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  1. From The Archives: The Evolution of J.R. Reynolds

    Thinking about how the sad state of the Virginia basketball program got me to thinking back about brighter days. The following is an article I wrote in October of 2006 previewing the Virginia basketball season...

    Written by Ben Gibson about about 17 hours ago 0 comments

  2. Virginia Women's Basketball Knocks Off Vols, Turns Heads

    83-82. The final score showed on the big screen as the shocked home crowd could only watch silently as the Virginia women's basketball team celebrated in the middle of the court where the Volunteers have brought in numerous national titles...

    Written by Ben Gibson about 16 days ago 0 comments

  3. Virginia in the Hunt for Superstar Recruit Renardo Sidney

    As they say, close is only good enough for horseshoes and hand grenades. Virginia coach Dave Leitao has taken a very bold approach to recruiting while in Charlottesville, taking on the Dukes and North Carolinas of the world head-on...

    Written by Ben Gibson about 24 days ago 0 comments

  4. UVA Basketball: Adding Injury To Insult

    It's bad enough when you know you're going to lose one of the greatest players to ever put on a jersey for your program. However, Virginia basketball may have had as much offseason luck as their football counterpart this season...

    Written by Ben Gibson about about 1 month ago 9 comments

  5. The Real Prestige Rankings: Part I

    Table of Contents: Introduction and Outline Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Part VIII Part IX Part X Part XI This is the first part in my series of Prestige Rankings for NCAA Basketball over the past 24 years..

    Written by Brett Lissenden about 3 months ago 6 comments

  6. NBA Dreams: The Journey of Elton Brown

    We often forget when we watch our favorite college teams compete that these athletes are just kids. They may have the bodies of giants, but the mind of someone still coming to grips with the world around them...

    Written by Ben Gibson about 3 months ago 5 comments

  7. UVA Basketball: ESPN Needs Some New Interns

    So we all make mistakes. I should know, I make enough grammatical problems to make any editor shake his head. However, I do know that former senior co-captain Adrian Joseph graduated last year for the Cavaliers...

    Written by Ben Gibson about 3 months ago 6 comments

  8. Is Dave Leitao Scaring Players Away from Virginia?

    By all accounts, Dave Leitao is a one scary dude. But is his intensity too much? At first blush, you’d think so. Leitao has managed to run off a fair number of recruits during his tenure at UVa: Derrick Byars, Gary Forbes, T...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 4 months ago 1 comments

  9. Open Mic: All-Time Virginia Basketball Team

    Beginning this journey, I thought it was going to be pretty easy to select the top Virginia Cavaliers on the hardwood. I think people can agree on most of the names, but actually deciding who starts and at what positions proved to be a harder challenge...

    Written by Ben Gibson about 4 months ago 7 comments

  10. Favre reinstated

    NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has reinstated Brett Favre into the NFL.Presumably, this ends any chance of Favre taking the Packers' $20 million marketing offer to stay retired...

    Written by Brian Carriveau about 4 months ago 0 comments

  11. Will Harris To Transfer From UVA

    With Virginia coach Dave Leitao constantly searching for recruits this offseason, despite a full load of scholarships, it was only a matter of time before the news came out that the Cavaliers' men's basketball team was going to lose one of its players...

    Written by Ben Gibson about 4 months ago 4 comments

  12. Dave Leitao and the Virginia Cavaliers: A Defining Season

    Next season, the training wheels are off. When Dave Leitao started at Virginia, he knew he had a solid backcourt—Sean Singletary and J.R. Reynolds, both of whom were recruited by his predecessor—to anchor the team...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 5 months ago 5 comments

  13. NBA Draft: What Happened To Sean Singletary?

    Singletary. Know Him? He's considered by many people who do know him to have been the best point guard in the ACC for all four years of his tenure at the University of Virginia...

    Written by Trent Alderman about 6 months ago 12 comments

  14. UVA Women's Basketball: Looking Ahead to Next Season

    The Cavaliers had an excellent '07-'08 season, despite exiting in the second round of the NCAA's as a four seed. It was a great way to send off senior Sharnee Zoll, a senior captain and highly influential Cavalier who helped revive the program

    Written by Dan Stalcup about 7 months ago 2 comments

  15. Virginia Basketball: Thank You Sean Singletary

    Dear Sean Singletary, Thank you.Thank you for playing hard all the time, even when the season was crumbling around you...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 8 months ago 11 comments

  16. A Three Bid Conference: Could it be the ACC?

    With all the NCAA tournament bubble talk being bandied about, I get worked up. I love speculating about who’s in and who’s out and all that tomfoolery...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 9 months ago 7 comments

  17. Virginia’s Two Game Win Streak: Tempered Enthusiasm

    I can’t even begin to tell you how pleased I was about Virginia’s win versus NC State. I have the inside track on winning $1. I just recently got DVR and could watch the game as much as I wanted...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 9 months ago 2 comments

  18. UVA Basketball: ‘Hoos Manning the Middle

    Mike Scott: not a natural center. Mike Scott's facial hair: all natural. (picture by virginiasports.com) There’s guards, there’s forwards, then there’s centers...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 9 months ago 2 comments

  19. Will Virginia Best NC State Down the Stretch? $1 Says They Will

    I live in Raleigh and claim Virginia as my team of choice. This makes for a difficult college basketball life. I am the subject of much ridicule and mockery among the Tobacco road fandom in the area, especially with this disastrous season...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 9 months ago 0 comments

  20. Virginia's Sean Singletary: ACC MVP

    Revisit the title of this article just for a moment. Notice I did not say Sean Singletary for ACC Player of the Year. That award goes to a very deserving Tyler Hansbrough...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 9 months ago 1 comments

  21. Virginia-Clemson: Cavaliers DOA Against Tigers

    The way these columns usually work is, I say: “If Virginia does 'x' better, they’ll be able to win more basketball games...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 10 months ago 0 comments

  22. Barbs of Cville: Local Reporter Takes Cuts at Virginia's Dave Leitao

    It’s been a week since I posted—the tough season makes it difficult to dredge up the trauma of Virginia’s performances. For example, see the Good Ol’ Blog for what looks like an emotional train wreck in hypertext...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 10 months ago 2 comments

  23. Memo to the Virginia Cavaliers: Get to the Line More

    Virginia runs into scoring droughts—one might venture to call them deserts even—rather frequently. They usually occur at the worst times, like when it appears that they ought to ...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 10 months ago 6 comments

  24. Virginia's Dave Leitao: Master Builder

    Yesterday’s column, as awful as it was, alluded to Virginia’s identity crisis. More reflection gave way to a new thought about Dave Leitao and his Cavalier crew...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 10 months ago 1 comments

  25. UVA Hoops - Bad Luck Haunts Cavs

    I’ve come to the conclusion that a couple of bounces one way or the other and two close losses turn the University of Virginia's 1-3 start in the Atlantic Coast Conference into 3-1...

    Written by Ben Allaire about 10 months ago 0 comments