When Virginia coach Al Groh analyzed film of quarterback prospect Tyler Brosius, the first thing that came to mind was Ben Roethlisberger.

While Virginia has been in a quiet fundraising campaign to improve its baseball facilities, the Cavaliers’ team is making plenty of noise in the NCAA tournament.

What a ride Virginia’s baseball team is enjoying as the Cavaliers open play in the NCAA Super Regionals on Friday at Ole Miss.

The way Brian O’Connor sees it, Friday’s NCAA tournament clash against San Diego State ace Stephen Strasburg isn’t as lopsided as some observers perceive.

Either way, this committee gave the shaft to the people that matter most, or at least are supposed to matter most to the NCAA, and that is their own student-athletes.

Everybody has a favorite Jim West story and today’s column is dedicated to our late good friend, James O, who passed away this past week.

The old coaches will tell you after they retire that it wasn’t all about the wins and losses, but rather how they influenced others and what impact they had on their sport.

Everybody called him “James O.”

Scattershooting around the sports world over your morning coffee, which reminds me of a cartoon sent the other day by Brian Morrison from the ACC office in Greensboro ...

Having arrived in College Station on Sunday afternoon to become acclimated to the blistering heat that accompanies the NCAA Tennis Championships at Texas A&M, the only member of the Cavalier party that was worse for wear yesterday was the coach.

Against the 16th-seeded Wildcats, Virginia seemed to have at least temporarily cured its woes.

Virginia’s undefeated and No. 1-ranked men’s tennis team keeps running into familiar faces on its quest to bring the program its first NCAA championship.

When Sanam Singh’s leg muscle locked up in last year’s NCAA semifinals and the freshman couldn’t answer the bell, Virginia’s men’s tennis team was again denied the national outdoors title.

Nearly eight months had passed since Ekaterina Bychkova had strung together more than two wins in singles competition.

As far as George Welsh was concerned, the practice field was hallowed ground, and you had darned well been ready to take care of business when you stepped upon it.

If Saturday’s spring fling was any indication, the days of Virginia’s offense being the caboose of NCAA statistical data are over.

Don’t feel bad that Virginia’s football team is holding closed practices throughout the spring. It’s nothing personal.

Craig Littlepage was put on the spot a few times during a short chat with sportswriters following the press conference where Tony Bennett was officially introduced as Virginia’s new basketball coach.

The Tony Bennett era of Virginia basketball begins today with an ever-growing wave of excitement.

Virginia fans were looking for a home-run hire in their new basketball coach. A certified, sure-fire Hall of Famer with a resume chock-full of deeds that guaranteed a reservation in Springfield.

The next Virginia basketball coach — and, I still think it will be Tubby Smith — needs to be a top-notch recruiter and have a staff that can bring talent back to the program.

After nearly two weeks of nonstop drama, I’m beginning to wonder if “March Madness” refers to the NCAA tournament or Virginia’s coaching search.

The one thing I’ve learned about coaching searches during my career is that there’s a whole lot more misinformation circulating than information.

Never have so many been so concerned with one big toe.

Tubby Smith, men’s basketball coach at the University of Minnesota, is a wanted man.

During each timeout in the second half of Thursday’s first-round game of the NCAA tournament, coach Brad Greenberg kept reminding his 16th-seeded Radford University team that no matter the score, they were part of something special.

Instead of hitting a home run and bringing in a Hall of Famer in Tubby Smith, then at Kentucky, the UVa search committee whiffed when it settled for an unproven Dave Leitao. Clearly, the school didn’t do its homework.

When Dave Leitao came to Charlottesville four years ago he said that Virginia basketball had become “irrelevant” on the college basketball landscape.

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.

Seventy-five seconds into Saturday’s senior day game against rival Maryland, Dave Leitao spotted something that only coaches see and immediately felt good karma.