Whoever it is, it will be an impact and they may be lucky if no one else comes down wit covid.

“ given sources have told CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander that the UVA player is one that played against Syracuse on Thursday, that player is pretty important and the entire team mobbed each other at the end of the game.”

https://www.streakingthelawn.com/2021/3/12/22327644/uva-r...

Virginia fan here. Really looking forward to what should be an exceptional matchup. Obviously wish we weren't dealing with Covid at this time of year, but as you all know too well, pretty much everyone has at this point.

A few notes about our team:

-Hauser is a star. He had a decent case for ACC POY. He's one of the better pure shooters in Tony's tenure, and that's saying something. Mid range game and 3 point shots galore. If he's open, it's probably going in.
-Huff is one of the most unique players in the country. 7'1, can jump, willing and able to shoot from deep. He's also blocks everything around the rim.
-Murphy is probably the best pro prospect on the team. He's 6'9, long, super athletic, and a great 3 point shooter.
-Clark is the most polarizing player for our fanbase. He's extremely streaky - struggles with turnovers and finishing around the rim at times. Generally, as he goes, so does the team. The ball will be in his hands a lot late in the shot clock.
-Beekman is a freshman PG who has slid off ball much of the year. Long, slight, with an extremely quick first step. He's become UVA's best perimeter defender and surely will be matched up with Preston. Not a good shooter, but knocked down the game winner at the buzzer versus Cuse. Held Carlik Jones in check about a week ago in our game at Louisville.

The bench:
-This is likely where the Covid case came from as Boeheim made a comment about the impacted player only getting spot minutes.
-McKoy is our energy four man. The team struggles with energy at times and McKoy's increased playing time as of late has been a welcome addition. He's your typical garbage guy who I can see guarding Vander Plas if Hauser or Murphy struggles.
-Woldetensae is a sharp shooter off the bench. Almost all his points come from behind the arc. He'll be the first guard off the bench.
-Morsell is a defensive oriented guard who has really struggled offensively. Would likely get a few minutes on Preston.

This is one of the best shooting team's of Tony's tenure, but one of the weaker ones defensively. Some of the glaring weaknesses of this team are an inability to create off the dribble, an athletic four that can hedge and defend the interior, and the intangibles and toughness that we've seen from most of Tony's team. Virginia fans expect a hard fought game, there's no doubt about it. Teams that typically give Virginia trouble are those that can shoot it from deep (OU? Check) and those that can switch screens 1-5 and will out athlete/physical us. I don't see that as an issue, so will likely come down to your ability to hit from deep and hope Virginia is a step slow and off offensively, which is very much a possibility given the pause.

ReasFordHoo, I was under the impression that you have a pretty stout defense. You don't think it is as good as it was in the past?

Our defense is still one of the better ones in the country, just not the best in the country. It's a high bar in Charlottesville. Losing Diakite and Key from last year were two massive departures on the defensive end of the court.

They aren't as good as they were the last few years but that doesn't mean they aren't still really good on the defensive end. Defense is a lot like offensive line play. With almost no preseason practices it was tough to get that coordination necessary. All you have to do is look at the difference between our defense in December and the defense in February and March.

The ability of OUr 4 to 5 guys that can score double digits versus VIRGINIA'S one or two guys that can score double digits nightly puts us in an advantage.

Hit our shots and the big guy can't rebound. We move on...

And he also left his heart in San Francisco.

Guys on radio today said they play almost like a Bo Ryan Wisconsin style of offense. If that's the case maybe some of our guys will be used to it.

Edit: Nevermind

UVA is 33rd in defensive effiency, which is poor by their standards.

Hello, Wahoo fan here.
You'll find our most trafficked message board Virginia.sportswar.com (historically known as TheSabre) is actually really worried about your team.
There are few voices on there trying to calm the rest of the worriers. However, when you sign on to become a Wahoo fan you become a compulsive worrier (that's what happens when you're in a conference historically with UNC and Duke).

As for "what is a Wahoo?"
You're going to get different answers whether you're asking a casual fan or a history buff.
Either a fish that can drink an inordinate amount or a derivation off of a Native American chant we got from Dartmouth or in the late 1800's Washington & Lee baseball fans (our primary rivals at the time) derogatorily called UVA fans a bunch of uncivilized Wahoos and it stuck.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahoos

Thanks for the info, Borna. It's surprising that someone from the NCAA wasn't there to do a quick test on them before letting them chow down together.