UVa. pastes George Mason, 68-48
Virginia had been avoiding games with in-state mid-major powers. Now maybe the in-state mid-major powers will start avoiding the ‘Hoos.
Sammy Zeglinski scored 18 points and the Cavaliers stifled George Mason on the other end of the floor en route to a 68-48 victory over the Patriots Tuesday night at the John Paul Jones Arena.
UVa. (8-1) took control early, jumping out to a 20-9 lead nine minutes in and leading by double digits most of the way.
A 14-5 Mason run cut the Virginia lead to 10 at 50-40 with 9:38 to go, but back-to-back baskets by Assane Sene and Joe Harris pushed the lead back out to 14, and the Virginia defense took the helm from there, limiting GMU to eight points in the final nine-plus minutes.
Vertrail Vaughns, Mike Morrison and Ryan Pearson each had nine points to lead George Mason (6-3), which had come into Charlottesville on a four-game winning streak under first-year coach Paul Hewitt.
Virginia got 11 points each from Mike Scott, Joe Harris and Jontel Evans and shot a blistering 60.5 percent from the field.
Weekend Watchdog: And the field is …
Column by Mike Judge
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There’s plenty of college basketball this weekend, but everyone is looking forward to 6 p.m. Sunday – the announcement of the 65-team NCAA tournament field.
While waiting for the last one in and the last one out, the major conferences hold their tournaments. The ACC begins its 57th tournament Thursday at noon in Greensboro with Virginia facing Boston College. Virginia Tech fans have to wait until Friday at 2 p.m. to see the Hokies.
Raycom and its local broadcasters have 10 of the 11 tournament games – ESPN2 has exclusive coverage of the Thursday 7 p.m. game. The championship starts Sunday at 2 p.m. ESPN and ESPN2 also cover the tournament, but in ACC territory expect either ESPNews or other tournament action in those time slots. Read more
Weekend Watchdog | BracketBuster time
Column by Mike Judge
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Each year, teams from small and mid-major conferences hope they will be the Cinderella making a big splash in March Madness.
This weekend, those potential Cinderellas gear up on ESPN Bracket Buster weekend.
ESPN2 shows six games, starting Friday at 7 p.m. with Old Dominion traveling to Northern Iowa. Play starts Saturday at 11 a.m. with Siena at Butler, followed by Louisiana Tech at Northeastern and Nevada vs. Missouri State.
George Mason hosts College of Charleston at 8 p.m., then at midnight it’s Wichita State taking on Utah State.
There’s 49 games in all under the BracketBusters banner, covering 14 conferences from coast to coast.
The Winter Olympics have reached their second weekend, with events on NBC, CNBC, MSNBC and USA. Ice Dancing highlights competition Friday and Sunday, while the men crown their ice skating champion Thursday. The ice hockey showdown between the United States and Canada takes place Sunday night. Wonder how much action we’ll get to see. Read more
The AFP on WREL: At rest
Posted by afp on March 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
The segment begins with Chris and Jim talking about Gov. Bob McDonnell’s plans for raising money for Virginia’s rest areas by selling ads for display at the rest areas. Will that be enough to cover the budget gap in operating rest areas in the Commonwealth?
The attention then turns to the one-year anniversary of the signing of the federal health-care reform. Virginia’s GOP leadership has been at the forefront of efforts to block the law from taking effect. Chris discusses the politics in statements put out by people on both sides of the aisle in connection with the anniversary.
We wrap with a look at sports – and specifically the runs of Richmond and VCU into the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.
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