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This season is on Tony Bennett

As the year unfolds, it is becoming clearer that Tony bailed on UVA and on these kids, because he saw how unathletic, and unskilled these kids are. By so doing, he totally screwed Ron Sanchez. Rather than man up and do his duty to coach these kids that HE recruited, Tony bails. and if the response is that Tony DIDN'T recruit these kids then he owes UVA money for quitting on the job without informing UVA. Tony quitting will destroy his legacy. Time to blow up the program and start fresh.

Transfer Commitment #19! UVa lands Notre Dame WR Jayden Thomas

UVa picked up a last-minute addition for the offense, with Notre Dame WR Jayden Thomas committing to the Hoos. Thomas had offers/interest from VT, Auburn, Duke and others, but went with UVa. Thomas played at Pace Academy in Atlanta for UVa DE's coach Chris Slade. Thomas had 64 catches and 7 touchdowns in his Irish career; This year he caughed 18 passes for 167 and 2 TDs. Many have speculated that he could also play TE, given his physical frame.

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Another frustrating ending with the girls losing 75-62 to GT. Last 3:23 seconds we couldn't find a point to save our souls. Within 4pt; 4+ mins then:

We had another train wreck finish again after digging a huge hole in the first QTR we rallied back AGAIN to within like 4 or 6 pts and then the wheels came off AGAIN in the 4th QTR.

GT scores like 13 in 3:23 and we score a big goose egg in the last 3:23.

Defense flat stunk down the stretch. This team has players that lose their assignment and give away easy points and then go completely cold.

It's like the central theme all year in close games against ranked Teams and We then stop hustling in the 4th and players act like they don't know who they are guarding. Dragging feet on blocking out or getting out on wide open shooters.

Good news, if they can hold this squad together next year with Brown coming back, we may be a strong team if we learn not to fall asleep in the 4th QTR.

Transfer Commitment #18! UVa lands Ohio State DE/LB Mitchell Melton

Just hours after winning the national title with the Buckeyes, Ohio State edge rusher/LB Mitchell Melton is signing with Virginia. Melton has been in the portal for some time but finished the season with the Buckeyes. The former Good Counsel product has had some injury issues in his Ohio State career and has been a backup defender who has seen playing time. Melton had 12 tackles and two sacks this year for OSU, and has one year of eligibility remaining.

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NIL era

Though we're all pleased I'm sure with our commitment list thus far and that we have some legitimate talent particularly in the trenches on both sides of the ball now. I also cringe at the fact that we'll need to pony up year to year it seems in order to have a competitive team. It's a double edged sword. Forget development, forget playing in good schemes, forget playing for a beloved coach or an up and coming program, forget playing time in some cases (see A. Colandrea and others). 3 years in to NIL and we're already at, "the only thing that matters is THE MONEY."

I'll try to enjoy the ride as long as we can afford to play. I sure miss the way it was
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The because of the win against Boston College

For the first time this year, there is no in spite of and there are several because of reasons. They are 1) BC is not a good team. 2) Virginia shot well from behind the line, and BC did not. The Hoos made 11 of 20 attempts (55%), and BC made 4 of 15 (26.7%). 3) McKneely found his shooting touch; he led the team in scoring with 21 points including 6 of 9 from deep. 4) Virginia outrebounded BC 30 to 23 and had 7 offensive rebounds which led to a 12 to 4 advantage in second chance points. 5) On defense the Hoos had 10 steals and 3 blocks. 6) Ten players got meaningful playing time

UVA Basketball girls team lose a close one they could have won; We have to cut down on ridiculous unnecessary turnovers; shooters only at the end.

We were so close of winning this one but we had ridiculous turnovers in the forth and NON SHOOTERS need to not be shooting deep balls in the close closing minutes. Johnson and Latimore should have been the two taking shots.

Also McGhee is 6'2" and she is a terrible defender. She constantly drifts off her ball handler for some crazy reason to run over toward an already guarded player and leaving her assignment wide open at the three and was burned numerous times. Also why is she throwing in the ball????? She has thrown away several this year in critical spots in the game. She would be the last person I would have to throw in on the last shot opportunity. That throw as awful at best. I don't blame her completely cause the whole damn team were standing around and not coming for the ball or getting open, but you can't just half throw it up to be easily picked by two defenders.

This team could be good, but several players go from playing well or good to total brain farting it on turnovers, bad, and I mean really bad passes right to the other team down the stretch. This seems to happen especially at the end of games and in close games.

Really thought we would pull off another win on a ranked team, but McGhee just doesn't know how to stay with her assignment like she has ADHD and continues to have this urge to run toward her teammates assignment and leave a 5'8", 5'9" guard that is a sharp shooter at the 3 wide open. Also why on a made shot are our team dragging feet to get down to defend and constantly having opponents just run down wide open on layups? Unbelievable.

Lastly, the zebras sucked in this game. Kept calling charging when you could clearly see Paris Clark had beaten and this girl is running along side and gets one foot in front and then flops. Johnson also got called with a ridiculous call. The two female zebras were getting an ear full from Coach MOX.

Commanders

I know this is a UVA board, but with our football and basketball teams struggling so much thank goodness that for us Commander fans we have them to cheer on. The last five weeks of last second wins have reminded me our championship run with the last three games we won being down in all of them as time was running out. This Commanders team reminds me so much of that UVA team in that they were never out of a game and they played with that type of confidence. It has been amazing to watch how well Daniels has played this year with the pressure that is on his shoulders given that we have no running game, only have one quality receiver and have a mediocre defense yet he has carried them game after game. What is most amazing is how incredibly calm he is no matter the moment in the game. They certainly have a tough task ahead playing at Detroit, but of course you can never count this team and Daniels out.

Another blown game by the Women's team

Today the women had a back and forth game at NC State (#21) and should have won, but gave up tons of offensive rebounds as usual (especially in the 4th quarter) while only getting two of their own and as is their custom had 19 turnovers (many of them needless crazy passes), many down the stretch which gave the game to NC State. it's a shame as they shot the bell well from two and from three, but when you give the opponent 21 more FG attempts and 10 more FT attempts it's tough to win. They definitely have some talent and now that Coach Mox has really shortened the rotation they have been much more competitive, but keep shooting themselves in the foot with bad decisions and the inability to grab defensive rebounds.
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Question about the NIL situation between Miami and wisconsin

So the kid gets denied the right to enter the portal by Wisconsin because he signed an NIL deal with them for 2 yrs and they want him to finish out his contract. My question is is Miami legally allowed to pay back the NIL money to the collective at Wisconsin for the 2nd year of the NIL that he never completed or is that against the rules? I don’t understand wisconsins stance on it considering if I work for a company and make a salary and I quit halfway through the year to take another position I would only get half my yearly salary so why would they have the right to keep him from leaving? It’s not like the NFL where they are getting game checks or bonus’s based on play they are getting name image and likeness checks so if he wants to leave a year into a 2 yr deal he would only get a years worth of the contract for the NIL right? How is it tampering on Miami’s part?
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