Xavier’s résumé sparkles
By Jeff White
Published: January 2, 2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The Xavier University men's basketball team comes to town this weekend with none of the fanfare that accompanies visits by North Carolina and Duke.

A capacity crowd is not expected for Xavier's game against Virginia tomorrow afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena. Few schools, however, have a hoops résumé as impressive as that of Xavier, a small Jesuit school -- 4,100 undergraduates -- in Cincinnati.

"I'm happy for them," Pete Gillen, a former coach of Xavier and U.Va., said the other day. "They're good people."

In the past 26 seasons, Xavier has advanced to the NCAA tournament 18 times. The Muskeeters reached the Elite Eight in 2004 and again last season. They're 10-2 this season and ranked No. 22 in the latest Associated Press poll.

The coaches change, but the victories continue to mount for the Musketeers.

"The credit goes to Bob Staak," Gillen said. "He's the guy who showed them they could win, and each guy has taken it a step further."

Gillen, Dave Leitao's predecessor as U.Va.'s coach, was one of those guys at Xavier. He succeeded Staak as the Muskeeters' coach in 1985. By the time he left for Providence in 1994, Gillen had won 202 games -- still a school record -- and led Xavier to seven appearances in the NCAAs.

His successor, the late Skip Prosser, won 148 games in seven seasons at XU. Then came Thad Matta (73-23 in three seasons), followed by the Muskies' current coach, Sean Miller, whose record in four-plus seasons is 103-41.

"Success begets more success," said Gillen, a Charlottesville resident whose work as an analyst for CBS' College Sports Network will have him on the road tomorrow.

Gillen said that when he left for Providence, he expected the Musketeers to continue to win. "I never dreamed they'd be top 10 at times," he said.

Moving from the Midwestern Collegiate Conference to the more prestigious Atlantic 10 in 1995 helped Xavier raise its national profile. Another factor has been the Cintas Center, the 10,250-seat on-campus arena that opened for the 2000-01 season. (Xavier crushed Virginia there 108-70 last season.)

Gillen also cited the willingness of officials at Xavier, which doesn't have a football team, to invest in the basketball program and provide excellent academic support for players.

"They get it," said Gillen, a member of Xavier's athletic Hall of Fame. "A lot of schools don't get it."
 

Cavs can’t dwell on lopsided loss
By Jeff White
Published: January 3, 2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE If they focus too much on what happened at Xavier on this day last year, his players won't be able to meet the challenge facing them today. So University of Virginia men's basketball coach Dave Leitao hasn't talked much this week about revenge.

"There is an emotional aspect to every game, and as part of your preparation, you have to be able to look at it emotionally," Leitao said yesterday. "But if you're just looking at last year and you're upset and you try to use that as motivation, you tend to forget about [execution]. . . . And I think you have to focus in on that more than anything else."

If a list were compiled of the most humbling losses in the history of U.Va. basketball, last year's game in Cincinnati would have to be included. Xavier led 61-30 at halftime and won 108-70 before an exuberant crowd at the Cintas Center on Jan. 3.

"I'd definitely say it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth," Virginia forward Jamil Tucker said last weekend.

The rematch comes today at John Paul Jones Arena. U.Va. (6-4) hosts Xavier (10-2) at 2 p.m.

"Different venue, different year, a lot of different players, different structure," Leitao said yesterday, "and so we've got to be able to take care of the matters at hand with this particular team. But obviously I'd be lying if I said" U.Va. players weren't determined to avenge the 2008 loss to the Musketeers.

"We still owe them a game we lost last year," Virginia forward Mike Scott said.

The No. 22 Muskies may not be as powerful as in 2007-08, when they advanced to the NCAA tournament quarterfinals. Still, Leitao said, Xavier is "the best defensive team that we'll have played thus far," and coach Sean Miller's roster is again loaded with talent.

The Cavaliers' résumé isn't as impressive, but they're coming off an improbable victory over ACC rival Georgia Tech in Atlanta. U.Va. pulled even on a 3-pointer by Tucker in the final seconds of regulation, then rallied to win 88-84 in overtime.

Sylven Landesberg, who totaled 26 points, six rebounds and five assists against the Yellow Jackets, is a freshman, so he bears no responsibility for the debacle at Xavier last year.

That game got away from the Cavaliers immediately. On the game's opening possession, high-flying forward Derrick Brown soared for an emphatic dunk, and the rout was on.

