Closing Time at U-Hall ; Familiar Faces Return for Arena Finale
The Washington Times › March 06, 2006
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Dave Odom was seeking a job as an assistant in the spring of 1982 when Virginia basketball coach Terry Holland gave him a call. Holland wanted Odom to visit Charlottesville and set up a meeting at U-Hall.
"I'd never heard it called that before. I thought it was a U- Haul place where they rented trucks," Odom, now the coach at South Carolina, recalled. "I was embarrassed to ask him where it was. When I got in town, I went to the local square and asked 'Do you know where U-Hall is,' and they said 'You mean University Hall.' When I told them why I was there, they said 'That's University Hall, that's U-Hall.'"See the full content of this document
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Closing Time at U-Hall ; Familiar Faces Return for Arena Finale
Odom eventually found University Hall, the building where he would work for the next seven years. What he found was an intimate 8,392-seat arena, home to many of Virginia's hardwood highlights in the 41 seasons since it opened in November 1965.
Today might produce the last such moment. Charlottesville's bask...See the full content of this document
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