Now, off to my job. Building a deck on my home tomorrow, life continues.

Can I say 'we' now?


This post was edited on 4/3 1:37 PM by Arden918

situation now that Stith is leaving ?

It just dawned on me as soon as I read the BJ Stith news ... Adam Smith is the guy!

I'm sure we can make a million wise cracks about not wanting a Hokie, but the kid shot 42.5% on a high volume of threes, he's a dead eye shooter, hits them on the move as well as catch and shoot, and has immediate eligibility then he's gone in time for Guy and Jerome to arrive.

It's perfect. Who wouldn't want an ACC team's leading scorer and three-point shooter? I hope Tony & Co. are making calls. The kid's the perfect fit for what I think we need (we'll see if what I think is anywhere close to on the mark!).

Kudos for him staying and waiting his turn

Good things come to those who wait!

http://virginia.247sports.com/Bolt/Darion-Atkins-named-National-Defensive-Player-of-the-Year-36590267

Being reported in several Tidewater-area newspapers. See link

http://www.dailypress.com/sports/dp-spt-odu-stith-transfer-20150403-story.html

Many folks on this board seem to think we need to change our offensive style. I personally think that is absolutely incorrect. First we are not going to recruit better then teams such as Duke and Kentucky. If you look at UVA, we lost one game with JA hurt that we should have one. I feel that if this years team was injury free there is a good chance we could have won it all. Many of you feel that we need a change on offensive, that is ridiculous based on the amount of games we won with defense. It's proven. The problem is we lost our best scorer at a critical time of the season. Face it, we had bad luck with a injury in last years tournament lost and trying to recover from a injury in this years tournament lost to the same team. All I'm trying to say is I believe if we stick to the formula we can win it all. I'm sure Kentucky fans didn't give up on the formula just because they lost and they have their own set of challenges being that they play with a young team. Basically I believe we can win if we believe in defense first. Of course we have to have some offense but our offense is never going to be better then the Duke's and Kentucky's and many other teams. Throw in UNC as well. TB is defense first and that will never change. I'm just saying I Believe it's a good formula that will prevail at somepoint. When it does, we will see from there. Have a great day UVA fans

Could we have room for Drexel Guard Damion Lee he announced to transfer today and he will be eligible to play right away. He is a 6'6 guard/wing that averaged 21 points per game before getting hurt. He is a good shooter from three 38% and shot 43% from the field. Very good free throw shooter 89%. Would this hurt our scholarship situation in 2016 class.
This post was edited on 3/30 7:24 PM by DaWahoo32

Taylor chooses FSU
Posted from Rivals Mobile

I haven't been as in touch as in the past, and I am sure you have been asked and shared your opinion. Is Juan Thornhill good enough to play football and walk on for Bennett? Do you think he could play basketball if not for football? Is there any talk one way or the other?

Any truth to him talking to Texas about that job?

Not sure that is a great basketball fit for him, but I love Austin

If so, any serious traction with this guy? He looks fairly athletic and could help replace some of the athleticism we're going to lose when Justin graduates. By the way, I love those Wolfpacker vids - they show the bad with the good.

Per AP vote Bret Strelow, UVa's Malcolm Brogdon has been named to the Associated Press All-American second team.

AP All-America teams

Just heard in the 1st half of the Miami - Stanford game that this is Knight's last game broadcasting for ESPN. Had not heard he was leaving. What's up with that? Is is being let go, retiring? What do you folks on here think of him as an announcer? I have thought for a few years that his broadcasting style was getting old and too technical, but I sort of have liked him mostly as a broadcaster, though he grew old and tired with his iconic and hardline ways as a coach over his later years. Guess he will go back to chasing rabbits.

Between this cold I've been fighting (and losing the battle against) and Easter weekend, things are going to be a little quiet today and through the weekend.

We'll have a preview of the Louisville series up for you shortly as we begin the transition to baseball coverage. I'll be in Charlottesville for spring practice later this afternoon (we're only allowed to watch the first 45 minutes, so no full practice report) and of course if there's any break news we'll post it.

Otherwise, everyone enjoy their weekend and their time with family and reach out to me via email if you need anything.

Instagram from last night :

"I just want to be really really REALLY good at this sport!! Off-Season Grind Has already begun"


Obviously just speculation and NBA has an offseason too but this seems like a good sign for him returning.

Caught up with Riverbend offensive lineman Zach Adams following his visit to UVa on Saturday as the Cavaliers became the first school to offer the 6-foot-7, 305-pound tackle. As you might expect, it was a big day for Adams and his family.


Adams talks about picking up his first offer

Various reports this morning are out that Ritchie McKay is headed back to Liberty and that confirms rumblings last weekend from sources that he was taking a job within driving distance. I also fully expect that director of player development Brad Soucie will go with McKay back to Liberty, where he was an assistant coach from 2007-2009. So, Tony Bennett will have at least one assistant coach to hire as well as another spot within the program to fill.

I'll let you know when I start to hear names but I will caution that the names you might immediately jump to might not be as high on Bennett's list.

Ten walks doomed the Cavs. Roberts pitched well in the 1st but gave up two walks and a single in the 2nd. Bettinger came in with the bases loaded and none out. He allowed one run on a fielders choice and another on a passed ball. He pitched two more innings and did not give up a hit.. Doyle came in and gave up 3 runs on 4 hits. Sousa pitched well for 1 inning and was replaced by Cummins who gave up 2 runs on 1 hit. Haseley pitched two shut out innings. UVA loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th but could not score.

