My how the turntables
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Looking forward to a better day tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment.
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Jay Bilas’s thoughts about us rn would definitely be “Being a UVA fan is like getting a root canal”.
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I could use a dentist
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This is one UVA was considering taking a shot at, ya know if TB had stayed. Not sure they would have but it was on the table. Arkansas offered, he’s an in-state kid, but never been clear if they want him. So others jumped in late. Maybe Arkansas finally waved him in, we’ll see.
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Just a wee bit curious: Is Chance Mallory’s decommitment simply a decision to open his recruitment to re-evaluate his options (which seems a perfectly reasonable thing to do for a prospect in his position), or does it close the door to Virginia as a future destination? Does UVa keep recruiting him? Given the current nature of the transfer portal, there will still be plenty of scholarship openings at schools all over the country come spring. I remain a bit curious as to why any elite, or nearly elite, prospect uses the early signing option today.
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And as interesting is the current staff opening their own recruitments in the so called interim?
Assume Chance still very interested in Virginia but as sure he wants to know who the coach will be whether it is Ron or Richard Pitino
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My understanding is the latter. UVA is still in the picture, but he signed on to play for CTB and that roster of players (generally speaking. There’s always some attrition). He knows Ron, and, I think, likes him well enough.
But the situation now isn’t what he signed up for. So he’s going to see how things turn out, staying in close touch with the team. Then in the spring he’ll see what’s what and decide. Impossible to say right now what the odds will be.
I think there’s still some value in committing a team in the fall as a 4* star kid. Sure, the portal mixes things up, but a recruited HS kid committing in the fall still carries some weight and takes up a roster spot. Their presence impacts the coaching staff’s recruiting decisions after a kid accepts an offer.
The higher up the food chain you are, the more teams will rock the boat to make room for you and the later you can wait. Waiting until Spring, you’re more hunting for a team with the right roster situation and then hoping you get along with the coach, and things like proximity to home or part of the country are more likely to go out the window.
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I imagine that, thanks to the portal, every team currently, or potentially, recruiting Mallory will have scholarship openings in April. In fact, in the current world of college basketball, I suspect that EVERY team in the country will have available scholarships then. The only benefits to signing during the early period are those enjoyed by the schools. There is little to no benefit to the recruit. Among other things, the current LOI is binding only on the player, not the school.
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The NCAA eliminated the LOI (NLI).
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Thanks. Just checked and saw that it was eliminated earlier this month. It had become meaningless anyway.
Depends on who has the leverage. If you’re a mid-tier player, maybe you feeler safer locking in during the fall, as otherwise you risk your stock falling over your senior season and/or the schools you like filling scholarships with other guys (to include transfers). It’s really a “bet on yourself” scenario to roll your recruitment into your final spring; may not work out for everyone. To say nothing of the stress involved in yet another season of recruiting; maybe it’s fun to get to all those games, but also exhausting to be dealing with still.
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As @4547Lambeth noted, the NLI is history. It is all moot now. A player can commit at anytime, but it isn’t a binding agreement.
Chance Mallory sharing on his IG story Derik Queen going 20-20 in his first Maryland game
Kevin Williard at STAB after hearing Tony retired
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I assume that Ron has been talking to Chance?
Keep in mind Ron never coached Kihei, their tenures at Virginia missed each other almost perfectly. Ron never really had guards that small at Charlotte, had one season with a 5’11" rent-a-senior Montre’ Gipson (5’11), but otherwise the smallest guard he really coached up with 6’1" Jahmir Young (finished at Maryland). May not be quite the comfort level with recruiting a guard as small as Chance.
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Chance doing an official to Miami.
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Gross
I would be more than shocked if we got a 2025 commit before we hired a permanent coach.
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Chance should do all the visits he wants
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