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Has us as a #1 seed with Kentucky, Kansas and Iowa state.

Carolina, Duke, MD and LSU as the 2s.

Syracuse as a 3, L'ville as a 4.

Not saying this means squat right now. Our (whole fan base) focus should be on the next 4 weeks, but it's nice to know that "talking heads" are acknowledging just how dominant we will be next season.

The tourney is no exception. Miller McIntyre had the ball stripped from him with 6 and change seconds left and GT down by 1. Officials took FOREVER to review the tape, even though the ESPN replay CLEARLY showed the ball touched MM last. To add insult to injury, after the lengthy video review, the refs got the call WRONG.

VT and GT clearly aren't going to make any noise in the tourney, but is it too much to ask that the refs get the call right in an end-of-game situation, especially given the 5 minute stoppage of play...Seriously, am I wrong?

Check out this feature story on senior forward Darion Atkins, who went from being someone many thought might transfer to being the ACC's Defensive Player of the Year and a vital piece for UVa all season long.

Atkins stayed true to the process

Sounds like we've made a strong impression, and might be in the mix. Hearing any chatter on our chances?

This is from a Michigan site in a recent interview. He doesn't identify any specific school by name, but more just what he's looking for. Sound like anyone/anywhere we may know?


"Most importantly is the school," he explained. "What do they offer
me education-wise? At the end of the day, you want to make a 40-year
decision, not a four-year decision. Basketball doesn't last forever.
There's a lot of life after retirement, and you want to have something
to fall back on. School, education, that's what I'm really looking at.

"How do they play their guards? How is the relationship with the
coaching staff and the guards? Am I going to be able to be a spiritual
leader there? I'm big in my faith, and I believe God is the only reason
we're here. Spiritually, will they help me grow better as a man?"


This post was edited on 3/9 7:57 PM by IPWT

anyone.. we needed him..

Looking back at the loss on Saturday night, the one thing that sticks with me is how inefficient the Cavaliers have been offensively the past couple of games. In one, the defense was great enough to allow the offense time to get right but in the UL game, that wasn't the case. And that all plays into what we've seen over the last month or so (the Wake game being the clear outlier).

In today's Weekend Wrap, I make the point that UVa must cut down on turnovers and stop putting so much pressure on its defense.

Weekend Wrap: Louisville Edition

Check out this video interview from yesterday's media session with first-year forward Isaiah Wilkins as he talks about his freshman season and his first ACC Tournament.

CavsCorner Video: Isaiah Wilkins

Reporter for the Fredericksburg paper tweeted the following:

"Malcolm Brogdon says Justin Anderson practiced with #UVA‪ today. Doesn't know plan for ACCT."


Gotta think this is a good sign for having him back sooner rather than later.

as I was watching the Furman - Wofford game playing for the league tournament championship, and I found myself pulling for Furman. Furman had finished 10th and Wofford 1st Wofford won by 3 points, but Furman can go home proud for the effort they extended in the tournament.

Absolutely ridiculous we dropped 2 spots in coach's poll by losing at the buzzer to a 16th ranked team on the road.....on senior night......and a game they badly needed to win.

I get chills when I remember Darion's recruiting, and what specifically Tony said about his defensive potential. What a day for him today. It shows you what patience can mean in life, especially when you work hard. Go Darion.

From UVa:

Bennett, Brogdon and Tobey Earn ACC Coaches' Awards
Brogdon and Anderson named to coaches' All-ACC teams


The Virginia men's basketball team had four players earn All-ACC awards Monday as the Atlantic Coast Conference announced its 2014-15 Coaches' All-ACC honors. The Cavaliers had two All-ACC selections, Tony Bennett repeated as ACC Coach of the Year, junior Malcolm Brogdon (Atlanta, Ga.) was named ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year and junior Mike Tobey (Monroe, N.Y.) was named ACC Sixth Man of the Year by the coaches.

Brogdon was also named to the coaches' All-ACC first team for the second consecutive year and junior guard Justin Anderson (Montross, Va.) earned All-ACC second team honors from the coaches. In addition, both Brogdon and junior Anthony Gill (High Point, N.C.) were named to the coaches' All-ACC Defensive Team.