Brown was one of the few Muskies who didn't score in double figures that night, though he finished with nine points, seven rebounds and five assists. This season, the 6-8, 227-pound junior leads Xavier in scoring (14.2 ppg) and is 17 for 36 from beyond the arc.

Scott is likely to begin the game guarding Brown, who "has so many different dimensions, starting with his tremendous athleticism, obviously," Leitao said. "He does some things that you marvel at, just on pure athleticism. He's backed it up as time has gone on. . . . So it presents Mike and everybody else with a challenge to kind of keep him under wraps as best we can."

 

Tucker shows Cavs he has touch
The Virginia forward has made more than 45 percent of his 3-pointers so far this year.
By Doug Doughty
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You can look at the most accomplished 3-point specialists in Virginia men's basketball history and there isn't a 40-percent shooter among them.

In most cases, they haven't been close.

However, statistics show that the Cavaliers had the ball in good hands when Jamil Tucker, a 6-foot-9, 241-pound junior, attempted a game-tying 3-pointer late in regulation at Georgia Tech.

Tucker's swish from left of the key sent the game into overtime, and the Cavaliers went on to record an 88-84 triumph in the ACC opener for both teams.

Tucker was 3-for-3 from behind the arc for the game and improved to 11-for-24 (45.8 percent) for the year. For his career, he is 63-for-151 (41.7 percent).

"For Jamil, it's not about him making shots," said UVa coach Dave Leitao, whose Cavaliers (6-4) host 22nd-ranked Xavier (10-2) at 2 p.m. today at John Paul Jones Arena.

"I know he can do that. He's done it since he's been here at a very good percentage. It's about his consistency in all the other areas because I can't tell you one day to the next if his shot's going to fall or not."

Leitao said the challenges for Tucker are defense, rebounding and becoming more of an inside presence by using his 250-pound frame.

"He's done a little bit of that," Leitao said. "He's had aches and pains that have kept him off the court, but, overall, I think he's done a very good job.

"If you look back at his career thus far, he's taken shots and made a lot of shots. The problem is, he hasn't gotten the consistent minutes [because of] those other areas.

"But, if you line him up behind the arc and give him an open jump shot, I feel very comfortable -- as [does] the rest of the team -- that he's going to make that."

UVa recognizes Courtney Alexander as its leading percentage 3-point shooter. Alexander was 58-for-125 (46.4 percent) in his two seasons, 1995-96 and 1996-97.

This year, Virginia is shooting only 31.1 percent on 3-pointers as a team, down from 36.6 last year, but the numbers are deceiving.

Senior forward Mamadi Diane, whose 41.4 percentage was high on the 2007-2008 team for players with as many as 10 attempts, is 0-for-21 on 3-pointers for the season.

On the other hand, Tucker is one of three primary 3-point shooters who are hitting better than 40 percent. Redshirt freshman Sammy Zeglinski is 22-of-52 (42.3 percent) and sophomore Mustapha Farrakhan is 6-of-13 (46.2 percent).

Leitao said it was his staff's impression last year that none of UVa's 3-point shooters set up as close to the arc as Diane. When Diane underwent foot surgery this summer, it limited his preparation for a 3-point line that had been moved from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20-9.

"Plus, I think he got a lot cleaner looks when Sean [Singletary] got all the attention he did last year. Add that to the fact that when you don't make shots, it becomes harder to make the next one.

"The way to get out of a shooting slump is not to keep shooting but to find different ways to get easier baskets -- get yourself to the line, get offensive rebounds, those kind of things. Put all those things together in a pot and I think you'll see where Moe is at."

It's called confidence and it's played a big part in Farrakhan's turnaround. As a freshman in 2007-08, Farrakhan was 7-for-38 (18.4 percent) from the field, 2-for-16 on 3-pointers and 1-for-5 on 3-pointers..

Farrakhan has scored more points (22) in the last two games than he did all of last season (17 in 19 games). He is 4-for-6 on 3-pointers in the last two games and 10-for-10 from the free-throw line.

"I'm just not letting anything affect me," Farrakhan said. "I'm just letting stuff roll off. If something [bad] happens, I just do my best to put it behind me and play through it."

Note

Virginia's recent home game with Auburn revealed what happened to 2005 UVa signee Johnnie Lett from Mobile, Ala. When he didn't meet NCAA eligibility guidelines, Lett enrolled at Okaloosa-Walton Community College in Niceville, Fla., where he averaged 5.4 points and 6.6 rebounds as a sophomore in 2007-08.

