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Sabre Basketball Preview Continues The Virginia men's basketball team tips off the 2009-2010 season on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. with a home game at the John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers host Longwood for the opener. Fortunately, Hoo fans, you don't have to wait until then to get fired up for the season. The Sabre's Hoo Hoops Preview 2009 hit the site last week with stories on Jeff Jones, shooting, and more! Leading up to the opener, The Sabre will have more stories this week on Solomon Tat, the schedule, and more. We've already brought you stories this fall on Jason Williford, Ron Sanchez, and Ritchie McKay as well (check out the archives for those articles). Make sure you're a Sabre EDGE subscriber so you can get inside the huddle with the Cavaliers this season! Sign up here.
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This Week In Recruiting Virginia men's basketball takes the stage this week, not just with its regular season opener against Longwood, but with the start of the early signing period for Division 1 men's basketball. Wednesday marks the first day high school seniors can sign letters of intent. The Cavaliers have received five verbal commitments in the 2010 class and all five are expected to sign in the early period. The five recruits in Tony Bennett's first full class as the Cavaliers' head coach are:
A pair of highly respected basketball recruiting analysts will take a look at Virginia's class this week. Stay tuned for detailed analysis from the ACC Sports Journal's Brick Oettinger and Scout.com's Dave Telep. The ACC Sports Journal has Johnson as Virginia's most highly rated recruit, coming in at No. 56 nationally. All five of Virginia's prospects are in the Journal's Preseason Top 200 list.
Football Notes ... Holy Cross (Flushing, N.Y.) outside linebacker prospect Chris Brathwaite is scheduled to make an official visit to UVa this weekend. We'll catch up with the 6-1, 255-pound Virginia commitment, who will make his first visit to UVa since attending Al Groh's camp this summer. Be sure to check out a feature update on DeMatha Catholic's football program, which features Virginia defensive back recruit Kyrrel Latimer. Outstanding head coach Bill McGregor discusses Latimer's senior season performance and gives the scoop on future prospects coming through the Stags' program. Elsewhere on the commitment front, running back Kevin "KP" Parks Jr inched closer to setting the North Carolina High School all-time rushing yardage record currently held by current N.C. State running back Toney Baker. The 5-7, 190-pound Parks rushed for 261 yards and five touchdowns in an opening round playoff win last Friday. West Rowan is the defending Class 3-A State Champion. Also this week, the annual Hargrave/Fork Union game takes place on Friday. Stay tuned for the latest on offensive linemen Morgan Moses and Cody Wallace, both Virginia commits, as they take the field for head coach John Shuman.
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 ...
Gwynn Park RB Pledges to Virginia
Improved Harris Ready for Senior Season More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Camp Wahoo's Food Drive The Sabre's good friends at Camp Wahoo - a tailgating group of Cavalier fans - are holding a "Hoos for the Hungry Food Drive" this weekend to benefit The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank was established in 1981 to help feed hungry people throughout Virginia and serves 25 counties and nine cities in northern and central Virginia. The bank has distributed more than 100 million pounds of food. The drive is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14, the day of the Boston College game. It will run from 8 a.m. until kickoff of the game. Please visit the Camp Wahoo tailgate on your way to the game and drop off canned goods or other non-perishible foods to help reach the goal of donating 400 pounds of food to feed the area's hungry families. The Camp Wahoo tailgate is located on the corner of McCormick Road and Cabell Drive on game days. This location is just beside Clark Hall, near the UVA Bookstore, and the 'East M' parking lot.
Sabre Polls! The Sabre unveiled a new feature late last week when we added fan polls to The Good Ol Blog. The subject of the first poll is the men's basketball team. How many ACC games will Tony Bennett's team win in his first season on the sidelines? As of Monday morning, 156 fans had voted in the poll. Vote now!
Sene Suspended For First Three Games UVa Athletics Media Relations, Official Release Virginia sophomore center Assane Sene has been suspended for the first three games of the 2009-10 regular season by men's head basketball coach Tony Bennett for conduct detrimental to the team. Sene will also not play in the Cavaliers' closed scrimmage with St. John's on Sunday, Nov. 8. "We have expectations for the individuals in our program that Assane has not met," Bennett said. "He will not play in our closed scrimmage with St. John's on Sunday and in the first three games of the regular season, but will practice with the team. My hope is Assane will learn from this situation as we move forward." Sene will miss Virginia's season-opener with Longwood at John Paul Jones Arena on Nov. 13, the Cavaliers' game at South Florida (Nov. 16) and a home game with Rider (Nov. 19). The 7-0 Sene is from Saint-Louis, Senegal. He played in 22 games last season, starting 16, and averaged 2.5 points and 4.6 rebounds a game. He led the team and ranked fifth in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 35 blocked shots (1.6 bpg.).
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Issue No. 43 - June 28, 2002 Roger Mason drafted by NBA Roger Mason Jr. didn't get picked in the first round, but he was one of the early second round selections in last night's NBA Draft. The Chicago Bulls took Mason as the 31st overall pick. Mason joins two fellow ACC draftees to be selected by Chicago; Jay [the athlete formally known as Jason] Williams (2nd overall pick from Duke) and Lonnie Baxter (44th overall pick from Maryland). Mason played both guard positions for UVa and was selected to the All-ACC Second Team last season. Mason started for the Cavaliers the past two seasons and figured to be a shoe-in for All-ACC First Team honors had he stayed for his final year at Virginia. Instead, Mason chose to take his chances with the Draft for reasons that are still unclear.
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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
Miami Thumps Virginia
Wanted ASAP: Football Fun
Hoo Preview '09: 10 Key Questions (Part I)
Hoo Preview '09: Q&A - Jeff Jones
Game Preview 2009 - Miami
Greg's Stock Report '09: Duke
Hoo Preview '09: Seeking Shooters
Press Conference Notes '09 - Miami
Hoo Preview '09: Curtis Helping Shape Program
JHoo's 10 Things I Learned From Duke
Photo Gallery '09: Duke
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