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I am disappointed but unfortunately not surprised.

Alright folks, it's back for another year: The CavsCorner Pick'em is live at the link below. Get your brackets in soon!

Pitt beats Mississippi State 60-59 despite MSU having a wide open three to win the game. I guess it just means more in the ACC.

2023 guard Blue Cain reopened his recruitment after Josh Pastner got fired from Georgia Tech. UVA poked around a little before.

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From their deep run last season and preseason number 1 ranking to taking their balls and going home because the NIT is beneath them, I reckon.

On Episode 502 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Appreciate the Passion”), we talk about UVa’s NCAA Tournament draw, the matchups, and how things look for the Hoos heading into the weekend.

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Seems like a solid hire. NBA name-recognition might translate well with local GA kids. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...georgia-tech-finalizing-damon-stoudamire-hire

Pitt edges Miss State by one when State misses a 3 and a tip at the buzzer. gritty game for Pitt who lost their center for the game, hope he will be back soon. Other than Duke I hope the ACC does well.

Cavs hitters were led by O'Donnell who was 5 for 5 with 2 singles, 2 doubles, and a home run good for 4 RBI. Saucke was 2 for 3 with 3 RBI, and Godbout was 2 for 5 with 2 RBI. Virginia was aided by 10 walks to go with their 16 hits. Earley started and pitched 3 innings; he gave up 4 hits but no runs. He was followed on the mound by Blanco, McKay, Hungate, Hodges, Buchanan, and Jaxel.

Bracket is coming out at the top of the hour. We'll have updates in this thread and then we'll talk to Tony Bennett at 7:30 tonight.

Happy March everyone!

Pod Preview: @justin ferber breaks down the three teams UVa could see in Orlando during the First Round of the NCAA Tournament this week, squads that pose intriguing challenges for the Wahoos.

Greetings from the Greensboro Coliseum where UVa and Duke are set to fight for the ACC title at 8:30pm (ESPN). Both teams have been out for warm-ups, and fans are starting to file in. We'll have in-game updates when we tip things off. As always, have at it!

We had someone put that site up before and I really don't want to buy TruTV for a day. Literally have 13 or 14 paid accounts.

Espn+, Roku channel, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Apple, Britbox, AcornTV, Paramount+, Sundance, Peacock, and several overseas accounts in Australia when I'm there.

Thanks in advance.

If you watch the Players Championship on NBC today you'll probably see Denny McCarthy several times. He's currently in 11th. He's 7 shots back so probably no real shot at winning but the PGA pushed the purse up to $25M to compete against LIV. It's always been the largest purse on the Tour but it's even bigger now. The winner gets $4.5M. The top 41 players will make at least six figures. Not bad for 4 days of work! He had a rough day yesterday but hopefully he can work his way back up the leaderboard. Wah🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️wa!

Here's a quick first pass about their team...

• Kenpom rank: 89 (33rd O, 183rd D)
  • Adjusted tempo: 68.5 (124th)
  • PPG: 82.1 (8th)
  • Offense
    • EFG%: 55.6 (11th)
    • Turnover %: 15.8 (40th)
    • Offensive rebounding %: 29.7 (150th)
    • 3PT%: 34.4 (159th)
    • 3PTA: 27.5 (11th)
    • 2PT%: 59.1 (1st)
  • Defense
    • EFG%: 50.6 (181st)
    • Turnover %: 18.4 (155th)
    • Offensive rebounding %: 27.1 (115th)
    • 3PT%: 33.0 (113th)
    • 2PT%: 51.2 (229th)

Roster & Stats

Most frequent lineups over the past 5 games

1. Pegues / Bothwell / Foster / Slawson / Hien
2. Pegues / Bothwell / Foster / VanderWal / Slawson
3. Pegues / Bothwell / Foster / Williams / Slawson
4. Pegues / Bothwell / Foster / Williams / Hughey
5. Pegues / Bothwell / Foster / VanderWal / Hien

Depth chart over the past 5 games

1. PG: Pegues (81%), Whitt (19%)
2. SG: Bothwell (80%), Whitt (9%), Williams (6%), Foster (6%)
3. SF: Foster (70%), Williams (19%), VanderWal (6%), Hughey (5%)
4. PF: Slawson (37%), VanderWal (32%), Williams (19%), Hughey (11%)
5. Hien (50%), Slawson (35%), VanderWal (9%), Hughey (6%)

The 3-2-1 is back to take a look at where things stand for UVa coming out of its showing in Greensboro.

