Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen announced yesterday that forward/guard Maurice Young has left the Cavaliers. Young asked for and has received his immediate release.
"We really appreciate Maurice's contributions to our basketball program," Gillen said to Virginia athletic media relations. "He's a terrific person, and we wish him well in his basketball career and all of his future endeavors."
Young, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, has scored six points and had four rebounds in 21 minutes of action in the two games so far this season.
Men's soccer earns NCAA tournament bid
The Virginia men's soccer team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament, the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Committee announced yesterday. Virginia will play in the second round of the tournament this weekend at home, after earning a first-round bye.
The second-seeded Cavaliers (16-1-1) will play the winner of Seton Hall (10-6-2)/Coastal Carolina (10-7-3) at Klockner Stadium this Sunday.
This year will mark Virginia's 60th NCAA tournament appearance. The Cavaliers have won the NCAA championship five times.
This year's tournament is the largest bracket in NCAA history, as the number of teams invited to the tournament expanded last summer from 32 to 48.
Undefeated Southern Methodist, which won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles, earned the NCAA top seed. Stanford is third-seeded and Indiana is fourth.
The ACC boasts five teams invited to the tournament, including Clemson, which is seeded fifth, and North Carolina, which is seeded seventh.
-Compiled by Lindsay Means
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