Sights and sounds from the first half
This is the second straight day Virginia has played an 11 a.m. game in front of thousands of schoolkids, though today they lack the high-pitched vocal support from those students. The reason just might be - based on the amount of the Carolina blue in the stands - that UVa is playing North Carolina today instead of Boston College.
The kids were enthusiastic throughout the first half, though their loudest ovations were reserved for free T-shirts thrown into the crowd by official NCAA mascot JJ Jumper and a hip-hop halftime performance by a kids dance team.
Best sign on display: a group effort from six kids - "We want to be on TV."
Carolina blue may be dominating the crowd, but the Cavaliers are giving their fans - confined mostly to two sections in the lower bowl of the coliseum - plenty of reasons to wave their orange pom-poms on sticks. With 15:30 left in the second half, Virginia only trails 39-36.
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