The women's team opens the season tonight at 7 PM on ACC Extra vs American. Really interested to see how the team looks this year with so many new players coming in and returning players like McGhee and Noyan taking on bigger roles. I expect the starters to be Johnson, Clark, Lattimore and Noyan with either McGhee or Hurd as the last starter (likely McGhee given her experience). Hard to know what to expect out of the women's team this year given how competitive the ACC is plus with the experience we lost to graduation and injury (Brown), but lots of exciting young players plus some transfers that have something to prove so hopefully they will continue to build on the last two years.

I have been critical of the dwindling fan support, but I am THIS close to throwing in the towel. I got up at 7:00 on a Saturday, after a brutal root canal on Friday, took the dog to the sitter, drove three hours, scrambled to find parking and was treated to that monstrosity? It is clear to anyone who has ever watched football that Tony is in over his head. He is not the answer and will be even less the answer if Carla keeps him around for two more years. DO SOMETHING, CARLA.

We have some basketball roster news to share. According to a source...



UVa guard Jalen Warley has officially entered the transfer portal as of this morning. The former FSU guard is the only defection so far since Tony Bennett retired.

Perhaps Warley could look around and decide to stay, but this probably means a larger role for Dai Dai Ames and maybe more minutes at PG for Andrew Rohde, too.

Virginia scored in the first period and held on in a defensive battle for the win.

As we teased earlier, good news has arrived for the Hoos. Chance Mallory is staying home, committing to UVa following his official visit last weekend. He broke down his decision with us here:


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Virginia led 3-0 after the first period but allowed two goals in the second period . A penalty kick score by Virginia with about 10 minutes left sealed the win.

On Episode 585 of the CavsCorner Podcast ("Live Chicken Situation"), we talk about UVa's loss to Carolina and where things stand at the bye before we dive into the uncertainty as hoops season begins next week.

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I've had season tickets for going on 25 years. I haven't been able to see AC live until today. This isn't a personal attack on him but he ain't the answer. It's definitely not his fault alone that we are losing but it's time for a change. The main thing I saw is that he's too short. He can't see over the line. It's hard to see it on tv but today I really noticed it. He might be 5'10" with his helmet. He's got skills but he's limited. We need a change or we don't go bowling.

Ever since Tony Bennett announced his retirement, UVA has extended offers to two kids from the class of 2026, Cody Peck and Manny Green. I will most likely use this thread for all recruiting updates moving forward just to keep everything in one spot.

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As Houston posted in the Chance Mallory commitment thread, Mallory is reopening his recruitment.

If you want to watch a great UVA football game after yesterday, somehow this ACCDN game is showing up on broadcast TV here in Seattle.

More uplifting...


Down 14-7 in 1st quarter, but we know what happens

Nothing more than the opening pre-season game but Huff had an eye-opener of a game. Grizzlies were without 4 key players and lost the game but Huff’s stats were:
23 minutes
15 points
5-10 from the floor
4-6 from 3 point
6 rebounds
2 assists
3 blocks
0 turnovers

He has a 2 way contract but performances like this should put him a little more in focus.

Greetings from Scott Stadium where it's another beautiful day for football. I'll have notes and updates flowing in here soon.

As always, have at it folks...

I'm assuming Sanchez will be the 'interim coach' this year. This is from the U of Charlotte website.
Ron Sanchez enters his fifth season at the helm of the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball program in 2022-23. He became the 11th head coach in the program's history on March 19, 2018.

The last three years under Coach Sanchez, the 49ers have signed the top-ranked recruiting class in Conference USA. In 2020, Sanchez was a finalist for the Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award, which is presented annually to the top minority coach at the Division I level by CollegeInsider.com.

COACHING CAREER AT CHARLOTTE
In his first season with the 49ers (2018-19), Charlotte limited their opponents to an average of 68.7 points per game which is over an 11-points improvement from the previous season. Jon Davis earned second-team NABC All-District and All-Conference USA honors while scoring his 2,000th career point.

