Now that the Cavalier men's basketball team has claimed sole possession of fourth place in the Conference with Saturday's 88-82 victory over N.C.
After emerging from my one-year tour of duty as Sports Editor for this publication, I decided to return to the real world and - for only about the fifth time in two years - actually attend a men's basketball game as a fan.
The North Carolina basketball teams grabbed half of this week's ACC honors as shooting guards Joseph Forte and Nikki Teasley were named Men's Rookie of the Week and Women's Player of the Week, respectively. Forte scored 40 points in the Tar Heel wins against N.C.
Renee Robinson's tie-breaking foul shot with 0.4 seconds left capped a 57-55 victory over Arkansas State yesterday, giving Virginia women's Coach Debbie Ryan her 520th win in her 700th career game. The victory boosted the Cavs' record to 19-6 overall.
Don't call it a comeback, just call it coming home. After dropping three consecutive away games, the Virginia men's basketball team returned to University Hall Saturday night ready to plays with home-court advantage against N.C.
After picking up three personal fouls in a little over two minutes, Virginia center Travis Watson was forced to take a seat on the bench with his team only up four against N.C.
Senior leadership is a slippery term, one bandied about with careless abandon in the world of collegiate athletics.
After a lopsided victory over James Madison last Wednesday, the Virginia wrestling team took a step backward Saturday by falling to Virginia Tech, 23-20, at Memorial Gymnasium.
Steve Swanson was named head coach of the Virginia women's soccer team yesterday, four weeks after former coach April Heinrichs left the Cavalier program to take the helm of the U.S.
Sometimes women's basketball - especially ACC women's basketball - can launch a happy, go-lucky student-athlete into the depths of depression and misery.
After enduring a grueling four-game road trip, the Virginia men's basketball team should be relieved to return to the friendly confines of Charlottesville. The Cavs' long road has come full circle and they will try to piece things back together against N.C.
Coming off an emotional loss Monday to North Carolina, the No. 24 Virginia women's basketball team looked to put its season back on track against Florida State last night at University Hall.
Like eating a good breakfast to start the day, a wrestling team needs a strong start in the lower weight classes to get the momentum rolling in its favor. Virginia (3-4, 0-1 ACC) got jumpstarted last night by steam-rolling its way through the first five matches of the night en route to a 27-7 victory over James Madison (3-3) at Memorial Gym. "I really thought like we broke these guys," Cav Coach Lenny Bernstein said.
ATLANTA-Dining hall meals and eight o'clock classes have never sounded so good. The Virginia men's basketball team will be thrilled to get back to Charlottesville after capping a 1-3 ACC road trip with a 68-47 loss at Georgia Tech last night that was as frustrating for the Cavaliers as the score indicates. Virginia (15-8, 5-5 ACC) knew it would have to deal with the inside brawn of Yellow Jacket twin towers Alvin Jones and Jason Collier.
Sports columnists are a jealous bunch - myself included. Not lithe enough to tiptoe a sideline, not explosive enough to dunk a basketball, not buff enough to bench press Muggsy Bogues, we instead spend our precious days and nights stabbing our sardonic pens right through the backs of the athletes we always revered but never were good enough to become. Rarely does a sports journalist turn defense attorney, but that's exactly what I'm prepared to do.
Following a tough loss to a down-and-out North Carolina team Monday, the Cavalier women's basketball squad hopes to get back into the win column tonight at home against Florida State. The Seminoles (9-12, 2-8 ACC) may appear to be an easy target, but they threw a scare into N.C.
Ryan McGrath earned the ACC Wrestler of the Week Award yesterday, becoming the first Cavalier to reap that honor this season. McGrath won his last six matches, including back-to-back titles in the 184-pound class at both the Virginia State Wrestling Intercollegiate Championships and the American University Congressional Cup. McGrath's win streak is a season high and the longest current streak on the team. Blue Devils' streak ends After two seasons of dominating ACC men's basketball from top to bottom, No.
As soon as the NCAA men's basketball tournament brackets were announced last March, Wake Forest Coach Dave Odom held up the format of the ACC schedule as the reason only three Conference teams made The Dance. Odom theorized that since ACC teams face each other twice during the regular season, each team had two losses to the unstoppable Blue Devils almost automatically, and most teams had at least one loss to Maryland or North Carolina.
The best wrestler in the Commonwealth of Virginia is not 6-foot-5 and 300 pounds, like the monsters of the World Wrestling Federation.
After dropping its last two games, the Virginia men's basketball team faces a crucial contest tonight in Atlanta against Georgia Tech. Tonight's 7:30 p.m.
