I think he'd make a great one!

http://touch.dailypress.com/#section/3035/article/p2p-83160329/

I read a very interesting article in the Washington Post today about the MSU use of video. They have up to 15 staff involved in reviewing the video for the team. Apparently they are a feeder program for the NBA and other NCAA schools with 34 individuals hired in the last decade. They must spend a fair bit of coin on this endeavor. I wonder what the UVA BB spends for video staff?

Watching Decker and Kominsky operate in the open court made me look forward to having SKJ in two years. Having that big man who can handle the ball and attack the basket off the dribble is a great advantage. I think that in SKJ we have that guy coming and he can also hit the three..

My youngest daughter gave my wife and I a new baby granddaughter this morning at 2:42. Elizabeth Grace (Lizzie) is a beautiful new addition to our family and will certainly be given every opportunity to become a wahoo!!!!!!!

I love that UVA has won back to back titles but the end here shows that we have to build toward a peak at the end of the season. We might have to give more critical minutes to more players so that more are capable of producing in the crunch and so that all the legs are fresher in tourney time. MB's shots were all short. He is a warrior but most likely he has lost some jump in his legs from the long season. We may have to be willing to lose some games in the season to grow tougher down the stretch as a whole unit. More critical PT would lower the transfer risk as well.

Would you trade places with Notre Dame meaning finished 3rd in the ACC, regional 3 seed wherever they send you, and in the elite 8 waiting to play the consensus tourney favorite?

Does winning ACC titles and losing in the tourney seem worse?

My answer is that we have broken into new territory for UVA by winning those banners. The eventual champ is generally just lucky. Have to be good, but lucky. Every team but the champ leaves as a loser. ACC banners will hang for a long time. Next step is a final 4 banner. Titles are few and far between.

Wow, what a blow to Buzz. Adam Smith leaving. That kid is quite a shooter (we could use him) and would have made a very nice backcourt with Seth Allen next year.

Since Sunday's loss, I have heard it said a few times how Michigan State out Virginia-ed Virginia. I have heard about the adjustments Izzo made in deciding to make UVA beat them from the outside by taking away the lane to keep Brogdon and Anderson from driving. We have heard other teams talk about UVAs conditioning and strength, the Louisville guard said their players needed to get like UVA and that UVA had 'grown men bodies.' What Izzo did was take away UVAs strength and made them play to their weakness. Brogdon and Anderson are stronger than any guards they play and if you give them the lane, they will beat you all day to the hoop. When was the last time UVA attempted 17 three point shots? This was a roll of the dice by Izzo, it was a great move but one that only works when UVA shoots 29 percent and goes 2 for 17 from three. The poster who said UVA wins 8 out of 10 times is not that far off, really. Don't believe it? Just change that three ration to a paltry 5 for 17. What do you have? 9 more points.

You know what this game reminded me of? This game reminded me of the game where UVA beat back Notre Dame. I don't think Notre Dame ever led the game and they were always within 3-8 points but could never close they gap. UVA took away Notre Dame's strength, albeit by a different means, and strangled their way to victory. Yes, Michigan State out Virginia-ed Virginia. What exactly does that mean? They won with defensive strategy and physicality.

See you next year.


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JA isn't ready to go pro.

We need all hands on deck next season.

Tony has to open up the offense. At least getting up points in transition. 10-12 points a game like that would do this team wonders.

Trice was better than LP today, but I think Tony needs to let LP attack one on one more out of the offense.

I feel let down, amazing two year run, but I feel let down.

Because I am a huge fan of our defense. 50 pts per game on the season and 52.2 per in ACC play including ACC tourney. But what good does that defense do if over the past 2 seasons in the NCAA tourney, our points per given up has gone up. Last year we gave up 59, 60 and 61 in tourney, but more concerning was this year. Giving up 60 and 67, for an avg of 63.5 per given up. Our offense is not used to having to score to win. I just don't see the point of being so shut down during the year when during the time of year that really counts our points per goes up considerably. And not every game in the NCAAs the past 2 years has been against offensive machines. Just worrisome. Don't get me wrong, i'm glad we have done well in the regular season, but in the grand scheme, it really doesn't mean that much. I would rather lose 8 games during regular season and make a nice run in the tourney. I am just having a really hard time that we couldn't even get to the Sweet 16 this year. I know things happen, but we played like total crap, doing ourselves no real favors.
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One of the last video interview of hoops season, junior forward Anthony Gill talks about a number of topics including how hard it was that UVa's season ended the way it did.