In his second season at Charlotte (2019-20), the 49ers won 16 games, which was the most wins by the 49ers since 2014, while recording 10 Conference USA wins, which was the most league wins by the Niners since 2006. The 49ers won a school-record 13 games in Halton Arena and finished fourth in Conference USA after being picked twelfth in the preseason coaches’ poll. Four Charlotte players earned Conference USA honors including Jahmir Young capturing the league’s Freshman of the Year award. The Niners finished Top 50 in the nation in scoring defense after limiting their opponents to a school-record 64.7 points per game. For the first time in the program's history, Charlotte earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award.

In year three, the Niners pushed through a COVID-19 affected season that saw a number of contests postponed throughout the year. Despite a tough end to the season, a young roster mixed with a third year of great recruiting of both freshman and transfers leaves Sanchez with plenty of fire power entering year four in the Queen City.

Year four saw the 49ers make an eight win improvement from 2020-21, winning 17 games, marking the most for the 49ers since 2013-14. In Conference USA play, Charlotte earned 10 victories--marking the second time since 2006 the program earned double-figure league victories--for the second time under Sanchez. The Niners also greatly improved their performances away from home, earning six total road wins and four wins away from home in conference action. CLT's six road wins were the most since 2011-12 and Charlotte's four in conference play were the most since 2009-10 when CLT was still in the Atlantic 10.

Sanchez was also integral in the development of 2021 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, Aly Khalifa, marking CLT's second league Freshman of the Year in three seasons, which was the first time the program had ever done so.

In year five, the 49ers program once again took a step in the direction of growth. In what could be argued as the toughest mid-major conference in America, the Niners finished fifth in Conference USA earning a bye to the quarterfinals of the Conference USA Tournament and making the programs first C-USA quarterfinal appearance since the 2015-16 campaign. In the postseason, the 49ers claimed the program's first-ever postseason tournament title when the Niners won four games in five days down in Daytona Beach at the 2023 Discount Tire College Basketball Invitational. Sanchez was integral in the development and improvment in Second Team All-C-USA guard Brice Williams and the recruitment of All-C-USA Honorable Mention transfer guard, Lu'Cye Patterson.

Charlotte also finished the season with 22 wins overall, which was the program's most since the 2000-01 campaign. Its four wins in five days in Daytona also gave the program its most wins in a postseason tournament ever and upped the Green & White's record to 15-19 in postseason events. The Niners title in Daytona was both the program's first-ever in the postseason and first title of any kind since winning three games in four days at the 2013 Puerto Rico Tip Off event in San Juan.

25 straight 3 balls

Looks like we lost 65-55 and shot just 2-27 from 3 pt range!!!!! Below is the box score. Some things that stand out to me beyond the horrific three point shooting is Murray only played 7 minutes and Sharma only 4 while Rhode was in for 24 minutes. Was really hoping that Murray would have a big impact this year building on his play in the 2nd half of last year and that Sharma would be in the rotation, but looks like from this that both are on the edge of the rotation right now (unless there are injury issues with one or both of them). Bliss I assume was held out due to injury still while Robinson and Lang didn't play.

Was so optimistic going into this season that we had a better overall roster and Bennett would coach them up to be a force by March, but while I know these are just scrimmages my level of optimism has dropped dramatically.

Small visitors list it sounds like today, not too many true notables.

2027 QB Luke Gaither will be on campus. Believe he has the same QB coach as Jurgensen and Hemrick.

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2026 Varina DT Jaysean Richardson will also be on campus. Don't believe he holds a UVA offer yet so that could come today.

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That was beyond embarrassing. And now it looks like or basketball team may also be bad.

I can confirm that UVA commitment Davin Chandler will be taking an offiical visit this weekend to Vanderbilt. Commodores have a lot of momentum on the field and on the recruiting trail with Chandler. Will be tough for Cavs to hold on to this one.

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