
Virginia closes season with 75-64 loss to Iowa in NIT
Virginia had two chances to win games at home that would have sent the Cavs to Madison Square Garden. Wednesday’s 75-64 loss to Iowa in the NIT quarterfinals made them 0-for-2.

Virginia had two chances to win games at home that would have sent the Cavs to Madison Square Garden. Wednesday’s 75-64 loss to Iowa in the NIT quarterfinals made them 0-for-2.

AugustaFreePress.com will be courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for tonight’s NIT quarterfinal game between Virginia (23-11) and Iowa (23-12). The game is at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Editor Chris Graham will be live blogging with score updates, commentary and analysis from press row.

Virginia State Police Trooper R. Sachno III is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Nelson County that resulted in the death of a 5-year-old Nellysford resident. The crash occurred at 8:23 p.m. on March 24, 2013. A 1994 Saturn SL was traveling east on Route 665 when the driver lost control. Less than a mile east of Route 29, the car ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree. The vehicle then overturned into a creek.

April is Poetry Month! SWAG Writers (The Staunton, Waynesboro, and Augusta Group of the Virginia Writers Club) Reading Series continues in April with a reading by poets Stephen Cushman (Riffraff, LSU Press 2011), Sara Robinson, and Leah Naomi Green.

AugustaFreePress.com will be courtside at the John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville for today’s second-round NIT game between #1 seed Virginia and #5 seed St. John’s. The tip for the game is 11 a.m. and will be broadcast live on ESPN. Editor Chris Graham will blog live score updates, commentary, analysis and more.

Five Cavalier pitchers combined to toss No. 11 Virginia’s (19-2) sixth shutout of the season, blanking Yale (1-9) on Wednesday afternoon at Davenport Field.

Fifth President James Monroe appears at Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin College, March 28 at 7:30 p.m., in the person of Dennis Bigelow, a re-enactor at Monroe’s Charlottesville home, Ash Lawn Highland.

The speculation begins in the wake of Virginia’s listless 75-56 loss to North Carolina State on Friday in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. What is up next for the Cavs? Did they do just enough to earn an invite to the 2013 NCAA Tournament – or is UVa. NIT-bound?

It was an “emotional” end for Virginia Tech’s Erick Green, the ACC Player of the Year, whose 5-for-19 effort from the floor was a big factor in Virginia Tech’s 80-63 loss to North Carolina State in the first round of the 2013 ACC Tournament on Wednesday.

Virginia and BYU announced today the addition of games in 2019 and 2020 to their future football series. The two schools previously announced a two-game series for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.
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