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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Austin Nichols is one of several new players that figures prominently in the rotation for No. 8 Virginia, and while he arrived as a transfer from Memphis with a reputation as a gifted offensive player, hes adapted quickly to Tony Bennetts defensive philosophy.I think we can be a pretty good team, Nichols said after leading Virginia with 11 points in a 72-32 rout of St. Francis Brooklyn on Tuesday night. Weve just to continue focusing on defense.The Cavaliers (2-0) looked in midseason form at the other end of the floor, holding the Terriers of the Northeast Conference scoreless for a stretch of more than 10 minutes in the first half. Virginia scored 20 consecutive points in that stretch to open a 35-11 lead.The Cavaliers dont have a go-to scoring option so far, and even if one surfaces, Bennett said their focus will always be the same.I think this team understands that were going to have to be so good defensively, he said. Thats going to be our ticket.The Terriers (0-2) ended the drought on two free throws by Yunus Hopkinson with 7.8 seconds left in the half.These games do one of two things for you. They either make you stronger or break you, Terriers coach Glenn Braica said.Glenn Sanabria led St. Francis with 10 points and Gunnar Olafsson had seven.Nichols, who missed Virginias two preseason scrimmages and season-opener at UNC Greensboro while serving a suspension for violating a team rule, scored on an array and shots around the basket. Jarred Reuter added nine points and London Perrantes, Marial Shayok and Mamadi Diakite each had eight for Virginia. All 11 scholarship players for the Cavaliers scored and grabbed at least one rebound.The Terriers finished 11 for 48 from the field, 22.9 percent.BIG PICTURESt. Francis: The Terriers attempted 16 3-pointers in the first half and made just one, which is not the recipe for a team from the Northeast Conference to challenge a ranked or Power Five-level school. Having already lost at North Carolina State, they continue an early season gauntlet at Providence next Monday.Virginia: The early-season indoctrination of youth into coach Tony Bennetts lineup continued as freshmen Kyle Guy (21 minutes) and Ty Jerome (10) each got significant playing time and Diakite, a redshirt freshman, played 14.THE DOWN LOWNichols has plenty of company up front in 6-11 Jack Salt, 6-9 Diakite and 6-7 Reuter, and all made contributions.Jack started and had six points and two rebounds, Reuter and Diakite each grabbed four rebounds and Diakite had a block.Me and Manadi are more like finesse players, Nichols said, and the Bruise Brothers, Jarred and Jack, theyre the bangers inside.BULLSEYEVirginia walk-on Justice Bartley was one of three walk-ons who entered the game for Virginia with about 2 minutes to play, and Bennett was thrilled to see the sophomore score his first collegiate basket on a layup with 30 seconds remaining.HE SAID ITI think its $60,000, or $80,000. -- St. Francis Brooklyn coach Glenn Braica when asked what his team gets from facing Virginia.UP NEXTSt. Francis travels north to play at Providence next Monday night.Virginia continues a three-game home-stand with a visit from Yale on Sunday. 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RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman continued his criticism of NFL officiating Wednesday, pointing to confusion among referees during Sundays game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.In the second quarter, tight end Luke Stocker was called for holding in the Bucs end zone while quarterback Jameis Winston had the ball. The officials did not initially rule a safety, but after Pete Carroll challenged the call, the Seahawks were awarded two points.So many nuanced rules that the refs dont even know half the time, because most of the refs on that play didnt know we could challenge the play, Sherman said. The only one who knew was the white hat. Thats kind of ridiculous.You deal with that on a week-in, week-out basis. And theyre like, Just call New York. But what if youve got five games going on? Five games calling New York at the same time? It doesnt make sense. You can simplify that, but of course they wont, because like Ive said before, you have people whove never played the game writing the rules for a game theyve never played, and they have no idea how it works.On the play Sherman described, Carroll was unsure about whether the holding/safety call was reviewable, even after having a conversation with the official on the sidelinee.ddddddddddddSherman spoke with another official who said the play was reviewable and rushed over to convince Carroll to throw the red flag.I just asked him what could we do, Sherman said. He said we could challenge it. He said you cant challenge a penalty but you can challenge a spot on the field that had happened. Once he said that, I just ran and made sure Pete knew, because I dont think Pete knew he could challenge it. Pete threw the flag.The Seahawks lost the game 14-5.Sherman criticized officials after a Week 8 loss to the New Orleans Saints. He later suggested that officials target the Seahawks specifically.Sherman said that the players learn which crew theyre getting early in the week, but studying past tendencies doesnt usually help.Everything is subjective, Sherman said. So on any given day, maybe he had his coffee this morning, maybe hell call this. Maybe he didnt have his coffee ... then maybe hell call something else. Its human error out there. So at the end of the day, thats all youre playing with is human error. So it depends on what they think they saw and what theyre feeling that day, things like that. ' ' '