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For Hawks Coach - The Charlotte Observer isn't a home town paper for the Cavaliers. Charlotte is in NC, Charlottesville is in VA.

We, as officials, have been calling blocks for years that should have been charges. I'm glad that the powers that be are recognizing this and are no longer penalizing the defense for good position. Some of it also goes to eliminating rough play. Call a couple of PC fouls early in the game and a guard is less likely to go driving in to the paint.

During tonight's game, our crew had 5 player control fouls in our varsity girls game, all against one team. The visitors simply played defense with their feet, not their hands and establish great positions.

Here's part of a story posted on the ACCToday.com.

Gillen: Cavs Weren't Ready
by David Droschak, AP

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Virginia coach Pete Gillen and his staff sensed trouble in warmups. The No. 6 Cavaliers were about to take an Atlantic Coast Conference game and their ranking for granted.

They ended up paying dearly for it Wednesday night.

``Our assistants said, `Hey, we aren't ready,''' Gillen said following a 90-80 loss to North Carolina State. ``It was like a C-plus warmup. You've got to be ready to go in a house full of N.C. State fans. You've got to be ready to fight fire with fire.''

The Cavaliers (16-5, 5-5 ACC) came into the game with their highest ranking in 18 years, but played their second-worst game of the season. Virginia turned the ball over 22 times and committed 35 fouls - eight of which were charges.

``Maybe we got soft with a little bit of success. Fouls hurt us, but we didn't come out from jump-street aggressively,'' Gillen said.

Gillen's team is 0-4 on Tobacco Road this season, losing to the Wolfpack, Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest by an average of 21 points.

``Sometimes on the road our guys aren't as confident,'' he said. ``Maybe they are nervous and apprehensive. Maybe we're a little tentative on the road. I wish I could put my fingers on it. All I know is we didn't play as desperate and as hungry as we had to.''



Notice that he didn't have a word to say about the charging calls. incidentally, the crew consisted of Tim Higgins, Robert Donato, and Ted Valentine.