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After their tough loss to Florida State on Friday night in the ACC Tournament semifinals, the Virginia Cavaliers learned that they will be heading to the South region as the section’s No. 1 seed. In other news, No. 11 men’s lacrosse (5-2, 2-0 ACC) bested No. 7 Notre Dame for the first time since 2006, 13-11.
UVA commit Casey Morsell was named the Gatorade Player of the Year in Washington D.C. Morsell, who averaged 17.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in his senior season, joins an elite group of past winners, including Dwight Howard, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Paul Pierce.
St. John’s 2019 G Casey Morsell, headed to Virginia next year, has been named the 2018-19 Gatorade District of Columbia POY. #alllmets @SJCBoysHoops @CaseyMorsell https://t.co/wtFXgt3lOL
— Samantha Pell (@SamanthaJPell) March 15, 2019
In CBS Sports’ latest mock draft, Virginia redshirt sophomore De’Andre Hunter has moved all the way up to the fourth spot, while junior Ty Jerome sits at 24.
According to sources, former Virginia star and current Milwaukee Buck Malcolm Brogdon is expected to miss six to eight weeks due to a minor plantar fascia tear in his right foot. The Eastern Conference leading Bucks will hope to get Brogdon, who is still on track to join the 50-40-90 club (field goal, three-point, and free-throw percentage), back in time for their postseason run.
Malcolm Brogdon underwent an MRI and subsequent examination today that revealed a minor plantar fascia tear in his right foot.
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) March 17, 2019
Brogdon will be listed as out and his status will be updated as appropriate.https://t.co/8c7Jh2vR7r
TOTD:
It seems like Mike Scott embraced the whole St. Patrick’s Day thing.
Mike Scott really grabbed a drink on the sidelines pic.twitter.com/VTko5UGdZl
— SB Nation (@SBNation) March 17, 2019