Streaking The Lawn - Virginia Cavaliers at George Washington Colonials: Everything you need to knowUVa sports uncovered... from the Rotunda to Homer and backhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52586/stl_fav.png2015-11-16T21:53:37-05:00http://www.streakingthelawn.com/rss/stream/95070132015-11-16T21:53:37-05:002015-11-16T21:53:37-05:00Hoos Fall to George Washington 73-68
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<p>Despite a strong performance from Malcolm Brogdon, the Hoos just couldn't come back late and lose to George Washington 73-68.</p> <p>After dismantling Morgan State on Friday night, the Hoos got the test they were looking for when they traveled up Route 29 to visit the <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/teams/george-washington-colonials" class="sbn-auto-link">George Washington Colonials</a>. Fueled by a raucous home crowd the Colonials were able to spring the upset of the number six team in the country.</p>
<p>Leading the way for Virginia was <span>Malcolm Brogdon</span> with 28 points and 9 rebounds. After a somewhat sluggish start, Brogdon took over the game late in the first half. His strong play continued in the second half as he seemed to be the only Cavalier who could get anything going. <span>Anthony Gill</span> had 11 points and five rebounds, while <span>Mike Tobey</span> chipped in 10 and 7.</p>
<p>The Colonials were led by <span>Tyler Cavanaugh</span> and <span>Patricio Garino</span> who each had 18 points and five rebounds. Where George Washington really did their damage was at the free throw line. The Colonials took advantage of Virginia's 24 fouls and shot 82% from the line hitting on 23-28. Compare that to Virginia's 13-16 from the line and the difference in the game is pretty clear.</p>
<p>Virginia led early thanks to a couple easy buckets by Gill, but George Washington stormed back and after leading by as many as nine took a four point lead into the half. The Hoos chipped away even taking a lead with eight and a half minutes to go, but after that it was all Colonials as it seemed like every loose ball, and every tip-in went the way of the home team. Some of that was due to chance, but most of it seemed to be hustle. On the day Virginia was out-rebounded 37-31.</p>
<p>Virginia is back at it on Thursday at 9:30 p.m. when they travel to South Carolina to take on Bradley in the Charleston Classic. The game will be televised on ESPN2.</p>
https://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/11/16/9747642/virginia-upset-by-george-washington-73-68Ryan Reese2015-11-16T19:30:01-05:002015-11-16T19:30:01-05:00GAMETHREAD: Virginia basketball at GW
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<p>The Hoos face their first road test at George Washington</p> <h3 style="text-align: center;">#6 <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.streakingthelawn.com/">Virginia Cavaliers</a> (1-0, ACC) vs. <br><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/teams/george-washington-colonials">George Washington Colonials</a> (1-0, Atlantic Ten)</h3>
<p id="paragraph0" class="pgh-paragraph"><strong>Time</strong>: 7:30 p.m.<br><strong>Date: </strong>November 16, 2015<br><strong>Place</strong>: Charles E. Smith Center (Washington, D.C.)<br><strong>TV</strong>: ESPN2 | WatchESPN<br><strong>Radio</strong>: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.virginiasports.com/multimedia/radio-tv-affiliates.html" data-ref-index="7">Virginia Sports Radio Network</a></p>
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<p class="pgh-paragraph"><strong>Spread</strong>: Vegas: UVA -5.5; KenPom: UVA 65, GW 60 (71%)<strong><br>Last Meeting</strong>: UVA 59, GW 42 (November 21, 2015)</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">Remember last time Virginia played GW? The Hoos trailed 26-22 at halftime but basically turned the second half into one big Cavalanche en route to a 17-point victory. Those slow-start demons were still hanging around in Friday's tip-off against Morgan State. Will Coach Bennett's boys be ready to come out hot from the opening whistle?</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">GW was one of the pieces of Virginia's <a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/11/1/9643402/uva-basketball-schedule-preview-out-of-conference-ohio-state-california-villanova-MOTHEREFFINBRADLEY">strong out-of-conference schedule</a> that we highlighted during <a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com/countdown-to-2015-virginia-basketball">THE BIG COUNTDOWN</a>. Be sure to catch up on all the other UVa hoops news you need, including <a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015-virginia-basketball-player-profiles">player profiles</a> and a <a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/10/17/9550313/virginia-cavaliers-basketball-preview-tony-bennett-pack-line-defense-explanation">primer on the Pack Line defense</a>.</p>
<p class="pgh-paragraph">Get to commenting, and GO HOOS!</p>
https://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/11/16/9743018/virginia-cavaliers-at-gw-colonials-game-threadPaul Wiley2015-11-16T08:00:02-05:002015-11-16T08:00:02-05:00George Washington Preview
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<p>The Hoos and Colonials played last year at JPJ and the Hoos won by 17, despite some struggled shooting the ball. GW actually led at halftime, but the Hoos really locked down the defense and held GW to just 16 second half points. This year's contest will be held at GW and should be a similar matchup. Both teams are good defensively, both teams grind it out and both teams are very big. </p> <p>The Hoos second contest of the season is against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/teams/george-washington-colonials">George Washington Colonials</a>. This is the 2<sup>nd</sup> leg of the home-and-home, and comes in DC on the campus of GW. With a large Wahoo fanbase, this game could be a glorified home game for the Hoos. Certainly GW has tried to keep UVA fans out of the arena by making it tough to get tickets, but many Virginia fans will be attending nonetheless.</p>
