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SabreMail Contest, Week #17 Most recent contest: Write a short song lyric about new Virginia basketball coach Dave Leitao. Last week's SabreMail Contest asked readers to submit a song lyric about new Virginia basketball coach Dave Leitao. We had a few entries, but this week's winner is Richard Rogers. Check out the winning entry:
To the tune of ABBA's "Mamma Mia": Thanks to his winning entry, Richard has received a free one-month subscription to Sabre Edge, our premium content covering University of Virginia athletics, and a prize pack bonus from one of music's newest up-and-coming stars: Niki Barr. The prize pack features Niki's latest CD "Lush" and a promotional copy of her DVD "Wasted Time." If you didn't win, don't worry. You can download Niki's music at places like iTunes, MusicMatch, Napster, MusicNow and many more! After Thursday night's thrilling win over North Carolina in University Hall and the thread of the week (see below), this week's SabreMail contest is a time for reflecting. What's Your Best Basketball Memory in University Hall? SabreMail will feature several of the best entries next week and the winner will receive a free one-month subscription to Sabre Edge, our premium content covering University of Virginia athletics.
Please send your entry to [email protected] with the header: SabreMail Contest. Thanks, and good luck!
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne UVa landed two commitments this week and both project for the safety position. Sunday night, Edgewater (Orlando, FL) 3-star prospect Michael Parker verbally committed to the 'Hoos over Wake Forest and offers from Clemson, Georgia Tech and South Carolina. Parker has good size at around 6-2, 185 pounds, and he was electronically timed at 4.6 in the 40-yard dash at the Nike camp in Miami last year. "Coach Groh told me he really liked the way I hit," Parker told TheSabre.com earlier this week. Parker, who attended UVa's summer camp in 2005, earned second-team all-Central Florida honors by the Orlando Sentinel for his senior year performance. 6-1˝, 192-pound Winston Churchill (Bethesda, MD) standout Matt Leemhuis camped at Virginia as well, but only received an official offer from the 'Hoos several weeks ago. Leemhuis racked up 100 tackles and had three interceptions his senior season, earning second-team all-metro honors from the Washington Post. Leemhuis, who also camped at UVa last summer, chose the Cavs over California. He made an official visit to Cal on the weekend of January 6 and had a great time, but felt UVa was in his heart in the end. "Virginia was always my number one school," Leemhuis said. "It was my gut feeling. I felt comfortable there. My whole family is on the East Coast, so they can all come and watch my games. Cal is just a little too far. And a point that Virginia made was what would I do if I couldn't play football anymore...would I fit in wherever I was? I think I'm a UVa guy. I have a lot of friends who go to UVa. I had a great time at Cal, but I just went with my gut feeling." The commitments of Parker and Leemhuis bring Virginia's total to 22 for the 2006 class. Virginia could take at least five more players, possibly more.
This weekend's visitor list looks like this.
Of the uncommitted prospects, Virginia's best chances for commitments come from WR Donald Bowens, TE Jack Shields and DT Gavin Smith. Check out the latest Countdown to Signing Day article for the latest detailed updates on these and other recruits heading into Signing Day 2006. For more recruiting information and updates, please sign up for Sabre Edge. |
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Thread of the Week Subject: Carolina's last trip to UHall Posted by: chiefwahoo on Wed Jan 18 2006 8:06:30 PM Message: There are a ton of great games we've seen with them at Uhall. I hope we can give them one last beating in the old clam. My favorites...probably beating them in '86 when they were #1 and undefeated. And the game in '95 was awesome, I think Harold Deane scored 18 straight points in the 2nd half .
Subject: Loved the '89 game Posted by: 007 Hoo on Thu Jan 19 2006 9:39:33 AM Message: That game was a turning point in my favorite UVA season ever. As I faintly recall, the team was struggling, then Coach Holland went into the hospital for a couple of games, Odom was coaching, but it was Richard Morgan who took over. From my time as a student, I recall the '94 and '95 games vividly. In '94, a first-year Harold Deane and a third-year Junior Burrough led the 'Hoos to a victory that was another turning-point game for a season. Remember Junior's bank-shot three with somewhere around/under five minutes to go? Harold showed amazing guts. In '95, Carolina was good - really good. Stackhouse, Wallace, McInnis. JJ innovated that game and put Chris Alexander - UVA's center - on Stackhouse, and shut him down. That '95 team was a great one, and earned a share of first in the ACC in one of the most competitive (at the top) ACC seasons ever.
Subject: Recent grads won't forget the 00-01 game Posted by: dunnwv on Wed Jan 18 2006 9:27:43 PM Message: when they were recently undefeated and UVa beat them by 20. Craziest hooville i remember, total chaos, stood for 4 hrs in a row before they let us in. The outcome of the game was decided before it began. To read the entire thread, click the link below.
It was certainly a good week for the Cavaliers on the hardwood as Dave Leitao's team knocked off Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and North Carolina in Charlottesville. In both games, the Hoos faced adversity before responding with a victory down the stretch. Relive the action with these articles:
Cavaliers Win at Virginia Tech
Two Cavalier post players - Laurynas Mikalauskas and Tunji Soroye - had fouled out, plus J.R. Reynolds was in second-half foul trouble. The Hokies had surged into the lead on the strength of a 10-0 run. Still, the Cavaliers found a way to win. By closing the game on a 10-0 run of their own, including Adrian Joseph's game-winning 3-pointer in the final 50 seconds, the Cavs defeated VT in Blacksburg on Sunday, 54-49. "It was a great [win]. It feels great," Joseph told the Virginia Sports Network. "It's a sign of hard work, which we do every day in practice, and it results in a W."
"Obviously, I'm very, very proud of our guys and their effort," UVa coach Dave Leitao said. "To compete and win means a lot for our guys, means a lot obviously for our program at the beginning stages. "I'm proud of the way we toughed it out." To get the most in-depth analysis, Edge subscribers can read the stories below. If you're interested in joining Sabre Edge, please sign up here. Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...
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Sabre articles from the past week
Brooks to Return; Singletary Battling Injuries "I came to Virginia to earn my degree and help Virginia become a great team," Brooks said in a news release. "I still have a lot of unfinished business to meet my goals."
Cavaliers Win at Virginia Tech
Best Seat in the House Special: Perry Brooks
For Your Consideration: An Application for Legendary Status
Florida State at Virginia photo gallery
Greg's Game Grades: Final Marks Are In
Notes: Groh Adds Coach, Hoops Heating Up
Chalktalk: Defending the Post
Cavaliers Upset Carolina
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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