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Cavaliers outlast Tech in overtime

RICHMOND--This time, when the game reached overtime, the Cavaliers got it right. The Virginia men's basketball team overcame a frenzied charge by Virginia Tech and emerged with a hard-fought 71-66 victory over a very determined squad of Hokies last night at the Richmond Coliseum.


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Volnaya matures for women's squad

A year ago, Svetlana Volnaya was just a shooter. She filled that role well in her first season with the Cavaliers, converting 26 percent of her three-point tries, but although she possessed the physical skills to be a better all-around player, Volnaya had problems finding her own shot rather than relying on others to get her involved. So how did The Shooter, the Virginia women basketball team's 6-foot-1 Belarus native, go from being a player on the outside looking in, waiting for kick-outs from the Cavs' hard-working guards, to the top scorer in the ACC?


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Virginia wins in double OT

Once the ball gets rolling, it can't be stopped. Lisa Hosac scored 19 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the Virginia women's basketball to an error-filled double overtime victory over Clemson at University Hall last night, 77-74. The Cavaliers (14-4, 6-1 ACC) have won 10 in a row-a streak that dates back to Dec.


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Youthful Duke team continues to make ACC blue

Like most ACC basketball addicts, I've been waiting for the inevitable: Duke's downfall from the top of the ACC. After starting the season with two losses, the close games that followed with Illinois, DePaul and Michigan and the parity in the ACC this year, I was certain that some Conference team, preferably Virginia, could knock off the Blue Devils in their first run through the league. That opinion was confirmed by the fact that Duke was only favored to win the game against the Cavaliers by I was amazed that in all the ACC games this season, Duke has led by no more than five at the half and that even lowly Florida State managed to hold a halftime lead against the Blue Devils. Wednesday night, when Duke faced N.C.


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Opportunity comes early for Cav coach

April Heinrichs thought she'd have an offseason. When rumors surfaced in November that she might leave her spot coaching the Virginia women's soccer team for a chance to serve as the head coach of the U.S.


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Heel stomping may lead to Dance

Having survived the longest three-tenths of a second in college basketball history and handing an 87-85 defeat to a sinking North Carolina squad Tuesday night, it was time to celebrate for the Cavalier men.


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Jordan joins Wizards' staff

The Washington Wizards announced yesterday that Michael Jordan will become the team's president of basketball operations with an eventual option to buy a percentage of the team. Jordan, a six-time NBA champion as a player for the Chicago Bulls, will be running he Wizards before the NBA's Feb.


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Paycheck might keep NCAA hoop stars from shooting to the pros

Tuesday's heartstopping, balloon-popping barnburner of a basketball game between upstart Virginia and down-and-out North Carolina spoke to why college hoops can be the most entertaining sport around. There was drama -- the game's conclusion was delayed twice because of a combination of fan frenzy and lackluster officiating.


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Ahead of Lighting of the Lawn, Riley McNeill and Chelsea Huffman, co-chairs of the Lighting of the Lawn Committee and fourth-year College students, and Peter Mildrew, the president of the Hullabahoos and third-year Commerce student, discuss the festive tradition which brings the community together year after year. From planning the event to preparing performances, McNeil, Huffman and Mildrew elucidate how the light show has historically helped the community heal in the midst of hardship.