2021 recruiting rundown

Men's Basketball
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Add a Michigan offer for Trevor Keels. Juwan Howard was in the house at DeMatha over the weekend.

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Somewhat relatedly, which schools tend to have similar recruit targets as UVa? Seems like Michigan (at least under Beilein) and Villanova are common sights when looking at UVa’s top targets in recent years.

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Villanova would top the list. Maryland just based on geography. Bennett and Beilein didn’t cross recruiting paths much. Seems that’ll change under Juwan Howard. Ohio State is right up there too. Holtmann recruited a lot of the same guys at Butler, now has a bigger brand to sell. And then you get into Kansas and UNC. They’ve taken whatever they wanted for the most part, but do value some of the same characteristics. I think we’ll deal with Duke more now too. Only it’ll be like with Henry Coleman. Rarely going head to head with them, just them trying to drag out our recruits into July when Bennett lets go and they decide which ones to select.

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Peyton Watson highlights from last night. Coach Williford makes a couple brief background cameos.

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Quick feet. Lots of bravado. . . I have high hopes for UVA’s own version of Holmes & Watson

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Really hope we land Trevor Keels but Watson would be a great plan B.

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What is our situation with Carter Whitt?

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Basically Carter isn’t really into being recruited right now. Indiana has been trying hard to get him to visit, won’t budge. He’s just waiting until after the season to see what his options are. I don’t think UVA would be open to him right now, but they’re still in touch. If they were to lose a guard, maybe.

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Any idea on the next step with Keels? He strikes me as having the highest odds of making an early-ish commitment.

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Keels is probably the least likely to make an early commit. I think that would be Reid.

We’re gonna have to hold on tight for a months with Keels and hope CTB can pull his summer magic again

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I use this analogy all the time. Each recruitment is like a boxing match. They’re all scheduled to go the full 10 rounds, ending next Fall. If you wanna win early, it’s gotta by a decisive knockout. Recruits don’t decide early, they just don’t see the point of continuing.

Keels is a Takeover program guy. By that I mean he doesn’t just play for their AAU team, he was brought up in it. They’re very good at maxing out a recruitment. When things start getting stale, new offers stop flowing, schools are backing off, that’s when he’ll probably end it. Won’t even be allowed under consideration until April.

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This is a new one.

North Carolina, Purdue & Virginia are expected to be represented at top-15 junior Harrison Ingram’s game this evening https://t.co/BuSJ1FQiLL

— Corey Evans (@coreyevans_10) December 11, 2019
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This is awesome of Ty.

Thanks to University of Virginia asst coach @CoachWillyUVA and former UVA player and current @phxsuns player @tyjerome_ for coming to our game last night. UVA was in to see @DaRonagon @UVAMensHoops pic.twitter.com/mfD5nzPj6Y

— Millennium Boys Basketball (@MillenniumHoops) December 11, 2019
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Highlights of DaRon Holmes from their Thanksgiving weekend tourney in Chicago. He went up against UNC commit Walker Kessler in the title game.

Interview from this past weekend. He talks about all his visits, including Virginia.

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Coach Bennett is at the Steward School tonight watching Efton Reid.

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And there’s the big one. Duke just offered Trevor Keels. Not over but this is a different game now.

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Whoa, a “sky hook” at this point in his career. . . very nice!

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Explain, specific to Trevor. Does a Duke offer change what he’s looking for in a school or coach? Does it change his relationship with Tony? I don’t know if Trevor is a 1,2 or 4 year guy, but I’d be comfortable beating Ks not coaching in 2025 or maybe 2023 for that matter

Also pretty sure Duke has 21’ SG offers out to several other higher rated guys

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For now, it only changes the process. Basically any hope of UVA or Villanova closing this out by early summer is at the mercy of Coach K. I know fans don’t want to hear this but the fact of the matter is Duke and Kentucky are seen differently than everyone else. As if they’re at another level. They’re selling a different product. It goes beyond development or playing style, and into the added value of potential stardom there.

After that, it depends on Duke’s treatment. Offers need to be backed up with effort eventually or it’s meaningless. Granted, Duke does play by slightly different rules. If Duke wants, they can turn this into a full blown marathon, where we have to spend many times more effort to keep up. UVA likely won’t participate in that. Keep in mind, we don’t exactly offer the rosiest roster situation either.

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Thats a great answer to what I was gonna ask. Why Duke.

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