Here are the collective resumes of the potential 1-seeds using ESPN's RPI #s. I excluded Kentucky because they are a lock.

UVA: 5-2 vs. top 25, 8-2 vs. top 50, 15-2 vs. top 100; losses are to #4 Duke and @ #14 Louisville; SOS #25

Duke:: 6-1 vs. top 25, 10-2 vs. top 50, 17-3 vs. top 100; losses are @ #24 ND, @ #43 NCSU and vs. #60 Miami; SOS #14

Wisky: 2-2 vs. top 25, 7-2 vs. top 50, 14-2 vs. top 100; losses are vs. #4 Duke, @ #9 MD, and vs. #164 Rutgers; SOS #21

Arizona: 3-0 vs. top 25, 6-0 vs. top 50, 13-2 vs. top 100; losses are @ #84 ASU, @ #100 UNLV and @ #114 OSU; SOS #46

Nova: 6-1 vs. top 25, 11-1 vs. top 50, 16-2 vs. top 100; losses are @ #21 GTown and @ #81 Seton Hall; SOS #45

I think it's pretty clear that the 1-seeds right now are Kentucky, UVA, Duke and Nova in some order. Wisconsin and Zona are pretty far behind when it comes to top 25 wins. They would definitely need to run through their conference tourneys without a loss and then they're in the conversation.

Tweet from a few minutes ago

"I am doing great, thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers!! Miss my brothers already, but I know they will turn up for me tonight! #Hoos"



I have mixed feelings on the matter.

1. Anything to get him better quicker is great.
2. If he can't travel now I have a hard time believing he will recover and get re-conditioned in time to play any time in the ACCT
3. We might miss his energy on the bench today, the team definitely rallies around him.

My only real thought the whole game was " We are not winning the ACC Tourney or Naty without JA on the court".
His ability on D , athleticism in the open court and shot making will be needed to get that far.


Curt:
GO HOOS!!!!

Hits the game winning 3 against Murrey State.

With Duke out three starters, Roy figures out a way to lose momentum and give up a lead. Then Duke pulls their usual run with 3s. Roy on the brink again.

This post was edited on 3/7 11:01 PM by harrybear

A little more than an hour from the tip at No. 16 Louisville between the Cardinals and No. 2 UVa. We'll be back with starters and game updates shortly.

As always, have at it folks....

From UVa:

Virginia Splits Doubleheader vs. Pittsburgh
Panthers take opener, 1-0, before Cavaliers claim 2-1 win in nightcap

The Virginia baseball team opened ACC play with a doubleheader split against Pittsburgh Saturday afternoon at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Ranked as high as No. 1 nationally, Virginia (11-1, 1-1 ACC) suffered its first defeat of 2015 with a 1-0 loss in Game 1 but bounced back to win the nightcap, 2-1.

The teams were forced to relocate the series to Cary following inclement weather in Charlottesville on Thursday.

Strong pitching was the theme of the day as the teams combined for four runs 19 hits in the doubleheader.

Game 2
UVa starting pitcher Connor Jones (So., Chesapeake, Va.) worked a career-high seven innings, allowing an earned run, four hits and one walk while striking out seven; he earned the win to pick up his fourth win in as many starts. Josh Sborz (So., McLean, Va.) pitched two scoreless innings to nab his fourth save.

Pitt starter Aaron Sandefur (1-1) fired 6 1/3 innings and allowed two earned runs, three hits and three walks in taking the defeat.

The teams combined for seven hits in the game. Virginia finished with three hits, but made them count.

After being shut out in Game 1, Virginia quickly rebounded by scoring a run in the first inning. Ernie Clement (Fr., Rochester, N.Y.) doubled on the first pitch and moved to third on an Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) sacrifice bunt. Pavin Smith (Fr., Jupiter, Fla.) hit a slow grounder to second baseman Jordan Frabasilio, who fired home but Clement slid in safely just before the tag.

Pitt tied the game in the fourth inning. With two outs and Aaron Schnurbusch on first base, Nick Yarnall lifted a high fly to center that Clement lost in the lights, resulting in a run-scoring double.

