UVa Draws Miami In ACC Tournament

The Virginia men's basketball team opens ACC Tournament play on Thursday at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. The Cavaliers are seeded eighth in the tournament and play ninth-seeded Miami in the tournament's first game at noon. The game will be televised by the ACC Network and broadcast by the Virginia Sports Radio Network.

The Hoos and the Hurricanes locked up on Feb. 5 in Miami and the Canes escaped with a 70-68 win in overtime. UVa held a five-point lead late in regulation, but missed free throws down the stretch and got called for fouling a 3-point shooter as well in the final minute. The Cavaliers finished 9 of 22 from the free throw line in that contest, making more 3-pointers and shooting a higher percentage from behind the arc than from the free throw line. Virginia would like to redeem itself for that performance in the league tournament.

The two teams have met once in the ACC Tournament with Virginia winning 66-65 in 2005.

2011 ACC Tournament Schedule

Thursday, March 10 - First Round
#8 seed Virginia vs. #9 seed Miami noon ACC Network
#5 seed Boston College vs. #12 seed Wake Forest 2:00 p.m. ACC Network
#7 seed Maryland vs. #10 seed NC State 7:00 p.m. ESPN2
#6 seed Virginia Tech vs. #11 seed Georgia Tech 9:00 p.m. ACC Network

Friday, March 11 - Quarterfinals
#1 seed North Carolina vs. Game 1 Winner noon ACC Network/ESPN2
#4 seed Clemson vs. Game 2 Winner 2:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2
#2 seed Duke vs. Game 3 Winner 7:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2
#3 seed Florida State vs. Game 4 Winner 9:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2

Saturday, March 12 - Semifinals
ACC Semifinal 1 1:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN
ACC Semifinal 2 3:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN

Sunday, March 13 - Championship
Championship Game 1:00 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN

This Week In Recruiting
By Chris Horne

Virginia men's basketball has a commitment from 6-11 Mike Tobey, but head coach Tony Bennett and company continue to search for a second low post prospect in the 2012 class. Virginia Episcopal School (Lynchburg, VA) power forward Ifeanyi Onyekaba and Roanoke Catholic (Roanoke, VA) center Andre Washington are under the Cavaliers' microscope, though neither has been offered at this point.

The Roanoke Times had some info on the 6-11 Washington, who has been offered by Wake Forest. As for Onyekaba, this report indicates that Bennett scouted the 6-8 junior last week. VES is guided by former Virginia star guard Curtis Staples.

I hope to have more on both prospects this week on The Sabre EDGE.

A pair of Virginia 2011 football signees will square off on the basketball court this week. L.C. Bird (Chesterfield, VA) DB Anthony Harris and T.C. Williams (Alexandria, VA) offensive tackle Jay Whitmire will lead their respective teams in the Group AAA State Semifinals on Wednesday. Kameron Mack, another 2011 football signee for the Cavaliers, starts for I.C. Norcom (Portsmouth, VA), which takes on Highland Springs in the other semifinal.

This week, I check in with Brenden Motley, a 6-4, 190-pound junior quarterback/athlete out of Christiansburg High School in Virginia. Motley has been offered by Virginia Tech and is receiving serious interest from the Cavaliers. He told me Sunday night that he plans on taking in a spring practice at UVa, so we'll see if he garners an offer at that point.

An in-state 2012 talent already holding a Virginia offer is Norfolk Christian (Norfolk, VA) linebacker Kwontie Moore. Moore has been to UVa before and plans to return sometime this month or next, but at this time he has not decided if he will check out a practice, a junior day or the Spring Game in Charlottesville. Whenever he visits, though, he'll likely do so alongside fellow Norfolk Christian juniors Mario Nixon (WR) and Courtnye Wynn (DT/TE). Virginia has offered all three Norfolk Christian prospects.

The usual 2012 recruiting beat continues this week, so be sure to check out the EDGE board as well as the EDGE articles for further updates.

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 ...

Virginia Interested In All-Tidewater OL
Bayside (Virginia Beach, VA) skill athletes such as Demetrious Nicholson and Anthony Cooper garnered many of the headlines last season, but the Marlins linemen were a big part of the team's success as well. Leading the way on the line is rising senior Mike Phillips, who garnered first-team all-Beach district, first-team all-Tidewater, and second-team all-state honors for his play at left offensive tackle

Skill Players Highlight Dale's 2011 Squad
Group AAA, Division 6 state champions in 2009, Thomas Dale (Chester, VA) was in rebuilding mode last season. A talented group of players return next season, though, and the Knights are primed make a run at the Central district title. Wide receiver/safety Desmond Frye and cornerback/running back Lorenzo Fields headline Dale's 2012 group, with Frye having already scored an FBS-level scholarship offer and Fields very much on the radar of several FBS-level programs

More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...

