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Virginia Continues Busy Schedule UVa Athletics Media Relations, Official Release The Virginia men's basketball team continues its busy stretch of games on Monday (Feb. 15) when the Cavaliers play an Atlantic Coast Conference game at Maryland. Monday's game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. It will be available live on the Internet at ESPN360.com and will be broadcast by the Virginia Sports Radio Network. The game at Maryland is the second of a stretch of three games in five days for Virginia. The Cavaliers began that stretch with a 61-55 loss at Virginia Tech Saturday night (Feb. 13). Monday's game at Maryland is the game postponed from Feb. 10 because of unprecedented winter weather conditions and historic snow accumulations in the College Park, Md., area. UVa enters Monday's game with an overall record of 14-8 and a 5-4 record in the ACC. The Cavaliers have lost their last two games. Read the full news release here. |
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This Week In Recruiting I posted the "2011 Class Needs: Offense" piece last Thursday. By position, I broke down which positions new coach Mike London and staff are likely to focus on in the 2011 class. Here is a sample from that article ...
2011 Roster Projection - 8 - Kris Burd, Senior; Jared Green, Senior - Javaris Brown, Junior; Quintin Hunter, Junior; Tim Smith, Junior - Kevin Royal, Sophomore; Bobby Smith, Sophomore - EJ Scott, R/S Freshman or Sophomore Virginia has a nice group of young prospects in the program and is already on the board in 2011 with a commitment from Independence (Charlotte, N.C.) speedster Adrian Gamble, but I look for the staff to try and add at least another receiver in the class. Gamble is a nice way to start the class, though. Dominique Terrell, an outstanding athlete, could be a big-time playmaker for London and company ... or anybody else for that matter. There is top competition, but London has made it known how highly he thinks of the Osbourn Park (Manassas, VA) star. Other prospects to watch out for include Oscar Smith's (Chesapeake, VA) Quinta Funderburke (no offer) and Gilman's (Baltimore, MD) Darius Jennings (reported offer). The "Defense" piece likely will be posted on Monday evening. Defensive line, linebacker, defensive back ... there are needs in all three areas in 2011, but we'll break down each position and take a look at the early targets in all areas. Also on Monday, check out a feature profile on Green Run (Virginia Beach, VA) defensive tackle David Dean. A 2009 first-team all-Tidewater selection, Dean received an offer from Virginia earlier this month. The 6-2, 285-pound junior has three official offers in total now. He discusses the offers, favorites and when he may be ready to make a decision. Dean plans to visit Virginia for a junior day on March 6. We'll work to confirm other names for the event in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for more info there. Also this week, we'll check in with FUMA head coach John Shuman for the latest on Morgan Moses' academic situation. And I hope to reach DeMatha head coach Bill McGregor for the latest on his junior class and the Kyrrel Latimer situation.
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 ...
Terrell A Big-Time Athlete
2011 Class Needs: Offense
Slotting The 2010 Class More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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Blog Banter: Men's Lacrosse Q&A By Blair Capps Last week, some of you posted questions for coach Dom Starsia and the men's lacrosse team. After several re-schedules, cancellations, and one trek through the snow, I finally have your answers. HoozZAt asked : "Very young attack. Do you anticipate running an "attack by committee", with 3-4 players rotating through 2 spots (I'm assuming Stanwick will be always on the field) throughout the season or would you prefer to settle on a more regular line-up as the season progresses?" Dom Starsia: "I think we're clearly going to be looking at a work in progress for a while [so] I would describe the situation as fluid especially early in the season. Maybe not in too much of a guarded way, I'm confident that we're going to get better as the season goes on. We have some young guys that have some work to do and it's going to take a little bit of time for that to come together as much as we would like it to. So clearly early in the season we're going to run some people through and let things kind of play out and it will probably take shape as the season goes on." HoozZat also asked: "How have some of the highly hyped freshmen acclimated to the D1 level of play based on practice/scrimmages?" Starsia: "I think all the attackmen are sort of in play and doing a nice job. Harry Prevas on defense has been a surprise, but freshman middie Chris LaPierre is going to do a little bit of everything for us. We've asked a lot of him and just in what we've done so far, and he seems up to the task in every situation. I think the entire team has some confidence that he's going to make plays for us." 1moreUVAfan: "I'd like to ask Captain Ken Clausen if the defense is going to be more physical this year. I believe that is our key to winning a [National Championship]." Ken Clausen: "I've heard about people commenting on that. I think we have a more physical unit than we've had in the past. We want to play that way, we want to defend Adam better. If teams are going to force it inside, we're going to make them pay for it. It's been a focus to be more physical. It's something we have been working on a great deal. Having someone like Bray [Malphrus] playing midfield for us, he brings a big physical side to that. Matt Lovejoy brings a big physical presence as well." laxhoos, I asked your question about rides and recovering. I don't want to say that Coach Starsia "sidestepped" the question, but he ended up telling me a lot about the depth at midfield instead. Starsia: "I think midfield is one of the positions we are the deepest and the most experienced. Right now, especially, it's the midfield that drives this team. I think we can get the ball quickly from defense to offense. I also think we should be very good getting back on defense." wahoowa9, look for the answer to your question in my season preview on the EDGE. Thanks for your questions everyone! Get excited for the Georgetown scrimmage this Saturday! Read more posts on The Good Ol Blog.
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Issue No. 296 - June 18, 2007
This Week In Recruiting Football recruiting ... Once again, Virginia's June Elite Junior Day was a big success. This time around, head coach Al Groh and company reeled in four commitments, doubling their 2008 class total to eight commitments. The newest additions to the class include ...
Stratford (CT) RB Torrey Mack The 6-0, 190-pound Mack rushed for close to 1,700 yards and 21 touchdowns in his junior season. A speedy back, he has been timed in the 40 at 4.48 seconds. McLeod, a 5-10, 180-pound prospect, has run in the 10.9 range in the 100 meters and also claims 40-yard dash times in the 4.4s. A very good overall athlete, he also performs well in the long jump in track and field. He plays cornerback and wide receiver for one of the top high school football programs in the state of Maryland and feels like he will end up at cornerback at UVa. The 6-3, 210-pound Walcott is a versatile player with very good all-around athleticism. He likely projects as a safety or outside linebacker at Virginia. Wallace, a 5-11, 200-pound prospect, plays safety for Friendly High School but is being recruited by Virginia as a cornerback. He has good speed and is a physical specimen according to Friendly assistant coach Marcus Berry. Stay tuned throughout the week as we follow up with more prospects who made the trip to Charlottesville last Saturday. Today, we will produce updates on top Eleanor Roosevelt (Greenbelt, MD) safety recruit Okechuckwu Okoroha and UVa tight end commit Colter Phillips. Okoroha is considering Virginia as well as -15 other Division 1A programs that have extended official offers.
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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
Hoos Falter Late Again Against VT
Hoos Top Alabama In Opener
Host Hoos Seek Third Straight Indoors Title
Breaking Down The N.C. State Win
Starsia's Squad Gears Up For Season
Lazor Brings Excitement To OC Role
Schaub's Success At QB Continues
Breaking Down The UNC Win
Photo Gallery: UVa 59, NCSU 47
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