Brogdon, who was also a first-team All-ACC selection by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA), leads Virginia in scoring this season at 13.7 points per game and scored in double figures in 15 of 18 ACC games. He led the league by shooting 89.7 percent from the free throw line in conference games. Brogdon was also named to the All-ACC Defensive Team.

Anderson, who also earned second team honors from ACSMA, was selected to the coaches' second team despite missing the last eight games of the season due to a fractured finger suffered on Feb. 7 and an appendectomy on March 5. He is second on the team in scoring at 13.4 points per game and was leading the conference in three-point percentage at 48.4 percent when he was injured.

Bennett was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year by his peers. In 2014-15, he directed the Cavaliers to a 28-2 record and their second consecutive outright ACC regular season title.

Brogdon shares ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors with Syracuse's Rakeem Christmas. He was joined on the coaches' All-ACC Defensive Team by Gill as Virginia was the only school to place two players on the team.

Tobey was honored as the league's top player off the bench by the coaches. He averaged 7.2 points per game and third on the team in rebounding at 5.2 per game.

No. 1 seed Virginia (28-2, 16-2 ACC) will play No. 8 seed Clemson or No. 9 seed Florida State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12. Tipoff at Greensboro Coliseum is set for 12 p.m. ET.

UVA wrestling team wins ACC champioship.

1.Virginia 85.5 2.Pittsburgh 71.0 3.Virginia Tech 59.5 4.Duke 44.0 5.North Carolina 43.0 6.NC State 31.0

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player, Dom Inglot, playing Davis Cup for Britain who just beat USA 3-2 in teh Davis Cup quarters

UVa's Tony Bennett was named the ACC Coach of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA), which also tabbed senior forward Darion Atkins as the Defensive Player of the Year. We'll have the full release when it's out.


This post was edited on 3/8 3:09 PM by BradFranklin

Some fans are starting to argue that Duke has such a better resume than we do because of a couple of more high RPI wins (notably @Wiscy) and the head-to-head result. They say we should drop to the #2 because of the loss.

We beat the teams Duke didn't. We beat one without JA that they lost to, and did it on their home court (State). If we avoid a blowout in the ACCT, we haven't been blown out this season. Our two losses are to #3 and @#14 in the RPI, by 6 and 2 points. Duke, by contrast, lost @#24, @#43, and vs. 60 (in a blowout).

Wiscy lost to two teams we beat (they lost to #120something Rutgers without Kaminsky, we beat #43 and #65 on the road without JA). Zona has lost to three sub-75 teams and two sub-100 teams. Nova lost to #81 Seton Hall and got blown out @#21 Gtown. Kansas has what, seven losses? Gonzaga ... don't get me started.

I feel like IF we advance past the quarters and get one of UL/UNC in the semis, and if we avoid a blowout in the ACCT, we have the second best resume behind KY (potentially three losses, all to top 15 teams, and TONS of great wins). What am I missing?

Well for the last couple years I haven't been the biggest Mike London fan I guess I have just lost faith in him as a coach but I have alway's known he was a good man and here's just another reason why I was at a church function with my wife when she called a friend over to tell me a story that will touch anyone. Her 10 year daughter had to have serious back surgery at UVA and during her recovery, some of the football players and Coach London came to visit her and the other sick children on Valentine's Day. After the little girl came home, Coach London has since called the family twice to check on her and also sent her a care package and told her to wear the shirt proud in Hokie Country since they live in Roanoke. I just wanted to share this because it puts things in perspective!

From UVa:

Virginia Slugs Its Way Past Pitt, 10-3, to Take Series
Cavaliers score 10 unanswered runs to clinch series win

The Virginia baseball team finished off an ACC series win with a 10-3 victory over Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. Ranked as high as No. 1 nationally, Virginia (12-1, 2-1 ACC) captured the series, two games to one, and has won its last six ACC-opening series.

The teams were forced to relocate the series to Cary following inclement weather in Charlottesville on Thursday. Virginia has played its first 13 games away from home because of poor weather and field conditions - three true road games and 10 at neutral sites.