UVa executed well to score the eventual winning run in the seventh. Christian Lowry (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.) hit a leadoff single and stole second. On a 2-2 count, Justin Novak (Fr., Tokyo, Japan) got down a great bunt on a pitch that was high and tight to move the runner to third. That proved key when Clement hit a fly ball to right field, with Lowry scoring on the sacrifice fly.

Pitt got a runner to third with two outs in the eighth against Sborz, but Frabasilio hit a grounder deep in the hole at shortstop on which Daniel Pinero (So., Toronto, Ontario) made a nice pick and throw to first to end the inning. Sborz then retired the Panthers 1-2-3 in the ninth inning.

Game 1
Virginia's season-opening 10-game win streak came to a halt as Pitt's T.J. Zeuch and Matt Pidich combined on the four-hit shutout. UVa was shut out for the second time in its last 193 games. Zeuch worked eight innings, allowing just four hits while striking out eight. Pidich worked a perfect ninth inning for his first save.

UVa starter Nathan Kirby (Jr., Midlothian, Va.) was the hard-luck loser after pitching seven strong innings. Kirby (3-1) allowed a run, seven hits and two walks while striking out 13. It marked Kirby's second-most strikeouts in a game in his career, behind only his 18-strikeout performance in a no-hitter at Pitt in 2014.

Kirby worked out of a bases loaded, no-out jam in the fourth inning to keep the game scoreless, striking out Schnurbusch, Manny Pazos and Frank Maldonado consecutively.

The game's lone run came in the seventh inning. With one out, Maldonado tripled to center. Kirby bounced back to strike out Eric Hess for the second out, but Ron Sherman stung the 0-1 pitch to left field to plate Maldonado.

UVa advanced only one runner past first base over the first seven innings - Matt Thaiss (So., Jackson, N.J.) on a fifth-inning double. The Cavaliers had more than one runner on base in just one inning, the eighth. With two out and runners on first and second base, pinch hitter Robbie Coman (Jr., Lake Worth, Fla.) hit a grounder up the middle that shortstop Charles Leblanc booted. The ball rolled toward second base, and Charlie Cody (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.) never stopped as he rounded third and headed home. Frabasilio picked the ball up at second and chucked it home to nail Cody at the plate by a step and keep the shutout in tact.

The 1-0 final marked UVa's first 1-0 game since winning by that count against Marshall on March 8, 2011, at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers' last 1-0 defeat came on April 25, 2008, at Miami.

The rubber game of the series is set for 1 p.m. Sunday. Live audio will be available online at VirginiaSports.com as part of the Cavaliers Live subscription package. Live statistics (GameTracker) will be available as well. The audio and live stats also can be accessed through the Virginia Sports app, which is available through iTunes. WINA 1070-AM will have the live radio broadcast in the Charlottesville area.

Tough loss, but no shame here. Great game. Two excellently coached teams and players fighting for it all game long. Hats off to Louisville.

Now we go to work. Time to take care of business and win the ACC and the NCAAT.

I love this team!

Go Hoos!!!!

Heels win keeps us probably at second two seed. C'mon UNC.

If Louisville shoots like that all year, they'd be top five still.
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Wow! Did anyone see the highlights of Belmont and Murray State! Taylor Barnette puts Belmont in as the first team in the Tournament! Wow!

Loses 1st game 1-0 Yuk

Why have I been looking at them comparing Men's and Women's programs quest to go undefeated as if it were apples an apples? Promotion doesn't require a lot of thought, does it?

Just doing a little forecasting this morning and from my perspective things couldn't be breaking better for us. We already know that we'll be on the opposite side of the bracket from Duke/ND. That leaves the biggest threats on our side UNC/Louisville, both who I feel we match up with well.

Additionally, it looks like NCSU and Miami will probably be on the Duke/ND side of the bracket. Since these are the 2 teams I worry (mildly) about most outside the "Big 5", I'm glad they might be on the opposite side of the bracket.

That would leave the Clemson/(Pitt or FSU) game winner as our first round game (none remotely scare me) and then a game verses the UNC/Louisville winner if the tourney goes chalk.

Obviously, there are still a few moving parts and nothing is given in a single-game elimination tourney, but IMHO things are breaking the way I wanted to see them break.

I want another shot at Duke so bad I can taste it.

