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FanWatch: Galileo24 Sees Stars At UVa

Of University Hall at the John Paul Jones Arena, Brett Wood, or Galileo24 fans message board, followed the basketball team in Virginia. He started just 11 years when the wood was developed and Barry Parkhill Hoos. UVa these roots have extended for decades and grown far beyond the basketball court cheering as Galileo24 year Cavaliers.

Virginia Parkhill to thank for that. G24 Parkhill compare on-court exploits of yesteryear to the latest BYU standout Jimmer Fredette. As Jimmer-mania, many fans - men, women and children alike - had fever Parkhill back in the days to UVA.

"Parkhill was fun to watch. I was 11 when I saw him play and I knew very little about the game of basketball, but it certainly caught my eye with his tireless effort on the ground. Parkhill could launch the ball from the outside but was pretty good in attacking the basket, "Wood said in an email exchange. "He had an excellent view and the court was an excellent passer. I think his game was much like Jimmer Fredette, but did not force bad shots as Parkhill than Fredette and was a better passer, in my opinion ."

Since those early days, Galileo24 followed the Hoos over the years at U-Hall and now John Paul Jones Arena. He witnessed the "amazing" comeback against Arizona in the opening of JPJ on television and remembers a meeting with UNC in University Hall when "you could not hold a conversation with the person next you "and" when Yuri Barnes hit a lot more of [Eric] Montross ground and then breasts against his chest with him, or rather chest to the belly, you knew this team was not going to UVa to reverse. "

And of course there was the 1976 ACC tournament.This is the year the Cavaliers ripped the "Miracle in Landover" to win the championship. Hoos The defeat three teams in the national rankings in three days in Landover, Maryland Capital Centre; UVa topped No. 17 NC State 75-63, n 9 Maryland 73-65 and No. 4 North Carolina 67-62.

Wood, who has contributed as a freelancer for the newsletter Sabre, remembers being in shock that Virginia has executed three-game run for the title.

"The '76 tournament was surreal. You watch the games and wait UVa drag and widely favored opponent, if it were Maryland, North CarolinaState or North Carolina to resume the game. But children have never slipped. They played basketball and perfect every time they needed a bucket difficult, Wally Walker delivered, "said Wood." And the other players kept intensifying big plays. I will never forget that the bottom section of a key in the championship game, Otis Fulton was with basketball in the key, with nobody between him and the basket. He turned and took the ball on the way to set and then I knew it was our game. I would say I was more "shock" the nuts in progress.

UVa Alum Rick Carlisle Leads Mavericks to NBA Title « College ...

MIAMI, Fla. – Former Virginia men’s basketball player Rick Carlisle won his first NBA Championship as a head coach, leading the Dallas Mavericks over the Miami Heat in six games in the 2011 Finals. Carlisle, who is in his third season in Dallas, coached the Mavericks to the first championship in franchise history.

Carlisle, who won an NBA Championship as a player with the Boston Celtics in 1985-86, becomes the 11th person in NBA history to win a title as both a player and a head coach. Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, K.C. Jones, Red Holzman, Billy Cunningham, Bill Sharman, Buddy Jeannette and George Senesky are the others to do so.

Carlisle becomes the first former Cavalier to win an NBA title as a head coach. He is one of four UVa alumni to win a title as a player, along with Marc Iavaroni (1983 Sixers), Jeff Lamp (1989 Lakers) and Wally Walker (1977 Trail Blazers, 1979 SuperSonics).

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