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For a few fleeting moments in the second half Monday night, it appeared that fourth-ranked Virginia was about to get run out of town, let alone getting blown out of the jam-packed, frenzied Dean Dome.
The road in the Atlantic Coast Conference is never friendly. At times during the second half of No. 4 Virginia’s Big Monday showdown at No. 8 North Carolina, it was downright rude.
The University of Virginia women’s basketball team pulled off a gritty 53-47 win against Duke Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, picking up its first win against the Blue Devils since January 30, 2000, ending a 26-game losing streak.
Up next for No. 3 Virginia is a quick Monday jolt down Tobacco Road to tangle with eighth-ranked ACC rival North Carolina at the Dean E. Smith Center.
Jerry Ratcliffe and Scott Ratcliffe from JerryRatcliffe.com and Chris Graham, Scott German and Zach Pereles from Augusta Free Press vote in this week’s ACC Basketball Power Poll.
The No. 13 Virginia men’s tennis team closed out the weekend with a 7-0 victory over Boston College on Sunday at the Rec Plex in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Eight different players scored as No. 16 Virginia opened the 2019 season with a 15-12 win over No. 13 Navy on Saturday afternoon at Klöckner Stadium.
Round 2 is in the books, and as much as No. 3 Virginia (20-2, 8-2) wanted to defend the lane against No. 2 Duke Saturday at John Paul Jones Arena, the Blue Devils’ hot perimeter shooting was the story in an 81-71 win.
Talking heads will analyze No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Virginia – The Rematch, all day long Sunday and into Monday night’s games. No need. The Blue Devils’ recipe to success in an 81-71 win over the host Cavaliers was as simple as cornbread.
The formula for beating Duke is simple in Seth Greenberg’s view: take care of the basketball, keep the Blue Devils off the glass, and set your defense.
Listen up as Jerry has a power-packed show with UVA guard Kyle Guy, ESPN College Basketball Analyst Dick Vitale, and world renown author and Wahoo fan John Grisham.
The anticipation continues to build as we are now just hours away from the 6 p.m. tipoff between No. 3 Virginia and No. 2 Duke inside John Paul Jones Arena.
In a poll of the 14 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball coaches, Virginia was picked to finish second in the Coastal Division, accumulating 64 points and one first-place vote.
The key in the rematch may be whether or not Virginia’s “Pack-Line” defense can keep the Blue Devils out of the lane.
The No. 13 Virginia men’s tennis team defeated No. 1 Wake Forest by a 5-2 score on Friday at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.
Virginia softball will open its third season under head coach Joanna Hardin at the FAU First Pitch Classic in Boca Raton, Fla. The Cavaliers will play five games in the three-day tournament, beginning on Friday.
The Virginia women’s basketball team picked up a 79-77 overtime victory over Boston College on Thursday at John Paul Jones Arena.
In advance of the ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm show and the Duke at Virginia game on Saturday, Charlottesville State Farm Agent Gary Albert will host an event featuring the ESPN College GameDay Bus later today.
Season tickets for 2019 Virginia home football games are on sale.
Bronco Mendenhall isn’t easily impressed, but when a group of European football prospects drove through the night to attend Virginia’s football camp last summer, he was intrigued. Once he saw some of those players perform, he was blown away.