The argument for Calipari over Bennett is that it is harder to go 29 - 0 against weaker competition with 9 McD AAs than it is to go 28 - 1 against tougher competition with players that Kentucky, UNCheat, Duke, Kansas, etc., didn't recruit. Most of Bennett's players were not top 50, many were not top 100 recruits. But it is more difficult to win with top 20 recruits apparently.

OK, let's say we buy that argument for just a moment. Then the next logical question is . . . why would Calipari and Krzyzewski and Roy and Bill Self and the rest of the elite coaches recruit a bunch of McD AAs?? I mean if the goal is to win and it is harder to win with McD AAs, why would they recruit them? Why wouldn't they make it easy on themselves and recruit guys like Bennett has?

Do you see why I'm confused? It just makes my head hurt every time I hear the argument for Calipari.

I feel like this game tonight is bigger for UVa than most people are saying.

We are 7-0 with JA out, BUT the team still expected him to return ,at least for the ACC Tournament. Now that may be in doubt. Does this affect the mindset of the players? Do the role players step up or does the renewed pressure of no JA have a negative impact on our play?

A win tonight, pretty much locks up a #1 seed in the NCAA regardless of the tournament. With a first round game against a 16th seed, it gives JA 2 weeks from today before we would start to need him back in the game. Gives him plenty of time to recover without jeopardizing the goals of the team. A loss tonight and we may feel like we really need to get to the finals or win the tournament to secure that #1 seed. Adds extra pressure to the team and to the return of JA.

Just my thoughts and worries!!

UVA opens up at -1 and the spread shoots up to -2.5/3.5.

I hope this isn't a trick because it sure as hell smells like one.

First allow me to introduce myself before I received the comments that I am sure will follow. I am 45 years old, born and raised in Emporia, Virginia, and a lifetime Cavalier fan. I am currently stationed in New York (Ft. Drum) and have been in the Army for 26 years. Now, having said that I was at the Syracuse game and for the first 9 minutes or so, my son and I were getting roasted, toasted, and verbally dumped on for having the gall to wear UVA gear and our team not doing so well. I was never worried and I told everyone who was in ear shot that as soon as we figure out this zone we are going to come back and win comfortably. I even went so far as to say that the only way the game doesn't end up in a blow out is because Coach won't allow our guys to put the pedal down. (even though we only had 2 points on the board)

I always read the boards after a game because I am too focused and could never post during a game. I hope you guys go back and read the posts after the fact, its comic relief to read some of comments and note the lack of confidence in our team. All of us should know by now, that our team is never out of it and with our current make up, I'd be shocked if we ever lose again this year. The team simply has the it factor and will not beat themselves.

For me I think the win at VCU was an eye opener, but the win at Miami sealed the deal.

Poll is simple enough. Watching the UK/Florida game and the announcer asked Mr. Gottlieb about the #1 seeds. He said:

1) Duke
2) Wisconsin
3) Arizona
4) Kentucky

His reason for leaving UVA out is that JA is injured. EVEN though we've won seven in a row w/o JA, he doesn't think we deserve a #1 seed.

Heard multiple commentators say that if Miami lost this game, they were squarely out of the NCAAT unless they won the ACCT.

They apparently heard them. Miami leads 46-17 with 30 second left in the first...

Every time the name has come up, I've gone on record to say he'll be top 100 by the time he hits grounds. I don't have much time left (I don't think at least) before the final rivals 2015 rankings come out. So, with that in mind.........

There's a lot on the line tomorrow night for No. 16 Louisville when the Cardinals host No. 2 UVa. Check out our preview at the link below and then sound off with you predictions on how you see this one playing out.

Preview: No. 2 UVa at No. 16 Louisville

syracuse got 5 years probation, monetary fines and loss of scholarships for what sounds bad to me but not as bad as UNC --pretty stiff penalty though. see link below. M bet is UNC escapes with less - -thoughts/reactions?


http://www.ncaa.com/news/ncaa/article/2015-03-06/syracuse-did-not-control-athletics-basketball-coach-failed-monitor

Could win as many as 10 more, but that would mean a win tomorrow, ACC tournament title, and national title. Currently sitting at 28.

Men's tennis team beat wake today for their 125th ACC win in a row over 8 years. Longest undefeated streak in any sport in ACC history and still going