CHARLOTTESVILLE Adam Frazier didn't want to go into Mississippi State's super regional against Virginia wondering where he'd be drafted. The Pittsburgh Pirates took care of that Friday, taking Frazier in the sixth round with the 179th overall selection. A relieved Frazier gave Pirates fans a show Saturday in leading the Bulldogs to an 11-6 victory over the Cavaliers.

MIAMI The San Antonio Spurs swept LeBron James’ Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2007 NBA Finals, so long ago that the winning game plan focused on exploiting James’ weaknesses. Those are nearly impossible

Wilson Memorial and King William matched zeroes for eight innings Tuesday before the Green Hornets took advantage of a two-out throwing error in the ninth by the Cavaliers to plate the game's only run for a 1-0 victory in the Group A, Division 2 baseball

CHARLOTTESVILLE Virginia's regional victory celebration hit all the familiar notes. A Davenport Field crowd of nearly 4,000 stood and cheered and the Cavaliers lined the edge of the dugout, rushing the field Sunday as soon as reliever Josh Sborz induced a game-ending grounder to finish off Elon 11-3. But the on-field revelry was relatively subdued. No dog-piling, just handshakes.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Virginia's baseball team ranks fourth nationally in scoring and 11th in batting average. Yet in their first two NCAA tournament games, the Cavaliers scored a paltry four runs combined and hit a pedestrian .277.    

CHARLOTTESVILLE The reintroduction of Derek Fisher and Jared King led to the rediscovery of Virginia’s identity Sunday night as the Cavaliers played their way into college baseball’s super regionals.

Phillip Sims may be the classic example of a talented athlete who can't get his act together, but the disappointments Virginia could experience at quarterback next season are primarily the responsibility of Mike London. Sims, after all, was only one piece of U.Va.'s shaky quarterback operation, the only kind the Cavaliers ever seem to have.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Virginia ranks among the national leaders in several hitting categories, but Friday's 2-1 victory over Army was all about pitching. Left-hander Brandon Waddell held the Cadets to three singles over seven innings and combined with closer Kyle Crockett to strike out 12 as the Cavaliers opened the NCAA tournament with a win for the fifth straight year.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — Bored on the eve of his team's NCAA tournament opener Friday, Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor wandered up to the press box at Davenport Field and held court. The topic on which he was most animated: Cavaliers closer Kyle Crockett.    

Getting to host but then losing an NCAA baseball regional seems worthless - unless the value is delayed, say, for a year. That's where coach Brian O'Connor's sixth-seeded Virginia Cavaliers are as they enter this weekend's regional at Davenport Field.