Resiliency is one of the most important attributes for a team while navigating through the highs and lows of the ACC regular season.
It was over almost immediately after it began. The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils (19-1, 7-0 ACC) streaked out to a 20-2 advantage to open Saturday night's game against Virginia (10-7, 4-3 ACC) en route to an 82-63 win. "The game got away from us very early," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said.
With 1:52 left in the first half, a succession of plays began that were indicative of the entire women's basketball game.
A painted banner on the wall of the AFC yesterday read, "We heart our fourth years," and listed the names of all the senior women swimmers and divers.
DURHAM, N.C.--A few observations from my trip to the State University of New Jersey --Durham (oops, I mean Duke): This is tough for me to say, but the time has come.
The Virginia wrestling team will look to open their 2006 ACC schedule with a win Friday night when it hosts visiting North Carolina at 7 p.m.
Even the more optimistic folks among Virginia's fan base may not have seen this coming. The Cavaliers have reeled off three straight victories and have already matched last season's conference win total of four.
Debbie Ryan's squad has not started a season 0-3 at home in ACC play in over ten years. On Sunday, the Cavaliers will host Florida State in an attempt to extend this streak. The theme of the day Sunday will be revenge. The Cavaliers' lone road loss of the season came at the hands of Florida State Jan.
The Virginia men's basketball team is hot; winners of three ACC games in a row and tied for second in the conference standings.
Last weekend, the men's and women's swimming and diving teams traveled down to North Carolina and defeated longtime rival North Carolina at their last home meet.
There are certain things that change for a team from year to year. A new freshman class comes in, the old seniors graduate, the new seniors take on increased responsibilities.
Of the many Debbie Ryan-isms, one stands out the most in these tough two weeks of play. "[Just] keep taking one game at a time," junior center Siedah Williams said.
Virginia fans are riding high right now. We're talking Keith Jenifer high. And who can blame them?
In front of the second-largest crowd in team history, No. 1 Virginia ousted Virginia Commonwealth behind the clutch performances of sophomore Somdev Devvarman and senior Doug Stewart.
After a three-game road trip to start the season, the Cavaliers are home and ready to defend their No.
Everybody who sees Sean Singletary today should thank him. No, they should all bow down and worship the ground he walks on, in the futile hope that maybe, just maybe, some of his basketball prowess will rub off on them.
There is just no stopping him. Buoyed by Sean Singletary's 22-point, second-half scoring outburst, Virginia cruised to a 71-51 victory over Miami last night at U-Hall.
My last column, which ran years ago in 2005, was the Waterworld of columns for me. Translation: not good.
Riding high on the wave of momentum built by two straight conference victories
With the first column of the semester, it seems only fitting to have a year in review column detailing who should be feeling the love and who should be left out in the cold.
