Speaking the Lawn

Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back this week to run through their thoughts after pair of closer wins for the men's basketball team. They start the episode with a few thoughts on the football team's transfer portal updates and Brennan Armstrong's legacy at UVA, but shift their focus to the basketball squad and its undefeated season. Of course, the big news is Reece Beekman's leg injury - and how the team faced a pesky JMU squad without him. How does the offense stagnate without their star player? What rotation can we expect with the recent play of freshman Ryan Dunn? Luckily, the team has some significant time off before a potential 1-2 matchup against Houston and the crew discuss those thoughts in this week's episode. Come for the Kihei praise but stay for Zach's giddiness over Dunn.

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Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back this week to run through all the winning both UVA basketball teams have been up to this season. They even pre-celebrate the women's team's victory over Penn State (and did not jinx them). The crew breakdown the big road victory for the men over Michigan and how this year's UVA team will tend to rotate its star/clutch player from game to game. They discuss what changes we've seen on both ends of the court for Coach Bennett and how the rotation has come together - not to mention how the team has the best resume of wins in the country to start things off and how much has changed since last year' campaign. They also take a look around the ACC and laugh at Duke and UNC a little.

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Zach is back this week - and joined by Caroline! The duo talk about the memorial service on grounds and reflect on the loss of Lavel Davis Jr., D'Sean Perry, and Devin Chandler. They share stories shared at the event, thoughts on social media, and creative ways the university could memorialize the players.

The duo also run through some recent UVA sports results, focusing on the amazing start both basketball teams have had this year. The mens team's run in Las Vegas was certainly impressive - how have expectations for this season changed already?

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Pierce is joined by Zach and Ben again this week to talk about both the men's and women's basketball teams starting 1-0! They actually begin the episode with a brief reflection on football's loss to UNC but Pierce sits out that discussion because he believes in democracy. When they get to the hoops, the trio run through the mens team's performance against NC Central and highlight some of the surprises, the rotation of players and thoughts on situation lineups, and where they envision the scoring coming from on this roster. There was a little rust, to be sure, but a win to start the season is certainly an improvement from last season...

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Zach and Ben are back this week (Pierce couldn’t it make it :-( ) to break down the brutal 4 overtime loss to the Hurricanes. The football team is still in disarray but the duo highlight some of the better performances for the team - and discuss the specific issues you continue to see week in and week out from the offense. Coach Elliott’s first season on grounds has been a complete failure so far - while there remains mathematical hope for making a bowl game, the writing is on the wall that this week...which is disappointing.

As a brighter conversation, the duo break down the non-conference schedule for the men’s basketball team - because the season starts next week! They chat about the first handful of opponents for the Hoos - including the tough matchups against Baylor, Michigan, and potential opponents Illinois and UCLA.

Apologies for the Philly remarks.

Go Hoos

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Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back at this week with some thoughts on the men's basketball team's Blue and White scrimmage and all the optimism around grounds for the upcoming season. But first, they discuss the crater that the UVA football team has fallen into and how Coach Elliott could potentially pull them out. Certainly the vibes are bad surrounding the program - does that make all us Wahoos extra excited for basketball? For sure. Is that setting us up for further disappointment? I suppose we'll see...

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Pierce, Zach, and Ben are back this week with a special men's basketball episode of the podcast. Enjoy the optimism of that UVA program instead of a certain other sport! This week, the crew answer your questions about the team's rotation, potential star players, how the new players will fit into the system, and the floor/ceiling for the upcoming season. It's an odd situation to be in considering the team has a TON of questions about how this year will look - despite returning nearly the entire roster from last season. Basketball is almost here, folks - come join the party with this episode.

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Pierce and Zach are back this week - and joined by Dan Siegel! The trio lament all the things that went wrong for the Hoos down in Durham and the state of a team that sits with a losing record and winless in conference play. It's not quite what our optimism projected for the season and this new coaching staff...so what exactly is going wrong? Or more importantly...why is it going wrong? The crew discuss what they think could be the cause(s) and how the team can turnaround it's season. The word "buy in" is used a fair amount.

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Pierce and Zach are back this week to talk about the disappointing road loss to Syracuse from the weekend and take a look at the upcoming game against the Duke Blue Devils. The duo run through the problems with Virginia's offense - and try to figure out what in the heck has gone wrong with the team's star QB. They lament a ton of stats, celebrate a few things on defense, and discuss the kicking decisions. Will fans lose patience on this team quickly? Have they already? What would a win in Durham do to turn the season around? These thoughts and more in this week's episode.

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Pierce and Zach and Paul are back this week to run through the stats and talk about the Hoos' last minute win over ODU and tonight's big road test at Syracuse. What's going on with the offense? Has the oline showed improvement? Is the defense for real? They discuss all these questions and dig through some predictions for the team's first ACC game of the season!

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