
Mamadi Diakite: Do blondes have more fun?
UVA basketball is playing for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen, I’m sitting courtside in the Colonial Life Arena, and my wife, at home, texts me a great story idea. I think Mamadi Diakite is better as a blonde.

UVA basketball is playing for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen, I’m sitting courtside in the Colonial Life Arena, and my wife, at home, texts me a great story idea. I think Mamadi Diakite is better as a blonde.

UVA Baseball (14-10) matched a season-high with 17 hits in a 13-4 victory over Longwood (7-17) at Disharoon Park on Tuesday evening. The Cavaliers extend their win streak to five games, the longest of the season.

The Mark Moses Show is joined by Chris Graham of The Augusta Free Press to recap the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament to look ahead to Sweet Sixteen games coming up this Thursday night.

Oregon is a 12 seed. Easy win. Right? Nah. The Ducks (25-12) have won 10 straight, and remind me of one of those Harold Deane-era UVA teams from the early to mid 1990s. The ones that had Cory Alexander, and then didn’t, and had to adjust to life without him, and eventually did.

The ACC leads all conferences with five teams among the Sweet Sixteen, with No. 1 seeds Duke, UVA and UNC joined by No. 4 seeds FSU and Virginia Tech.

The first thing we did was look at where we were in the seat assignments. Actually, no. Step back. The first thing we did was apply for the credentials. This year was my fifth NCAA Tournament as a media member. I never take the credential thing for granted. The approval is always celebrated.

In the locker room with UVA basketball players De’Andre Hunter, Ty Jerome, Mamadi Diakite, Kihei Clark and Braxton Key following the win over Oklahoma that sends the ‘Hoos to the Sweet Sixteen.

After the Marvel Comics ending to Duke-UCF, the UVA win over Oklahoma played like a documentary, and not even one of those good ones, like the one about the Fyre Festival.

Virginia stifled a potent Oklahoma offense, holding the Sooners to 36.5 percent shooting, and the ‘Hoos advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with a 63-51 win on Sunday in Columbia, S.C.

UVA basketball coach Tony Bennett and players Braxton Key, Mamadi Diakite and Ty Jerome speak with reporters on UVA’s 63-51 win over Oklahoma in the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
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