I reminded of Jay Wright once or twice not even taking a high school class cause he knew he had a core of 10-11 returners coming back for the next few years.
However it can also be risky. I remember us swinging all at Trevor Keels cause our roster didnāt have much needs (and also to be fair COVID = no evaluations) but then all three of Casey Morsell, Jabri, and Carson McCorkle not panning out let to heavy Reece-Kihei pairing minutes and having to add Rohde later.
Yea, kinda surprised Tony showed for a second day when JWilly has got that covered.
Might also speak more to how big of a target Derek Dixon is for that guard spot, and Tony is just finding ways to be productive in the down time between Dixon games
Dixon plays at 12ā¦Williford is over there
We collectively ignored this offer haha:
https://x.com/hoozgotnext/status/1802433251341938846?s=46&t=wAzMZR-0PRGT1LpN6U5x0g
(Five star 2026 who just made the U17 World Cup team an age group early and Paul VI, soā¦yeah)
That just the PVI quota offer.
Yeah heād happily leave schollys unfilled during certain years. He also had some magic retention hoodoo (eg how did they get Brandon Slater to stick around for so long pre-NIL?)
I guess Prince Alexander Moody was premature claiming an offer but thatās one I could see UVA really going for in 2026. Big guard, plays the point for his HS team.
Mentions a UVA assistant, Sanchez Iām sure, at Section 7 in Arizona watching Nikolas Khamenia. Mason Blackwood plays out there too.
Sanchez in the building for Michael Phillips II from Grace Christian I think. Canāt confirm but sitting with UNCC coach and parent of current UNCC player.
Edit: Iām probably wrong, I donāt think I saw a proper college coach credential on the guy so might be coincidence for a guy in uva attire
Must be Vandross out west then
For Mason Blackwood Im assuming?
Hmmmā¦yeah is the implication that if Vandross is out there, they care more about seeing/being seen by Blackwood than Khamenia?
Confirmed itās not Sanchez and but it looks like Vandross up close
Betcha whichever it is, heās wearing a hat. haha How I identify either of them, and why they get mixed up.
There was a hat lol and thatās what threw me off
Dukeās starting 5 in 2025-2026 is going to be 5 of these 6 players: Caleb Foster, Kon Knueppel, Nate Ament, Acaden Lewis, Maliq Brown, Pat Ngongba. Thatās hilarious
Told yall Acaden was real.