Sure… just start a new late season portal thread… or generic summer recruiting thread. The ones that were open were getting pretty long anyways. I nominate @dave92 to start it because he LOVES starting new threads…
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Thank you for entrusting me with this
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Helloooo Central Park Zoo!
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Might go there this weekend
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CPZ > Bronx Zoo
Materials for the Arts. Queens. They’re teaching these kids to respect the boroughs (or whatever the Knicks catchphrase is)
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I wonder if TB shows up for Taines graduation. Just saw a photo of him on the book of faces. It’s also unreal we only have one dude graduating….
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Okay… who is putting a bid in?
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Guess they held off on the kitchen reno knowing he’d bounce in two years.
Zingggggg
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3902-Sulgrave-Rd-Richmond-VA-23221/12558955_zpid/
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This mental image will not resolve for me: Haney chaperoning a class of kindergartners?
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Leave no child behind
(Strike that out…)
Eh, nobody will miss just one kid, right?
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OMG lil Haney does your dad like ever make up his mind?
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2 miles from our house!
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Behind a pay wall but if you use reader view in FireFox you can bypass that.
I’ll copy and paste anyways:
Breaking down new coach Ryan Odom’s remade Virginia men’s basketball roster
GREG MADIA The Daily Progress
11 - 14 minutes
Nearly two months after his hiring at Virginia, at least the bulk of new Hoos coach Ryan Odom’s first team is in place.
More of Virginia basketball’s non-conference schedule comes into focus
North Dakota State transfer Jacari White feels he fits in UVa basketball’s new-look style
When he was introduced in March, Odom said he wanted to assemble, “a championship roster and one we’re all going to be proud of.”
He said, too, during the initial press conference, that: “You have to sign great players, but you also have to sign guys that understand their role.”
After picking up commitments from seven transfers and two high schoolers plus hitting the international market for a potential impact performer while retaining two Cavaliers from this past season’s squad, UVa has gone through an overhaul with the objective to be competitive immediately in Odom’s tenure.
With that in mind, here’s a position-by-position breakdown of the roster to this point and what roles — starter, contributor or backup — each player could fill.
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GUARDS
Dallin Hall
Previous stop: BYU
Projected role: Starter
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BYU guard Dallin Hall drives during the first half of a game against UCF on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Charlie Riedel, Associated Press
The skinny: Of the seven transfers new to UVa, Hall has the most significant power-conference experience. At BYU, he played in 100 games with 61 starts over the last three seasons. The 6-foot-4 veteran departed the Cougars having logged 32 double-figure scoring performances and having finished sixth in BYU history for assists per game (4.13). He’s the logical candidate to start at point guard for the Cavaliers.
Jacari White
Previous stop: North Dakota State
Projected role: Starter
The skinny: Last week, White told The Daily Progress that he feels his skill set fits the mold of players Odom has thrived with in past coaching jobs. White, a 6-foot-3 guard, comes to UVa with a career Division I 3-point shooting percentage of 40.6%. Over the last three years with the Bison, he made multiple 3s in 54 games. Given Odom likes for his teams to take a high volume of 3s — based on his VCU and Utah State teams each finishing in the top 100 nationally for 3-point attempts per game over the last four years — it’d serve Odom well to have a proven shooter like White as a starter on the floor. White averaged 17.1 points per game last season.
Malik Thomas
Previous stop: San Francisco
Projected role: Starter
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San Francisco guard Malik Thomas controls the ball during the second half of a game against Gonzaga on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Spokane, Washington.
Young Kwak, Associated Press
The skinny: Thomas committed to the Hoos this past Saturday, sources confirmed then to The Daily Progress, and he’s the most recent addition to the roster. He spent the last two seasons as a standout at San Francisco after beginning his career at Southern California. For the Dons, he averaged 19.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while earning All-West Coast Conference first-team honors this past season. The 6-foot-5 guard could become the Cavaliers’ top scoring threat considering he’s shown over the past two years, he can drive to finish at the rim with a layup or dunk and convert 3-point shots consistently. Thomas scored at least 20 points in 17 games this past season, including twice against Gonzaga.
Sam Lewis, Jr.
Previous stop: Toledo
Projected role: Contributor
The skinny: From his freshman season to this past year, Lewis made a substantial jump in playing time and production. Lewis’ minutes grew from 11.8 per game in 2023-24 to 31.4 in 2024-25. He scored 16.2 points per game this past winter compared to only 3.6 in his first campaign at Toledo. For his improvement, Lewis earned second team All-MAC honors. He should find ways to help the UVa, perhaps, off the bench as a complement to White and Thomas.
Elijah Gertrude
Previous stop: Virginia
Projected role: Contributor
The skinny: After an ACL injury caused by an accident on a scooter cost Gertrude his 2024-25 season, the expectation is Gertrude will be healthy enough to play for Odom and the Cavaliers this coming season. He averaged 3.4 points per game two years ago as a freshman. Gertrude should factor in as he becomes increasingly comfortable while coming off the injury.
