Whitey's World

Witherspoon says it’s a “Stalemate”

2008-05-01T02:43:00-05:00

I just got off the phone with Wesley Witherspoon, the 4-star recruit small forward out of Georgia who the Virginia men’s basketball team is recruiting heavily.
Witherspoon told me that he still hasn’t made a decision yet. He’s considering Memphis, UVa, Colorado and Texas.
He said he was about to sit down with his mother and talk about all of his choices one final time.
Right now, he called things a “stalemate.”
He said he will announce his pick, as planned, at a 3:30 p.m. press conference tomorrow (Thursday).
One source close to the situation has told me that Witherspoon and Memphis-signee Tyreke Evans aren’t too fond of each other. Apparently, they didn’t get along very well at a recent all-star game (The Jordan Classic).
I guess we’ll see pretty soon how much truth there is to that.
Virginia also remains in the mix for point guard Paul McCoy. He has narrowed his choices to UVa and Kentucky and could make his decision at any time.
Of course, Virginia presently doesn’t have any scholarships to offer Witherspoon or McCoy. That could make the next few weeks interesting as we wait to see which UVa player(s) will no longer have access to Gus burgers next year.
[THIS BLOG ENTRY WAS EDITED BY BARNEY BREEN-PORTNOY]

Mac McDonald Out

2008-04-30T04:20:00-05:00

After serving 12 straight seasons as the play-by-play voice for University of Virginia sports, Mac McDonald has been let go, several sources confirmed to the Daily Progress late Tuesday evening.
McDonald could not be reached for comment.
McDonald has been with Virginia since 1996. He previously served as the voice of the Cavs from 1980-85.
No word on why McDonald was let go or who his replacement might be.

Virginia to play Richmond in CBI

2008-03-17T07:06:01-05:00

Remember when everyone would get all frustrated about having to wait until 11 or 12 at night to find out the NIT pairings?
Well, the inaugural CBI took until a little after 2 in the morning!
Believe it or not, Virginia is a No. 1 seed. The Cavs will host Richmond on Tuesday night, then host the ODU-Rider winner on Monday, March 24.
Here’s the tournament link.
I’m going to sleep.
CBI link

Can I get 1 good game!

2008-03-15T02:29:00-05:00

So we’re about to wrap up Day 2 of the ACC Tournament here in Charlotte...and I’ve yet to witness one good game!
By good game, I mean one that is relatively close, has an exciting play or two, maybe a little drama.
As a basketball junkie, is that so much to ask for?
The game I’m watching right now is OVER—and it’s only halftime. Clemson is destroying BC.
The worst part about watching a dud is the fact that you have 12 different radio broadcast teams sitting right behind you (one from each school) and have to listen to the same boring descriptions and cliches over and over.
Maybe BC will have some sort of miraculous comeback—but that’s probably wishful thinking.

So much for that…

2008-03-14T01:00:00-05:00

So much for this game coming down to the wire. I don’t think Virginia has scored since I typed that. Tech leads 83-68 with 4 minutes left in the game.

Down to the wire?

2008-03-14T00:37:00-05:00

It looks like this game is gonna come down to the wire. That wouldn’t be a shock since both previous games were extremely tight.It’s 61-59 Tech right now.
Sweet Caroline is being played by the UVa band right now. I’ve always had a dislike for that song—ever since the Boston Red Sox started using it.

Mo Money $$$$

2008-03-14T00:08:00-05:00

Mamadi Diane is on fire. He’s hit his first two shots of the second half and is now 7 of 7 from the field. Where has this been all season?
Mo looks so locked in right now. If he was smart, he would give a few pump fakes and try and get to the rack now.

Down by two at the half

2008-03-13T23:41:00-05:00

Virginia trails Georgia Tech, 44-42, at halftime. Mamadi Diane was The Man for UVa in the first 20 minutes. Don’t have the stat sheet in front of me, but he looked really confident in knocking down a number of jumpers.

Go inside!

2008-03-13T23:14:00-05:00

If Virginia is going to win this game, they’ve got to start looking inside. So far, they’ve made no effort whatsoever to do so.
Mikalauskas and Pettinella have both been wide open on a number of occassions.
UVa trails 26-25 with 7:54 left in the half.

Lars hurt

2008-03-13T22:58:00-05:00

They’ve just taken Lars Mikalauskas into the locker room after he took a nasty spill...wait, he just came back to the huddle.