Baker undergoes minor surgery
Calvin Baker, a senior guard on the Virginia’s men’s basketball team, had arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday to remove a loose piece of cartilage in his right knee.
Baker is expected to be out two to three weeks.
Baker has lettered twice for the Cavaliers since transferring from William and Mary. He averaged 8.4 points, 2.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 24.9 minutes played a game last season. He was second on the team in steals (32), tied for second in assists and third in scoring. Baker played in all 28 of the team’s games in 2008-09 and started 22.
He has played in all 61 of Virginia’s games the last two seasons, starting 30, and has averaged 8.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 25.1 minutes played a game.
College Basketball: Questions surround ’08-’09 ‘Hoos
Story by Chris Graham
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Dave Leitao has not rolled a basketball onto a practice court in anger as Virginia coach without having Sean Singletary there to pick it up and run the Cavaliers with it. Which is why the three-game series of friendlies that UVa. played back in August in Canada was a good thing – for Leitao and for his young Cavs, who have to replace not only Singletary but two other key contributors from last year’s disappointing CBI semifinalists.
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College Basketball: UVa. falls in Canadian finale, 88-83
Item by Chris Graham
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UVa. basketball’s trip to Canada ended on a bit of a downer with an 88-83 loss to McGill University on Sunday.
The Cavs had won the first two games of its weekend set against St. Lawrence College (107-60 on Friday) and Concordia (85-70 on Saturday).
McGill, which played defending national champion Kansas tough before losing 72-67 on Saturday, had to rally to knock off Virginia on Sunday, outscoring the ‘Hoos 13-3 in the final 3:02 after trailing 80-75.
Calvin Baker and Jeff Jones each scored 18 points to lead UVa., which trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half before rallying to take a 48-45 lead into the break. Sammy Zeglinski scored 11 points, and Jerome Meyinsse added 10 points.
“Any time you compete, the object is to win,” UVa. coach Dave Leitao said. “McGill played well, and I congratulate them on the victory. Over this weekend we’d obviously rather win than lose, but in the case of this trip, I probably coached a little differently. I was coaching to get better as a team and to find some things out. As a result of this game, we can identify areas we need to work on, and when we get started in October work on those areas to be sure by the time we get to the season we’ve shored those things up.”
