Quarterback dilemma continues
Nothing can divide a town, or University Grounds for that matter, more than a quarterback controversy - a dilemma Virginia faces entering the 2001 season.
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Nothing can divide a town, or University Grounds for that matter, more than a quarterback controversy - a dilemma Virginia faces entering the 2001 season.
For the first time in 19 years, a new head football coach, other than George Welsh, was prowling the Virginia sidelines. The Al Groh era began at Virginia on Saturday in the final spring football practice held at Kl
(This is the last article examining proposed restructuring of the Virginia athletics program.)
(This is the second article in a four-part daily series examining proposed restructuring of the Virginia athletics program.)
Rutgers sophomore basketball player Todd Billet, who Virginia coach Pete Gillen originally recruited two years ago, announced todayhis intentions to transfer to Virginia. Billet, a 6-foot, 185-pound guard, averaged 16.6 points and 4.2 assists and earned third-team Big East honors last year for the Scarlet Knights.
The No. 12 Virginia men's basketball team begins postseason play Firday in the ACC Tournament. For the first time since the 1996-97 season - after which the Cavaliers struggled for even the easiest ACC win - the team is likely to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
The odds were stacked against Virginia men's tennis players Brian Vahaly and Huntley Montgomery as they entered National Indoors this past weekend.
What's in a name?
The Virginia men's basketball team came out hot, led by the inspired play of Stephane Dondon, and defeated the Nantucket Nectars 95-80 in its final exhibition game.
Last season the Virginia men's basketball team lacked a pure center, putting it at a disadvantage against teams with large front lines. Travis Watson, a 6-foot-7 natural power forward, was forced into the position out of necessity and played admirably. But in their quest for ACC crowns and Final Four appearances, Virginia coach Pete Gillen and his staff are searching for a player to dominate the University Hall paint like Ralph Sampson did two decades ago.
Two years after putting together a top-five recruiting class, the Virginia men's basketball program again has an abundance of scholarships to hand out and plenty of talented prospects to pursue.
What was Brian Vahaly's reward for becoming just the second tennis player ever to compete in the finals for both singles and doubles at the T. Rowe Price National Clay Courts Sunday?
As they head to Atlanta today for their respective ACC Tournaments, the Virginia tennis teams face uphill battles in their challenges to the conference throne. Both the Cavalier men's and women's squads have hopes of shaking up the ACC hierarchies that have them in the middle of the conference pack.
As the finishing touches are being applied to Scott Stadium, the Virginia football team's makeover continued Friday night at Klöckner Stadium in the annual spring game. Returning starter Dan Ellis started the contest at quarterback, but both freshmen backups showed promise as the offense defeated the defense, 30-19.
The Virginia men's tennis team split its matches against the ACC's top two teams this weekend by falling to No. 6 Duke yesterday after upsetting No. 16 North Carolina Saturday.
One year before Ronald Curry's infamous decision to attend North Carolina, it was Virginia that plucked two prominent tennis players from the Tar Heels' backyard.
On a day when rain forced a move indoors to the Boar's Head Sports Club, the Virginia men's tennis team created its own flood of victories, dispatching N.C. State 7-0 Saturday.
If their previous matches are any indication, paramedics best be on call this afternoon in Richmond when No. 4 Brian Vahaly renews his rivalry with the country's No. 1 player, Daniel Andersson of Virginia Commonwealth.
Virginia 125-pounder Steve Garland reached the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships but lost 7-3 to second-seed Jeremy Hunter of Penn State Saturday in St. Louis.
(This is part three in a three-part daily series on the Virginia men's basketball program under Coach Pete Gillen.)