If Virginia basketball fans weren’t already excited (hint, they were!), this week likely fired up the enthusiasm.
Not only is it a bye week for the football team, but the ACC announced the conference schedules for all teams Tuesday. Plus, with the kickoff time finally set for the upcoming Boston College game, UVA announced the plan for the annual Blue-White Scrimmages. The BC football game is set for noon with the hoops action at John Paul Jones Arena beginning at 6 p.m.
Here is the planned Blue-White format as announced by Virginia:
- 5 p.m. – Doors open
- 6 p.m. – Women’s Scrimmage
- 6:45 p.m. – 3-point Contest
- 7 p.m. – Men’s Scrimmage
As has been the case in previous years, admission and parking are free. Seating is general admission and first come, first served. UVA did note that for fans planning to attend both football and basketball, you are “encouraged to park in the North Grounds parking lots surrounding JPJ Arena and utilize the free shuttle service to and from Scott Stadium.”
With so many new faces on the roster for Tony Bennett – seven players joined either from the transfer portal or the high school ranks – this represents the first opportunity to see the new guys in action. The new players are Jalen Warley (Florida State transfer), Elijah Saunders (San Diego State transfer), Jacob Cofie (true freshman), Dai Dai Ames (Kansas State transfer), Ishan Sharma (true freshman), TJ Power (Duke transfer), and Carter Lang (Vanderbilt transfer).
How are these new Hoos acclimating to the program as practiced is now under way? There have been some short videos on social media that have fans talking. Here is the link to UVA’s official Twitter to track down videos like this one from the first day of practice:
혿홖홮 홤홣홚 ✅
⚔️#GoHoos pic.twitter.com/zYD8VK0jns
— Virginia Men’s Basketball (@UVAMensHoops) September 25, 2024
So what have fans been saying about these video snippets and the schedule now that the layout is known? Check out some highlighted threads from our message boards:
- Just saw video of practice
with Kyle Guy on a mic. … I’m really impressed with Rohde’s on ball defense … - Love seeing Guy in practice. What an asset that’s going to be to have a guy with that talent and experience on the staff who can coach but also play against the team in practice…
- Offensive Changes – Door A or Door B …
- Coach Tony Bennett out there setting an extra pick.
- I see 20-11 (13-7). Definitely a much improved ACC and see OOC losses to both teams in Atlantis, @Florida and one of the Memphis/Nova games.
- Duke and UNC in the same week is dirty work by schedulers
- Of course we get Duke and at UNC back to back.
- Opening ACC game at SMU; I love traditional rivalry games early on.
- Playing during exams? Bethune-Cookman on 12/12 – Am I seeing that right?
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