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Baker's Absence Draws Attention Calvin Baker, a senior guard and captain for the men's basketball team, did not make the trip to Wake Forest on Saturday. When asked about Baker's absence after the game, UVa coach Tony Bennett simply said "Coach's decision" without further comment. Two reports this morning, however, indicate that Baker is unhappy with his current role on the team and playing time. Whitey Reid, beat writer for The Daily Progress, and David Teel, columnist for The Daily Press, both indicate in those reports that Baker's future with the team is uncertain. Read Reid's story here and Teel's blog post here. Baker had been supplanted by freshman Jontel Evans in the Cavaliers' starting line-up the past three games. In Baker's most recent outing, he logged just 7 minutes against UNC-Wilmington. A third report released later in the morning by Jeff Whtie at VirginiaSports.com, however, indicates that Baker is back with the team. "He's back, and we're moving forward," Bennett said in the report on Jeff's Blog. |
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This Week In Recruiting The final week-and-a-half until the 2010 Signing Day should be interesting for the Virginia Cavaliers. Coach London secured commitment No. 14 over the weekend, when 6-4, 220-pound quarterback prospect Miles Gooch pledged to the Hoos. Gooch, who threw for 2,204 yards and 19 touchdowns as a senior for Towers High School (Decatur, GA), originally had pledged to Toledo. We hope to have more on Virginia's newest commitment early this week. We'll also follow up with 6-7, 330-pound offensive tackle Morgan Moses, who made an official visit to Virginia over the weekend. Moses signed with Virginia but currently remains shy of qualifying and is considering other schools, including LSU and South Carolina. He made official visits to Florida and South Carolina as well, but last week he said he isn't considering those two as high as the others. We also plan to have more with 6-6, 225-pound tight end Zachary Swanson. Swanson, a 3-year starter at Katy High School in Texas, took an official visit to UVa as well this past weekend. The former Stanford commit is also considering Baylor and Miami, amongst others. So far, TheSabre.com has gotten reaction from three firm commits who trekked to Charlottesville last weekend. S Kyrrel Latimer, RB Kevin Parks Jr. and CB Rijo Walker made their official visits to Virginia and all three had great experiences, reaffirming Virginia as their college choice. Check out the EDGE for the latest on these prospects and for more on the other commits who were in town over the weekend. Maury (Norfolk, VA) offensive lineman Stephen Lawe plans to take his official to UVa this coming weekend. There is a good chance the 6-5, 290-pound senior commits to the Hoos. Stay tuned later in the week for info on other expected visitors.
James Johnson continues to perform One of Virginia's most highly rated 2010 class men's basketball recruits, 6-9 1/2, 230-pound power forward/center James Johnson has averaged about 17 points and 10 boards per game for Elsinore (CA). In only his second season playing high school varsity basketball, Johnson is pleased with his performance. "I think the thing I'm most happy with now is going through the offense better," Johnson said. "I'm more accustomed to team ball now, being able to see where other guys are on the court. My passing has improved. My defense has been getting better." Johnson scored 25 points (including 3 "monster dunks" according to his father, Ted) in this past weekend's victory, which put Elsinore at 16-4 on the year. For more on the talented prospect, be sure to check out the EDGE during the 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 ...
Recruiting Report: #14 On Board
2011 Profile: Phoebus LB Caleb Taylor
Burns Reflects on UVa Junior Day More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Blog Banter: A Reid Leftover Virginia's new defensive coordinator Jim Reid joined reporters on a teleconference after his hire and talked at length about UVa, the 3-4 defense vs. the 4-3, recruiting, and more. If you missed it, The Sabre had two articles about Coach Reid. Read them here and here. One quote that didn't make either article follows. The question was about Virginia being Coach Reid's last stop. "At age 59, it would just be great to just have a recruiting area, a couple of recruiting areas, stay in there, welcome high school coaches in to talk some football, to win, and be able to stay here," Reid said. "The first 19 years, and I promised my wife I wouldn't make college coaching a transient profession, the first 19 years were spent at the University of Massachusetts and I was going to live and die there. Then I ended up coming to Richmond (chuckles) for two years, to Boston College for a year, to Richmond for nine years, to Syracuse for a year, to Bucknell for a year, to VMI for two years, to the Miami Dolphins for two years. When I said geez I'd like to go to Virginia, she said do you remember that promise you made to me a number of years ago? (laughs) I had to make that promise again. As long as we can do a good job here - no, no, I know we'll do a good job - as long as I can do a good job here for the University of Virginia and Coach London, I'd like to stay here and win some championships. I remember George Welsh telling me when they redid the facility here, he said we did it right and we can win a National Championship. So that's the goal." Read more posts on The Good Ol Blog.
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Issue No. 164 - Nov. 12, 2004 Running game, defense dominate Terps
As it turned out, there was no need to worry. Virginia thoroughly dominated Maryland in a 16-0 triumph, overcoming two early turnovers to run its record to 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the ACC. The Cavs rushed for 295 yards as Alvin Pearman and Wali Lundy each surpassed the 100-yard mark, while the defense forced three turnovers and produced its second shutout of the season. Witnessing the rout was a Scott Stadium-record crowd of 63,072. That mark is likely to last, oh, maybe one more day.
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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
Deacons Deal Hoos First ACC Loss
ACC Scouting Report: Wake Forest
Reid Ready For Recruiting Again
The Play That Beat UNC-Wilmington
Defensive Shift Plays Key Role In Win
Landesberg's Shot Sinks Seahawks
Photo Gallery: UVa 82, Georgia Tech 75
Kris' Monday Musings: Letdowns?
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