damani Neal.

A busy, busy week on the offer front

When it comes to offers this week, this was easily the busiest of the cycle so far for the Wahoos. And given some of the talent they've identified, it could be significant when we look back on the 2017 class.

We'll handle these alphabetically this week, starting with Colin Anderson, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound linebacker from Killen (AL) Brooks. While he's still unrated, he's already got offers from Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Southern Miss, and Vanderbilt, among others, in addition to UVa.

One of several offensive lineman to pick up an offer from UVa this week was three-star Marshall (MN) prospect Blaise Andries. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound tackle was already a hot commodity, though, adding others into the mix this week including Florida. He also has offers from Arizona, Illinois, Iowa State, Kansas, Memphis, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Vanderbilt.

UVa was the first school to offer 6-foot-2, 175-pound ATH Joey Blount out of Fairburn (GA) Landmark Christian School. And it's easy to see why UVa likes the Peach State standout, who is expected to visit this weekend, from these clips.

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The Cavaliers also offered four-star wideout Trey Blount, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound prospect from Atlanta (GA) Pace Academy, which is of course where former UVa great Chris Slade now coaches. The field for the Rivals100 receiver is already pretty crazy, since Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Michigan State, Notre Dame, and Tennessee, among others, have already offered.

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UVa has been a frequent name attached to players in this cycle from Navarre (FL) and among them is 6-foot-5, 280-pound offensive lineman Nick Brahms. He'll be an interesting one to watch this spring in terms of the offers that come his way.

On Thursday night, the Cavaliers extended another offer in the Tar Heel State, this time to three-star Garner (NC) defensive end Matthew Butler. The 6-foot-3, 250-pound end also has offers from Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, NC State, Penn State, Pitt, and Virginia Tech, among others.

Another quarterback now with an offer from the Wahoos, three-star dual-threat prospect Avery Davis was offered by UVa this week. The 5-foot-11, 188-pound Cedar Hill (TX) standout also has offers from Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas State, Notre Dame, Oregon State, and Utah, among others.

UVa also made a move and offered three-star Hoschton (GA) Mill Creek offensive lineman Tyler Fannin, who told CavsCorner this week that he'll visit Charlottesville next weekend. Fannin also has offers from Cincinnati, ECU, Illinois, Kansas State, Southern Miss, and Western Kentucky, among others.

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While the Wahoos would probably have to be considered a long shot in this next one, they did offer four-star linebacker Levi Jones this week. The No. 17 player at outside linebacker, the 6-foot-2, 215-pound Austin (TX) Westlake standout has offers from Baylor, LSU, Nebraska, Oklahoma, TCU, and Texas, among others.

Elsewhere, UVa offered another three-star offensive lineman in Ben Petrula, a 6-foot-5, 321-pound tackle from Jersey City (NJ) St. Peter's Prep. BC, Kentucky, UNC, Rutgers, South Carolina, Syracuse, Temple, and Wisconsin have also offered so far. He too is expected to be in Charlottesville tomorrow for Junior Day.

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We mentioned that Virginia had been busy at Navarre High School in Florida and another prospect from there to pick up an offer is 6-foot-2, 207-pound linebacker Aaron Mitchell.

Three-star offensive tackle Ryan Nelson also got offered by UVa this week. The 6-foot-6, 254-pound lineman from Buena Park (CA) is currently ranked as the No. 51 offensive tackle in the nation and has offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Nebraska, Utah, and Washington State.

The Cavaliers also offered Elon (NC) Western Alamance running back Darius Pinnix this week. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound back also has an early offer from Wake Forest.

Considering the needs UVa has in the trenches, it's not much of a surprise that the Cavaliers also offered four-star Rivals250 defensive tackle Greg Rogers this week. The 6-foot-3, 293-pound defensive lineman from Las Vegas (NV) Arbor View has offers from Arizona, Arizona State, BYU, Ole Miss, Nebraska, Oklahoma, UCLA, USC, and Washington, among others.

Another signal caller with an offer from the Wahoos, three-star dual-threat quarterback Jason Shelley also was offered by UVa this week. The Frisco (TX) Lone Star is already one of the top 100 prospects in the state and will certainly have a much bigger offer list soon.

Going back into the trenches, UVa also offered another rising prospect to watch and that's 6-foot-4, 265-pound offensive lineman Bryson Speas from Greensboro (NC) Dudley. He's among the visitors Virginia is expecting to host this weekend.

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And finally this week, the Cavaliers have reportedly offered a pair of prospects from Fort Worth (TX) South Hills in twins Tracin Wallace, a three-star ATH, and Tylan Wallace, a three-star wide receiver.

The 6-foot, 175-pound Tracin has offers from Houston, Oklahoma State, and Vanderbilt while the 6-foot, 170-pound Tylan has offers from Arizona State, Houston, Michigan, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Oregon.

That is it for this week, and as always, what's said here, stays here!

