A Duke win gives us sole possession of second place. Depending on how you feel about momentum, it could be good or bad for Saturday. I prefer to look at it as good. I'd rather face Duke at Cameron after they have won three in a row than after a loss. I am rooting for Duke.

Gill was one of ten athletes named to the 2016 Allstate Good Works Team for his contributions to the community. Gill follows Harris, who was named in 2014, and Brogdon, who was named in 2015. UVA has been very fortunate to attract such young men to the grounds, and they have been very fortunate to have a coach who emphasizes the five pillars.

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From UVa:

Virginia and Old Dominion announced today (Feb. 8) the first football series between the two programs. The three-game series is scheduled for the 2018, 2020 and 2022 seasons. The first and last games in the series will be held in Charlottesville while the middle contest will take place in Norfolk.

The specific dates and locations for the games are listed below and subject to change:

Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 – Charlottesville, Va.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 – Norfolk, Va.

Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022 – Charlottesville, Va.

This will be the first meeting between the two teams from the Commonwealth. ODU restarted its program in 2009 after previously fielding a team for 11 seasons from 1930 to 1941. At that time the school was known as the Norfolk College of William & Mary. The two schools never faced each other during the first era of ODU football.

Funny, no mention of this anywhere on ESPN (for now). Check out Allen fulfilling some prophecies...

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/02/duke-grayson-allen-villain-trips-louisville-player-intentionally

Love the part about Perrantes barking at Tobey. That's the kind of floor leadership we need from our big three of Malcolm, London, and Anthony.http://www.dailypress.com/sports/uva/dp-spt-teel-column-uva-pitt-20160206-column.html

UVa has moved up to No. 7 in the updates Associated Press Top 25.

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Top 10? Top 20? Based on history, recruiting potential, location, exposure, etc. what would you consider the top 10 jobs...if they all were to come open...in the country?

1. North Carolina
2. Kentucky
3. Arizona
4. Duke...want to see what someone other than K can do there before I'll say it's the best job
5. Kansas
6. Michigan State
7. Indiana
8. Louisville
9. UCLA...job has lost some luster, but they're still UCLA
10. Florida/Texas/Michigan...consider these 3 jobs about equal in prestige, but all 3 face the challenge of being a football-first program

FWIW I'd put UVa somewhere 15-20 right now...only thing keeping us from higher is sustained history.

Riding high off the win do wanted to start a fun thread..... To me the answer is easy: Bryant Stith. But wanted to see if anyone else had any thoughts?

If we get things done this week, we will be looking good.

We've all discussed the improvement of the ACC this season and how stout it is. Thought I would try and start a conversation about overrated and underrated conferences amongst the biggest seven or eight leagues.

ACC - Very stout. 5 top 25, 9 top 50, 13 top 100, only 1 sub 150.
Big XII-ish - The best. 6 top 25, 7 top 50 (and TT at 52 for 8 of 10 teams in the top 52), and 1 sub 150.
B1G - OVERRATED. 4 top 25, but only those 4 in the top 50, only 8 top 100, 3 sub 150.
Big East - Solid, but not as good as last year. 2 top 10, 4 top 50, 7 top 100, 1 sub 150.
Pac-12 - UNDERRATED. 3 top 25 but 7 top 50 and 11 top 100.
SEC - Mediocre. 4 in the top 26, but no one else in the top 50. 5 teams at 88 or lower and 4 below 100.

I rank them as Big XII, ACC/Pac-12 in a tie for second (just different numbers of teams, but maybe a slight edge for the ACC's top end), Big East, B1G and SEC.

It's got to give our guys some confidence to know that they put a good beatdown on Villanova just some weeks ago. Nice also to be recognized with one first place vote. We should have had many more earlier this year before our "well-I'll-de-damned" slide against VT, GT and FSU, but nice to be recognized nonetheless. Our slide may well be what we look back on as the catalyst to greater success that really got its spark with the miracle comeback at Wake. Things are lining up nicely, but we need to keep it going by righting the egregious wrong from Blacksburg when the Hokies come to town this week.

From the ACC:

Virginia senior Malcolm Brogdon has been selected as the Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Player of the Week, while Duke’s Luke Kennard earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors.

ACC basketball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a select media panel.

Brogdon averaged 24 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.0 steals in leading the then-ninth-ranked (now No. 7) Cavaliers to wins over Boston College and Pitt. The Atlanta native shot .684 from the field (13-of-19), including an 8-of-10 effort from 3-point range. Brogdon made all 14 of his shots from the foul line in the two games.

