Basketball:Cavs earn No. 4 seed after bowing out early in ACCs
By Barney Breen-Portnoy | March 13, 2007TAMPA, Fla.
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Despite a solid second-half effort, Virginia was unable to overcome a 20-point halftime deficit, as the Cavaliers fell 83-74 to the No.6 Terrapins in front of a crowd of 7,107 at the John Paul Jones Arena. "It's tough taking losses, but we fought hard," junior point guard Sharnee Zoll said.
Only 48 hours after recording one of the most significant victories in the recent history of the men's basketball program, Virginia avoided a letdown on Saturday evening as the Cavaliers beat Miami 81-70. "In winning the game today, the most satisfactory part of it was how mature we could be off of a very emotional night on Thursday with only a day to prepare," Virginia coach Dave Leitao said.
CLEMSON, S.C. -- Down by 14 points with five minutes remaining in Sunday afternoon's game at Clemson, the situation looked dire for Virginia.
By Barney Breen-Portnoy Cavalier Daily Senior Writer RALEIGH, N.C. -- Just three days after scoring 40 points against Wake Forest, senior shooting guard J.R.
Trailing by six points at halftime, Virginia coach Debbie Ryan knew that the Cavaliers needed to change their defensive game plan.
For the first time since 2001, Virginia coach Al Groh won't be preparing for a bowl game during the month of December.
BLACKSBURG -- A week after finishing off the home portion of its schedule with a convincing 17-0 win over Miami, the Virginia football team traveled to Virginia Tech and laid another egg on the road as the Cavaliers were shut out by the Hokies 17-0 in front of a crowd of 66,233 at Lane Stadium. Virginia (5-7, 4-4 ACC) finished its season one win short of attaining bowl eligibility.
BLACKSBURG -- Like Borat Sagdiyev, I have been the itinerant traveler this fall as I have covered all 12 of Virginia's football games.
Heading into its final two games of the season, Virginia (4-6, 3-3 ACC) is looking to finish the 2006 campaign on a high note.