Andy Ogide, another player who made an oral commitment to UVa for 2006, is averaging 10.2 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds for Colorado State. Ogide, a 6-9, 245-pound post player from Marietta, Ga., began his career at Mississippi.
 

U.Va. freshman basketball sensation faces tough home challenge in Xavier
Guard Sylven Landesberg and his teammates prepare for a difficult non-conference game.
By NORM WOOD | nwood@dailypress.com | 247-4642
12:16 AM EST, January 3, 2009

Through Virginia's first 10 games of the season, freshman guard Sylven Landesberg has displayed skills far beyond his experience level.

His toughest test yet comes Saturday. U.Va.'s 2 p.m. game against No. 22 Xavier (10-2) in Charlottesville will provide one of the sternest challenges Landesberg and his team will face all season. Of course, a win would bring an enormous momentum boost.

U.Va. (6-4) will be looking for its first win against a top-25 opponent since Nov. 17, 2007, when it defeated No. 17 Arizona in Tucson.

Landesberg, who leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with 19.1 points per game, will have to play a big role if the Cavaliers are going to upset the Musketeers.

Senior guards C.J. Anderson and B.J. Raymond will be responsible for guarding Landesberg most of the afternoon. Raymond is averaging 11.3 points per game, while Anderson is averaging 10.8. Forward Derrick Brown is leading the team with 14.2 ppg.

Anderson and Raymond are 6-foot-6, which means they should match up well against the 6-6 Landesberg.

"(Anderson and Raymond) have a mind-set, I think, that is a challenge for (Landesberg)," said Leitao, whose team is coming off a surprising 88-84 win last Sunday in its ACC opener at Georgia Tech. "Combine that with the fact that, I think, as a five-man unit they're about as solid a defensive team as we've seen. I'll go on record as saying they're the best defensive team that we'll have played thus far."

Xavier has started to build an impressive resume for a high seed in the NCAA tournament. In November, it won the Puerto Rico Tip-off tournament, defeating Missouri, Virginia Tech and then-No. 13 Memphis. Xavier has lost two of its last three games, but the losses came against strong opponents Butler and Duke.

U.Va. has won three of its last four games but has yet to log a quality non-conference victory. Today's game represents U.Va.'s last chance at a big non-conference win, since Brown is the only other non-conference opponent left on the Cavaliers' schedule.

Landesberg has scored fewer than 10 points in just one game this season (nine points Dec. 23 against Hampton). He's shooting 50 percent from the floor and averaging 5.8 rebounds per game.

"There's going to be times where (Landesberg is) going to have to pick his spots (against Xavier), and other times where he's got to make sure that ? when they're going to crowd him, that everybody else is involved in the game," Leitao said. "That's the challenge for him, and for us."
 