Brogdon tallied a game-high 27 points and six rebounds while shooting 7-of-10 from the field, including 5-of-5 on 3-point tries, in the 61-47 win over Boston College. He added a game-high 21 points (6-of-9 from the floor, including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc) and four assists in the 64-50 road win at Pitt. The two victories extended Virginia’s winning streak to six games, during which time Brogdon has averaged 21.7 points while shooting .583 from the floor overall, .552 from 3-point range and .968 from the foul line.

Kennard averaged 17.0 points – second-best on the team – during a 2-0 week for Duke, as the Blue Devils won at Georgia Tech on Tuesday and earned a home win over NC State on Saturday. The Franklin, Ohio, native shot .579 (11-of-19) from the floor, including 50 percent (6-of-12) from 3-point range, and knocked down each of his six free throw attempts on the week.

Kennard proved the difference-maker in Saturday’s 88-80 win over NC State with 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the floor. He went 6-of-11 from 3-point territory, tying Duke’s freshman record for 3-pointers in a game. The performance also extended Kennard’s Duke record for 20-point games off the bench by a freshman to four, and was his fifth 20-point game of the season. Kennard’s shooting percentage from the foul line (.922) continues to lead the nation.

This is the weirdest stat I've seen in a while, per ESPN's CL Brown:

"May sound crazy but no coincidence North Carolina's Marcus Paige is breaking out of his shooting slump at Notre Dame. The Irish use a Wilson basketball, which Paige has always said was his favorite. Past two years at NC State, which also uses a Wilson, he's 12 of 17 from the 3-point line."

As we saw many threads pointing to a weakness' on the road through our first 3 ACC losses, there were various opinions as to what would turn those wins into losses. Seemed clear to me MB was horrible those three road games, but great at home. There was no middle for Malcolm. ( worked way to hard for such a poor pun) Certainly more than one was a possible fix, especially when 2 of the losses were by a combined 6 points, IIRC. We have played better D, TB seems to be more comfortable with the rotation and the seconds years have played better. My point was we would win when MB started shooting on the road, at least closer anyway, like he does at home. I also felt that was a question of when, not if. Now know too, that I am not thumping my chest saying I was the only one who had this figured out. But check this out. First 3 road games in the ACC MB was 16/48 from the field and 3/18 behind the arch. Last three road games:22/38 and 6/15. Point Diff 1st 3 14.8, last three (road only) 20.67ppg.

Starts in 2018. Should be easy wins by that time and its good for ODU as well. Glad it was ODU and not Ohio St haha

Did the Can newton thread from this am get deleted? I was at work and missed the reason why.

I'll be going on the ACC teleconference in about 20 minutes with UVa's Tony Bennett. Check this thread for notes in a few.

This isn't the same team that we saw earlier. I am not sure what TB did but this team is playing some fantastic D and the offense is running much more smoothly. I am so proud that the guys turned the energy level up when they needed to. Playing like this we can beat anyone in the country and we will finish in the top two in the league if we keep playing with this level of intensity and confidence. Great work team.

I know some other guys on here are Bears fans. How pumped are you for this?

For those of you who aren't Bears fans, but love football, how good were these guys? I watched, but was only 4-5 years old so didn't understand the game like I do now. Just remember that defense took no prisoners and that team was cocky as cocky could be back in an era where they wouldn't be scrutinized for it like they would now.

The Panthers swag has nothing on those Bears. Super Bowl Shuffle was recorded after the Miami loss, yet they still went on to win the Super Bowl. That is swag, that is cocky.

Quite simply teams separate, or get jumbled this week. Between UL, Notre Dame, Pitt, and Duke, who has the toughest week? (hint -- trick question ... the answer is all of them)

UL vs. Duke and ND.
UNC vs. (BC and) Pitt.
UVa vs VT and Duke.
Miami vs. Pitt and FSU.
Notre Dame vs. Clem and UL.
Clemson vs. ND (and GT)
Pitt vs. Miami and UNC
Duke vs. UL and UVa
FSU vs Cuse and Miami.
Cuse vs. FSU (and BC).

Clemson-ND game guarantees loss #5 for one of those teams.
UL-Duke winner plays itself into title talk if it follows up with another win this week. If the loser loses again, they could lose touch with the lead pack.
One of Cuse or FSU will lose #6 this week and make it very hard to make the top 4(5).
The right combination of wins/losses could cull the regular season title down three or even two possible teams this week, or could open it back up to nine.

I'm an unabashed Broncos fan, and I won't apologize for it, but here is my prediction.

Denver's D gets at least 2 turnovers early, which throws Newton off his game. We're way better against the run than everyone is getting us credit for. Peyton throws 2 touchdowns.

Denver 24
Carolina 21