Heading home from Austin this morning. Still smiling. That was a lot of fun. Just raining 3s and handling their pressure with ease. Masterclass and incredibly fun to watch with my son and 4 of his UVa buddies who all live in Austin.
want to thank all the Hoos that attended. UVa was incredibly well represented. And thanks to the Austin chapter of the UVa club who threw a fun pre-game party at Scholz Garten. Well done to the members of the Austin UVa Club.
great night. Great win. Go Hoos.
Youâre welcome. I was the guy in 103 loudly yelling âHOOOOOSâ.
Bummed I missed the pregame tailgate, mustâve missed the email but it wouldâve been tough to get downtown early with work and needing a babysitter. Glad so many attended and had fun.
Their new arena looked pretty amazing based on your pic
Up to about 40 or so, matters. Unless the line has moved again in the last year or two.
Itâs really nice. Ton of money went into it, Austin being the booming metro it is, they wanted to make it a destination for sports and concerts alike, and they succeeded, always a lot of headline tours booked there. We go to a couple UT games every year since we moved here a few years ago, right around when it opened.
I think this is not a legit account posting these highlights. Probably farming for views
Liked him enough as a player. Have been huge hater since Arizona time
We were 25-8 in 2023, finished first in the conference, lost in the ACC Tourney finals, and got a fourth seed in the NCAA Tournament. And the consensus was that that was a disappointing year. But now weâd be happy with that? Is that because the NCAA Tournament loss overshadowed everything else? Or because weâve lowered our expectations?
Itâs the first year of a new head coach with 14 new players, lower expectations than winning the conference under our HOF coach are perfectly acceptable lol
First season as a coach with all new players vs a team that ran back the same starting 5.
One thing I liked about last night and that felt different from prior yearâs under CTB teams is that we kept our foot on the gas once we built a lead. We continued to score and avoided any sort of prolonged droughts that let Texas back into the game. It was clear we wanted to keep stepping on their throats and werenât trying to slow the game down which was different as a fan, but made for an enjoyable watch.
That season was a disappointment because we lost to friggin Furman in the 1st round. From a regular season standpoint, I donât recall anyone thinking it was a dissapointment despite the one rough stretch where we lost to BC
Preach
Texas moved from 68 to 94 in Net.
is there no upper level there? or is it above the perimeter video board?
You serious Clark?
Who thought that was disappointing? The only disappointing part was the choke against Furman that was entirely self-indicted. Otherwise I feel like people were pretty happy
Iâm not even sure it was transcribed⌠some of the sentences are just gibberish.
Iâm not really getting the modest NBA hype for GrĂźnloh. Heâs a very good player, probably the most productive 1st year center for UVA in a long time. His stats are good, not great: 9.5 pts, 7.4 rbs, 3 blks, 58% from 2, but only 31% from 3. What I see is a very tall, athletic, but skinny kid, with a lot of potential. I love his effort and confidence, but so far Iâm not seeing someone who looks like a probable draft pick this year. NBA draft gurus on this board, please elaborate on what Iâm obviously missing about him.
Um, what?
Iâm just saying that this yearâs team is getting more respect from the predictive number models and (in theory) positive opinions from the basketball cognoscenti will follow. Personally, Iâm enjoying seeing a group of completely new players come together under Ryan Odom.
Everyone is free to fan how they want to, but to follow this to its illogical end point: in 2018-19, UVA went 35-3, had the number-2 rated offense in college basketball by efficiency, the number-5 rated defense in college basketball by efficiency, had an average margin of victory of 15.3 points, and won a national championship. Anything short of achieving that or better is a lowering of the standards of Virginia basketball. We must expect better at all times.
PS The 2022-23 team was pretty good. They had a disappointing end to their season, but I think most of us were happy with the team. I know I was.