Chance Mallory
Previous stop: St. Anne’s-Belfield
Projected role: Contributor
The skinny: Mallory committed to the Cavaliers initially when Tony Bennett was the coach and then backed off that decision when Bennett retired only to re-commit once Odom took the job. Mallory ranks as the 54th best prospect nationally, according to 247Sports, in its class of 2025 rankings. It won’t be easy for Mallory to carve out responsibility right away because of all the veteran guards on UVa’s roster. But in each of the last four seasons, Odom had at least nine players average double-digit minutes. And if he sticks to that, there could be room for Mallory to earn playing time.
FORWARDS
Devin Tillis
Previous stop: UC Irvine
Projected role: Starter
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UC Irvine forward Devin Tillis, center right, is guarded by UC San Diego guard Chris Howell, center left, during the first half of the Big West Conference tournament championship game on Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Henderson, Nevada.
Ronda Churchill, Associated Press
The skinny: Tillis fits in at the 4 for the Cavaliers and should transition smoothly because he’ll come to UVa with at least some familiarity with Odom. At UC Irvine, Tillis played for Anteaters coach Russell Turner, who was a college teammate of both Odom and UVa associate head coach Griff Aldrich at Hampden-Sydney. Tillis averaged 13.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game this past season. His ability to rebound the ball is what should help him earn a starting role upon arrival in Charlottesville.
Martin Carrere
Previous stop: VCU
Projected role: Contributor
The skinny: Last season, Carrere redshirted while playing for Odom at VCU. With a year of development under his belt plus an understanding of how Odom wants to play, Carrere has a chance to continue improving and use his already absorbed knowledge of Odom’s style to potentially play at least some minutes with UVa this coming season.
Silas Barksdale
Previous stop: Woodside High School
Projected role: Backup
The skinny: Barksdale, 86th in 247Sports’ prospect rankings for the 2025 class, flipped his commitment from VCU to UVa shortly after Odom departed VCU for UVa. Barksdale won two state championships at Woodside and was the VHSL Class 5 Player of the Year in 2024.
CENTERS
Johann Grünloh
Previous stop: Rasta Vechta (Germany)
Projected role: Starter
Johann Grünloh, Jaromir Bohacik
Johann Grünloh, left, and Jaromir Bohacik compete during a Men’s Basketball Champions League, group D, third round game in Prague, Czech Republic, October 22, 2024.
ASSOCIATED PRES PHOTO
The skinny: During Odom’s first presser at UVa, he pointed out how he likes to recruit international players and said, “We have contacts all over. This is a global game now.” He wasted little time displaying that by landing the German big man Grünloh, who has played for the professional club Rasta Vechta and its youth squad. This season with Rasta Vechta, he is a teammate of former UVa forward Jayden Gardner. Grünloh, a 6-foot-11, 19-year-old, has averaged 7.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game for Rasta Vechta. He’s shooting 34.2% from 3-point range also. He comes to the United States as one of the best international prospects in this recruiting cycle. Even earlier this year, he appeared on some NBA Draft projections as a potential second-round selection.
Ugonna Onyenso
Previous stop: Kansas State
Projected role: Contributor
The skinny: The 7-foot Onyenso gives UVa an additional rim protector who will likely come off the bench to spell Grünloh. Earlier in Onyenso’s career, he was thought of as a prospect with pro potential and he even declared for the NBA Draft last year before entering the transfer portal after beginning his career at Kentucky. He averaged only 2.8 points and 2.4 rebounds for K-State this past season.
Carter Lang
Previous stop: Virginia
Projected role: Backup
The skinny: Last offseason, the Charlottesville native transferred back to his hometown to play at UVa after starting his career at Vanderbilt. He redshirted last year with the Cavaliers, but does have some playing experience from his lone season with the Commodores.
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Thanks for that, but I can’t let this go.
As an English teacher, can I tell you how bothered I am by two grammatical errors and an egregious stylistic error that isn’t quite a grammatical error but still alters the author’s intended meaning in a published article from an established newspaper?
And I’m not counting starting a sentence with a coordinating conjunction like I just did because that can be stylistically effective.
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I understand loyalty to your people but not retaining KG is mind blowing. Dude is a master of his craft and all his drills are blowing up on X. It won’t matter when we win it all but losing him and Jwilly hurts big time!
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Drills where?
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KG was offered a position, just not a full assistant level position. Can’t blame Odom for going with guys he knows and knows how they operate in that particular role over a guy that has never been at that level. Of course I’d want KG on staff, but head over heart here. Maybe one day he or Zay come home after a few years on the bench elsewhere
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Can’t wait for the new Hoya basketball hype videos to watch JWilly getting off the bus.
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KG is the one I wished had been retained. That said maybe Kyle felt some loyalty to the coaches and players let go and did not feel right about staying in Charlottesville
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