Basketball Schedule News

UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Release

Virginia will make three appearances on ESPN's ACC Big Monday during the 2013-14 men's basketball season, the network announced Wednesday. The Cavaliers will play one road contest and host two games at John Paul Jones Arena as the ACC makes its debut on ESPN's Big Monday lineup.

Virginia plays at Duke on Monday, Jan. 13 and hosts North Carolina and Maryland on Monday, Jan. 20 and Monday, Feb. 10, respectively. Tipoff for all three games is set for 7 p.m. ET.

The ACC is expected to release Virginia's complete nonconference schedule and the dates and times of the remainder of the conference games in late August or early September.

In other schedule news, the Corpus Christi Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the pairings for the final two rounds of the inaugural 2013 Corpus Christi Challenge at American Bank Center on Nov. 29-30.

Following first and second round games held at John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville, Virginia plays SMU in the third round of the challenge in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Cavaliers play either Texas A&M or Missouri State in the championship round on Saturday, Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. or 9 p.m. ET. Both Virginia games will be televised on the CBS Sports Network.

This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne

There was lots of news on the basketball recruiting front last week. In case you missed it, check out a summary of the latest developments in my free update posted last Friday. There are a few more notes to add ...

St. Vincent-St. Mary (Akron, OH) rising senior Jalen Hudson plans to tour the University of Virginia today. The 6'5", 190-pound shooting guard grew up in Richmond (VA) but has never visited Charlottesville before. This visit will be an unofficial trip.

UVa offered Hudson in July. Arkansas, Tulane, U-Mass, and Virginia Tech have since come through as well. Hudson is an athletic wing whose strong suit is getting to the basket and finishing. He averaged 14 points per game his junior season, which was his first at St. Vincent-St. Mary. He attended Benedictine in Richmond his freshman and sophomore years.

Hudson, who is good friends with UVa class of 2014 commitment BJ Stith, plans to take many unofficial visits and possibly a few officials before committing. He is looking to sign in November.

EDGE subscribers can read more on Hudson in this article posted last Tuesday. I plan to follow up with the promising prospect for comments on today's visit as well, so stay tuned.

Mountain View (Mesa, AZ) rising senior center Payton Dastrup has been on Virginia's wish-list for a long time. In fact, Dastrup says UVa was the fifth scholarship offer he received. The coaches have also made the trek out to Arizona to recruit him. Dastrup has reciprocated the interest, naming Virginia as one of his seven finalists in a tweet last Friday.

Arizona, BYU, Florida, Kansas, Ohio State, UCLA and Virginia are the finalists for the talented big man, who plans to take official visits before committing. We hope to reach Dastrup for further comments on his final list and where he plans to go from here in terms of visits.

Dastrup is a member of the high school class of 2014 but plans to fulfill a 2-year LDS mission before enrolling in college. In essence, he is a class of 2016 target.

Basketball recruiting news appears to be in full swing right now. On Saturday, August 17, Virginia plans to host its Elite Camp. TheSabre.com plans to be there for coverage, so stay tuned for more info this weekend.

On the football recruiting front, Virginia landed a nice commitment last week from 6'1", 195-pound cornerback/wide receiver Jeffery Farrar, a product of Upland (CA). Farrar chose the Cavaliers over Cal and Arizona State. Read more about him on the EDGE, and this week I'll have the latest on the football recruiting beat as well.

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.

More recent Sabre recruiting updates ...

Farrar Picks Cavs Over Cal, ASU
Upland (CA) star athlete Jeffery Farrar announced that he will attend the University of Virginia, choosing the Cavaliers over fellow finalists Arizona State and California. Arizona, Miami, Oregon, Washington State and others had also offered the 6'1", 195-pound prospect, who is the 10th member of the class of 2014 to commit to the Hoos.

Two Set Officials To UVa
The weekend of September 20-22 is shaping up to be an important one for the Virginia men's basketball program, which will host at least two rising seniors - Hokes Bluff (AL) center Isaac Haas and Charlotte Christian (Charlotte, N.C.) shooting guard Matthew Fisher-Davis - on official visits that weekend.