• Northside's Jackson Lands First Offer
• Centreville Star Ekanem Adds Offers

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UVa Football Schedule

Virginia released the 2011 football schedule last week. TheSabre.com set up its football schedule page for fans; remember that each game will have a game information page once the season begins.

Must Read: Emotional Afternoon Ends Well

Jeff White, VirginiaSports.com

The rain fell and fell and fell at Klockner Stadium. And then it fell some more Sunday afternoon, until finally the officials working the women's lacrosse game between UVa and Penn State had seen -- and splashed -- enough.

They concluded that conditions at Klockner, where pools of water stood everywhere on the soaked field, had become too dangerous for the players. And so the officials halted the game with 22:29 left in the second half and, after meeting with UVa representatives, decided to move everyone across Copeley Road to the University Hall Turf Field.

With that, an emotional afternoon for everyone associated with the UVa women's program took an unusual and unforgettable twist. But the change of venue didn't deter the Cavaliers on a day they were honoring the memory of Yeardley Love.

The Wahoos led 8-4 when the game was stopped, and they led 10-5 when it finally ended.

"It was definitely one of the crazier games," Virginia coach Julie Myers said, "starting on one surface, going to another, having torrential downpours to light drizzle to a little bit of everything.

"But all in all, we're glad that we got the game in today and that so many people were able to go from one venue to the next. We definitely played sloppy at times, and we told the girls, 'You don't always have to win pretty.' So it was nice to see that we could come out on top, even though we made about a million mistakes today."

In a ceremony before the game, UVa athletics director Craig Littlepage presented Miss Love's sister, Lexie, and mother, Sharon, with a framed No. 1 jersey. That was Miss Love's number when she played for Myers, and it will be retired in the UVa women's program.

A video was shown that included footage of Miss Love playing for the Cavaliers. Then, at the south end of the stadium, former UVa players Kaitlin Duff, Whit Hagerman, Brittany Kalkstein, Marye Kellermann and Caity Whiteley raised a blue flag on which was depicted Miss Love's number and her last name. The flag will fly at all Virginia women's lacrosse games at Klockner.

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Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• Women's Tennis Blanks Virginia Tech in ACC Opener: The No. 8 Virginia women's tennis team opened its conference schedule with a 7-0 win over Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon at the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar's Head Sports Club. The Cavaliers improve to 12-2 overall (1-0 ACC). The Hoos also topped William & Mary 6-1 on Saturday.
• UVa Falls Short at Syracuse in Early-Season Battle for No. 1: An intense matchup between No. 1 Virginia (4-1) and the No. 1 Syracuse (3-0) saw the Orange men's lacrosse team taking the contest 12-10 on Friday night, in front of 14,340 fans, inside the Carrier Dome. Virginia goalie Adam Ghitelman made 15 saves in the goal for UVa.
• Downs and Gardner Named to Tewaaraton Award Watch List: Senior All-American Liz Downs and junior Julie Gardner have been named to the 2011 Tewaaraton Award Watch List, as announced by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance on Friday.
• Virginia Finishes Third at ACC Wrestling Championship: The Virginia wrestling team finished in third place Saturday at the 2011 ACC Wrestling Championship, contested at UVa's John Paul Jones Arena. The Cavaliers racked up 69 team points. With five individual champions, Maryland pulled the upset and won the team title with 94.5 points. By virtue of their respective finishes Saturday, five Virginia wrestlers earned automatic bids to the 2011 NCAA Championships, set for March 17-19 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Virginia's Matt Snyder (125), Nick Nelson (141), Derek Valenti (149), Chris Henrich (174) and Jon Fausey (184) all earned automatic bids for the NCAA Championships. At-large berths will be determined this week by the NCAA Wrestling Committee.
• Virginia Upsets No. 13 Oregon: The Virginia softball team split its first two games against ranked opponents, including a 3-2 upset of No. 13 Oregon, on the first day of the Citrus Classic at ESPN's Wide World of Sports. The Cavaliers (12-7) fell to top-ranked Alabama 4-0 on Sunday in the finale of the event. The Cavaliers finished the tournament with a 3-2 mark.
• Virginia Cruises Through Perfect Weekend: he eighth-ranked Virginia baseball team swept a Saturday double header, averting Rider 4-1 before dismissing Cornell 14-1 in the second game at Davenport Field. Virginia improves to 12-1 with the victories. Friday, UVa downed Cornell 12-1 before shutting out Rider 12-0 in the nightcap.
• Women's DMR Squad Automatically Qualifies for NCAA Championships: Virginia's distance medley relay of junior All-American Morgane Gay, redshirt senior Ayla Smith, senior Lyndsay Harper and redshirt senior All-American Stephanie Garcia automatically qualified for the 2011 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships and shattered the school record in the event Friday night at the Armory. This will mark the first year that the Virginia has sent a women's DMR team to the NCAA Indoor Championships. The quartet combined to run the second-fastest time in the NCAA this year, finishing second in their heat in 10:59.33. It took the nation's top time to beat the Cavaliers, as Villanova won the race in 10:56.12.
• Kohles Named ACC Co-Golfer of the Month: Virginia's Ben Kohles and Georgia Tech's James White have been named Atlantic Coast Conference Co-Golfers of the Month for February. Kohles, a junior from Cary, N.C., won a three-way playoff for medalist honors at the John Burns Intercollegiate, played Feb. 16-18 in Wahiawa, Hawaii, to open Virginia's spring season. Earlier this season he won the Gary Koch Intercollegiate. Kohles currently leads the 18th-ranked Cavaliers with a 71.50 stroke average. He has been UVa's top finisher in four of five tournaments this season. He is ranked the No. 37 collegiate player in the latest Golfweek standings.