<p>Both teams are 1-0, coming off home wins over low-major teams. The Hoos, of course, walloped Morgan State 86-48. The Colonials took out the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/teams/lafayette-leopards">Lafayette Leopards</a> 85-76. The game was not as close as the score indicates, as GW led by 20 at half and by double digits the entire second half until Lafayette scored 10 points in the final minute of garbage time to make it look respectable.</p>
<p>Last year, playing in Charlottesville, the Hoos came out flat. Though the defense kept the Hoos in it, the Colonials actually led 26-22 at halftime. The Hoos shot 9/27 in the first half, and <span>Malcolm Brogdon</span> even missed a FT. In the 2<sup>nd</sup> half, though, the Hoos came out firing on all cylinders and quickly tied the game. They took the lead, for good, 4 minutes in and ended up with a 59-42 win. GW shot just 5/24 in the second half as the Hoos dialed up the defense.</p>
<p>The Colonials return most of their main contributors from last year, but do lose 2 starters. PF John Kopriva graduated and SG Kethan Savage transferred to Butler. Savage was the Colonials best player in last year's contest and his loss will really hurt. Replacing those two in the starting lineup will likely be sophomores <span>Yuta Watanabe</span> and Tyler Cavanaugh. Wahoo fans may remember Cavanaugh from his two years at Wake Forest prior to transferring. Watanabe played well in last year's contest, and his outside shooting could cause problems for the Pack Line.</p>
<p>GW wants to play a slow, methodical game, much like the Hoos. They are big, they are physical and they play tough defense. The Colonials will start 3 players over 6'8", led by 6'10" <span>Kevin Larsen</span>, who is coming off a 24 point-11 rebound outing on Friday against Lafayette (he also had 3 blocks). Cavanaugh also double-doubled, with 17 points and 15 rebounds.</p>
<p>GW's weakness is shooting the ball. They don't shoot many 3s, and they don't shoot it particularly well. In their season opening win, they shot just 2/17 from downtown. They won by dominating the interior, particularly on the glass. Unfortunately for them, that plan won't work quite as well against a Wahoo team that historically doesn't give up much in the paint. The Hoos absolutely owned the paint on Friday against an undermanned Morgan State team.</p>
<p>The Hoos did not shoot the ball particularly well against Morgan State, especially early. If that continues, this game could be closer than the Hoos would like. The Hoos will not be able to grab nearly 60% of their missed shots again, so they'll need to make some more shots in this one.</p>
<p>And though GW is strong inside, they could struggle to contain the Hoos wings, who are going to have a big advantage in quickness on the perimeter. Certainly Malcolm Brogdon is going to be better than he was on Friday, and the strong play of <span>Devon Hall</span> and <span>Darius Thompson</span> was a nice surprise for Wahoo fans.</p>
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<p>Last year's game was closer than the Hoos would've liked for a long time, before the Hoos pulled away. This game could be similarly tight, but the Hoos should still come away with the win as there is still a significant talent gap. Despite both teams scoring in the mid-80s in their season openers, this should be a low scoring affair, and therefore a good candidate for a <a href="http://www.streakingthelawn.com/virginia-cavaliers-basketball/2015/11/11/9702870/virginia-cavaliers-college-basketball-pack-line-pledge-its-on-us-campaign">Pack Line Pledge</a> game.</p>
https://www.streakingthelawn.com/2015/11/16/9734438/the-big-preview-george-washingtonPaul Guttman2015-11-15T15:11:51-05:002015-11-15T15:11:51-05:00UVA-GW game to be played in...Georgia? Whoops.
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<p>Sorry to all the Virginia fans in the DC / Northern Virginia area who have already bought tickets to the UVA-GW basketball game on Monday night. We're just getting word through the official UVA twitter account that the game will, in fact, be played in Suwanee Georgia, at North Gwinnett High School.</p>
<p>Early Sunday afternoon, the official Virginia men's basketball twitter account accidentally tagged the wrong account when building up some hype about Monday night's Virginia-GW game. Whoops!</p>
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<p>North Gwinnett was as surprised as the rest of us! </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Oh boy... this is gonna be a tough match up for us! Who's running UVa's twitter account? <a href="https://t.co/lvO9Ckf3a2">https://t.co/lvO9Ckf3a2</a></p>
— North Gwinnett Hoops (@NG_Hoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/NG_Hoops/status/665971382430380032">November 15, 2015</a>
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<p>But they certainly didn't back down from the challenge, if it does in fact mean they need to suit up. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/UVAMensHoops">@UVAMensHoops</a>, if <a href="https://twitter.com/OfficialGHSA">@OfficialGHSA</a> would allow us to play you tomorrow we would... but I don't think they will allow us</p>
— North Gwinnett Hoops (@NG_Hoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/NG_Hoops/status/665972430968631297">November 15, 2015</a>
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<p>So pack your bags, folks -- we're going to Georgia!</p>
<p>(As best we know, this was just a typo, y'all. Game still to be played in DC.)</p>
https://www.streakingthelawn.com/virginia-cavaliers-basketball/2015/11/15/9739434/virginia-cavaliers-george-washington-colonials-location-change-whoopsBrian J. Leung