Author: Uvopia

It’s not even October yet, and we’ve already been given a glimpse of the new-look UVA Basketball team.Sorta, kinda.Chance Mallory didn’t play, the starters sat much of the second half – but at least our hoop was in the sun for the final 20 minutes.The game was outdoors, in a tennis stadium in Charleston, S.C.Vanderbilt got the sun court in the first half.It had to feel 10 degrees cooler on the shady side.Final score: Vandy 82, ‘Hoos 73.We’re six weeks from games counting, and I can already sense some in the fan base wanting to push a panic button.It’s six…

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Analyzing Virginia’s sloppy outdoor loss to the Commodores, which exposed the paint problems that ended last season.College basketball does not usually start in September, and it almost never starts outdoors. On Sunday, Virginia opened its preseason at Credit One Stadium in Charleston, S.C., as part of The LinkU Invitational, the earliest college basketball game of the year and the first played outdoors since 2022. For most of the afternoon, roughly half the court sat in the shade and the other half in the sun.For the second straight year, Vanderbilt got the better of Virginia in the preseason. Last October, the…

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In this story:The Auburn Tigers had a rough defensive showing last week against Florida, allowing a whopping 44 points amidst a dominant run from Florida running back Jadan Baugh, but they seemed to improve this week against Vanderbilt, allowing just 15 points on one touchdown and three field goals.However, one of Auburn’s biggest defensive stars, Cody Sigler, was not overly enthused with his unit’s performance against the Commodores.“We still could have done better. We feel like they shouldn’t have even scored. I feel like when they score, we are doing stuff we shouldn’t be doing. We weren’t urgent. That is…

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