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SabreMail - March 12, 2007 |
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This Week In Recruiting By Chris Horne Basketball recruiting . Half of UVa's current 2007 recruiting class was in action over the weekend. Last Friday, Mustapha Farrakhan led Thornton Township (Harvey, IL) to a Class AA sectional title championship. The 6'3" guard led Thornton with 15 points - 11 in the fourth quarter - in the 60-49 win over Thornwood. Thornton, which is now 24-5 on the season, moves on to face Hillcrest tomorrow night in a supersectional. The winner of that game moves on to the state quarterfinals. Hargrave Military Academy (25-5) traveled to Washington, D.C., for its final tournament of the season - the National Prep School Basketball Finals. Hargrave, one of four teams selected, fell in the opening round to Bridgton Academy by a score of 121-118 (2OT). UVa signee Mike Scott, a 6'8", 215-pound forward, finished with 21 points in a losing effort. Meanwhile, 2007 target Patrick Patterson, a 6-8, 235-pound five-star power forward out of Huntington (WV), still plans to cut his list of schools from six to three following the end of his senior season. Huntington, seeking its third consecutive state championship, plays in the state playoffs this week. Duke, Florida - which received an unofficial visit from Patterson on the weekend of March 3rd, Kentucky, Virginia, Wake Forest, and West Virginia are vying for the talented prospect's signature. He has made official visits to all five except for West Virginia. Patterson hopes to cut his list to three following his season with a final decision coming next month.
Football recruiting ... UVa 2008 class commitment Tyler Westphal accompanied a teammate on an unofficial visit to Minnesota this past weekend and is supposed to go to Wisconsin this upcoming weekend. According to sources, Westphal has also de-committed from UVa, but we will have more on this situation later this evening or tomorrow at the latest. Stay tuned. Westphal, a 6'6", 230-pound prospect, is being recruited by UVa as an outside linebacker. EDGE subscribers will have a chance to check out his video this week. As a junior last season, Westphal, a defensive end in Menasha's (WI) defense, racked up 11.5 sacks. TheSabre.com will also continue to roll out feature profiles on 2008 prospects, so stay tuned for more updates this week.
Chris Horne, our resident recruiting expert, provides updates throughout the week for Edge subscribers about UVa's commitments and recruiting targets in football and men's basketball. To sign up for an Edge subscription, please check out the Sabre Edge Sign Up and Information Page. 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 ...
Scott Concludes Impressive Regular Season
The State's Top RB Prospect?
FUMA's Dowtin up to 7 Offers
Cavs Heavily Recruiting Dunbar's Ellis More updates since the last SabreMail ...
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Blog Post of the Week This blog post from Vandy-Hoo sums up a lot of Hoos' disappointment after an ACC Tournament loss. The same ol' tired "perspective" post I've been dreading this post all day. Heck, I've been dreading it all week. Because I expected a loss at some point between now and the end of the week - though not so soon - I knew I'd be writing something about how we should all be putting this loss in perspective. And, of course, I've written this sort of post over and over and over this season, so it does get a bit tiresome after a while. It's like our own sort of fan rehab: get too emotional and rabid, then collapse into despair and depression, and then head off to George Welsh's We've Done Better Than Expected Clinic for Erratic Fans. So pardon me if this "perspective" post has a bit of frustration mixed in. And that frustration is aimed at myself, more than anyone, for getting way too ahead of this team's reality. Read the entire entry here.
A Must Read Article The Philadelphia Inquirer's Mike Jensen wrote an interesting article on Virginia's Sean Singletary for the Sunday edition of Singletary's hometown newspaper. The article is a must read for Hoo fans. Read it here.
Cavaliers Hire Receivers Coach Virginia football coach Al Groh today announced the hiring of Wayne Lineburg, a 1996 UVa graduate, as the Cavaliers new wide receivers coach. Lineburg replaces John Garrett who was recently named tight ends coach for the Dallas Cowboys. "We are very pleased to have Wayne join our staff and make his return to the University," Groh said. "As a Virginia graduate, he has a great love and passion for the University and he brings with him a firsthand knowledge of what it takes to successful here as a student-athlete. That's an invaluable combination for us." Read the entire official press release here.
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Issue No. 245 - June 9, 2006 The football program received a boost of sorts this week when Prince George (VA) LB John Bivens was not selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. Had Bivens been drafted and received the amount of money he was looking for, he would have foregone his UVa football scholarship and played professional baseball. The 6'2", 215-pound Bivens projects as a linebacker at Virginia. With an effort toward getting faster and more athletic at the linebacker position, keeping Bivens in the fold is big for the staff. While he only played varsity football his sophomore and senior seasons (skipped his junior year to concentrate on baseball), he is regarded as one of UVa's top signees because of his athleticism and ability. Bivens plans to play both football and baseball for UVa. He will enroll next month. In what would not be good news, there remains serious concern over Glassboro (N.J.) linebacker George Johnson, Jr. and if he will be accepted by UVa Admissions. The 6-5, 215-pound Johnson is a fast, athletic linebacker prospect who has an excellent frame to add and carry more weight. If he is not accepted by UVa, there is a good chance he would never play for the Hoos. Johnson has qualified in terms of NCAA standards.
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Coming Soon The Virginia basketball returns to the NCAA Tournament this Friday when it faces Albany in the South Region's 4-13 game. Plus, the baseball team plays North Carolina in a key early season series this weekend. In other words, it is a big week for the Hoos. The Sabre has plenty of content to keep you excited - here's a sneak peak at some of the articles to expect on the site in the coming days:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Cavaliers Draw No. 4 Seed, Albany
Cavaliers Edge Princeton
UVa Looks To Regroup For NCAA
Hurting Reynolds Struggles In Tampa
Cavaliers Collapse In Second Half
NCSU Sends UVa Packing
Revisiting UVa's "10 Key Questions", Part II
Revisiting UVa's "10 Key Questions", Part I
Scouting Report: Virginia
NCSU Bests Duke To Earn Game With Cavs
Cavaliers Ready For ACC Tournament
Best Seat in the House: Dave Leitao
Best Seat in the House: Mamadi Diane
Flashback: Virginia's ACC Championship Games
Leitao Named ACC Coach Of The Year
5 Things I Learned Against VT & Wake
Around the Horn: Future Looks Bright
Coach Boland's Sabre Q&A No. 1
Singletary, Reynolds Earn All-ACC Honors
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