Forecasting the 64 teams that will comprise the NCAA Tournament field is always a tricky proposition.
(This is part one in a three-part daily series on the Virginia men's basketball program under Coach Pete Gillen.) This time two years ago, the Virginia men's basketball team was putting the finishing touches on an uninspired 3-13 ACC record and was about to lose its only two reliable scorers: Curtis Staples, the all-time NCAA leader in three-pointers, and Norman Nolan, the team's leading scorer and rebounder.
Ryan Kalamaya's single with two outs in the ninth inning scored Eric Christensen with the winning run as the Cavalier baseball team edged Virginia Commonwealth 8-7 in Richmond. The Cavs (7-8-1) led 4-0 after three innings, but VCU cut the lead to one in the bottom of the third.
Duke's Mike Krzyzewski usually ends up with it. Clemson's beleaguered Larry Shyatt may never get it.
The No. 3 Virginia women's lacrosse team walked into Klöckner Stadium Saturday afternoon with high hopes, high spirits and high expectations.
GREENSBORO, N.C.-The Virginia women's basketball team has played a number of excruciatingly close games against North Carolina and suffered their share of demoralizing defeats, but this one may have been the most heartbreaking of all. As luck would have it, the top-seeded Cavaliers (23-8, 13-4) were matched in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament with fifth-seeded Carolina, a team that bested the Cavs last month in overtime and has had Virginia's number through the years. Yesterday, with a spot in the ACC final up for grabs, the Heels (18-11, 9-8 ACC) worked their giant-killing magic once again, beating the No.
This weekend the Virginia softball team picked up four wins and plenty of confidence. The Cavaliers won four straight games en route to capturing the Cavalier Classic, winning off the five-team tournament with an 8-0 shutout of Wright State yesterday afternoon at The Park. Virginia (6-11) had won just two of 13 games going into the tournament.
A 45-minute roller coaster of a game ended in elation for the Virginia men's basketball team Saturday night at University Hall as the Cavaliers came from behind to force overtime and earn a stunning 89-87 win against No.
GREENSBORO, N.C.-After a dismal performance against Clemson in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament Saturday, North Carolina guard Nikki Teasley needed something to spark her for the next game against Virginia.
As Virginia senior Willie Dersch stood atop the University Hall scorer's table late Saturday night looking out over a throng of jubilant Cavalier fans basking in an 89-87 overtime win against No.
The Virginia men's tennis team faced one of its toughest tests of the season but managed to pull out a 4-2 victory over Ohio State yesterday with some timely singles victories. The day began inauspiciously for the No.
The Virginia baseball team rode a strong performance by starting pitcher Brandon Creswell to a 7-4 victory over Seton Hall at the U.Va.
The rematch of last season's NCAA men's lacrosse championship Saturday seemed for 62 minutes to be a fight between two immovable objects.
Interview with Virginia men's lacrosse Coach Dom Starsia conducted Friday, Feb. 25, 2000 Cavalier Daily: How has winning the championship last season changed the team's outlook?
In the Virginia-Wake Forest meeting in Winston-Salem Jan. 30, the Cavaliers played a full 40-minute, intensity-packed game en route to a 76-67 win.
On a night when the Cavs had their opportunity to send a message to the NCAA Selection Committee that they belong in March's biggest Dance party, Wake Forest's clutch play delayed the invitation. The Virginia men's basketball team (18-10, 8-7 ACC) trailed for the majority of the game, but Adam Hall's free throw with 6:52 remaining gave the Cavs the lead and renewed hopes of escaping with a crucial Conference victory. But seconds later, Wake forward Darius Songaila was fouled and calmly sank two shots.
In men's college lacrosse, a sport in which less than 10 teams have legitimate championship aspirations, the burden of defending the national title is a heavy one.
The 1999 NCAA lacrosse championship plaque is on Grounds somewhere right now, but nobody seems to be able to find it.
Last year's 16-6 loss to Maryland in the NCAA Tournament Final whetted the appetite of the Virginia women's lacrosse team.
When you get right down to it, it's still basketball, pure and simple. Starting today, when the nine ACC women's basketball teams square off to decide the Conference championship, the sounds of the game - the squeaking of leather sneakers, the swish of a nylon net, the clock-like tick-tock of a bouncing ball - will be as identifiable on the court in Greensboro as in a Saturday afternoon pick-up game. But, when you pack thousands of fans into the Greensboro Coliseum and put an ACC title up for grabs, this weekend's Tournament takes on a lot more significance than your average rec league game. Clemson, last year's Tournament champion, comes in looking to keep the title from leaving Death Valley, and Duke, the 1999 regular season champion, surely wants to spur a repeat run to the NCAA Final Four.