A day after scoring two runs in their doubleheader split with Pitt (4-8, 1-2), the Cavaliers exploded for 10 runs and 13 hits Sunday. Daniel Pinero (So., Toronto, Ontario) recorded a career-high four hits and was one of three Cavaliers to homer. Eight of the Cavaliers' nine starters recorded hits as UVa matched its season high for hits.

Virginia starter Brandon Waddell (Jr., Houston, Texas) pitched six innings and allowed three runs (one earned), five hits and one walk while striking out six. Waddell (1-0) did not have his best control and hit four batters, but he stranded nine runners on base to mitigate the damage. Pitt starter Marc Berube (0-2) took the loss after allowing six runs (five earned), seven hits and a walk over four innings.

Neither team was solid defensively, with both teams committing four errors. Pitt jumped out to a 3-0 edge in the first inning, with UVa's defense committing a key miscue to fuel the inning. With one out and runners on first and second base, Alex Kowalczyk reached when Pinero booted a grounder to load the bases. Back-to-back batters, Frank Maldonado and Aaron Schnurbusch, were hit by pitches to force in a pair of runs, and Manny Pazos hit a sacrifice fly to left to make it 3-0.

Virginia responded with a vengeance, batting around and scoring five runs in its half of the opening inning. Adam Haseley (Fr., Windermere, Fla.) ripped a leadoff triple to center and scored on a Pinero single. Pavin Smith (Fr., Jupiter, Fla.) bounced a single into right, and both runners scored when Kenny Towns (Sr., Burke, Va.) tripled to the center-field wall. An Ernie Clement (Fr., Rochester, N.Y.) groundout plated Towns to make it 4-3. With two outs, Christian Lowry (Fr., Chesapeake, Va.) beat out an infield single and the throw from the catcher Pazos was errant, allowing Matt Thaiss (So., Jackson, N.J.) to score.

Thaiss homered high off the scoreboard in right-center in the third inning to make it 6-3. The blast was Thaiss's team-leading fifth home run of the season.

UVa scored off the long ball again in the seventh when Pinero went deep to left field for his third homer of the year. The Cavaliers added an unearned run later in the inning when Clement hit a two-out single to bring home Towns.

Virginia tacked a pair of runs on in the eighth on a two-run homer to right by Smith, his third of the season.

Virginia returns home Wednesday to play Old Dominion. The 4 p.m. game at Davenport Field is slated to serve as the Cavaliers' home opener.

Duke's Okafor, Notre Dame's Grant unanimous selections

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor and Notre Dame senior Jerian Grant lead the 2014-15 All-ACC Basketball Team, as voted upon by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA).

Okafor and Grant, both unanimous selections, are joined on the first team by Syracuse forward Rakeem Christmas, Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon and Boston College guard Olivier Hanlan.

Duke's Okafor, a 6-foot-11 center from Chicago, ranks second among ACC scorers at 17.6 points per game and third in rebounding at 9.2 per contest. Okafor has scored 10 or more points in 29 of his 30 games coming into this week's New York Life ACC Tournament, and his 11 "double doubles" in points/rebounds rank fourth in the conference.

Notre Dame's Grant leads the ACC in assists at 6.7 per game and in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.23:1) and is fifth in scoring at 16.8 points per game. The 6-foot-5 guard from Bowie, Maryland, closed the season with a 19-point, eight-assist, five-rebound effort in an 81-67 victory over Clemson Saturday and has scored in double-figures in all but three games this season.

Syracuse's Christmas led the Orange and ranks third among ACC scorers at 17.5 points per game and is fourth in rebounding at 9.1 boards per contest. In addition, the 6-foot-9 senior from Philadelphia, is second in the ACC with 2.5 blocked shots per game and fifth in field goal percentage (.552).

Virginia's Brogdon, a second-team selection a year ago, leads the second-ranked Cavaliers in scoring at 13.7 points per game and is second in assists at 2.6 per game. The 6-foot-5 Atlanta, Georgia, junior is averaging 4.0 rebounds per game and is second in the ACC in free throw percentage at .860.

Boston College's Hanlan, a third-team choice last season, leads the ACC in scoring at 19.4 points per game and is ninth in assists at 4.2 per game. The Aylmer, Quebec, junior closed out the regular season having scored in double figures 24 straight games and has scored 10-or-more points in all but one game this season.

