U.Va. associate AD Jon Oliver made the media rounds this week, and I had the chance to sit down with him to talk about the football program’s offseason. We’ll have a full report on that topic in Sunday’s Times-Dispatch, but in the meantime, I wanted to pass along a quote from that interview. I askedContinue Reading [→]
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Virginia not selected to NCAA tournament
CHARLOTTESVILLE The Virginia Cavaliers were not selected to the NCAA tournament Sunday night, their 21-11 record overshadowed by a poor strength-of-schedule and several bad road losses. U.Va. will instead host a game in the NIT. That bracket will be announced tonight at 9 p.m., with the Cavs hosting a first-round game Tuesday or Wednesday nightContinue Reading [→]
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Rematch on tap: U.Va. to face N.C. State
GREENSBORO, N.C. With their victory against Virginia Tech on Thursday, N.C. State has advanced to face Virginia at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in an ACC Tournament quarterfinal. The roles have been reversed, but the game has a familiar feel for Virginia’s players. Last year the Cavaliers and Wolfpack met in the quarterfinal round of the ACCContinue Reading [→]
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Virginia sweating it out as Selection Sunday nears
With nine days until selection Sunday, Virginia’s case for inclusion in the NCAA tournament remains as precarious as ever. Every season brings laments about the quality of teams “on the bubble,” but this year’s group seems particularly determined to play its way out of the big dance. Of the bubble teams, all but one hasContinue Reading [→]
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Duke coach unhappy with way crowd was handled
CHARLOTTESVILLE – Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was unhappy with the way the crowd was handled after a 73-68 loss to Virginia on Thursday night. The Cavaliers fans stormed the court after the upset win, coming from the student section behind the Duke bench. A security guard asked Coach K to wait while the fans streamedContinue Reading [→]
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Virginia football to play Boise State in 2015, 2017
Virginia’s football team will face Boise State in Charlottesville in 2015, then again in Idaho in 2017. The matchup secures a streak of West Coast trips for the Wahoos, which will include: 2014 – BYU 2015 – UCLA 2016 – Oregon 2017 – Boise State 2018 – Stanford Cavaliers’ associate AD Jon Oliver was quotedContinue Reading [→]
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Virginia-Penn State game in jeopardy?
Virginia’s premier non-conference game next season is a trip to State College to face Penn State, but that game could be in jeopardy. The Nittany Lions are reportedly exploring ways to get out of that contract, and instead schedule Rhode Island for its Sept. 14 home date. Players at URI tweeted on Tuesday that theContinue Reading [→]
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Extended version of today’s Ice Bowl story
After 11 years, Virginia returns to the Richmond Coliseum today. The game is unlikely to generate the kind of memories the Cavaliers’ last visit produced, a disaster that was referred to as “Bambi on ice” by U.Va.’s coach and “more slippery than a Bill Clinton deposition” by this newspaper. It also marked the end ofContinue Reading [→]
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Catching up with Pete Gillen
Virginia was coached by Pete Gillen the last time the Cavaliers played at the Richmond Coliseum. After that game, which was called due to icy conditions on the court, Gillen said he wouldn’t be bringing his team back. Eleven years later, he hasn’t changed his tune. “That was an important game for us to tryContinue Reading [→]
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