CavsCorner Video: Anthony Gill

A member here and an occasional guest on our podcast, I asked Michael Pittman to share some of his thoughts coming out of Sunday's loss to Michigan State about how the Cavaliers might make some changes next year to help the team go further in the tournament. He makes the argument in the piece linked below that UVa would be best served to speed up the way it runs its offense and to be more aggressive in doing so. He's not advocating wholesale changes but rather a greater sense of urgency in initiating things.

Check it out and then sound off with your own points of view on what you want to see the Hoos change next season.

Fan view: Possible tweaks for next year

The latest episode of the podcast is now live on the front page and linked below as we continue to discuss what happened to UVa in Charlotte, look ahead to next season, and even get into some of the stories Ferber has to share from watching the first weekend among a number of different types of "fans."

CavsCorner Podcast: Episode 105 (54:27)

Jones started and again pitched well for 4 innings, and UVA had a 9 - 0 lead. He lost his control in the 5th and Rosenberger came in to pitch. I would expect that Rosenberger was the winning pitcher.

There's no question that things went wrong for UVa in Charlotte and sophomore point guard London Perrantes talks about that and more in this video interview.

CavsCorner Video: London Perrantes

Cranking out the QBs recently (as well as other stud prospects)
FUMA - Hackenburg
WFS - Stone
St. Chris - Faniel
Collegiate - Speight, McGee (again a bit ago), Wilson (a little bit longer ago)

ODU advances to MSG, crushes Murray St who were down by 10 with 2 minutes to play then tied it up with 3.5 seconds left only to lose by a 35 foot heave at the buzzer. If you think Belmont hit a lucky shot at the buzzer to keep Murray St. out of the NCCAT this was worse keeping them from advancing to the finals. Go ODU and Jeff Jones and Bryant Stith!

From UVa:

No. 14 Virginia Holds Off Liberty, 10-7
Haseley and Pinero each record three hits in win

The Virginia baseball team knocked off Liberty, 10-7, Wednesday afternoon in front of a Liberty Baseball Stadium record crowd of 2,841 in Lynchburg, Va. The game was the first of a five-game road swing for the 14th-ranked Cavaliers (15-8), who racked up a season-high 15 hits in snapping their three-game losing streak.

Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) and Daniel Pinero (So., Toronto, Ontario) each recorded three hits, with Pinero reaching base five times. Matt Thaiss (So., Jackson, N.J.) and Kenny Towns (Sr., Burke, Va.) each picked up a pair of hits. The quartet, which made up the one through four spots in the batting order, combined to go 10-for-17 with seven runs and seven RBI. Towns drove in four.

Virginia starting pitcher Derek Casey (Fr., Mechanicsville, Va.) worked a career-long 4 2/3 innings, giving up four earned runs, four hits and two walks while striking out four. Casey earned his first college win and upped his record to 1-1. Liberty starter Michael Stafford (2-2) was tagged for eight runs (seven earned) and 11 hits in three-plus innings. He struck out two and walked two in taking the loss.

Virginia scored in the opening inning. Haseley led off with a single and moved around to third when a Pinero sac bunt was thrown away. A walk to Thaiss loaded the bases, and Towns hit a sac fly to center to score the run.

UVa scored two runs in a three-pitch outburst during the third inning. With one out Pinero and Thaiss hit back-to-back singles to left field. Towns cranked the next pitch into the left-field corner, scoring both runners to give the Cavaliers a 3-0 edge.

The Cavaliers sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run, six-hit fourth inning. UVa methodically chipped away, going base-to-base in scoring the first four runs. After loading the bases with none out, UVa scored when Pinero singled to right to bring in Kevin Doherty (Jr., Laytonsville, Md.). Thaiss then blooped a single to right-center, scoring Christian Lowry (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.) and knocking Stafford from the game. Facing reliever Zach Clifton, Towns singled to left to score Haseley, and Pavin Smith (Fr., Jupiter, Fla.) hit a sac fly to center. With two outs, Ernie Clement (Fr., Rochester, N.Y.) singled to center to score two runs and push the lead to 9-0.

Liberty (14-10) answered with two runs in its half of the fourth. With one out, Alex Close and Dalton Britt hit back-to-back doubles. Becker Sankey then blooped a single to right-center to score Britt and cut the lead to 9-2. After Casey loaded the bases with two outs in the fifth inning on a pair of walks as well as a hit batsman, Rosenberger entered the game and gave up a two-run single to right from Close to shave the lead to five, 9-4.

