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OT -.Changing of the guard in sports

When I was growing up in 70s-90s there was routine generational changing of the guard as to who was the face of/best player in the sport. With the exception of football where Pat Mahomes has finally dethroned Tom Brady as the face of the NFL, no other major sport has established a face of the new generation.

LeBron is still far and away the most notable NBA player with 30 something Seth Curry a distant second. The general public has most likely never even heard of Jovic or Embid or Tatum.

Tiger and Phil are still far better known than any younger golfers.

Rafa and Novick still dominate men's tennis and Serena is far and away the best known women's tennis player.

In baseball, there is not a single player who is well known to the American public like Jackson or McGuire or Jeter was.

Any thought on why this is. Just seems like a weird coincidence and very surprising.

CavsCorner Podcast: Episode 514 ("What Branch They're On")

On Episode 514 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“What Branch They’re On”), we discuss Ron Sanchez returning to Charlottesville and UVa’s pending matchup against Duke in the Super Regional.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-514

: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cavscorner-podcast/id1072370337?I=1000616099986

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+F0viPL3hA
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Another Commitment! UVa lands 2024 DE Chase Morrison

Fresh off his official visit to UVa, Georgia DE Chase Morrison committed to the Hoos. Morrison caught up with CavsCorner on Monday (LINK), and becomes the third commitment from last weekend's visitor group.

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CavsCorner Podcast: Episode 512 ("Part of My Plan")

On Episode 512 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Part of My Plan”), we try a new draft format to pick and rank UVa’s all-time best hoops players. It went about as smoothly as you think…

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-512

: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cavscorner-podcast/id1072370337?I=1000614419929

Overcast: https://overcast.fm/+F0vi--Cas

Preview: Super Regional will be a rematch between Duke and UVa

Preview: @justin ferber breaks down this weekend’s Super Regional in Charlottesville as Duke is back in town to face UVa with a trip to Omaha on the line.

Much better late than never, Virginia sweeps regional with 8-3 win over ECU

Virginia trailed 2-1 until the 7th inning when O'Donnell hit a 3-run home run to give the Hoos a 4-2 lead. Stephan added another 3-run home run in the 8th to expand the lead to 7-2. ECU score a run in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 7-3. Teel topped off a 4 for 5 game with a solo home run in the 9th.
Early started on the mound and went 6.1 innings; he gave up 7 hits and 2 runs while striking out 10. Berry closed out the win by pitching a 3 up and 3 down 9th.

NIL

If you think the NIL world as related to college football and basketball is wild, crazy, and out of control now, wait until the Saudi-backed PIF decides to get involved in that as well. Discussion today has addressed the possibility of them providing NIL for college golfers. What's to say that would only be the beginning of their involvement in college athletics? Good bye amateurism.

The 3-2-1: What Beekman's decision means for UVa

The 3-2-1: @justin ferber takes a look at Reece Beekman’s return to UVa and breaks down what it means for the Hoos going deeper into the offseason and beyond.

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Regional hitting stats

The same nine position players and designated hitter started all three games. While batting averages over any three games are not indicative of the importance of any particular player and do not reflect extra base hits, walks, and other positive at bats, I calculated the averages from first to worst. Teel 7-12 .583, Saucke 6-12 .500, Stephan 5-12 .416, O'Ferrall 5-14 .357, Godbout 4-13 .308, Gelof and Anderson 3-11 .273, O'Donnell 1-9 .111, and Tuft 1-10 .100.

DE Morrison raves about OV ahead of commitment day this week

Following his official visit to UVa this past weekend, a decision is coming soon for Georgia DE Chase Morrison. Ahead of his commitment on Wednesday, he talked to @BigGriff about his time on Grounds and why it blew him away.

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Brad Franklin, The Podcast, Shedrick, and the Basketball Offseason

Disclaimer: I want to preface this post by saying that I LOVE the podcast the Cavs Corner team puts on. Its by far the best in the UVA mediasphere and the reason why I subscribe to rivals -- to show my support for the product they are putting out weekly.

All of that said, I'm not sure I can handle Brad's line of argument that has been trotted out several times over the last 2 months that "anyone who watched Kadin Shedrick knows why he was benched" and the implication that we are a better team without Shedrick. That statement is not objective fact - as he claims - for several reasons:
  • Debate Across UVA Fans - There is significant debate in the UVA fandom around Tony's decision to bench Shedrick in favor for BVP. Tony is the best coach to ever lead the program - that is not for debate, but Tony can make mistakes. In my opinion, he made a massive mistake in taking BVP as a transfer this year, thereby marginalizing our best post player (Shedrick) and best underclassman prospect (Traudt). Yes BVP had a great game against UNC and unlocked the triangle offense as a scheme until the ACC figured out it could switch defenders and dare BVP to shoot. By all accounts, BVP was great in the locker room. But playing him as long as he did brought imbalance to the team, especially after it was clear that BVP had a hurt back. We lacked rim protection and we failed to utilize the pick and roll that would have been lethal with Beekman and Shedrick running it.
  • SHEDRICK PLAYED WELL! - Shedrick was arguably our 2nd best player to start the season in Vegas. He was arguably our best player to end the season vs Furman. Advanced statistics objectively identified him as our first or 2nd best player on the team over the course of the entire season (e.g. Bart Torvik had him leading the team and 3rd in the ACC in BPM at 7.4). Yes, Shedrick had a fouling problem and looked awkward at times, but he was among the most efficient defensive and offensive players in the country objectively. And he was objectively our best rim runner and rim protector on the team.
  • We Did Not Win The Offseason - Brad on the most recent podcast said that UVA did not put up an L in the offseason and tried to argue that the transfer portal made us better. While getting Beekman back makes us an NCAA tournament team again and Rhode looks very promising, we likely took a net negative impact in the transfer portal (not counting Beekman's NBA decision). Groves and Minor are great players and I will root for them, but would anyone take them over Traudt or Shedrick? In both cases they seem like the lite version of the legacy players that left in terms of raw skill, size, and familiarity with the system. In my opinion, had we kept those 2 and Beekman, we'd be NCAA title competitors next year instead of just a top tier ACC team (which is a great accomplishment in and of itself!). Our ceiling is lowered because of this season's transfer portal comings and goings.

I humbly ask the podcast crew - and Brad in particular - to refrain from making the declarative statements that Shedrick was "obviously" a poor performer who should know why he was benched. That's not an objective fact and the continued assertion that it is makes the podcast hard to listen to. Again, I love the podcast, but this has been gnawing at me for weeks and I can't stand to hear it argued over and over again.
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