Your guide to breaking news, recruiting updates and important offers from TheSabre.com! |
|
SabreMail - April 21, 2006 |
Sabre Links
Home Page Football Recruiting
Recruiting Home Basketball Recruiting
Recruiting Home Sabre Edge
Articles/Features Sabre Products
|
||||
Virginia Spring Football Festival - The Sabre Has You Covered
"If things go well today, and everybody who starts the practice finishes the practice, we should have the requisite number of players at each position to go ahead and do that," Groh said when asked about the format on Wednesday. As always, the Sabre will provide you with full coverage of the game and the players involved. Check out www.theSabre.com on Saturday for reports from the game. Of course, there is more to the Spring Game than a football scrimmage. The Cavaliers host a full festival on Saturday that begins at 1:30 p.m. And there are a lot of things to do for kids and adults. Some of the things on the docket:
Also, here's a list of some of the other festivities and areas of interest: (Courtesy of UVa Sports Promotions and Media Relations)
Don't forget that the Sabre has all of the essential Spring Game information in one convenient location for you. So anytime you need information on the weather, parking, the festivities, parking, or just about anything else, just click here! |
|||||
Recruiting News | |||||
This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne
West Springfield QB Peter Lalich This is not a full list, and we will post any new names as we find them out. Stay tuned for updates.
One of Virginia's 2006 class of linebacker recruits is heading to Hargrave Military Academy. 6-2, 245-pound Trenton Central (N.J.) ILB prospect Almondo Sewell recently sent in his payment to Hargrave and will go there for one year before heading to UVa. He will now be a part of the 2007 recruiting class. An excellent talent, the speedy Sewell racked up 125 total tackles in just eight games his senior season. The third-team all-state selection made a state-record 55 tackles over a 3-game period. NT Asa Chapman and CB DeAndre Filer will prep as well, and there seems to be a good chance QB O.C. Wardlow will have to go the same route. There may be a few others as well.
Joining Sewell at Hargrave will be one of UVa's 2006 men's basketball recruits. 6-9, 235-pound Ben C. Rain (Mobile, AL) PF/C Johnnie Lett is heading to Hargrave after falling short on the ACT. Lett averaged close to 16 points and 16 rebounds and four blocks per game in his senior season. In addition to improving academically, the big man is hoping to develop an 18-foot jump shot and improve his free-throw shooting. With a long frame, Lett should be able to add some good weight as well.
|
|||||
Support TheSabre.com's Sponsors | |||||
Today's SabreMail is brought to you by our sponsor PicksPal.
PicksPal, a FREE, online service, is a new type of site where anyone can get together and compete for Sports knowledge Supremacy. If you really know your stuff, there are prizes available such as a portable DVD player, an iPod, or a TV. Features include:
There is already a Sabre league formed that you can join to take on your fellow Sabre-ites. You can pick the NBA, NHL, NCAA hoops, and more! Then: Win your league and proceed to rub it in. Thank you again for supporting our sponsors. Please remember that TheSabre's sponsors are your sponsors! They directly contribute towards our ability to bring you a better Web site. |
|||||
News, Notes and Fan Discussion | |||||
Post of the Week
Subject: Fun With Statistics: Player Similarity Scores
I decided to use the same concept on my database of ACC players, which dates back to the 1979-1980 season. Obviously, the sample size of ACC hoops players over the last 27 years isn't exactly huge, but I do have 2,323 complete player-seasons to work with, so it's not exactly small, either.
The points system goes like this: Start with 1000 points. I know it seems odd to weight Assists, Turnovers, Blocks, and Steals more heavily than Points, but the variation in those categories is smaller than in Points, so a bigger multiplier is needed to tease out the differences there. In any case, I've run the query for each of UVa's 2005-2006 players, and I'll post the top 10 comps for each in replies to this post. Mostly you'll learn things you already knew (there aren't a whole lot of players who fit Adrian Joseph's profile, Sean Singletary is pretty good), but there are a few surprises, too--be sure to check out Mamadi's comps. It's getting late, so I probably won't post any commentary. Maybe tomorrow night I'll run the class-independent comps, just for comparison's sake.
Subject: J.R. Reynolds
Player. . . . . . . . . . . Team . . . Year . . Score Check out 504-C Brandon's statistical comparisons on some of Virginia's other players and follow people's responses to the data on the Basketball Message Board. Then weigh in with your thoughts!
Hot Topic
Subject: Cornerback Blitz
Subject: It's not just about speed with Hall ... I do hope he gets some snaps now and again on offense, but I mainly want to see him on the field a LOT ...
Subject: Why do people hate defense so much? What are your thoughts on Vic Hall? Join the discussion about the Cavaliers' defensive back on the Football Message Board.
Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...
Fore more information on Virignia athletics, check out Virginiasports.com.
|
|||||
UVa Bookstores - The Place for Wahoo Gear! | |||||
|
|||||
What's New on TheSabre.com? | |||||
Sabre articles from the past week
New Coaches Find Groove Quickly
10 Things I Love About the Spring Game
Women's Tennis Rising to Success
Best Seat in the House: Christian Olsen
Around the Horn: Cavs Focus on Stretch Run
Best Seat in the House: Vic Hall
UVa's Offensive Line: Redemption or Renewal?
Best Seat in the House: Dirk Katstra
Defensive Line Growing Up In Spring
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. Sabre Edge recruiting updates from the past week ...
LB Sewell Headed to Hargrave
Alvarez Adds Offers, Makes Visits
Fells-Danzer Shows Speed, Versatility
Haden Talks UVa
Hermitage 2007: Tweedy Lands First Offer
Four Schools Stand Out to Nuss
Lett to Make Best of Hargrave Experience
|
|||||
Sabre Edge | |||||
Get your Wahoo fix. Subscribe to Sabre Edge!
All of the great Sabre Edge content can be yours for the price of $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. Try it for a month and cancel if you like. But we think you'll get hooked on the Edge and find out for yourself why the most knowledgeable Cavalier fans are Edge subscribers. If you're a true Wahoo, then the Sabre Edge is right for you. Check it out! |
SabreMail is a trademark of TheSabre.com - Copyright © 2001 - 2006 - All Rights Reserved |