To read the full stories or gather more information on Virginia athletics, check out Virginiasports.com.

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Issue No. 114 - Nov. 21, 2003

Virginia basketball gets two signees

5-11 point guard Sean Singletary and 6-7 small forward Adrian Joseph have signed letters of intent to play for the University of Virginia. Both are eligible for play next season.

Singletary, of Philadephia, PA, is highly touted and will be the future point guard for the program. The point guard's assets are his speed, defensive play and court vision. Most times, Singletary has made up his mind and passed the ball prior to getting across half court. While passing is his specialty, Singletary is not shy when shooting the ball and can hit the open shot when needed. Singletary averaged 18 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and almost 5 steals per game as a junior while leading his team to their league championship and a 26-4 record.

Joseph, a native of Trinidad, is currently attending Brewster Academy in New Hampshire. He averaged 15 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks as a junior last season.

Check Out SabreMail #114.

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:

• Swimming Updates: The Sabre catches up with the winners of the the ACC Championship.
• Hoops Analysis: TheSabre.com gives you the inside look at the Cavaliers like no one else.

In Case You Missed It ...

Sabre articles since the last SabreMail

Cavaliers Take Down Terps
When Virginia and Maryland met on Jan. 27 at the John Paul Jones Arena, Sammy Zeglinski scored three points in 26 minutes and the Cavaliers posted 42 - the club's second worst scoring output of the season. But not Saturday. On Maryland's Senior Night it was the Cavalier junior guard who took the spotlight, leading his team to a huge 74-60 win to snap a three-game losing streak to the Terps.

Sherrill Shines Doing Detail Work
Perhaps Sabre poster 111Balz said it best about Will Sherrill on the EDGE board Wednesday morning: "Walked on, limped off with a little piece of our hearts." Sherrill, honored on Senior Night along with Mustapha Farrakhan on Tuesday, doesn't dazzle you with his athleticism or mystify opponents with endless ball skills. He doesn't steal the show very often with his offense either, though his start against N.C. State fits the bill there. No, Sherrill just does a whole lot of things right and helps give his team a better chance of winning.

UVa Drops NCSU On Senior Night
The Cavalier men's basketball team has had its share of ups and downs this year, but it sent the seniors out with a win in the final home contest of the season on Tuesday night. The Hoos grabbed a quick, 16-0 lead to start the game and never fell behind. Virginia handled N.C. State 69-58 in front of an energized, midweek crowd, as seniors Mustapha Farrakhan and Will Sherrill both scored in double figures in their final games at home in the John Paul Jones Arena.

Zone Presses Remain A Riddle
No one that met with the media on Saturday could put a finger on the answer. The question? What is it about soft zone presses, typically 1-2-2 alignments, that causes so much trouble for the Cavaliers? Players on the Virginia men's basketball team seemed as frustrated as any spectators with the results against the tactic, which again created problems this weekend in a 63-44 loss to Boston College.

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