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Scattershooting: J-Willy talks Beekman, trash talking, recruiting and beards, plus more
Scattershooting around the ACC, while fighting through this terrible pandemic shutdown …
Just for fun, what would Tony Bennett and other ACC coaches look like as women?
The pandemic shutdown has been a boring time for all of us. We’ve come up with lists of just about everything imaginable, comparisons between players and teams from different eras, and now this.
5-star combo guard Warley lists Virginia on his final list of 10
Virginia basketball has made the cut for one of the nation’s top prospects in the Class of 2021. Jalen Warley, a 6-foot-5, 180-pound, 5-star combination guard from Westtown School in Norristown, Pa. narrowed his list to 10 schools on Friday, after receiving more than 25 offers.
Soderberg staying at UVA; Wahoos’ long-snapper transferring to Hokies … what?
Brad Soderberg will apparently return to Virginia basketball’s coaching staff for a sixth season as an assistant to Tony Bennett.
Tony Bennett and Virginia’s basketball players send message of unity
Virginia coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers’ basketball team sent out a video message to the nation on Friday in hopes to set an example of unity.
What was toughest loss of Barkley’s career? The Wahoos …
When 247sports.com asked Charles Barkley what was the toughest loss of his entire basketball career, Sir Charles didn’t blink.
From crib to the NBA, Ty Jerome has been a basketball player since birth
It was destined from birth that Ty Jerome was going to be a basketball player. His father, Mark, and mother, Melanie, both played college basketball. Mark was a high school and AAU coach. While that doesn’t necessarily mean their child would become a hoopster, the way he was raised perhaps did.
‘Wahoowa Saturday’ debuts this weekend on UVA social media
The Virginia athletics department announced Monday the opportunity for fans to come together, enjoy and participate in a number of digital events during the initial Wahoowa Saturday.
Wahoo World Episode 4: UVA Basketball Recruiting
Chris Graham of Augusta Free Press joins us as we break down the UVA basketball Class of 2020 and incoming transfer Trey Murphy, and look ahead to what can be added in 2021.
Virginia makes the cut for 5-star forward Brown
One of the top 15 players in the country has included Virginia on his cut to 10 schools. Kendall Brown, a 6-foot-7, 205-pound, 5-star small forward, made UVA the only ACC school on his final 10 list.
What if Ralph Sampson had followed with his first impression during recruiting?
When Ralph Sampson was trying to decide where to play college basketball in 1979, he narrowed his long list of suitors down to six, then a final four: Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina and Kentucky.
Virginia set to take on Villanova in Madison Square Garden
Virginia, which is projected to be one of the top teams in the nation next season, is set to meet Big East powerhouse Villanova in Madison Square Garden. A date for the game has not been announced.
Scattershooting: Shula, Kihei, UVA quarterbacks, more Louisville trouble
Scattershooting around Wahoo Nation in hopes of a coronavirus-free world in the not-too-distant future …
Hoops Notes: Who’s next at Wake? UVA to play at JMU
Some hoops notes to soothe your basketball hunger …
Beekman died from accidental acute intoxication of two separate drugs
Washington State football player Bryce Beekman suffered an accidental death from acute intoxication of two drugs according to the Whitman County Coroner’s Office in Pullman, Wash.
Justin Anderson’s toughest test yet … the piano
Basketball has always been easy for Justin Anderson. His newest challenge, though … not so much.
Virginia’s newest player, transfer Trey Murphy III, said Bennett, staff and McKoy made Wahoos an easy choice
Trey Murphy III has never been to John Paul Jones Arena, but that didn’t matter to him when he became the newest member of Tony Bennett’s Virginia basketball program on Monday.
Rice transfer wing Murphy announces he will commit to Virginia
Trey Murphy III is a Wahoo. The 6-foot-8 transfer from Rice University announced on his Twitter account Monday afternoon that he is committing to Virginia.
Worst to First: Virginia wins the Natty
After falling to the depths of college basketball during the madness of last March, becoming the first No. 1 seed in history to lose to a No. 16 seed, and suffering the scorn of the American sporting public, Virginia rose from purgatory to paradise Monday night.
One Shining Moment: UVA defeats Texas Tech in OT to win title
In one of the most memorable National Championship games in NCAA Tournament history, the Cavaliers prevailed in overtime, 85-77, to defeat Texas Tech and hoist the program’s first title trophy at U.S. Bank Stadium.
