I didnt wanna say this before because I love all these kids and am impressed by everyone of them during our seasons. I personally thought Mamadi, who should go down as the most popular Hoo ever, came back from the NBA stuff and tried to implement that into his game at Uva. To his credit as the season went on he changed his focus to winning games at Virginia and not his NBA draft status. This guy is bigger than basketball after he is done playing and thats what makes him so great as a person.
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That is a great point and as I look back on his play I believe you are exactly right. He was a beast for about the last 10 games. He played within himself and it was a big part of our better play during the last part of the season
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Once again you nailed it. Mamadi shifted his game midway through the year and it helped spark the Hoos. Thatās the delicate balance of knowing what you need to do personally and what the team needs in the moment.
Mamadi is a special kind of guy. It will be a long time before we see someone with that mix of personality and talent walk through the doors again.
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Marcus Santos-Silva to Texas Tech. Another hooper from a Virginia school heads to Lubbock.
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If I am not mistaken, Diakiteās game began to evolve/improve when Woldetensae found his shot. Amazing what a perimeter threat will do for a big manās game.
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Tomas hitting from deep opened up a ton for Diakitie. Like most things in basketball they were symbiotic of each other.
The first half o the year it felt like Mamadi was trying to do and show everything. He was shooting from deep, midrange and trying to do a lot of face-up off the dribble stuff. Heās competent at all that but they remain aspects of his game require improvement. During that stretch all his numbers were down and his turnovers were up. The second half of the season he got back to more interior play, and was more deccisive with the ball. His touches became catch and act, and his turnovers went down and his productivity increased.
All that said, a lot of that interior play would not have been possible without Tomas clicking from deep. Kihei also became a deadly threat off the dribble during that time, and Huff grew into his own as well.
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once again Dragon says what I woulda said just better
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Me too,lol .I know what Iām thinking. Just not good at putting it in words,lol
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Wake just announced that Steve Forbes is their new mens basketball coach. Based on what heās accomplished at East Tennessee State, that seems like a great hire. Would love to see Wake return to the top third of the ACC (but not above UVA, of course). I like Wake a lot more than some of our other ACC rivals.
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Forbes is a character. If nothing else, heāll be an entertainment upgrade.
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yikes, that intro video is tacky af.
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Probably saw Forbesā brutal intro video lol
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Big loss for Wake. Someone is going to get a very good player
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I thought the same thing 
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Obviously very early as the news just came out, but is the postponement of the lottery and combine expected to have an impact on Huffās deadline to withdraw?
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Not really surprisedā¦
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Big ouch for Ewing.
https://twitter.com/wejustdontmiss/status/1260669819269111814
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Isnāt the second tweet the same one who initially said Keels to UVA?
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Yup. They donāt miss 
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