Cavs get shot at redemption
By Whitey Reid
Published: January 3, 2009

If everyone can agree that Virginia’s infamous trip to Puerto Rico for the San Juan Shootout back in December of 2007 was the lowest point of the Dave Leitao era, then last year’s sojourn to Ohio is surely a close second.
Yes, UVa’s 108-70 loss at Xavier would definitely fall under the subheading of “Burn after Viewing.”
The loss to the Musketeers was even worse than the score looked. The Cavaliers allowed Xavier to shoot 64 percent from the field, including a Playstation-like 16 of 26 (62 percent) from 3-point range.
Leading by 31 points at the half, Xavier players set a goal of winning by 60. That wound up being about the only statistical milestone they didn’t reach (probably because coach Sean Miller emptied his bench early).
“[The] first play [of the game] we gave up a dunk and all five guys were in violation of where they were supposed to be, and it went on from there,” said Leitao afterward.
And that brings us to this afternoon’s rematch between the schools at John Paul Jones Arena.
So many times, teams claim to use the memory of a bad performance as motivation. It usually works for about the game’s first five minutes.
However, in this case — given last year’s calamity — you’d think that Xavier (10-2) would have UVa’s attention for the duration.
“It left a bitter taste in our mouth,” said Virginia junior Jamil Tucker. “Coach stresses to us that having them come to our house, we can’t let the same thing happen again…
“I would definitely say that was the worst game ever — just from beginning to end.”
Virginia (6-4) should have plenty of mojo heading into this one. The Wahoos are coming off one of their best performances of the season — a gutty overtime win at Georgia Tech on Sunday night that featured several heroes.
Xavier, after winning its first nine games and ascending to No. 7 in the nation, has hit a bit of a rough patch. The Musketeers were hammered by Duke, then lost at home to Butler.
Xavier, now ranked 22nd, has most of its team intact from last season. The one big loss was pint-sized point guard Drew Lavender, who outplayed Sean Singletary.
“He had been for them a tremendous lead guard, point guard,” Leitao said. “He was a very good coach on the floor and those kinds of things.”
The subtraction of Lavender has transformed Xavier into more of an inside-oriented team, according to Leitao. “[They] try and get the ball below the foul line with post-ups and drives a lot more than they did last year because the ball’s not in his hands as much,” Leitao said.
Virginia may look to press more, given the fact that guards Terrell Holloway and Dante Jackson have 49 turnovers to just 51 assists.
One matchup to keep an eye on will be between Xavier’s leading scorer Derek Brown (14.2 PPG) and UVa’s Mike Scott.
“It will be a big challenge for Mike or any of our guys because he has so many different dimensions, starting with his tremendous athleticism,” Leitao said. “He does some things that you marvel at.”
Leitao said his players have to be careful not to get too revved up for the rematch.
“It can work against you as much as it can work for you,” he said. “[It’s a] different venue, different year, lot of different players, different structure, and so we have to be able to take care of the matters at hand with this particular team.
“But I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t some level or part of their mind that wasn’t on last year.”
Dunks
Virginia freshman Sylven Landesberg (19.1 PPG) may have his work cut out for him today when he faces Xavier’s C.J. Anderson and B.J. Raymond. “Both of those guys match-up [with Landesberg] size-wise and are physical and have a mindset that I think is a challenge for [Landesberg],” Leitao said. “As a five-man unit, I think they’re about as solid of a defensive team as we’ve seen.”…Leitao said Mamadi Diane’s struggles probably have to do with a number of factors, including the senior tri-captain not having time to work on his game over the summer because of offseason foot surgery, the new 3-point line, not as many open shots without Sean Singletary and the resulting lack of confidence. Diane, Virginia’s leading returning scorer from last season, is averaging only 4.1 points so far.
 