From UVa:

Virginia Win Streak Ends with 7-6 Loss to VMI
Towns leads Cavaliers with three hits

The Virginia baseball team's five-game win streak came to a halt Wednesday with a 7-6 defeat to VMI at Davenport Field. The No. 12 Cavaliers (19-9) walked 10 batters and hit two more, as VMI came to Charlottesville and won for the second straight season. Will Malbon's two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning gave the Keydets (7-15) the lead for good.

Virginia recorded 11 hits, with Kenny Towns (Sr., Burke, Va.) picking up three, while freshmen Pavin Smith (Jupiter, Fla.) and Christian Lowry (Chesapeake, Va.) and sophomore Matt Thaiss (Jackson, N.J.) each recorded two. VMI finished with eight hits.

Virginia used six pitchers in the game - four freshmen as well as Jack Roberts (So., Richmond, Va.), who made his first college start. In his first college outing, Riley Cummins (Fr., Vienna, Va.) was tagged with the loss after giving up a pair of seventh-inning runs. VMI also used six pitchers, and reliever Kyle Staats (1-1) was credited with the win after recording a pair of outs to wrap up the sixth inning. Tyler Edens shut the Cavaliers out over the final 2 1/3 innings to earn his fourth save.

Virginia grabbed an early 1-0 lead when Daniel Pinero (So., Toronto, Ontario) homered off the façade of the left-field bleachers in the first inning. VMI countered with a pair of runs in the second inning. Roberts walked the first two batters and after a single loaded the bases with none out, Alec Bettinger (So., Woodbridge, Va.) took over in relief. Jacob Jaye grounded out to bring in the tying run, and a Bettinger wild pitch allowed a second run to cross the plate.

UVa knotted the score in the third inning on a two-out Towns single to bring home Lowry and then took the lead in the fourth inning on a Kevin Doherty (Jr., Laytonsville, Md.) groundout to plate Robbie Coman (Jr., Lake Worth, Fla.), who reached on a two-base throwing error to start the frame.

VMI batted around and scored three runs against Tommy Doyle (Fr., Vienna, Va.) in the fifth inning. The Keydets took the lead on a two-run home run by Jordan Tarsovich. After a Brandon Angus single and a walk to Tyler Tharp, Doyle got Matt Winn to fly out to right. Will Connerley followed with a single to left to bring Angus home and give VMI a 5-3 edge.

The Cavaliers tied the game in the bottom of the inning against Micah Gorman. With one out, Thaiss and Towns hit back-to-back singles and a throwing error allowed both runners to move up a base. Facing reliever Jack Gomersall, Smith hit the first pitch inside third base and into left field for a double to score both runners.

UVa moved ahead in the sixth on a two-out Thaiss single to bring Lowry home. VMI again responded in the seventh as Cummins hit the leadoff batter, Connerley, with a pitch and gave up a single to Jaye. Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) moved from center field to the mound for his first college pitching outing. Thomas Stallings bunted the runners over and Malbon followed with a single to center to score the tying and go-ahead runs.

Virginia threatened in the ninth, getting back-to-back one-out singles from Towns and Smith to put runners on the corners with one out. Smith stole second base, but Edens bounced back to strike out Coman looking. Ernie Clement (Fr., Rochester, N.Y.) was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but Doherty flied out to center to end the game.

The Cavaliers remain home this weekend for a key ACC weekend series against No. 7 Louisville in the first-ever baseball games between the two schools, both of which reached the 2014 College World Series. The teams play at 4 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday. The Monday night contest airs on ESPNU.

http://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/4/1/8323655/virginia-announces-disbanding-of-football-doubling-down-on-basketball-april-fools


NOTE THE DATE !!!!
This post was edited on 4/1 7:16 PM by FireHoo

UVA loses 7-6 to Keydets

On Friday night, Levonta Taylor, the top rated DB in the country, will announce his commitment. He isn't using hats and doesn't have an official list of top schools but some of the schools he said he is considering are Georgia, LSU, Virginia, Florida, Florida State, UCLA, USC, Clemson and Ohio State.

In the article linked below he broke down some of the schools that he has been linked to most.

My pick is FSU but we'll see how things shake out on Friday night.

Article

I may be one of the few but looked around for some spring football info this morning and read an article on virginiasports it focused on Jay Whitmier(sp) and Borbs approach. I like the idea of keeping it "kindgarten simple" and the fact the oline has so many experienced bodies has got to mean a little something. At times last year and basically since Wach was oline coach the oline looked good in pass pro but struggled to open holes consistently in run game. Was that more of a scheme or talent issue? Maybe my memory is was way off but I seem to remember Borbs first stint at UVA the running game at least being somewhat consistent but very limited passing game. Good talent at WR, experience and what appears to be some talent at Qb (still think Lambert has great upside), hopefully Borbs can help mold this group into a serviceable to strong oline by the time fall rolls around. Say what you want about Smoke but he has gotten better each year at RB, I would expect more of the same this year if oline can open up a few holes. Any actual thoughts? I say actual because everyone is fully aware the shape of the program thoughtless negative slams aren't really needed.

http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/033015aae.html

As of now, Louisville won't have Terry Rozier, Montrezl Harrell, Wayne Blackshear, Chris Jones, and Anton Gill back next year and there are rumors of more transfers (Aaron, for one.) That doesn't leave a whole lot left: Quentin Snider at guard and a bunch of young, unproven big men. I'll never count Rick Pitino out, but it's clear that he'll have to go out aggressively this spring in the recruiting circles. We'll have a huge experience advantage on them, but, since we'll play them late in the year, that'll give Pitino time to mold whatever he ends up with. Oh, and how could I forget to mention that they'll have that deadly, long-range shooter back - Magok Mathiang.

Hopefully we will see more of these types of plays from him on the field this year!… Check the link

http://virginiasportstv.com/football/1UU8