COLUMBUS, OHIO -- With 5.7 seconds left, Virginia junior Sean Singletary sprinted down the court, the game in his hands.
With just under five minutes left in the first half, Virginia senior J.R. Reynolds found himself flat on his back after being tripped and fouled by an Albany defender.
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- I sat down in front of my computer to analyze the game that just ended between Virginia and Tennessee in the second round of the NCAA Tournament here at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It's Thursday afternoon and I'm back in my hotel room. Virginia and Albany just met with the media and then held hour-long open practices inside Nationwide Arena (the site of Friday's first-round NCAA matchup between the Cavaliers and the Great Danes). With the game less than 24 hours away, here are a few initial impressions of the teams, the arena and the tournament:
Let's make one thing very clear right now. Tomorrow's men's NCAA Tournament game against Albany is the biggest sports event in the last four years for Virginia.
Sports journalism isn't rocket science. Typically, it involves a relatively knowledgeable person watching a game live and then reflecting on that game in an objective (game story) or subjective (column) manner.
An old saying goes something like, "Getting to the top is easy; it's staying there that is the hard part." Nothing could be truer for the Virginia men's basketball team, which earlier this week tied for first place in the ACC for the second time this season.
With a three-point victory against Florida State over the weekend, the No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers have once again reclaimed a share of the top spot in the conference with No.
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the death of Virginia's winning streak. The Cavalier streak died over the weekend in Blacksburg, Va.
BLACKSBURG -- The circus came to Blacksburg over the weekend, but apparently, no one told Virginia. Virginia Tech (17-7, 7-3 ACC) used nearly a dozen highlight-reel dunks from junior forward Deron Washington to slam home a dominant 84-57 win against Virginia (16-7, 8-3 ACC) Saturday night.
