On Tuesday, UVa senior Calvin Baker underwent arthroscopic surgery to clean out a loose piece of cartilage in his right knee.

Bennett has been pleased with the offseason work that his new charges have put in, most notably that of ACC rookie of the year Sylven Landesberg.

Most of Virginia’s basketball team will focus on trying to upset Boston College in tonight’s opening round of the ACC Tournament. There’s more on tri-captain Calvin Baker’s mind.

Many times, when Virginia guard Calvin Baker winds up with the ball in his hands as the shot clock is running down, a collective groan reverberates throughout John Paul Jones Arena.

Well, save for freshman Sylven Landesberg, Leitao may want to his reassess the unit that started the Cavaliers’ 72-67 loss in front of a crowd of 16,353 at the RBC Center.

“I looked at coach Leitao to see if he was going to call a timeout or anything and he just said, ‘Push it,’” Calvin Baker said.

This afternoon, UVa plays at Tech in its ACC season opener. A win would be the Wahoos’ first step toward disproving the naysayers who believe they are destined for the league basement this season.

Tonight, the search for whatever it is that has been missing continues when Virginia (4-4) plays host to Hampton (5-4) in the team’s final tune-up — er, engine overhaul — for the ACC season.

For the second straight game, the Virginia player who seemed to play with the most energy and passion was 7-foot freshman Assane Sene.

For much of Wednesday night’s game against South Florida, very little of what Calvin Baker did on the court was very pretty or seemed to come easy.

Yes, for the last three years — ever since coach Dave Leitao came aboard — Virginia has been blessed with one of the best players in the conference.

Well, maybe this year’s strain of injury virus won’t be as vicious as some Virginia basketball fans feared.

Toward the end of practice on Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, Virginia coach Dave Leitao decided it was time to see what his players were really made of.

Sammy Zeglinski told The Daily Progress that his ankle is feeling good. The 6-foot, 175-pounder has been participating in pickup games since about the middle of last month.