Louisville's Montrezl Harrell (15.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg) and Terry Rozier (17.0 ppg, 2.0 steals), Duke's Quinn Cook (16.0 ppg, .885 FT percentage), NC State's Trevor Lacey (16.1 ppg) and Virginia's Justin Anderson (13.4 ppg, .484 3-point field goal percentage) were voted to the second team.

North Carolina's Marcus Paige (13.5 ppg, 4.4 apg) was the leading vote-getter on the third team. Paige is joined by Duke's Tyus Jones (11.8 ppg, 5.7 apg), Notre Dame's Pat Connaughton (12.6 ppg), Virginia's Anthony Gill (11.6 ppg) and North Carolina's Brice Johnson (12.6 ppg).



2014-15 ACSMA All-ACC Teams

(First place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points)



First Team All-ACC

Jahlil Okafor, Fr., Duke (64) 320

Jerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame (64) 320

Rakeem Christmas, Gr. Syracuse (51) 294

Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia (53) 293

Olivier Hanlan, Jr., Boston College (29) 246



Second Team All-ACC

Montrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville (21) 220

Quinn Cook, Sr., Duke (23) 219

Terry Rozier, So., Louisville (2) 154

Trevor Lacey, Jr., NC State (2) 123

Justin Anderson, Jr., Virginia (5) 106



Third Team All-ACC

Marcus Paige, Jr., North Carolina (4) 97

Tyus Jones, Fr., Duke (2) 89

Pat Connaughton, Sr., Notre Dame 45

Anthony Gill, Jr., Virginia 42

Brice Johnson, Jr., North Carolina 40



Honorable Mention

Jamel Artis, So., Pittsburgh 33

Tonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami 32

London Perrantes, So., Virginia 31

Sheldon McClellan, Jr., Miami 31

Justise Winslow, Fr., Duke 29

Xavier Rathan-Mayes, Fr., Florida State 24

Michael Young, So., Pittsburgh 14

Angel Rodriguez, Jr., Miami 13

Codi Miller-McIntyre, Jr., Wake Forest 12

Kennedy Meeks, So.,North Carolina 10


This post was edited on 3/8 3:14 PM by BradFranklin

UVA wins 10 -3. Waddell gave up 1 earned run. Pinero had 4 hits including a HR. Smith and Thaiss also went deep.
This post was edited on 3/9 1:05 AM by richard2

Somehow, someway, he would have come flying from the side to swat that shot out of bounds.

Losing the last games of the season in back-to-back years and having it not even really faze you as a fan because the ACC regular season title was already in hand.

Boy, Brogdon is a badass!

All I could do was smile when the Louisville player's shot went in. UVA gave it all they had and it takes one supreme effort by the opponent to defeat the Cavs!

After reading Mark Titus's insights on how the committee selects teams, you KNOW a 1/16 rematch with them is coming...

Is how well-coached we were in final minutes. While we did not play particualry well or smart (what was the alley opp pass that LP tried to throw to EN with a couple of minutes left), we were great in the last two minutes. First, MB takes it hard to the hole, draws the foul and hits his free throws. We are now down 2. Needing a stop, we lock down and get it. We then run a perfect play, get MB wide open and he nails the 3. We are up 1 with 9 seconds to go. We then play the pick and roll perfect, requiring Ville's center who has not made a shot in more than a month to nail a 16 footer with a seven footer (MT) in his face. I have no idea if the arc on that shot was his normal arc, but it was a very high arc and was nearly tipped by MT. Unfortunately, it went in.

The final play was also well-designed. Unfortunately, EN threw it wide (although DA did not make a particulary good play on the ball, and I wonder if AG was supposed to be the one who catches the ball and flips it back to MB.)

Regardless, there is always a little luck in b-ball. I am very happy to have this stroke of bad luck happen to us in a meaningless regular season game rather than in the ACCT or in the NCAAs.

I'm not saying it should because he has my vote however sportscasters are talking Calipari with 9 mickyd's playing in a inferior league.should win because Kentucky is undefeated! There is NO ONE who has done close to the job Tony has done, but I think he might get robbed!