AFP Podcasts

Jeff Fife joins the show as the Voice of the Fans to try to pin down host Chris Graham on the big questions of the day on Virginia basketball.

The show previews tomorrow's UVA-Duke showdown in JPJ, takes a deep dive into Tony Bennett's approach with this team, tries to answer the question, What is this team's ceiling, and lays out how the next few weeks need to go to get Virginia ideally situated for March Madness.

Kadin Shedrick got 26 minutes off the bench to key Virginia's 63-50 win over #22 NC State. Chris Graham and Scott German break down the win, Shedrick's resurgence, the fix that Tony Bennett found for the UVA D, and then discuss if Isaac McKneely might be ready to move into a starting spot.

Chris Graham has the deets on NC State basketball ahead of tonight's State-UVA showdown in JPJ.

Then the focus shifts to the state of UVA football, which, there's a pun to be made here about the state of denial just waiting to be delivered.

AFP editor Chris Graham goes over the national rankings, looks ahead to #8 Virginia vs. #22 NC State on Tuesday, and looks back at the loss at Virginia Tech on Saturday.

Then it's on to football news, the big news being the confirmation from three-time All-ACC linebacker Nick Jackson that he will not be returning next season.

Chris Graham and Scott German talk Virginia football, but that comes after more pleasant talk, about Virginia basketball, and the tweaks that Tony Bennett has been making to get the season turned around after a rough December.

Ben Vander Plas is the starter at five from here on out. Ryan Dunn might soon be the starter at four. Chris Graham offers these and other observations on Virginia Basketball following the Cavaliers' 76-67 win at Wake Forest.

Tony Elliott finally hires an O line coach. Football picks up a commit from the transfer portal. UVA hoops is in the Top 10 again, ahead of the game at home this week with Virginia Tech. Lots to talk about on today's podcast.

It was only 36-31 North Carolina, but as the Virginia team gathered in a huddle at the 15:12 media timeout, it was feeling a lot like the beatings that UNC put on the ‘Hoos last season.

The Heels were getting great looks on offense, were shutting down everything UVA was trying to do on the other end.

There was a freshman, Jalen Washington, in for an injured Armando Bacot, putting up Bacot-like numbers – 5-of-7 from the field, 12 points in 11 minutes in the first half.

And when Virginia used its traps to get the ball out of the hands of guards on screens, Carolina was able to move the ball around to get open shots on the perimeter.

And then on the offensive end, Tony Bennett tried everything he could – running guards off screens in the middle of the floor, going back to his favored mover-blocker on both sides, basic high screen-and-rolls.

None of it was working.

Until he went small.

More online: https://augustafreepress.com/news/analysis-bennett-davis-address-why-going-small-worked-for-virginia/

Waynesboro City Council elects as its vice mayor a MAGA Republican who joked about a man attacking a Democrat with a hammer.

Vandals paint swastikas on a mural of a Black father and daughter of the Waynesboro YMCA.

And we’re supposed to pretend that these two acts, done a week apart, aren’t consistent with each other.

More online: https://augustafreepress.com/news/waynesboro-the-vice-mayor-vote-the-swastikas-on-the-mural-are-part-of-a-pattern/

The people who run the company that broadcasts AEW TV will be in the house on Wednesday with “Dynamite” emanating from the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.

More online: https://augustafreepress.com/news/aew-dynamite-preview-the-show-to-impress-the-warner-bros-discovery-people/