If we hire Mark Byington, it would be a no brainer as to where Mallory would go!!!
I have heard from pretty strong sources that it is definitely not Virginia Tech or Maryland.
In the past few hours there has been some evidence that Tennessee does not seem confident in him.
That then leads to UVA and Vanderbilt… UVA currently does not have a coach so it would seem impossible to think he would be committing to UVA in 16 days…
The latest school he visited? Vanderbilt
I say UVA 50% vs the field 50%, to be determined yet.
Wonder if Cavs Futures is heavily involved in this recruitment already. I would imagine
What will the press release say? “I can’t wait to play for Dean & Markel Families Coach TBD”?
Maybe Chance gets to announce the coach at the same time as part of the reward for committing to the Hoos.
Man imagine that’s how we found out lol.
“I’d like to announce that I will be playing college ball for Zombie John Wooden at the University of Virginia.”
When he announces for the Vanderbilt Byington’s it will be the same thing
Any chance that Mallory chooses UVA regardless of who the coach is?? lol
Doesn’t matter because he’s choosing Byington and they’ll both be here
Yes
Getting turned down by Byington and then watching him steal our top 75 former commit out of Charlottesville will make for a nice March
i’d guess that if chance comes here we’re ron-ing it back, announcement to come shortly before he announces on March 22. cannot imagine how this would work any other way. only good news is that this also means chance probably has some assurances that some guys are coming back. this also means that all of these “leaks” about coaches with interest were simply a way to assure fans that we did a thorough search. my final piece of the conspiracy theory is that this has been a done deal for awhile, but that UVa wanted to go through the motions to keep the fans and boosters from bitching about ron all season long, better to wait til after the season then folks have from march-nov to come to terms with the fact that UVa is willing to accept mediocrity in the name of….loyalty?
I’ll caveat all this by saying i dont think either chance or ron will be here in nov 2025.
Chance commits to Byington.
Chance goes to Vandy is Byington stays put.
Chance comes here if Byington comes here.
Seems like all the evidence is pointing toward Ron Sanchez as the next coach.
Odom prefers Wake. We have shown improvement, just enough, to keep Sanchez in the conversation. We have heard that there are some big donors that want to keep Sanchez. Now, Chance sets a decision date too early for us to have a new coach named other than Ron Sanchez. Chance may have an early tip that his favorite choice is planning to Ron-it-back.
All the evidence points to Ron. I think we all need to prepare ourselves for the inevitable. But we will get Chance.
Or he’s just going to Vandy which is completely reasonable. I have no idea how you take Chance Mallory setting an announcement date to 100% mean we’re Ronning it back. This may be early front runner for Jump to Conclusions post of the offseason.
Even HGN says 50% UVa for Chance. I would put that 50% as 45% Ron and 5% Chance commits without a coach. To me, that puts Ron in the lead in the clubhouse with no other contender at a higher percentage. There seem to be some quiet whispers that Ron is the guy. I’m actually shocked by it, but I think we need to start accepting it.
Chance could always just…not commit on March 22 anywhere. Goodness knows we can point to some notable examples of commitment dates changing as new options come in. Setting that specific date this far out says “I am trying to get ahead of the transfer portal but will try to wait as long as I can.”
Don’t want to spoil what’s in VIP but there’s been very little being said about Sanchez. Annual VIP plug.
Sanchez would be the backup option to the backup option to the backup option, and we could just get Pitino before that plan D (or F or E or whatever) ever becomes reality.