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Making predictions about Virginia's 2005 football season is tricky business. Athlon Magazine slots the 'Hoos at #22 in its preseason poll, but there's no sense in putting much stock in polls that come out in May. With the Cavs, especially, there are too many question marks coming out of spring practice.
No question the Cavs still have talent, but are they a legit top-25 team? Who knows? If all goes well, they could be a borderline top-10 team and an ACC championship contender. If things go poorly, they may end up in the middle of the league standings - or worse. Edge subscribers can read my post-spring analysis of the offense and defense, but overall I can't remember a year when there was so much uncertainty going into the summer. There are just as many reasons to be optimistic as pessimistic. Heck, it's even hard to be realistic right now. Because until preseason camp begins, we won't know who's playing and what's for real.
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne Basketball recruiting... UVa will play host to the Southern Invitational, which begins tonight and lasts through Sunday. The Southern Invitational is just one of the many tournaments on the AAU basketball circuit, in which a number of top high school basketball players compete every year. One team to watch this weekend is Boo Williams out of Hampton. Williams, who annually has one of the strongest AAU squads, boasts excellent talent this year as well. Potential UVa targets for the 2006 class include Bethel (Hampton, VA) 6-7 forward Duke Crews and Woodside (Newport News, VA) 6-2 combo guard Stefan Welsh. Welsh has been offered by UVa in football and is getting a look in basketball as well. Other players to watch on Boo Williams' squad include 6-3 point guard Eric Hayes (a Maryland commit), 6-9 center/power forward Vernon Macklin (who is transferring from IC Norcom in Portsmouth to Oak Hill Academy) and Franklin County 6-8, 215-pound forward Lewis Witcher. Witcher boasts offers from Maryland and Virginia Tech. In addition, talented rising juniors and rising sophomores will be on hand. 6-5 guard O.J. Mayo, who is one of the top overall players in the 2007 class, plans to be there. Football recruiting... Virginia is one of the early leaders for 6-3, 205-pound athlete Zach Luckett. Luckett, who plays running back for Holy Spirit (Absecon, N.J.) but projects as a wide receiver or safety on the next level, named UVa and Virginia Tech as his current top two schools. Luckett has received an official offer from each program as well as from Boston College, Iowa and North Carolina, among others. UVa assistant coach Mike Groh visited Holy Spirit earlier this week. -- Downingtown (Exton, PA) star Pat Devlin, who looks to be UVa's top target at the quarterback position for 2006, plans on making a decision before the start of his senior season. He has visited UVa on several occasions and seems impressed with what he has experienced so far. This summer, Devlin plans a trip to the University of Miami and the University of Florida. The Miami trip could be key as the Canes have officially offered the 6-3, 200-pound signal caller. Penn State also appears to be heavily in the mix as Devlin has visited there on several occasions. Right now, Devlin says he has no leaders among a group of 14 Division 1-A scholarship offers.
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Leitao filling out his coaching staff
Leitao still has two vacancies to fill, a third assistant's position and a director of basketball operations. Former Cavalier player Jason Williford has interviewed with Leitao and may be hired as the third assistant. Leitao said he wants someone with UVa ties on his staff. Around the Wahoo sports world...
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When you look at Vic Hall, you see an amazing athlete. A guy with a cannon for a right arm and rockets for legs. It's also hard to look past his numbers: 104 touchdown passes, 8,731 passing yards, 13,770 total yards. All Virginia High School League records. But beyond the crazy stats and ridiculous athletic ability, perhaps the most impressive thing about the Gretna High School senior is what you can't see. His heart, his desire and - the most important quality for a quarterback - his leadership.
New UVa head coach Dave Leitao says there are "a tremendous amount of things to do" in establishing his basketball program. New assistant Gene Cross calls it "a whole laundry list of things that need to be done." But Leitao and Cross have established a set of top priorities for the immediate future. In an interview this week, Cross laid out the next 30 days and where the Virginia staff would be focused. That includes reaching out to the top recruiting resources in the region, especially the prominent AAU coaches.
In most years, by the end of the spring game, anyone paying attention usually has a pretty good idea of a team's depth chart and how things are shaping up at each position. But this spring created more questions than it answered for Virginia's defense. Thanks to injuries and academic issues, too many key players saw little or no action last month. While some younger defenders like Chris Johnson emerged as potential stars, it's hard to say that a single spot on UVa's defense looks like a sure thing going into the summer.
Michael McGrew signed a free-agent deal with the New England Patriots over the weekend, bringing the total number of 2004 Cavaliers on NFL rosters to 12. In addition to the seven Virginia players picked in last month's draft, four others signed free-agent contracts within a few days. McGrew joined that group after participating in New England's rookie mini-camp last weekend in Foxborough. He signed a one-year deal with the Patriots and will report back for camp May 16. "With the NFL, nothing's guaranteed, but this guarantees me an opportunity," he said.
Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week Our resident recruiting expert, Chris Horne, provides updates for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please see the sign-up promotion below. If you're already on board as an Edge subscriber, click the links below to catch up on recruiting. Football
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