Well, I unfortunately did not make it to the UVA-Gonzaga game Wednesday, since it was a 9:00 game and I am working over the break. That saddens me greatly. Why? Because within the first 10 minutes, my boy Sean had already sunk five threes! By halftime, the score was 60-26 VIRGINIA.

Sean also, I believe, set a new career high of 37 points. The record he broke? It was last year’s 35 points against none other than Gonzaga. Commentators also mentioned that he was still recovering from some hip injury/surgery. Wow, if this is how he plays when injured, I can only hope that it gets better from here!

The final score of 108-87 was comforting (ignoring the fact that we were beaten in the second half 61-58..hopefully it was just that we were letting up on them) to Virginia fanst everywhere, no doubt. And it’s nice to know that we can play like this if we truly want to. But it’s no cause for complete celebration just yet. Remember this is still a home win - we’re looking at 1-3 on the road right now…that 1 being from Div II Puerto Rico Mayaguesomething, who’s sitting at an 0-10 record or something. And that was a 56-52 victory. Also, remember that this is a night when both Sean and JR were hot. We all know that both of them are streaky players (JR more so than Sean, I think). There are just so many factors here that went right for us. Also, Gonzaga had been travelling like WHOA for weeks now. The players no doubt were exhausted.

I’m not saying don’t get excited. A win is a win. A dominating win is a dominating win. But let’s not start chanting Final Four quite just yet. We have Stanford this weekend and a big game against Carolina at Chapel Hill. That will not be an easy fight. At least we’re taking care of that bad boy in January and not at the end of February!

Cheer on, Hoos. I’m excited about our all-star VIRGINIA team. I’ve been saying it for quite some time now - we’re going to make at least the second round of the NCAA this year. No doubt.