Gillen receives Xavier honors
Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen has been announced as one of the fall 2002 inductees into the Xavier University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Gillen was the head coach at Xavier from 1985-1994, before becoming head coach at Providence and eventually moving to Virginia. Gillen is Xavier's winningest men's basketball coach, with a 202-75 record over nine seasons. In all but one of his seasons as head coach, Xavier competed in the postseason: seven NCAA Tournament appearences and one run to the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Tournament.
In the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, Gillen led his Xavier teams to six regular season championships and five conference tournament championships. Named MCC coach of the year five times, Gillen led his game to seven 20-win seasons.
Gillen's induction is set for November.
Football makes early-season announcements
Virginia will begin the 2002-2003 football season when it takes on Colorado State in the second annual Jim Thorpe Classic on Aug. 22. Kickoff has been scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Comcast SportsNet and Fox Sports Net South will televise this first-ever meeting between the Cavaliers and the Rams, who are part of the Mountain West Conference.
Virginia also announced starting times for three other early games. The Cavaliers will travel to Tallahassee, Fla. on Aug. 31 to face Florida State at 3:30 p.m. Returning to Scott Stadium, Virginia will host South Carolina on Sept. 7 at 7:45 p.m, televised nationally by ESPN. There will be no single game tickets sold for this game, although season tickets are still available.
After a bye week, Virginia will hold its annual Homecoming Game against Akron on Sept. 21 at 3 p.m.
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