More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...

• Hudson Rising On The Recruiting Front
• Preseason Report: DE/LB Jordan "JJ" Jackson

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Revitalized Brian Ready to Lead Cavaliers

From Jeff White at VirginiaSports.com

For many of UVa junior Morgan Brian's 20 years, soccer has kept her in almost perpetual motion. She's moved from city to city, training camp to training camp, tournament to tournament - sometimes from country to country - establishing herself along the way as one of the United States' most promising young players.

"It feels weird when I'm not busy," Brian said recently.

Since the calendar flipped to 2013, she's played with the U.S. under-23 team in La Manga, Spain; traveled to England with her UVa coaches and teammates; and been called into training camp with the U.S. national team, for which she made her debut June 15 in Foxboro, Mass.

By Brian's standards, however, this has been a slow year. And that's good news for the Cavaliers.

"She went to the 23s, but it wasn't like the past couple years where she wasn't around that much," Virginia coach Steve Swanson said. "She had a chance to work on her strengths, and she had a chance to [focus on] developing her game. That's much harder to do when you're traveling and you're doing camps and you're coming back in, to really hone in on things.

"To have her around as much as she was in the spring was great. To have her here in the summer, being around the other players and working out, I think has been tremendous for her. It was never something she didn't want, but given her schedule it was difficult for her to do that."

The Cavaliers, coming off a season in which they won the ACC title and advanced to the NCAA tournament's third round, open the season Aug. 23 against VCU at Klockner Stadium.

To read Jeff White's full article on Morgan Brian, click here.

Virginia Fall Olympic Sports to Make At Least Seven Broadcast Appearances

UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Release

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Thursday the Olympic Sport broadcast coverage for the upcoming fall season. Virginia teams will make seven regular-season broadcast appearances, with the chance of additional coverage during ACC tournaments. The league announced that 101 Olympic Sports events will be broadcast, the highest-ever in the history of ACC sports.

The Virginia women's soccer team will have four broadcast appearances; two online on ESPN3 and two online on the ACC Digital Network. The Cavaliers' road games at Pittsburgh on Sept. 22 and NC State on Oct. 17 will be available on ESPN3. The ACC Digital Network (theACC.com) will air the game at Duke on Sept. 26 and the home game against Notre Dame on Oct. 10. The ESPN family of networks will again provide coverage of the semifinals and final of the ACC Tournament. Both semifinals will be shown online by ESPN3 and the championship game will air nationally on ESPNU.

The Virginia men's soccer team will have three of its conference games broadcast, one on television and two online. The Cavaliers' home game against Maryland, now scheduled for Oct. 11, will air on the ACC Regional Sports Network (Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Virginia), and will also be broadcast online on ESPN3. Virginia's game at Clemson on Sept. 6 will be available online on ESPN3 and the home game against North Carolina on Nov. 1 will be on the ACC Digital Network. The ESPN family of networks will again provide coverage of the semifinals and final of the ACC Tournament. Both semifinals will be shown online by ESPN3 and the championship game will air nationally on ESPNU.

The Virginia field hockey team will have broadcast opportunities at the ACC Tournament. The semifinals and final of the tournament will be televised by the ACC Regional Sports Networks (Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Virginia) as well as online on ESPN3.

Around the World of Wahoo Sports ...

