While most college basketball conferences are being run by a few powerhouses - Duke in the ACC, Texas in the Big 12, Ohio State in the Big Ten - there is one conference where parity abounds: the Big East.
Just four days after the Virginia women's swimming and diving team made history by winning its fourth consecutive ACC Championship, the men's squad heads to Atlanta, Ga.
[caption id="attachment_40977" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The No. 1 Virginia men's tennis team became the first squad to notch four consecutive ITA National Indoor titles.
The Virginia women's swimming and diving team collected its fourth consecutive ACC title this past weekend, becoming the first women's team in the history of the program to earn four titles in as many years. Virginia did not face an easy road to repeating as conference champions.
[caption id="attachment_40973" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="In the final set of Virginia's matchup against No.
[caption id="attachment_40970" align="alignleft" width="282" caption="Senior midfielder Shamel Bratton moved into No.
In "The Art of War," Sun Tzu wrote, "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles." Others may interpret Tzu's words differently, but in my mind, he was speaking directly to the 2010-11 Virginia men's basketball team and its fans.
[caption id="attachment_40917" align="alignleft" width="172" caption="Senior guard Mustapha Farrakhan shook off an injury sustained early in the second half to carry the Cavaliers with 10 crucial points down the stretch.
If you make your way toward Blacksburg, you might come across a sound that typically whizzes through the frozen forests of southwestern Virginia around this time of year.
[caption id="attachment_40914" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="sWith his game-high four goals, junior attackman Chris Bocklet spearheaded a Cavalier offense that dominated the Dragons in the fourth quarter.
[caption id="attachment_40912" align="alignleft" width="158" caption="Despite freshman guard Ataira Franklin's 10 points in 32 minutes, Virginia's two-game winning streak came to a screeching halt against Boston College.
The No. 7 Virginia women's lacrosse team lost to No. 12 Loyola 15-8 in the season-opener for both teams in Baltimore, Md.
Wrestling: The Cavaliers cruised to a 38-7 road victory against George Mason Thursday as the team won eight of 10 bouts and tied a program record with its 18th dual win this season. Baseball: Junior pitcher Danny Hultzen starred on the mound and at the plate during Friday night's season-opening 6-4 win against Alabama-Birmingham by throwing 6.2 innings of one-run ball and knocking in two runs at the plate. Softball: The Virginia softball team (6-3) opened the East Carolina Pirate Classic by splitting a Friday doubleheader.
[caption id="attachment_40844" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior attackman Chris Bocklet paced Virginia with 53 goals last season, the teams' highest total since 1996.
[caption id="attachment_40842" align="alignleft" width="186" caption="Freshman forward Akil Mitchell has assumed more minutes in place of injured senior forward Will Sherrill.
[caption id="attachment_40837" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Junior catcher John Hicks will fill one of Virginia's numerous empty starting positions, replacing the graduated Franco Valdes as the team's everyday catcher.
[caption id="attachment_40839" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior Charlie Finnigan led the team in scoring last year, tallying 34 goals.
For the first time in 17 years, the No.
After posting a 3-1 record in its first tournament of the season, the Virginia softball team travels to Greenville, N.C.
[caption id="attachment_40748" align="alignleft" width="148" caption="Senior guard Mustapha Farrakhan tallied 11 points on 4-for-14 shooting from the field yesterday evening.