Up to 39 points on 9 3 pointers, and 4th quarter hasn’t started yet.

I hope we end up in Purdue’s bracket. I’m assuming we’re a 4/5 seed and Purdue is a 1. Obviously we’d have to beat a 12/13 and 4/5 first. I feel better about CTB scheming to slow down Edey, and Purdue’s guards aren’t spectacular. Bama, Houston, Kansas seem more daunting. It’s all about matchups. Here’s one bracket from today. Though I’m thinking Duke will move up into this.

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Virginia had just 5 hits, 1 each in 5 innings. O'Connor started and gave up 4 hits and 3 runs in 5 innings. Hodges pitched the next 2 innings and gave up 2 runs on a home run. Blanco allowed a solo home run to end the scoring.

When I saw that Duke was only going to focus on shooting Free throws only today in practice, I immediately laughed cause my investigative slant threw up the old antenna/red flag.

I couldn't help having a reflexive reaction from years of home cooking style officiating in Tobacco Road Tourneys. My mind was wondering did the ACC officiating crew for tonight already get the call down from the ACC bosses?

I can see the return of the same style officiating in this Championship game with Duke as the UNC game where Duke will be going to the line frequently tonight, especially in the second half with 8 to 10 minutes left in the game.

I could see Shedrick and Caffaro with foul issues with 7 or 8 minutes to go in the game tonight, if officiating history down in Duke country is a template to what to expect tonight.

Call me a little paranoid, but I just have a long memory of Duke last minute wins especially when refs suddenly have bad eye sight, COPD issues on blowing their whistles, or honestly turning a blind eye for the hometown boys.

I'm really hoping we can over come all the tic tac calls, ghost calls and nail the free throws IF we get to the line. I could see a 3 to 1 foul call ratio on us tonight if history is the marker to what's to come.

It will take a near perfect game this time around to beat Duke with 3 extra players on the floor tonight.

Greetings from Greensboro, where Miami leads Duke 32-31 with 3:41 left in the first half of our first semifinal game. UVa and Clemson will take the floor after and tip off sometime around 9:30pm, on ESPN.

We'll have lineups and in-game updates in this thread, so as always, have at it!

There were 4 innings of frustration for Virginia followed by 5 innings of fun. The Heels scored 3 runs in the first inning on 4 hits as Virginia was 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position in the first 4 innings. We then scored 2 in the 5th, 1 in the 6th, 3 in the 7th, and 2 in the 8th. UNC did not score after the 1st inning until they tallied 1 run in the 8th. The Cavs were led at the plate by Anderson who had 3 RBi on a 4 for 5 day; Saucke was 3 for 5 with 1 RBi; Godbout was 2 for 5 with 1 RBi; Teel was 2 for 5 and scored 3 times; and O'Donnell was 2 for 6 with the only home run of the game. Virginia had 15 hits in the game with 12 singles and 2 doubles to go with the home run.
Edgington pitched 5.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on 7 hits. Hodorovich came in and pitched 1.1 innings without allowing a hit or run ( I assume that he got credit for the win); Woolfolk pitched the final 2 innings and gave up the final run on 1 hit and 3 walks.

Preview: A rematch for the championship is on tap tonight in Greensboro as Duke and UVa face off for the title (8:30 p.m., ESPN). @justin ferber breaks it down ahead of what could be a classic ACC Tournament finale.