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She can put some numbers up for you, and she'll play great defense for you." Guard Jaryn Garner, a 5-7 product of Germantown Acad- emy in Maryland, and 5-8 Ohio native Raeshaun Gaffney round out what was Boyle's first full recruiting class at UVa. The three highly touted first-year guards seem to fit the mold of a typical gritty, defensive-minded player Boyle wants to continue to bring to Charlottesville. "On the offensive end of the floor, I think it is a little slower process learning the motion of- fense," Boyle said. "There is a lot to learn with the set plays, and when you are trying to put five new people through that it is a Nov. 12 Nov. 18 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Nov. 29 Dec. 2 Dec. 6 Nov. 9 Dec. 18 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan. 3 Jan. 6 Jan. 10 James Madison at Penn Providence vs. Vanderbilt* vs. Syracuse* at Minnesota^ West Virginia at Maryland Coppin State at Alabama Norfolk State# Xavier or Northern Illinois# Virginia Tech at Miami (RSN) at Georgia Tech little slower right now. You have some kids that learn quicker and some learn slower. I'd say we are somewhere in the middle of that learning curve right now. "But I feel like three weeks in, the light bulbs were starting to go off, but part of that is high school basketball. In this day and age, there's not a lot of teaching going on in high school and kids are used to just playing pick-up games. I've seen that a lot more in the past three to five years, but these kids are picking it up." But while last year at this time Boyle was spending large chunks of practice time just teaching players the offensive and defensive systems, this year having veterans such as Frank- 2012-13 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent (TV) Time (ET) 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. NC State lin returning allows for more advanced coaching during pre- season drills. "We are a work in progress," Boyle said. "There are still a lot of teaching moments, but we are a year older and that's a good thing. There is some comfort in the girls knowing the system and knowing what to expect in practice, but we do have five new people to the team. So half the team we still have to slow things down and do a lot of teaching, but these first practices were great. We are probably further ahead that we were last year. "I think as the newcomers grasp it, and they are picking it up every day, we will get better and better with it." ◆ Date Opponent (TV) Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 20 Miami (ESPN3) Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Feb. 3 Feb. 8 at Wake Forest Feb. 10 Feb. 14 Feb. 25 Wake Forest (RSN) Feb. 28 March 3 Feb. 17 Maryland (ESPN2) Feb. 21 at Clemson at NC State Mar. 7-10 ACC Tournament$ at North Carolina (RSN) Boston College Georgia Tech (RSN) Duke (ESPN3) at Virginia Tech at Boston College Time (ET) 2 p.m. Florida State (RSN) 6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. TBA * San Juan Shootout at San Juan Puerto Rico; ^ Big Ten/ACC Challenge; # Holiday Inn Area Cavalier Classic at Charlottesville; $ at Greensboro, N.C.