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NCAA named their top ten defensive plays in the CWS

Number 9 was Towns' barehanded catch and throw to second base against Vanderbilt. Number 5 was Clement's diving catch on the ball hit up the middle against Vandy. Number 2 was Towns' dive to catch the ball headed for the corner and throw to first against Vandy. Number 1 was Kirby's last pitch against Vandy. UVA had several other outstanding defensive plays including Waddell's diving backhanded flip to Smith against Vandy. Does anyone else see a pattern? UVA's defense against Vanderbilt was awesome.

? about the OL recruits

Questions for Brad, Justin, or anyone with access to the staff.

Anyone know how the coaches see these guys slotting and/or working together? Is anyone in the group a guaranteed tackle, guard, or center (know they are all listed at tackle)? Hopefully they are all redshirting, but does anyone foresee earlier playing time for one or more of the group as opposed to the others?

Just curious how the pieces fit together now that there are several guys involved ...

Virginia Players in Orlando and Utah Summer Leagues

Orlando Summer League - Akil Mitchell with Brooklyn
July 4th - 5 PM ET vs. Memphis
July 5th - 5 PM ET vs. Miami
July 7th - 3 PM ET vs. Charlotte
July 9th - 3 PM ET vs. Orlando White
July 10th - Championship day

Utah Summer League - Darion Atkins with San Antonio
July 6th - 7 PM ET vs. Philly (Okafor)
July 7th - 9 PM ET vs. Utah
July 9th - 7 PM ET vs. Boston


Does anybody know if Darion Atkins and/or Akil Mitchell will continue to play with the same team during the Las Vegas Summer League?

Sacha Killeya-Jones videos

Thanks, Jacey from the Wolfpacker for the 3 excellent videos of Sacha. They confirm what I saw watching an entire game of his and what I heard from a former player who has seen Sacha play up close a number of times - that he's a promising big whose ranking from Rivals is about right. When there are other bigs on the court, he seems content to hang around the perimeter instead of battling inside. Most of the video you see where he scores inside is against shorter competition. The criticism of him after his sophomore year that he is a bit soft still seems valid, but his inside skills have gotten better under Staples' tutelage and encouragement. I still wouldn't mind having him decide to come here, but, personally, I'd rather see us get someone like Gabriel who has perimeter skills, but is a quicker and better inside player. In any event, if Sacha doesn't come here, I'm not going to lose any sleep because I think we'll find a much better replacement for him (if we haven't already in the long term in Huff.) If Diakite commits here, we're in pretty good shape inside for some time with Wilkins, Salt, Reuter, Diakite, and Huff. Adding another solid big will be icing on the cake.
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