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NCAA 101: Eight lessons learned from the first two rounds of the tournament

By Jed Williams | March 20, 2001

Students of the staggered screen, pupils of the pick-and-roll: Gather'round. Last week I presented you with an assignment: Camp out in front of the big screen, fight your way through 48 games worth of utter NCAA madness and report back with your findings. In the time-honored tradition of sending the 16 sweetest clubs onward in search of the college hardwood holy grail, I've condensed our laundry list of observations down to not 16 (that wouldn't fit) but eight noteworthy memories and moments.

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Cavs battle early inexperience

By Ginny Min | March 8, 2001

Tennis is often considered a warm weather sport. But despite chilly winds and 40-degree weather, the Virginia men's and women's tennis teams have been playing since early February. The men's team kicked off its 2001 spring season Feb.

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On any scale, women's basketball doesn't measure up

By Michael Gillespie | March 8, 2001

This weekend, I realized that I really, really don't like women's basketball. Now before the National Organization for Women starts to deluge me with letters proclaiming me a misogynist, let me explain.

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Women's lacrosse squashes ODU

By Chris Yeung | March 8, 2001

The Virginia women's lacrosse team spoiled Old Dominion's home opener with a 14-9 win last night. After the Lady Monarchs (0-1) grabbed an early 2-0 lead, the Cavaliers (3-0) responded with seven unanswered goals to take a 7-2 lead early in the second half.

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Cavaliers ready for ACC Tournament

By Ginny Min | March 8, 2001

Spring Break is just around the corner, but for the men's basketball teams in the ACC, the next four days are anything but a vacation. The 48th annual ACC Tournament kicks off tonight at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, when Florida State and Clemson, the eighth and ninth seeds, respectively, meet in the first round.

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Sampson looks back on fantastic era

By David Semler | March 7, 2001

The No. 12 Virginia men's basketball team begins postseason play Firday in the ACC Tournament. For the first time since the 1996-97 season - after which the Cavaliers struggled for even the easiest ACC win - the team is likely to secure a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The turnaround is remarkable, but it is no match for Virginia's rise to national dominance just two decades ago.

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In time-honored spirit of midterms,

By Jim Reedy | March 7, 2001

This week, in the interest of progressing through my final collegiate semester, I will take tests on Geoffrey Chaucer and American government.

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Cavaliers get ready for Monarchs

By Jessica Garrison | March 7, 2001

After a 12-10 victory at No. 9 Syracuse, the Virginia women's lacrosse team returns for an in-state contest against Old Dominion today at 5 p.m.

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Hall receives ACC award for defense

By Alex Roosenburg and Kate Lipper | March 7, 2001

The ACC announced its 2001 All-ACC Defensive Team yesterday. Its members are Virginia junior forward Adam Hall, Maryland's Juan Dixon, Brendan Haywood of North Carolina, Georgia Tech's Alvin Jones and Shane Battier of Duke. Hall finished Virginia's regular season with 82 defensive rebounds and averaged 5.4 rebounds.

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Hand erases doubts with senior season

By Chip Knighton | March 6, 2001

Few athletes have gone through as much turmoil as point guard Donald Hand. Over the course of his Virginia career, the senior from Paterson, N.J., played for two different coaches, watched the player he was brought in with depart and filled several roles for the men's basketball team.

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Baseball set for in-state showdown

By Paul Crane | March 6, 2001

The Virginia baseball team will pack its umbrellas and travel to Norfolk today to face in-state rival Old Dominion. After inclement weather forced the cancellation of Sunday's game against Seton Hall, Virginia (7-4) will make its second road trip of the year to face the Monarchs (3-11) at Bud Metheny Complex. "We went on the road and played well at both spots, at VCU and at Liberty," Virginia coach Dennis Womack said.

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Lacrosse deserves Hooville's support

By Chris Yeung | March 6, 2001

Much has been made of the Virginia men's basketball team's sudden ability to cause students to forego classes en masse and camp out for better seats at University Hall.

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Softball takes tournament with victories over Bobcats

By Kate Bedingfield | March 6, 2001

The Virginia softball team (8-6) snatched a doubleheader from Ohio (9-8) to take first place in the 2001 U.Va.

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Women's hoops fails in ACC first round

By Jessica Garrison | March 5, 2001

GREENSBORO, N.C.-The Cavalier women's basketball team battled through foul trouble, led the entire first half, built six different leads of eight points or more and still managed to fall to Florida State, 83-77, in the first round of the ACC Tournament on Saturday. Virginia (20-13) entered the tournament seeded fifth, behind a Seminole team that has had a breakout season, after being picked to finish last in the league in preseason voting.

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Inconsistent Cavalier women find themselves in familiar territory at tournament

By Paul Crane | March 5, 2001

Foul trouble has been a problem the Cavaliers have avoided for the most part this season, but not however, against Florida State.

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Terrapins trounce unimpressive Cavs

By Ginny Min | March 5, 2001

COLLEGE PARK, Md.-If you walk into Cole Field House and play one of your worst games of the season, you will probably experience something like what happened to the Virginia men's basketball team Saturday: a 35-point whipping. Behind poor shooting, poor defense and an uninspired performance altogether, the No.

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Cavaliers suffer separation anxiety away from U-Hall

By Kate Lipper | March 5, 2001

COLLEGE PARK, Md.-When a team goes 7-1 in the conference at home but drops six of eight on the road, the numbers don't lie. As the Virginia men's basketball team travels to Atlanta this weekend for the ACC tournament, their dismal road record pinpoints an aspect of the Cavaliers' game in need of some serious attention.

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Syracuse sticks men's lacrosse with first loss

By Lindsay Means and Jessica Garrison | March 5, 2001

The No. 3 Virginia men's lacrosse team lost at top-ranked Syracuse on Saturday, 13-7. Although they took the first lead, the Cavaliers (1-1) were left down, 6-3, at the half. In the third quarter Syracuse (2-0) took a definitive lead, 9-3, and then finished off the Cavaliers in the fourth quarter to take Virginia to a 13-7 loss that was its worst since the 1995 NCAA Semifinals when the Cavaliers lost to the Orangemen, 20-13. The Cavaliers travel to No.

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Surging Cavaliers look to sink Pirates

By Kate Bedingfield | March 2, 2001

Fresh off a 13-10 victory against Liberty yesterday, the Virginia baseball team (6-3) looks to continue its winning ways as it hosts Seton Hall (0-3) this weekend.

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Women's basketball readies for run in ACC tournament

By Jessica Garrison and Paul Crane | March 2, 2001

After a wild and wacky conference regular season, the ACC women's basketball tournament tips off today in Greensboro, N.C. This season has seen not only surprising success stories from the likes of Clemson and Florida State, but also disappointing performances by Virginia and North Carolina.