šŸ€ 2026 UVa Basketball Preseason

Men's Basketball
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His last 2 answers were the most interesting:

  1. Ball handling - Essentially said there is no backup pg to Chance and ball handling outside of Chance will be handled ā€œby committeeā€. The first 3 good ball handlers he named in order were Martin, Eli, and Jan.
  2. Kalu Anya - a good shooter that will play the wing (???). That he and Jurian Dixon are both great defenders on the wing.

Chance is going to play a lot of minutesā€¦.

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Give me 2 Huffs, 1 Reece and 2 Taines

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Wrinkles are the type of thing that our level of continuity can provide though!

I would love to see some different defensive schemes thrown out given our level of retention.

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That wasnā€™t Odom at his most enthusiastic was it

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He let Michael Belle take a lot of threes without barely making any and got an outlier shooting season out of Jack Clark at VCU, so I take from those experiences (and Ugo) that his inclination is to green light aggressively and hope that leads to more confident shooting.

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https://x.com/prestonwillett/status/2072039287906775210?s=46

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#musclewatch

Honestly, love summer Odomā€™s vibe. Heā€™s fully in ā€œletā€™s see what everyone can doā€ mode

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Willett has a few nuggets on twitter from presser today

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The DTW small ball all stars lineup, by $ amount

iMac

Kihei

Malik

Hall

Rohde

:fire:

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Odom laying down the groundwork for the lawsuit

https://x.com/PrestonWillett/status/2072041043202068565

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Gotta love Taineā€™s chutzpah [or self-aware irony]

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Give me that $10 Taine and I can almost afford a flat Pepsi at the concession stand.

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These were the things that stood out to me as well. Especially point #1.

Iā€™m starting to get a feeling (nothing substantial just a hunch) that Vide wasnā€™t actually brought in to be the backup PG. Heck, Odom said we donā€™t have a backup PG so thatā€™s not a leap. He might have been brought in as a safety net in case options like Point Carrere, Point Eli, Point Sam - his committee idea - donā€™t end up working out.

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In the Luke Neer / best seat podcast interview of GrĆ¼nloh, he spoke favorably of Ibe. Need to be aware of the Kyle Guy / Stattman issue, but still, itā€™s something.

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In fact when Luke asked who heā€™s been going up against in practice he said Carter Lang and Ibeā€¦ no mention of Silas or Anya at the 5 spot!

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My recap of what Odom said about the returners:

  • Chance: Worked on his body, ā€œlot of pressure on him but heā€™s built for it,ā€ shooting the ball well and making plays out of the pick and roll
  • Sam: Had a surgery after the season (sounds like the need was identified during the season) but is full go; stronger in the upper body, looking for him to step up as a ballhandler and passer, and expects him to be their go-to perimeter defender
  • Thijs: Working on slowing down, being able to make the right decision when defenses are focusing in on him as the go-to scorer
  • Johann: The Preston post @haney linked has the summary
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I do think theyā€™ll likely make every effort to have Ibe ready.

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I think this is spot on and why I think everyone is overestimating his role. Everything we heard was basically that he was a deal too good to pass up. I think he may be our lowest paid player on the team outside of Lang and Roberts. Iā€™m viewing him as a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency ball handler until proven otherwise.

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Heā€™s gonna get the chance to compete for the back up pg role and personally think he has a decent shot at it. Was pretty hyped coming over a few years ago. As already said, the good news is he is low risk, medium reward. We have options

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