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(03/21/13 9:01pm)
Perhaps the most devastating stretch of the 2012-13 Virginia basketball season occurred long before a 1-3 finish definitively ended the team’s hopes of earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. In early November, with senior point guard Jontel Evans injured and juniors guard Joe Harris and forward Akil Mitchell still emerging from the shadow of departed forward Mike Scott, the Cavaliers fell to a pair of Colonial Athletic Association teams.
(03/21/13 1:54am)
Sandwiched between marquee matchups against many of the premier programs in the nation, the No. 11 Virginia baseball team meets unranked and largely unknown foes for midweek contests weekly. The crowds are sparse, many regulars sit and opponents have everything to gain and nothing to lose by facing a college baseball powerhouse.
(03/20/13 4:35am)
If the motto for March is “Survive and Advance,” the Virginia basketball team should have left John Paul Jones Tuesday night pleased with the result. But after beating overmatched Norfolk State in the first round of the NIT Tournament 67-56 in an all-around eyesore, the Cavaliers could hardly mask their disappointment.
(03/17/13 10:47pm)
The Virginia men’s basketball team was left out of the NCAA Tournament when the field of 68 was announced on Selection Sunday. The Cavaliers had been on the bubble after losing three of their final four games including a blowout loss to NC State in the second round of the ACC Tournament.
(03/08/13 2:36am)
Florida State senior guard Michael Snaer converted an and-one layup with 4.4 seconds remaining to spoil a furious Cavalier comeback and put a wrench in the Virginia basketball team’s postseason aspirations.
(03/01/13 6:35am)
John Paul Jones could have been mistaken for Cameron Indoor Thursday, except the streamers that filled the student section were orange and blue and the capacity crowd chanted “Let’s go Wahoos.” Fans hollered on the game’s first play when junior forward Akil Mitchell did not receive a foul call and jeered as Duke senior forward Mason Plumlee missed a layup on the ensuing possession. When junior guard Joe Harris knocked down the game’s first field goal, fans reacted as if the team had just won an NCAA Tournament game, and when freshman guard Justin Anderson’s block set up sophomore guard Paul Jesperson’s 3-pointer for a 5-0 lead, the arena reached a new decibel level entirely.
(02/28/13 4:15am)
When a weary Akil Mitchell saw freshman forward Mike Tobey putting on his practice uniform to take the court for the first time in weeks, the junior forward could not contain his elation. He realized immediately that Tobey’s return meant that he would get a break every now and then.
(02/27/13 10:08pm)
The Virginia football team learned Wednesday that safety Quin Blanding would become the second Bayside High School standout and five-star prospect to commit to the University this month. Blanding, the top-rated safety in the 2014 recruiting class and the number four prospect overall according to Rivals.com, announced his decision in a press conference at the Virginia Beach high school.
(02/25/13 12:02am)
Senior point guard Jontel Evans had a message for his squad after the Virginia men’s basketball team’s double-digit lead was slashed to five early in the second half against Georgia Tech Sunday: “Don’t let history repeat itself.”
(02/21/13 5:58am)
The tale of Virginia basketball this season has been one of two separate teams. One is a frantic defensive unit that shows up at John Paul Jones wearing white, feeding off the energy of the home crowd to score blowout victories. The other is a blue-clad squad that travels across the country, seeming to constantly forget the passion and shooting stroke enjoyed in the comfort of Charlottesville.
(02/20/13 5:52am)
Freshman forward Evan Nolte rattled home a 3-pointer from the right wing with 14 seconds left to even the score at 50 apiece against No. 2 Miami Tuesday evening in Coral Gables, but Hurricane senior center Reggie Johnson exploited a defensive breakdown for a game-winning layup to propel Miami to its 14th straight victory, 54-50.
(02/13/13 6:45am)
Coach Tony Bennett and the Virginia basketball team are trying to pull the wool over your eyes. Believe what you see, not what you hear.
(02/12/13 1:47am)
Coach Tony Bennett did not hesitate when he saw freshman wunderkind Justin Anderson cough up a turnover with a showboating behind-the-back-dribble in the Virginia basketball team’s 78-41 blowout win against Clemson last Thursday. Bennett pointed to the bench, and told his 18-year-old phenom, “That’s not what we need.”
(02/11/13 1:12am)
The Virginia men’s basketball team carried its momentum from last week’s historic defeat of Clemson Thursday into College Park Sunday, beating Maryland 80-69. The game was uncharacteristically high scoring for the defensively-minded Cavaliers (17-6, 7-3 ACC).
Junior guard Joe Harris scored a game-high 22 points on a blistering 7-of-8 shooting streak, and freshman guard Justin Anderson added a career-high 17 points and nine rebounds in his second consecutive start for the shorthanded Cavaliers. Anderson, who originally committed to play for the Terrapins when he was in high school (17-7, 5-6 ACC), scored 14 of his 17 points in the first half while enduring a chorus of boos and chants of “we don’t need you” from Maryland fans each time he touched the ball.
(02/08/13 3:50am)
Junior forward Akil Mitchell is no Ralph Sampson, but standing tall as the team’s last remaining big man, Mitchell led the Virginia basketball team to its biggest win since Sampson patrolled the paint. The Cavaliers rewrote the record books in their 78-41 demolition of Clemson Thursday night, earning their most lopsided conference win since March 11, 1983 and setting a John Paul Jones Arena record with their 13th straight home victory.
(01/30/13 11:18pm)
Virginia football coach Mike London did not wait long to fill the coaching vacancy left by offensive coordinator Bill Lazor’s abrupt departure for the NFL Tuesday. One day after the former Cavalier assistant announced he would be leaving the University to become quarterbacks coach for the Philadelphia Eagles, London tapped former Colorado State head coach Steve Fairchild as Lazor’s replacement.
(01/30/13 6:38am)
There is undeniable appeal in watching a juggernaut churn out championships. The Yankees’ 27 titles attract fans nationwide. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick earn admiration across the NFL. Few teams in the NBA can challenge the star-laden Miami Heat.
(01/26/13 11:41pm)
Boston College did its best imitation of the Virginia basketball team in the first half of Saturday’s game at John Paul Jones Arena. But lately, no team can quite match the Cavaliers’ unique style in Charlottesville.
(01/22/13 3:28am)
The Virginia basketball team outplayed Florida State in every way imaginable for a full 40 minutes Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena. But one 15-second sequence best encapsulated the near-complete transformation the Cavaliers have undergone since senior point guard Jontel Evans returned from a foot injury.
(01/20/13 12:44pm)
The Virginia basketball team outplayed Florida State in every way imaginable for a full 40 minutes Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena. But one 15-second sequence best encapsulated the near-complete transformation the Cavaliers have undergone since the return of senior point guard Jontel Evans from a foot injury.