Game Preview: Villanova

Scheduling an elite team for the dog days of conference play feels slightly out of season; it’s like spotting a hippie on the Mall in shorts and Birkenstocks four days after the last snowfall or being offered an eggnog in May.

Game Preview: Duke

We’ll know that Virginia basketball has really reached college basketball’s elites when Duke fans take as much notice of our name on the schedule as we do of theirs.

Season Wrap-Up: Ty Jerome

Being good at writing about sports (or trying to be, like this guy) includes moving past the fear of being wrong. One has to accept that you’re going to be wrong sometimes and be willing to own it graciously.

Game Preview: Virginia Tech II

I’m generally confident in Tony Bennett’s ability to take care of business, but Cassell Coliseum (pictured below) has your faithful blogger a little shook.

Game Preview: Syracuse

Thanks, ACC schedule. Thanks a lot. If I wanted to revisit the pain of having what felt like a sure Final Four berth yanked away (Syracuse shouldn’t have even made the tournament, they said… we dominate Boeheim’s zones, they said… Virginia never coughs up leads, they said), there are…

One More Out: Thompson Departs

Darius Thompson became the third player to transfer out of the program this offseason, announcing today that he’ll join Marial Shayok and Jarred Reuter on the way out.

Darius had a nice season for us. He scored in double figures 11 times, raised his…

Quick UNCG Thoughts

As season openers go, it’s hard not be pleased with last night. There were moments of sloppiness, but the game wasn’t painful to watch, which is a testament both to our overall talent level and specifically to having experienced guards running the show.

Game Preview: Iowa

It’s hard to get much of a read on Iowa from their schedule so far, which is a funny thing to say because that’s something that they’re saying about us, too (which is fair because even Yale, touted by some as a test for us, was missing their two best players). The Hawkeyes have handily beaten…

Game Preview: Florida

Here we go.

I’d be more comfortable with declaring us ready to go toe to toe with the Gators if it weren’t for Isaiah Wilkins managing just five tepid minutes against UNC-W and then declaring himself out until next weekend. Without Wilkins, we lose a valuable…