• Virginia Has 293 Student-Athletes Named to ACC Honor Roll: The 57th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, recognizing academic excellence by student-athletes during the 2012-13 academic year, was announced Tuesday. Virginia placed 293 student-athletes on the Honor Roll. A total of 24 Cavaliers were recognized for the fourth time during their careers. The Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.00 or better for the full academic year. The conference acknowledged a record 2,916 student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the 2012-13 academic year.
• Diaz-Yi Makes Run To Quarterfinals of U.S. Amateur Championship: Incoming freshman women's golfer Lauren Diaz-Yi won two matches Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the 113th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, but was eliminated during the quarterfinal round in Charleston, S.C. Diaz-Yi lost to Doris Chen of Chinese Taipei 4 and 3. It was the second matchup between the two amateurs in the last six weeks. Diaz-Yi defeated Chen, a rising junior at USC, 10 and 9 in the 36-hole final of the U.S. Women's Public Links Championship in June to claim that USGA title.
• Incoming Freshman Spilsbury Wins Gold at World Rowing Junior Championships: Virginia rowing incoming freshman Eliza Spilsbury won gold at the World Rowing Junior Championships, which concluded Sunday in Trakai, Lithuania. Fellow UVa first-years Joanna Gurman and Ali Zwicker also competed at the regatta. Spilsbury was in the bow seat of the U.S. women's four that won the A final in 6:53.85.
• Busch Announces Three Additions to Virginia Swimming and Diving Staff: Virginia swimming and diving head coach Augie Busch announced Tuesday that Cory Chitwood, Sam Busch, and Clif Robbins have been named assistant coaches.

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

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Issue No. 415 - Oct. 12, 2009

This Week In Recruiting
By Chris Horne

Morgan Moses ...

One of Virginia's best - and certainly Virginia's biggest - 2009 class recruits was in attendance on Saturday for the Cavaliers big win over Indiana. 6-7, 330-pound offensive tackle Morgan Moses, a former Meadowbrook Monarchs (Richmond, VA) star, was in Charlottesville to see his future team in action.

After signing with Virginia in February, Moses fell short of qualifying academically and enrolled at Fork Union Military Academy. We'll check in with FUMA postgraduate head coach John Shuman for the latest on the prized recruit, who is hoping to enroll at Virginia in January.

In August, Coach Shuman told TheSabre.com that he was optimistic he could get Moses to UVa in January, but we'll check in to see if that remains the case. We'll also check with Coach Shuman on Cody Wallace, who also signed with Virginia in February. Wallace, an interior offensive lineman, actually enrolled at UVa during the summer only to withdraw and enroll at Fork Union.

TheSabre.com hopes to have more on both prospects this week.

Read SabreMail No. 415 here.

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:

• Hoo Preview: TheSabre.com's annual preseason look at the football team comes your way throughout August.

In Case You Missed It

Recent Sabre articles ...

Hoo Preview 2013: Fall Practice Photos, Part 1
Virginia Football began fall practices this week and there were a lot of new faces, both coaches and players. One of the most popular among them was true freshman running back Taquan Mizzell, Coach London's first 5-star recruit of his head coaching career. Mizzell is just one of many players featured in this free 78-photo gallery. Enjoy.

Hoo Preview 2013: Players Making Impressions
With nearly a week of practice under their belts, several players have made an early impression for the Virginia football team. Coach Mike London talked about some of those Cavaliers on Thursday as the players worked for the second straight day in shoulder pads. This notes article includes Rob Burns, E.J. Scott, Trent Corney, and more.

Hoo Preview 2013: Safeties Show Experience
One of the most seasoned groups on the Virginia football team is the secondary where six players with significant experience return from 2012. The receiving corps boasts several players that have logged a lot of playing time already too. Read about both as well as freshmen offensive linemen in this notes article.

Hoo Preview 2013: Young LBs In The Mix
Entering the 2013 season, Virginia must replace 212 from 2012. That's how many tackles highly productive linebackers Steve Greer and LaRoy Reynolds combined to make last season. Certainly Daquan Romero and Henry Coley, who combined for 12 starts last fall, will have a big role for the linebackers, but several young players are in the mix as well.

Hoo Preview 2013: Hoos Open Practice
The Virginia football team opened practice Monday as fans got their first glimpse of the 2013 team in action. Naturally, the incoming freshmen drew the eyes of many in attendance because the open practice represented the first time to see the new Hoos in orange and blue. Read about the freshmen, a Quick Take with Demetrious Nicholson, and more in these Hoo Preview notes.

Hoo Preview 2013: McGee Set To Lead Tight Ends
Virginia junior Jake McGee has been working on the fourth meal program this offseason. No not Taco Bell. Under the watchful eye of nutritionist Randy Bird, McGee has tooled his diet to add more muscle and pounds to his frame in an effort to become a better all-around tight end for the Hoos.

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