Jarin started (perhaps due in injuries) in Bama's scrimmage game versus Wake. Scored 10 points

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spider23 said:

Good to see Roche is playing - played 18 minutes which was 6th most on team. No Soulis, so injury is apparently persisting. Hope he is 100% healthy at some point early in the season. No McGlothin or Robinson?

Too lazy to add up the minutes, but guessing the posted box score was only for the first 4 quarters? If so, did Soulis, McGlothin, or Robinson play in the 5th quarter?

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Seems my Robinson starting odds plummeted big time over the weekend ..

I don't think Bennett retired to anoint Sanchez as his successor. He retired because he lost the fire to coach anymore. I agree that retiring 2 weeks before the season starts really puts the team in a bad position, but the man has all the $$$ in the world, has accomplished everything a coach could possibly want to accomplish and if he doesn't feel he is up to grind anymore than you have to be true to yourself and your family.

Bennett was one of the 10 highest paid coaches in the country at over $4M per year.
yeah, it's an attractive job.

spider23 said:

Bennett was a great college coach. I still say this should not afford him the right to enforce/pick the new coach for UVA. I get the coaches that were directly before him were not that good, or in fact bad (Leiato and Gillen 32 games under .500 in ACC in 11 years). But come on, Sanchez was completely mediocre at Charlotte. If you are a UVA fan, you almost have to hope he falls on his face this season to re-inforce they need to go another direction.

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Agree 100%. There's a reason why no one other than Charlotte wanted Sanchez or Williford to be their coach the past several years. UVA should be a very attractive job that some of the very best coaches out there would want. Just a selfish move by Bennett.

32counter said:

Seriously,where are the students?

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They just cant get up for our final game vs. our 2nd longest rival who was also undefeated. They definitely will show for when were playing those tradition rich powerhouses from the patriot league. At least that's what were being sold.

spiderstudent17 said:

Notable highlights from the JOC article:

• Starters: Hunt, Tyne, Tanner, Nescovic, Walz

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called this lineup in the "opening night" thread back on 9/18!
I know ... not exactly picking longshots here but still.

I said this with the Davidson hire as well, but any major D-1 program that just self promotes from within and does not engage in a full national search for the head MBB coach is not doing things right. Michigan FB is another example. TB put UVA hoops as a major player back on the map, it will be coveted position and should be treated as such. You get the best possible person you can get for that type of job. They can get a head coach who has either won big at a slightly lower level or a big time assistant.

Sanchez already had a head coaching gig at Charlotte and in 5 years had a below .500 record. UVA will have much better candidates than that to choose from. If Sanchez has a great season at UVA though, that will certainly way in his favor.

Bennett was a great college coach. I still say this should not afford him the right to enforce/pick the new coach for UVA. I get the coaches that were directly before him were not that good, or in fact bad (Leiato and Gillen 32 games under .500 in ACC in 11 years). But come on, Sanchez was completely mediocre at Charlotte. If you are a UVA fan, you almost have to hope he falls on his face this season to re-inforce they need to go another direction.

Was my fear with all of our transfers. We knew they could score but you never really know how good a guy is on the defensive end of things because that is not talked about. If we made 17 3's and ended up tied with ECU that is not a positive sign. Again, I'm sure Mooney was experimenting with line-ups, playing a larger rotation than he normally would have and all of that, but still a cause for concern.

Wood Hall said:

I wonder if Trump has ever been in a locker room with Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods. It can be the subject of his next big speech.

The guy is off his rocker. He has dementia.

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Its very disturbing that a candidate for President who has roughly half of the country supporting him is so fixated on Arnold Palmer's package. But even more disturbing are his repeated comments that he will use the military against the "enemy within", and he then refers to Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi as the enemies within. So he is clearly saying he would use the military, and certainly the Justice Department, to go after his political enemies and opponents.

Trump and some of his followers are the only politicians who have tried to overthrow our government when Trump lost the 2020 election. They are the true "enemies within" and they are setting the stage to try again to overthrow the election if Trump loses. As General Milley said "Trump is a fascist to his core" and the "greatest danger to this country".

97spiderfan said:

That is some really good shooting. On the other side of the ball though, we also gave up 90 points to them, which means that our defense probably needs some work.

