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Leitao's Club To Play Three Games In Canada
Virginia Athletic Media Relations The Virginia men's basketball team will start preparations for the 2008-09 season a little early because of a trip to Montreal featuring three exhibition games at the end of August. Virginia is scheduled to leave for Montreal on Aug. 29 and play two games on Aug. 30. The Cavaliers play one game on Aug. 31 before returning home that day. UVa is scheduled to play St. Lawrence College in the morning and Concordia University in the afternoon on Aug. 30. Both games will be played at Concordia. The Cavaliers are scheduled to play at McGill University on the morning of Aug. 31. Virginia can begin practicing for the trip on Aug. 19 and the Cavaliers are allowed 10 practices before leaving for Montreal. UVa's three freshmen - John Brandenburg, Sylven Landesberg, and Assane Sene - can play in the games, but can't begin practicing with the team in preparation for the trip until classes begin at Virginia on Aug. 26. "I am excited to get an early look at our team," said Virginia head coach Dave Leitao. "It will give us a chance to establish some roles and make some early decisions." Virginia seniors Mamadi Diane and Laurynas Mikalauskas will not play in the games because of injuries.
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This Week In Recruiting Basketball recruiting Tuesday will be a big day for the University of Virginia, as one of its top 2009 class targets will be making an unofficial visit to Georgetown. Georgetown is Virginia's prime competition for Montrose Christian (Rockville, MD) wing forward Tristan Spurlock, a 6-8, 216-pound rising senior who is rated a 4-star prospect by Rivals.com and Scout.com. Spurlock is also considering Clemson, N.C. State and Wake Forest, but for all intents and purposes the primary two contenders right now are the Cavaliers and Hoyas. The versatile talent is not expected to take a lot of time in making a decision following Tuesday's visit, as he told TheSabre.com on Sunday that a decision could come within the next two weeks. For more on Spurlock, check out the article posted yesterday on the Sabre EDGE. In the article, Spurlock discusses the impending visit, the job the Virginia coaches have done in recruiting him, as well as his friendship with UVa rising senior point guard commit Jontel Evans. We'll be sure to follow up with the talented prospect following his visit to Georgetown, which certainly promises to be an important factor in his college decision. While there is still hope for some very good news from Tristan Spurlock, the Ryan Kelly ship appears to have sailed. The 6-9 Ravenscroft (Raleigh, N.C.) star has narrowed his list of schools to six and Virginia is no longer in the running. TheSabre.com is confirmed the information with Kelly. Kelly's final six schools (in alphabetical order) are Duke, Georgetown, Notre Dame, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest. "I am very grateful to all of the schools who have shown an interest in me as a person and as a basketball player," said Kelly. "I have met some of the greatest guys in this process and it has been very difficult to narrow this list down. I plan on taking some visits, learning more about what each university has to offer academically, and getting a closer look at each team. Again, I want to thank my family, my high school coach, Kevin Billerman, and my friends for their continued support." Even Kelly seemingly out of the picture, look for the Virginia staff to go for three commits in this class if they can get the right players. An additional scholarship has opened up with the news that UVa forward Will Harris has decided to transfer out of the program.
Football recruiting Several Virginia football targets came off the board last week. Pennsylvania offensive lineman Nick Kindler committed to West Virginia, while Charlotte (N.C.) Latin cornerback/wide receiver Ross Cockrell committed to Duke. While Virginia was still recruiting Kindler very hard, the Cavaliers may have backed off of Cockrell according to Latin head coach Larry McNulty. With Kindler's commitment, it will be interesting to see if Virginia extends new offers along the offensive line. We provided updates on several possibilities last week, including Immaculata (Somerville, N.J.) tackle Cody Bohler and Brookville (Lynchburg, VA) guard prospect Devin Bolling. This week, stay tuned for the latest on St. Xavier (Cincinnati, OH) defensive end Pat Muldoon. The 6-4, 265-pound prospect is down to four schools - Boston College, Cincinnati, Virginia and Wisconsin - and plans to take all four official visits before making a decision, head coach Steve Specht comments on his star's recruitment. Also this week, stay tuned for the latest on Delaware stud wide receiver Justin Brown. Brown did not make a previously scheduled unofficial visit to Virginia last week, but he says he does intend to visit Charlottesville at some point. We'll also provide more updates this week on current commitments. In recent weeks, we have provided updates on offensive lineman Luke Bowanko, wide receiver/quarterback Quintin Hunter, and Moorestown (N.J.) offensive lineman Cody Wallace.
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 ...
Quintin Hunter Eyeing Big Senior Season
Impending Decision for Spurlock?
Thompson Aims High For Senior Season More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Meet the Team Day Set for Aug. 10
Virginia Athletic Media Relations The Virginia football team will hold its popular "Meet the Team Day" this year on Sunday, Aug. 10. Cavalier fans will have the chance to interact with the players on Virginia's 2008 squad and head coach Al Groh. Meet the Team Day takes place at the Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium. Players will be available for photos and autographs from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Gates to the stadium open at 2 p.m.
Blog Banter: Homework I'll be doing the last program update in the next few days - Track and Field is always a tough one to research - and then I'll be figuring out this year's ranking of Virginia programs. And, this year, it'll be more interactive: I'm going to solicit your thoughts on the boards and through email about the ranking of the programs, and then create a composite reader ranking averaging things out as best we can. So, check out all the programs and the background on this whole thing by clicking the "Ranking the Programs" category and scrolling through the posts. Read this entry and find the links to previous wrap-ups too! Keep in touch with all the hot topics around Virginia athletics on The Good Ol' Blog.
Rob Mahini (Vandy-Hoo)
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Issue No. 293 - May 21, 2007
This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ...
Dowling originally signed with UVa in the class of 2006, but needed to go to Hargrave Military Academy for one year to raise his standardized test score. He had a breakout year for Hargrave's postgraduate football squad, starting at cornerback throughout the season. Moreover, the athletic Dowling, who has been timed at sub-4.5 seconds in the 40 and has posted a 40-inch vertical leap, played through the season without injury. Throughout his career at Deep Creek, Dowling was plagued with nagging injuries. Dowling projects initially as a defensive back and he will likely get looks for safety and cornerback. Assuming Dowling is all set, only one 2007 class recruit, Ballou (Washington, D.C.) offensive tackle Lamar Milstead, has work to do to qualify. The 6-5, 270-pound Milstead just needs to improve on his SAT score, but he is confident he will make the grade.
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What's New on TheSabre.com? | |||||
Coming Soon The Sabre has you covered when it comes to Hoo news. Here are a few of the articles to expect on the site soon:
In Case You Missed It ... Sabre articles since the last SabreMail
Harris To Transfer
Blog Banter: Green Set To Present Father
JHoo's Summer Reading '08: Safeties
Cavalier Conversation - Al Groh
Best Seat In The House: Chris Slade
Why or Why Not? 2008 Predictions |
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