The Power Hour

No. 1 UVa cruises past VMI
[Mar. 10, 2010] Think high-scoring games are the most exciting kind in college lacrosse?
Well, not if it’s only one team doing all the scoring.
Heading into Tuesday night’s game against VMI, Virginia had scored 83 goals in its last four games against its in-state rivals. VMI had managed just 12.
The only drama on Tuesday at Klockner Stadium was how many UVa would finish with this time around.
When the final buzzer mercifully sounded, No. 1-ranked Virginia emerged with a 20-6 victory in front of a crowd of 1,247.

Rockets hand Wizards fourth straight loss
[Mar. 10, 2010] For the Houston Rockets, who need as many hands on deck as possible to get out of the win-lose blahs, it was good enough simply to see Trevor Ariza and Kyle Lowry back on the court.

Ariza returned after missing seven games with a left hip injury, and Lowry was back after sitting out 12 games with a sprained left ankle. Neither was spectacular, but both shook off the rust as the yo-yo Rockets moved back above .500 on Tuesday night with a 96-88 win over the Washington Wizards.

Cavs’ chances slim in ACC tourney
[Mar. 10, 2010] Scattershooting around the ACC, while examining Virginia’s chances in the upcoming conference tournament, and revisiting monitoring athletes in the classroom ...
So, now that Sylven Landesberg is gone, along with Calvin Baker, does Virginia have any chance of advancing past the opening round of the ACC tournament on Thursday against Boston College?
Not really.
Boston College, which had played its best basketball of the season leading up to an uninspired performance in losing to N.C. State on Sunday, would have to sleepwalk through Thursday’s noon game at the Greensboro Coliseum for the Cavaliers to have any chance of winning.
Let’s be realistic. Virginia lost 68-55 at BC with Landesberg.