LETTER: Mischaracterizing a tangled war
Misleading and disingenuous, the recent guest column “We must expect more of our institutional leaders” consistently and intentionally mischaracterizes the Israel-Hamas war.
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Misleading and disingenuous, the recent guest column “We must expect more of our institutional leaders” consistently and intentionally mischaracterizes the Israel-Hamas war.
Currently sitting in a three-way tie for fourth place in the ACC, Virginia has fallen slightly behind the success of last year as the Cavaliers shared the regular season conference title with Miami. A 13-5 record is nothing to scoff at, but a 1-4 road record with four costly blowout losses is certainly cause for concern entering the gauntlet of ACC play.
Graduate transfer Jordan Minor arrived at Virginia after four formidable years at Merrimack, expected by many to provide an intimidating interior presence. In his first two months with the Cavaliers, though, he barely made a dent. That changed dramatically in Wednesday night’s showdown with Virginia Tech.
Junior guard Taine Murray is a hard worker, someone who weathered protracted bouts of severely limited playing time. He is an emblem of an old generation of college basketball, the rare player who put his nose to the grindstone instead of putting his name in the transfer portal. He is, finally, a rotation player.
The Cavaliers have had a strange season so far. While they boast a seemingly solid 10-3 record, those losses have looked uncharacteristically ugly. Notre Dame drubbed Virginia 76-54 Saturday, throttling the Cavaliers instantly to deliver a shocking result. The loss altered Virginia’s outlook. A 77-54 loss two weeks ago to then-No. 23 Memphis, viewed by many as hopefully only an outlier, now seems more like a prelude.
Coach Tony Bennett watched as his Virginia men’s basketball team smothered a strong No. 14 Texas A&M team in a 59-47 victory Nov. 29. But while Bennett’s presence is felt most often during the 40 minutes in front of the raucous crowd, his work outside the spotlight of the main court of John Paul Jones Arena was finally showing its merits in arguably the biggest game of the season so far.
Three freshmen emerged from the tunnel before Virginia men’s basketball’s season-opener against Tarleton State, wearing sweatpants and warmup jackets, trailing their teammates. They milled about, high-fiving players cycling through layup lines as their teammates warmed up.
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