Virginia pulls out a close one
By Jay Jenkins
Published: January 3, 2009

What Virginia will do with the vaunted trio in the ACC — Duke, Maryland and North Carolina — will not be discovered for several weeks.
For now, the Cavaliers appear fixed on dishing out lumps to perennial powers from the Southeastern Conference.
With a landmark victory over Tennessee already under its belt, Virginia used a well-timed rally Friday night to upend Georgia, 62-60, in front of a season-best crowd of 3,714 at John Paul Jones.
Those in attendance were unsuccessful starting the wave, but paid for a ticket that included a finish that should have been well worth the price of admission. With Virginia now 12-2 overall, they also witnessed the program’s best start since the 1991-92 season.
After trailing for almost the entire second half, Virginia took the lead for good, at 60-58, on an odd old-fashioned three-point play by Lyndra Littles with 50.6 seconds left.
Littles, who scored 14 of Virginia’s final 16 points, lost her defender on a screen, collected a baseline inbounds pass from Britnee Millner that served as an alley-oop and released the ball before landing. In the process, Littles drew contact — or gave it — with Georgia forward Angel Robinson.
Once the play unfolded, Virginia coach Debbie Ryan went bonkers on the sidelines, springing into the air and slapping hands at a frantic pace.
“I just saw it developing and I was just hoping it would roll in,” Ryan said of her celebration, while noting her leap did not match that of Littles. “We had run that play one time before [this season] so they might not have seen it. We ran it one other time and really the kids knew a little bit about what I was going to do there.
“I was proud of [freshman forward] Chelsea Shine because she had no idea what she was doing, but she got [the screen] done.”
Georgia coach Andy Landers said Robinson was near flawless in her defense of the game-changing play.
“You know what I thought right there? I thought that the call is going to go the way the call went almost every single time, but I thought Robinson was positioned beautifully,” he said. “I thought she was straight up. I think when [Littles] caught it and tipped it, the offensive player created the contact and got the foul. And that happens all the time.
“[Former Tennessee All-American] Candace Parker was the best-ever at it … lean into you, shoot into you, you are standing straight up and they call you for a foul. I think that’s why they got the foul shots tonight. We did all we could do with it.”
Georgia had a chance to answer. In fact, a wide-open chance, but guard Angela Puleo missed a 3-point attempt from the corner with 34 seconds left that rattled off the rim and into the hands of Shine.
“Puleo had time and addressed the basket very, very well,” Landers said. “I thought it was in. She looked good doing it.”
After Millner was fouled with 24.2 seconds left, she promptly missed the front end of a 1-and-1 situation, but forward Enonge Stovall collected an offensive rebound.
“It was a very critical rebound,” Ryan said.
Stovall, who had not scored in the game previously, calmly hit a pair of free throws to put Virginia up 62-58.
“That’s a lot of pressure,” Ryan said.
Georgia added a layup with 2.1 seconds left, but Virginia managed to loft a pass to midcourt after a timeout to seal the win.
“It was exactly like I thought it would be,” Ryan said. “I knew it was going to be one of those ugly, ugly games — that’s kind of the way that Georgia wants you to play.
“They ramped up the intensity the entire game and there were parts where we backed down and parts where we were able to maintain our composure and our poise. That was really the key to the game because we had the most poise at the end of the game.”
Virginia guard Monica Wright, despite shooting woes and late foul trouble, paced the Cavaliers with 24 points.
Littles added 23 points, including the late-game scoring spree and the leaning three-point play that left the crowd in awe.
“I think it is all about timing,” Littles said. “Basically, when the ball goes up you have to make sure that you time it just right because you don’t want to over-jump it and you don’t want to under-jump it. I don’t know, just trust the passer and trust your ability to jump.”
Virginia returns to action on Monday against St. Francis (Penn.) at 7 p.m.
“We are not going to stop here,” Ryan said. “This game is in the box and we are going to move on to the next one and keep moving forward.”
Layups …
When Wright hit the second of two free throws with 16:03 left in the first half, the junior climbed another spot on the program’s all-time scoring chart. With her seventh point of the contest, Wright passed former Cavalier Melissa Mahony, who scored 1,400 points during a 120-game career from 1979 to 1982. Wright now has 1418 points in her career. … Virginia senior center Aisha Mohammed made her return to the court with 13:45 left in the first half. The senior, who rejoined practice Wednesday, played just 15 minutes and grabbed three defensive rebounds. Mohammed did not attempt a shot from the field.
 

ACC picture for 2009 not necessarily rosy
State's 53 Division I-A commitments listed by school.
By Doug Doughty

In watching the ACC go 4-6 in college football's bowl games after Virginia Tech's 20-7 Orange Bowl victory over Cincinnati, I kept coming back to one thought:

Clemson's Cullen Harper was the preseason ACC player of the year!

Did you see Harper on Thursday in Clemson's 26-21 loss to Nebraska? I'm not sure I've seen a more hapless quarterback in the postseason unless it was Cincinnati's Tony Pike.

On second thought, Boston College redshirt freshman Dominique Davis was just as unimpressive. That's the thing about the ACC. I can't remember a year when the quarterbacks have been so undistinguished as a group.

It seems like somebody told me that the ACC is pointing for 2010, but that's wishful thinking. First-team all-conference quarterback Russell Wilson displayed multiple gifts as a redshirt freshman, but durability is a question for Wilson, as it has been for Virginia Tech's Tyrod Taylor.

Taylor managed to get through the Orange Bowl in one piece, but didn't we see Sean Glennon warming up early in the first quarter? That may be the biggest question concerning the Hokies in 2009. Who goes in at quarterback if Taylor's ankle gets twisted the wrong way?

It was interesting to spend a few days in Atlanta leading up to the Yellow Jackets' men's basketball game with Virginia and hearing people describe Georgia Tech as a possible preseason top 10 choice for 2009. I've been suspicious of the Yellow Jackets since seeing them lose to visiting UVa at midseason, and a 38-3 Chick Fil-A Bowl loss to LSU did little to change that perception.

Clemson was supposed to be another hot team going into the bowls and looking ahead toward 2009 after ending the regular season with four victories in the last five games. But I wonder how many Clemson fans left the Gator Bowl with just a little uncertainty over interim-turned-permanent head coach Dabo Swinney.

