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Fans Share Thoughts On 2013 As kickoff with BYU rapidly approaches (Saturday, Aug. 31, 3:30 p.m., ESPNU), Virginia fans are sharing their thoughts on the upcoming season. A few posts from TheSabre.com's message boards follow; click here to share your thoughts on the football message board!
Subject: My two cents on 2013
Subject: We have talent ... I'm not quite sure why people think we will be so terrible
Subject: The much maligned hotdog 56 says 7-5 and a bowl
Subject: Unfortunately, I think [SI] nailed it. |
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This Week In Recruiting With Chris Horne Elite Camp The University of Virginia men's basketball program hosted its Elite Camp this past Saturday. TheSabre.com was on hand for the event, which consisted primarily of rising freshmen, rising sophomores, and rising juniors. Stay tuned for a full report on the Elite Camp this week. Included in the report will be ...
Also this week on the basketball recruiting front, top class of 2014 target Robert Johnson will take an official visit to Indiana this weekend. No other visits are definitively scheduled, so we'll see if the Hoosiers are able to corral a commitment the Benedictine (Richmond, VA) combo guard. Obviously, Virginia is hoping Johnson holds off and takes an official to Charlottesville this fall. Football Recruiting Some prominent recruits were in Charlottesville on Saturday to watch UVa football's scrimmage and post-scrimmage cookout. UVa class of 2014 commits Quin Blanding, Andrew Brown, and Steven Moss were on hand. FUMA-bound recruit Corwin "Turtle" Cutler was there. Class of 2014 wide receiver target Jamil Kamara and two top class of 2015 prospects - Hylton (Woodbridge, VA) offensive tackle Matthew Burrell Jr. and Stonewall Jackson (Manassas, VA) defensive tackle Tim Settle - were on Grounds as well. This week, I'll catch up with these players and others that were in Charlottesville on Saturday for reaction. Stay tuned for a full report in a "Sabre Scoop" feature. Also this week, stay tuned for a report from Gonzaga College Prep (Washington, D.C.). Virginia has offered three class of 2015 prospects from this school, including offensive tackle Richie Petitbon.
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 ...
Cutler & Jones Expected At FUMA Soon
Sabre Scoop: The Latest On Robert Johnson More recent recruiting updates on The Sabre ...
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More Basketball Schedule News From UVa Athletics Media Relations Official Releases More information about the Virginia men's basketball schedule came to light last week. First, it was announced that Virginia will host VCU during ESPN's 24-hour Hoops Marathon on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the John Paul Jones Arena and the game will be televised on ESPN2. Also, the time for the Cavaliers' game in the 15th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Presented was announced. Virginia's game against Wisconsin on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the JPJ is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN or ESPN2. UVa won last year's Challenge meeting with the Badgers, 60-54. Earlier, it was announced that Virginia will make three appearances on ESPN's ACC Big Monday during the 2013-14 men's basketball season. UVa 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. 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 the JPJ, Virginia plays SMU in the third round of the challenge in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. 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. Both Virginia games will be televised on the CBS Sports Network. 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.
Volleyball Headed In Positive Direction From Jeff White, VirginiaSports.com For most of his first season as UVa volleyball coach, Dennis Hohenshelt had about a dozen players available for practice. When Virginia opened practice Saturday, Hohenshelt looked around Memorial Gymnasium and saw 18 players. There's strength in numbers, and that's one reason the Cavaliers expect to show sign ificant improvement in their second season under Hohenshelt. "It's so much better," libero Emily Rottman said Thursday. "The competitive spirit in the gym is way higher with so many more people. It's way more dynamic having multiple people that can play different positions, and so it takes everything to a higher level." Rottman is the only senior on a roster that includes 12 freshmen and sophomores. Seven of those players are new to the University: freshmen Jasmine Burton, Haley Kole, Meghan McDowell, Lexi Riccolo, Karlie Suber and Alex Thorson and sophomore Lauren Fuller, a transfer from Arizona whose twin, Manon Greskovics-Fuller, was already on the team. Rottman, who's from Santa Barbara, Calif., was part of the recruiting class that entered UVa in 2010. Three years later, only Rottman and Mallory Woolridge, who redshirted last season because of a shoulder injury, remain from that five-player group. Rottman and Woolridge are the only players who have already locked up starting jobs, Hohenshelt said. UVa's other returning players are sophomores Amanda Barnes, Vivian Burcescu, Kayla Sears, Natalie Bausback and Greskovics-Fuller and juniors Sydney Shelton, Abbey Welborn, Tori Janowski and Morgan Blair. Burcescu, Sears and Bausback each started at least 18 matches apiece last year, and Bausback made the ACC's all-freshman team. "We're in a pretty good spot right now," Hohenshelt said. "We're probably further ahead than what I thought we would be [the first week]. There are some things that we need to work on and get better at, but they're all things that maybe I thought we were going to be behind a little bit in. "It's fun to be in the gym with this group. Every day's fun. I'm probably more pleased than I thought I would be. I knew those [newcomers] were talented, but what we're doing as a group, as 18 people, I'm extremely excited about." To read Jeff White's full article on the volleyball team, click here.
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Issue No. 438 - March 22, 2010 London On January Enrollment January enrollment is frequently a hot message board topic on The Sabre; it particularly fell under debate during the final years of the Al Groh era for the football program. Virginia did not appear to lean too favorably toward the mid-year enrollment route for freshman athletes. As pointed out frequently, however, there is not a UVa rule preventing January enrollment and each decision comes on a case-by-case basis. The key for the football program (or any Cavalier program for that matter) is to present strong candidates for mid-year admission and then prove that your program can successfully help those recruits through the transition to college and ultimately graduate. New UVa football coach Mike London addressed the January enrollment issue at a media session earlier this month. London believes that it is important to produce successful student-athletes through mid-year enrollment in order to earn the privilege of admitting future January recruits. "The important thing to me is the ones we do get in mid-year that they do well. Because that may lend itself to having more opportunities later on down the road," London said. "Will Hill is one of those guys that got in mid-year and he's doing real well. Michael Strauss, if he does well, then if the situation presents itself and we present the academic credentials to those that make the decisions, then maybe they'll look upon us favorably." London pointed out that there is not a rule or restriction on January admission for student-athletes at UVa. "It can [make an impact]. Again, you look at the different schools and their profiles and what they allow in or what their admissions process is. Currently, right now there is not a roadblock that says we can't. Obviously, you've seen a couple that are here," he said. "I think it's important for us for the ones that do come in, that we continue [to show that] they are good students, they can handle the rigors of being a college student-athlete mid-semester, and make that transition. If they can do that and we can prove that, then hopefully the doors are open for other opportunities." Read SabreMail No. 438 here. |
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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 Recent Sabre updates ...
Hoo Preview 2013: Take 5
Hoo Preview 2013: Freshman Report
Hoo Preview 2013: Fall Practice Photos, Part 2
Hoo Preview 2013: Phelps, DBs Prep For Challenges
Hoo Preview 2013: Running With Watford
Hoo Preview 2013: Watford Named Starting QB
Hoo Preview 2013: Dean Emerges On D-Line |
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