The Cavaliers scored a run in the seventh when Pinero ripped a single to left to bring in Doherty, but Liberty countered with an RBI single from Ashton Perritt and a sac fly from Britt in its half of the inning to pull within 10-6. The Flames got their final run on a long, leadoff solo home run to left field from Perritt in the ninth inning.

Virginia heads to Notre Dame Friday through Sunday in the programs' first series as ACC rivals. Game 1 is slated for 6:05 p.m. Friday at Frank Eck Stadium; a live video broadcast will be available on ESPN3, while WINA 1070-AM and VirginiaSports.com will have the live audio broadcast.

Five-star Ocean Lakes standout Levonta Taylor, the No. 1 cornerback in the Rivals100, announced tonight that he will be making his college decision on April 3.

Check out this video interview with All-American guard Malcolm Brogdon following UVa's loss to MSU. He breaks down that game against the Spartans, talks about Darion Atkins' senior year, and also how he he would describe UVa's 2014-2015 season.

CavsCorner Video: Malcolm Brogdon

I caught up with 2018 QB Tyler DeSue over the weekend in Atlanta at the Rivals QB Challenge Presented by Under Armour. He already holds an offer from Virginia and has been fielding interest from Penn State, Miami, Florida State, Oklahoma State, Georgia and Tennessee.

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In the article linked below 2017 QB Lindell Stone talks about where he stands with UCLA, UVA and Temple, the three schools that have offered him. Stone also talks about his recent visit to Florida.

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Any of you going to the baseball game this afternoon at LU?

This is just me talking. I am 77, have been a student at UVA and longtime fan and sufferer but eternal optimist. I am down in the dumps about our sudden exit from the tournament for a lot of reasons. One is having to face another dismal football season next fall. This spring has been disaster in baseball(so far) plus our tennis teams while still good aren't as good. Our lacrosse teams are better but not like a few years ago.A resurgence in some of these sports in the coming weeks will help restore hope and spirits.

As far as the basketball team is concerned we lost to a better team on Sunday. I believe CTB and the players will learn from it and be better for it. We have a lot to be proud of, and the best is yet to come. We have a winning program not just a winning team. CTB has built the program for the future as well as the present. We are blessed to have him witness his COY award.

It is true our offense was off for the last part of the season. We need better three point shooting. We need JA to come back. His injury hurt our offense in some many ways. He was far from his normal self in the tournament. If everyone on the team works as hard as he did last summer to improve, great things are ahead for us.

Lastly, Michigan State put everything in our game last year and had nothing left in the tank. It will be interesting to see if they have anything left this year. If not, it shows that he put all his marbles in the Virginia basket last year and this year. Regardless, M State played a great game to beat us.

I do have a basketball hangover, but I have never been prouder of our team, our coach and our fans. Hold your head high
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From UVa:

Virginia Blanked by Georgetown, 1-0
Cavaliers travel to Liberty Wednesday for 3 p.m. game

The No. 14 Virginia baseball team was shut out by Georgetown, 1-0, Wednesday at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers (14-8) were limited to a pair of hits in dropping their third straight game and suffering their first home shutout loss since Feb. 28, 2012, against Liberty. UVa was limited to its fewest hits ever in a home game at Davenport Field, which opened in 2002.

Virginia starter Alec Bettinger (So., Woodbridge, Va.) pitched five innings, allowing a run, four hits and two walks while striking out six. He took the loss and fell to 2-1 on the year. Kevin Doherty (Jr., Laytonsville, Md.) worked four innings of scoreless relief, retiring 12 of the 13 batters he faced.

Georgetown starter Simon Mathews (2-2) pitched five perfect innings to earn the win. Will Brown fired three innings of two-hit relief before David Ellingson pitched a perfect ninth inning to pick up his third save.

Georgetown (9-10) scored its lone run in the fourth inning when A.C. Carter hit a one-out home run into the left-field bleachers off of Bettinger. It was Carter's second home run of the season.

The Hoyas had a perfect game working until Doherty lined a ball through the legs of Brown with one out in the sixth inning. Robbie Coman (Jr., Lake Worth, Fla.) singled with one out in the eighth, and pinch runner Thomas Woodruff (Sr., Clifton, Va.) then stole second base with two outs, marking the lone time the Cavaliers advanced a runner past first base.

Virginia begins a five-game road swing on Wednesday at Liberty. Game time is 3 p.m., and a live broadcast will be available on ESPN3.