Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 7, 1995 TAG: 9503070117
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DOUG DOUGHTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Broadway previously had spent 14 seasons at Duke, where Spurrier had separate tours as offensive coordinator and head coach.
At Virginia, Broadway was to have coached the defensive tackles. Larry New, who previously had that responsibility, resigned after the season to join the staff of new Georgia Tech coach George O'Leary.
Knowledgeable sources say that Florida's offer to Broadway was at least $15,000 more than he would have been paid by Virginia. Money also was a factor in the loss of New.
Although Virginia does not have a permanent athletic director, it is unlikely that Virginia would have gotten into a bidding war under any circumstances. To match Florida's offer, the Cavaliers would have upset the salary scale for their other eight full-time assistants.
UVa head coach George Welsh, who last week began meetings with his assistants, no doubt will try to hire a new assistant by the start of spring practice March 22.
Liberty defensive coordinator Jerry Petercuskie has been mentioned as a possible target. Petercuskie, a former Boston College player and 1975 BC graduate, has coached at Penn State and Rutgers.
ANOTHER SIGNEE: Virginia hopes it has another Tyrone Davis in LaShawn Jones, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound wide receiver from Bayside High School in Virginia Beach who signed with the Cavaliers more than a month after the national letter-of-intent date.
Like Davis, who set a school record for touchdown receptions in a career, Jones is a basketball player who played football for only one year in high school. He recently met NCAA eligibility standards and becomes UVa's 25th signee, one of whom, defensive lineman Maurice Anderson, enrolled for the spring semester and counts against the Cavaliers' 1994 quota.
TITLES ELUDE THEM: Virginia's 83-82 overtime loss to Duke in the semifinals of the ACC women's basketball tournament marked the seventh time that the Cavaliers have finished first or tied for first in the ACC in the regular season and failed to win the championship, four times without reaching the title game.
CLEATS TO SNEAKS? Jason Williford and Yuri Barnes, both of whom are in their final season of basketball eligibility, have expressed curiosity in playing football in their fifth year. ``I don't know how useful I would be as a blocker,'' said Williford, a would-be tight end who has not played football since the ninth grade.
HIGH PRAISE: UVa men's basketball coach Jeff Jones told a caller to his radio call-in show that fall signee Darryl Presley, a 6-6 forward from Adelphi, Md., most reminds him of former Cavalier and three-time All-ACC selection Bryant Stith in terms of playing style.
Another Virginia recruit, 6-5 Courtney Alexander from Durham, N.C., recently was recognized by Sports Illustrated in its Faces in the Crowd section. All three of UVa's signees were at the Cavaliers' game Sunday, as was prospect Melvin Whitaker, a 6-9 center from Oak Hill Academy.
OUT OF DOGHOUSE: Senior forward Yuri Barnes, who made his second start of the season Sunday on ``Senior Day,'' played a season-high 28 minutes and showed the kind of fire that has flickered since he lost the starting job he held for most of last season.
``It felt good,'' said Barnes, averaging fewer than 10 minutes since a one-game suspension Feb.15. ``I felt aggressive. I wasn't shying away from the opportunities. Hopefully, this will carry over to the ACC Tournament and the NCAAs. I'm sure I'll be ready.''
MAKING SOME SHOTS: A big reason for Virginia's 12-4 finish in the conference has been its improved shooting. The Cavaliers, last in the ACC in field-goal percentage in 1993-94 at 38.7, are up to 45.4 this season. ... UVa shot 54.1 percent against Maryland, the seventh time it has been over 50 percent. No team has shot better than 50 percent against the Cavaliers.
ODDS AND ENDS: Cory Alexander, who has missed eight games since suffering a season-ending ankle injury, continues to trade the team scoring lead with Junior Burrough and Harold Deane. Burrough currently has the lead by seven-hundreths of a point. ... With his 14 assists Sunday, Deane tied the school record posted (twice) by John Crotty and matched earlier this year by Alexander.
... Only three ACC players have attempted more free throws than Deane, who has shot 10 or more free throws in 10 games and 186 for the season.
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