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agreed. my biggest concern going from last year's team to this one is the defense. this score doesn't make me feel better.

AP, Tanner, Hunt and Dusan combining to go 13-17 from 3 is ridiculous ... but shooting like that should be enough to win. how often can we repeat that?

I wonder if there was a fractured relationship between Bennett and the AD and maybe that played a part in his timing of this decision, which made them hand over "interim" job to Sanchez.

Sanchez was with Bennett for 9 years at UVA and a few before at Washington State, and then offered the Charlotte job in 2018. I wonder if Bennett asked administration to make an offer to keep Sanchez, or something and the school didn't meet his demands and let Sanchez walk. Then after Sanchez didn't work out at Charlotte, he is right back on the staff at UVA and gets to Associate Head Coach.

So I wonder if something happened when Sanchez left and maybe even when he returned that caused Bennett to do it this way as well.

Good to see Roche is playing - played 18 minutes which was 6th most on team. No Soulis, so injury is apparently persisting. Hope he is 100% healthy at some point early in the season. No McGlothin or Robinson?

Too lazy to add up the minutes, but guessing the posted box score was only for the first 4 quarters? If so, did Soulis, McGlothin, or Robinson play in the 5th quarter?

97spiderfan said:

That is some really good shooting. On the other side of the ball though, we also gave up 90 points to them, which means that our defense probably needs some work.

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I remember a few years ago with Gilly and Grant doing the first few games of the season we averaged and gave up over 90+ then it leveled off. We are still finding ourselves. I’m not worried yet!

8legs1dream said:

The dude brought them a national championship and they will in all likelihood never reach that mountaintop again. That should count for something but who knows or really cares (among Spider fans)

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sure it counts for something. he did his job well and was well compensated for it. but he really screwed them for 2024-25, and maybe beyond if Sanchez isn't the right guy. he'll have a tough time recruiting this year with an interim label.

interesting article here:

spider23 said:

Ok, it was just a scrimmage, but guess what, what else are we going to talk about?

Some positives and/or interesting notes:

AP - 4 / 5 from 3. Like the sounds of this. 0 rebounds, but hey maybe Beagle and Walz are grabbing them.
Tanner - 3 / 4 from 3. 5 rebounds. Good stuff. Combined with AP that is some good shooting.
Beagle 23 minutes. Walz 16 minutes. Combined for 18 points and 11 boards and 6 assists. That is some good production from the center position. Wonder if any minutes together.
Hunt - 3/5 from 3 and Dusan 3/3 from 3. Roche and GW3 with some production. GW3 8 points in 11 minutes on good shooting.
Tyne 3/10 overall and 0/3 from 3 continuing trend from last season so far. Graham with 11 minutes.

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That is some really good shooting. On the other side of the ball though, we also gave up 90 points to them, which means that our defense probably needs some work.

SFspidur said:

NIL became a workaround for scholarships…call a kid a walk-on but shovel NIL his way that is equivalent to a scholarship.

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I'm going to continue to assume walk-ons get the smallest NIL on the team, if any. if they're good enough, they get a scholarship.
agree with others that this change is strange. not sure what prompted it.

great year to be a high school senior though. a ton of scholarship openings available.

32counter said:

Agree.UR and URI each moved up 3 slots from the previous week in that same poll.UD not being ranked actually was a hinderance to our making close to top 10.

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But for the transition, UD would have been top 10, maybe top 5.

urfan1 said:

we should be higher

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Agree.UR and URI each moved up 3 slots from the previous week in that same poll.UD not being ranked actually was a hinderance to our making close to top 10.

Notable highlights from the JOC article:

• Starters: Hunt, Tyne, Tanner, Nescovic, Walz
• 90 - 90 final score after 5 quarters (last quarter mostly deep reserve players)
• We shot 17-33 on 3's (Glou was 4-5 from 3 and finished with 12 points)
• Hunt was UR's leading scorer with 19
• Another scrimmage against ODU planned before the season starts

spider23 said:

And glad to see Tanner and Glou have good games. And play some D guys 😀

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Seen us 3 times and have said before we can score, the question will be can we stop anyone?

I recall stories of DT going to dorms and cafeteria to encourage students to attend, what are we doing now?

we should be higher