After another week of ACC play, here's an update on the regular season title race, and potential ACC Tournament seeding:

Race for the Double Bye:
1. North Carolina (12-3): @UVa, Syracuse, @Duke
2. Miami (11-4): Louisville, @ND, @VT
3. Duke (10-5): @Pitt, Wake, UNC
4. Virginia (10-5): UNC, at Clemson, Louisville
5. ND (10-5): at FSU, Miami, NC State

• With a loss on Saturday, UVa will be eliminated from the regular season title race. UNC would need just one more win to clinch the #1 seed in DC, since Louisville won't be there. (The Tar Heels have the H2H tiebreaker over Miami)
• With Clemson's mid-week loss to Georgia Tech, the race for the four double bye spots in the ACC Tournament come down to five teams: UNC, Miami, Duke, UVa and ND.
• UVa holds the H2H tiebreaker over ND, and with a win over UNC and Louisville, would hold those tiebreakers as well. UVa and Miami split their two games 1-1 so no H2H tiebreaker there, and Duke holds the H2H tiebreaker over UVa.
• UVa still holds an outside shot at the #1 seed in DC, but will need to win out and get help. UNC will have to lose again, with a loss to Syracuse and win over Duke being a scenario that would benefit UVa the most. Miami would also need to lose at least one more time, with a loss to VT or Louisville being more beneficial to UVa than a loss to double-bye competitor ND.
• A 3-0 record for UVa would deliver them a double-bye in the ACC Tournament. Anything worse than that, and it gets tricky. UVa could end up with a double bye at 12-6 in league play, but 11-7 or worse will probably lead to UVa playing on Wednesday in DC.

Rooting Interest:
Louisville at Miami (Today): Root for Louisville. The Cards don't factor into the postseason, and Miami is a game up on UVa at the moment.
Notre Dame at FSU (Today): Root for FSU. UVa and ND are tied in the standings, and even though UVa has the tiebreaker over the Irish, another ND loss would be good insurance for the Hoos should they lose another game.
Duke at Pittsburgh (Sunday): Root for Pitt. Duke holds the tiebreaker over UVa, and a loss to Pitt could help the Hoos stay in front of Duke down the stretch and into the ACC Tourney.
Syracuse at UNC (Monday): Root for Syracuse. This one is pretty straightforward. Win or lose tonight, UNC wins do no good for UVa at this point.
Miami at ND (Wednesday): Root for Notre Dame. UVa holds the tiebreaker over the Irish, and it would be more beneficial to have the Canes lose than the Irish at this point.
UNC at Duke (March 5): TBD. After tonight, we'll know more about which team winning would benefit UVa more. If UVa beats UNC and the Heels beat Syracuse, then a Duke win probably helps UVa more, especially if Duke loses to Pittsburgh. But if UVa loses to UNC tonight and cannot catch them, then they'll probably rather have Duke lose for tiebreaker purposes.

How the rest of the league looks:

• Boston College will be the 14 seed in the ACC Tournament, and with three more losses will finish 0-18 in league play. Ouch. They'll probably be joined on Tuesday in DC by Wake Forest (2-13), NC State (4-11) and either FSU (6-10) or Georgia Tech (6-9).
• If Virginia Tech can get one more win, they'll likely land in the 8/9 game, and will probably face either Pittsburgh or Syracuse. There is an outside chance that Clemson could fall to the 8/9 game, but they're more likely to end up 6th or 7th.
• This year, the 5th seed is the spot to avoid. It's usually a tough spot regardless, but with the balanced depth at the top of the standings, the path to an ACC title would be really tough for that team. If things stay as they are now, the 5th seed would be Virginia, based on tiebreakers. If the standings held to form, the Hoos would have to beat either NC State or Wake Forest on Wednesday, turn around and play Notre Dame on Thursday, then likely play UNC Friday in the semifinals. And that's just to reach the title game. That would be a very tough road, so the extra rest that comes with a double bye will be huge for those four teams. And since there are five solid teams at the top of the standings, getting the 4 seed and having to play the 5 seed wouldn't really be that beneficial either. Just ask Louisville, who had to open up ACC play last year by facing #5-seed UNC. A top 3 finish would put UVa in the best position to cut down the nets in DC next month.

Sorry if it was already posted. What is the date for this years spring game?

After dukes win we are hanging on to double bye only bc of head to head win over ND. We better tighten back up over the next 3 games, and its 3 tough ones.

My brother called with tickets to the game! YEA BABY LETS GO HOOS!!!!!

Gonna rock the JPJ tomorrow!

Anyone have a clue?

Iona was 3-1 in league play before Jerome went down with the injury. They ended up 3-10.

I know Gill and Tobey have found ways to disappear.

But, one of these 3 guys needs to really step up starting tomorrow for this season to be what we thought.

MB can't go one on one all the time, our offense gets very stagnant and we don't play well that way.

LP can go off but doesn't push the pedal all the time like we know he can.

Praying Nolte hits a shot is like me having a good shot at winning the lottery.

Hall, Thompson and Shayok at the 3 spot need to take advantage of the lack of defensive attention to them whether attacking the basket or knocking down a jumpshot. Out of the three, I think Thompson finally shows up, but will take any of the three or we might be in for another disappointing tourney.

What was the final? It was 5-5 the last I heard.

Finally feeling a little excited about football. Bronco has offered some talented players in positions of need.

I have a good feeling we may se a couple of Commitment! Threads this weekend

FSU is trailing Duke by 13 at half time is the bad. The good is that Hamilton had his contract extended through 2019. I was hoping for a ten year extension, but I will take it.

Trips another player. As if we needed another reason to dislike him.

Voyager Academy was undefeated during regular season conference play and won their tournament on February 19 by defeating Roxboro 107 - 65. Huff scored 27 points and had 13 rebounds and 9 blocks. On February 23 Voyager won the first round game in the state tournament by defeating Lakewood 73 -31. They defeated Riverside 97 - 8 1 tonight. I do not have any individual stats on the last two games

I'm not sure how much we've seen the zone since the WF game, but with Nolte and Wilkins maybe questionable going into the game and the fact Jackson by himself can beat us does TB from time to time go 2-3? Duke was able to zone UNC and I'm not sure they're capable of beating us from the three-point line. I know this is against Tony's philosophy, but showing it for a few minutes wouldn't kill us.

Virginia will host Rivals100 Arizona State DB commit Jermani Brown on Saturday for their Junior Day and the basketball game.