From the monthly archives:

December 2009

U.Va. reschedules game with UNCW

December 23, 2009

Release courtesy of the University of Virginia: Game will be played on Jan. 18   CHARLOTTESVILLE—The Virginia men’s basketball team’s game with UNC Wilmington originally scheduled to be played on Dec. 19 has been rescheduled for Jan. 18 at John Paul Jones Arena. A starting time will not be set [...]

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Jazz trade Maynor to Thunder

December 22, 2009

Here’s a news item from the Salt Lake City paper that will interest VCU fans (among others):  Eric Maynor has been traded from the Utah Jazz to the Oklahoma City Thunder.   Not sure I understand the whole deal – it involves players who have never played and players who won’t play for their new teams.  [...]

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U.Va. game vs. UNCW postponed

December 19, 2009

Release courtesy of the University of Virginia: Schools will try to reschedule the game during the 2009-10 season   CHARLOTTESVILLE—Tonight’s Virginia-UNC Wilmington men’s basketball game at John Paul Jones Arena has been postponed because of hazardous travel conditions caused by the heavy snowfall in the Charlottesville area. The schools will [...]

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Free basketball – but DRIVE SAFELY

December 18, 2009

Virginia Tech has cancelled its bowl media today scheduled for tomorrow morning.   Your friendly correspondent had planned to go, then decided to watch the streaming video rather than risk the drive.  But, wisely, the Hokies called the whole thing off. Not off is the Hokies’ men’s basketball game against Charleston Southern, scheduled [...]

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UR calls press conference to name new coach

December 15, 2009

Here’s a quick statement from UR on its new coach – everything points to former U.Va., UR assistant Latrell Scott getting the nod to replace Mike London in charge of the Spiders.  Here’s a link to a story  the Times-Dispatch did on Scott today.ESPN950 reported this morning that Scott would be the Spiders’ new coach. [...]

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Gwynn, Saintil help VCU maintain dominance of UR

December 13, 2009

We’ll state up front, for the record, that the early thoughts while watching the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s basketball team live for the first time this season probably were not fair. But fair or not, they were there. The absence of two-time Colonial Athletic Association player of the year [...]

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