Seems like I remember somebody comparing Swinney's elevation to West Virginia's "knee-jerk" hiring of Bill Stewart, but I think there's a big difference. WVU didn't break the bank to hire Stewart, though the Mountaineers gave him carte blanche to hire a big-time staff. It's going to be interesting to see who Swinney gets to be his offensive and defensive coordinators.

As for knee-jerk coaching hires, Miami's choice of Randy Shannon following the 2006 season had to head the list. As expected, Shannon has been a dominant recruiter in talent-rich south Florida. On the sidelines? He looks like a deer in headlights.

The Hurricanes' clock management at the end of the Emerald Bowl against California was atrocious and the ugly demotion and subsequent departure of freshman quarterback Robert Marve has only raised questions about Shannon's people skills.

Maybe the most impressive ACC team in the postseason was Florida State, a 42-13 winner over Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl. But, there's no way the Seminoles should feel good about letting Boston College capture the ACC's Atlantic Division championship for a second straight year.

Granted, the Eagles lost senior quarterback Chris Crane in the final month of the regular season, not that he'd be back in 2009. Coach Jeff Jagodzinski appears to be a good recruiter and he has big-time coordinators in Steve Logan (offense) and Frank Spaziani (defense). Even so, check out Davis' numbers from the Music City Bowl: 15-of-36 for 190 yards and two touchdowns. He was intercepted twice.

Here are the starting ACC quarterbacks as they project for 2009 -- Davis at Boston College, Willie Korn at Clemson, Thaddeus Lewis at Duke, Christian Ponder at Florida State, Josh Nesbitt at Georgia Tech, Chris Turner at Maryland, Jacory Harris at Miami, T.J. Yates at North Carolina, Wilson at N.C. State, Jameel Sewell at Virginia, Taylor at Virginia Tech and Riley Skinner at Wake Forest.

Nobody has a more uncertain quarterback situation than Virginia, where Marc Verica started 10 games this season, passed for more than 2,000 yards and may have saved Al Groh's job during a midseason four-game winning streak. He also may have cost offensive coordinator Mike Groh his job during a season-ending four-game losing streak.

FOR THE RECRUITING junkies in the readership, here is a summary of the 53 Division I-A commitments in Virginia to date, according to The Roanoke Times Top 100:

VIRGINIA TECH (14) - No. 1 David Wilson, No. 4 Logan Thomas, 8 DeAntre Rhodes, No. 16 Antone Exum, No. 18 David Wang, No. 19 Andrew Miller, No. 23 Theron Norman, No. 26 James Gayle, No. 29 Telvion Clark, No. 33 Nubian Peak, No. 34 Duan Perez-Means, No. 45 Tyrel Wilson, No. 46 Kory Gough, No. 50 Cory Journell.

VIRGINIA (14) - No. 5 Tim Smith, No. 7 Dominique Wallace, No. 12 Jake Snyder, No. 14 Quintin Hunter, No. 20 Corey Lillard, No. 22 Will Hill, No. 30 Ross Metheny, No. 32 Perry Jones, No. 35 Luke Bowanko, No. 38 Alex Owah, No. 44 Lo'Vante' Battle, No. 48 Connor McCartin, No. 49 Javanti Sparrow, No. 54 Laroy Reynolds.

WAKE FOREST (4) - No. 24 Zach Thompson, No. 39 Mike Olson, No. 56 Matt Muncy, No. 61 Patrick Thompson.

WEST VIRGINIA (3) - No. 10 Logan Heastie, No. 13 Dominik Davenport, No. 21 Shawne Alston.

TENNESSEE (2) - No. 9 Jerod Askew, No. 27 Damien Thigpen.

PENN STATE (2) - No. 3 Kevin Newsome, No. 47 Frank Figueroa.

NORTH CAROLINA (2) - No. 15 Brynn Renner, No. 36 Curtis Campbell.

N.C. STATE (2) - No. 28 Brian Slay, No. 58 Boogie McCray.

MARYLAND (2) - No. 41 Bradley Johnson, No. 42 Dexter McDougle.

RUTGERS (1) - No. 17 De'Antwan Williams.

GEORGIA (1) - No. 25 Jordan Love.

BOSTON COLLEGE (1) - No. 43 Sterlin Phifer.

LOUISVILLE (1) - No. 53 Mike Privott.

MARSHALL (1) - No. 55 James Rouse.

TEMPLE (1) - No. 62 Byron Parker.

DUKE (1) - No. 63 Garrett Patterson.

OHIO U. (1) - No. 77 Skyler Allen.