Campus Confidential

By Adam Abramson

Let's clear up a few things here:

1. Armageddon. I haven't seen it in a few years, but from what I can remember, it ranks in the awesomely bad category. I have a feeling the opinions of Matt and Rob are very jaded because of man crushes on Steve Buscemi.
2. I have been to Charlottesville multiple times. I've been to the gym there, I've been to house parties, bars, football games and basketball games. I've walked all around the town of Charlottesville, and I'm pretty sure I saw Ryan Pettinella's (left in the pic above) shorter twins 3,000 times.
3. Ryan Pettinella would have me for lunch on a basketball court. But not at the free throw line. I would win there.
4. I am not going to sit here and say UVa is a good TEAM on defense. Let's look at how UVA did in the ACC. Their FG% defense is tops in the league, as many angry readers have pointed out. But there's more than just looking at the number. I think the low FG% can be attributed to Virginia's pair of guards being superior to about anyone it faces. Their tough defense on the outside forces many bad shots which translates into many misses and a lower percentage. This is evident in their 3-point % defense (third in the conference). Furthermore, Virginia's strength of schedule was 11 out of 12 in the ACC. They played Miami twice, Wake Forest twice and North Carolina State twice. Half of their ACC games were against teams that are bad at picking smart shots in comparison with their ACC peers. In summary, the guards are good, the guards don't let anyone push them around, but that's only 2 of a team. Bye.
5. I woke up this late morning to find out I had been linked on a Virginia men's basketball board. I logged on and expressed my thoughts on Pettinella and how I thought he was a goof. I said anyone with a blog had the right to call me a goof. Well, a nameless villan with the handle of VandyHoo wasted little time. He linked my blog, so I'll link his. We'll call it a gentleman's blog war.
6. I'm still trying to find time to do the coolest region sites to go watch a game. But A-Rod told everyone he loves the Yankees and Rick DiPietro is only missing one game. Gotta take care of that first.