Virginia received a verbal commitment from Joe Harris, the 1A high school player of the year in the state of Washington. Harris plays for his father, also named Joe Harris, at Chelan High.

On Thursday evening, sources confirmed to
The Daily Progress that the John Brandenburg
is transferring.

Initially, the style was a good fit for Virginia’s personnel. But in the end, its free-flowing nature and over-dependence on guards and the 3-point shot made UVa too one-dimensional.

Tubby Smith quickly deflected anything he considered a distraction from the task at hand, beating Texas.

Tonight, you can probably expect Virginia to get Miami’s best effort at John Paul Jones Arena. The Hurricanes, after all, are playing for their NCAA Tournament lives.

Virginia’s Mike Scott has known Virginia Tech’s Jeff Allen for some time — both players attended Hargrave Military Academy.

On Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, Sylven Landesberg scored 23 points — including a game-tying bucket at the end of regulation — to help Virginia snap an eight-game losing streak.

Debbie Ryan coached the entire night unaware of the events that unfolded outside of Virginia Tech’s Cassell Coliseum.

Last March, change was also the gist of Virginia coach Dave Leitao’s postgame press conference after his team lost at home to Bradley in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational.

Roy Williams isn’t making any excuses why his once No.1-ranked North Carolina basketball team is 0-2 in the ACC. He isn’t reaching for the panic button either.

Want to come watch North Carolina’s “Psycho T” Tyler Hansbrough and a host of other future NBA players take on Virginia at John Paul Jones Arena on Thursday night?

Ed Davis, an in-state product — he played at Richmond’s Benedictine High — had been one of their top targets from the time they replaced former Virginia coach Pete Gillen four years ago.

A year later Leitao’s message has seemingly kicked in, as evidenced by Mustapha Farrakhan’s near perfect performance in UVa’s 78-75 loss to rival Virginia Tech.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while expecting another down-to-the-wire, thriller-diller down in Blacksburg this evening when the Hokies and the Hoos mix it up …

In coach Dave Leitao’s first three years at the helm, Virginia’s games against rival Virginia Tech have run the gamut.