Today I read a Daily Progress article on UVA Basketball walk-on Andy Burns, and that apparently he is whining about not getting solid playing time over these past couple years. Alright, fine. I understand that you obviously are good at basketball and want to play basketball. No one wants to sit on a bench for four years (unless you’re me, and have no basketball skills and would just be giddy sitting on the bench with the team). But seriously. Whine about it to the media, why don’t you?

He’s all talking about perhaps forgoing his next two years of eligibility so that he can go to an Ivy med school next year and have eligibility and be able to play there. That’s fine with me. I understand that decision. But either do it, or don’t do it. Don’t just hang out here and whine and complain about it and make a big fuss. Leitao should just let him go. Don’t play this “you’re a valuable member of our program, but I want you to do what’s best for you” game. Let him go. And tell him to suck it up.

In other news, I just learned that Sean Singletary chose Virginia four years ago over a scholarship offer from Kansas. Wow. He could have been on a national title team! I mean, I probably wouldn’t have the current mancrush that I have now had he not played here. But still. He must be thinking about that decision now. In response, my friend Andrew writes:

You mean an NCAA national title team. Singletary did have the honor of making it to the CBI Final Four–and he never even had to leave C-ville. Kansas had to travel all over the country for their national title and that’s annoying.

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