I wanted to pass along that a portion of the football coaching staff was hosting a few recruits today, sitting behind the UVa bench. That’s a bit different, as the recruits usually sit upstairs behind the student section.

Tony Elliott, Adam Mims, Curome Cox and Des Kitchings were all courtside, and seemed to be having a good time chatting with the recruits and taking in the game and atmosphere.

As for the visitors:

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Woodson is the younger brother of VT LB and 2023 recruit Caleb Woodson, who UVa pursued. He announced an offer from UVa today.

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A priority target for UVa, Earls is from the same high school (Thomas Dale) as Chris Tyree and Ethan Minter, both of whom are enrolled at UVa now.

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A big-time baseball recruit that was committed to South Carolina, Matthews picked up a UVa football offer today on Grounds. UNC, VT and others are heavily involved.

Harvard transfer TE Tyler Neville was down there with the staff, too.

Admittedly, some wishful thinking, but I thought he didn’t look as lost vs NCSU. Could he start giving us real minutes? Could that be a key development to help us moving forward? Maybe, but I fear it was just me wanting to see it.

WOW!!! He really does understand the big picture in life!!! These young men are so fortunate to have him at their side. I hope they not only heard his sage advice, but they took it to heart. Absolutely incredible insight into life.

Preview: @justin ferber sets the scene ahead of tonight’s rivalry matchup in Charlottesville as Virginia Tech and UVa face off (7 p.m., ESPNU)

Hey everyone, I’m Dylan Callaghan-Croley and will be assisting with recruiting coverage going forward. I’m based in the region and west a variety of hats here on Rivals covering a list of teams.

Nevertheless, working on confirming some Virginia junior day visitors. Will be updating below.

January 27

ATH Messiah Delhomme (Newport News, VA)
OL Carter Scruggs (Loudon County, VA)

On Episode 544 of the CavsCorner Podcast (“Sentences and Paragraphs”), we dive deep into UVa hoops, what’s gone wrong for the Hoos in recent weeks, and how things stack up heading into this weekend’s matchup at Wake.

Site: https://virginia.rivals.com/news/cavscorner-podcast-episode-544

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Football Forecast: @justin ferber tries to parse how UVa’s various additions in the transfer portal will fit in the puzzle this fall for the Wahoos.

Good Afternoon all!

UVa and Wake just a few minutes from tip in Winston Salem, and UVa has made a change to their starting lineup, going with Jordan Minor in place of Andrew Rohde, with Beekman, McKneely, Dunn and Groves also starting.

We'll have game updates here, as always, have at it!

Just coming into game in 1H. Missed a three and a follow-up layup. Seems to just hang out at the three point line

John Marshall class of 2026 F Latrell Allmond talked to @HoustonWilson about his trip to UVa earlier this month, what really stood out to him having seen the Wahoos live, and much more.

Does anyone have those for the Wake game or for the ACC games or for the season? Those are not perfect in evaluating performance (eg, it depends who is on the floor with a player, the opponent, the stage of the game, etc), but they can help identify relative contributions.

Geesh - this year's road stats are quite the outlier.
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Just imagine what our team would look like if we didn’t have a Hall of Fame Coach!

With Paris 2024 this Summer, several UVA swimmers are positioning well for Olympic Team spots - both US and international - and medal contention.

The year's first Pro Series meet was in Knoxville this week, where Kate just swam the 5th-fastest time in history and set new American and US Open records (US Open is the fastest time swum in an American pool, regardless of nationality), a pretty amazing swim for a January meet.

In a strong women's meet field, she also won the 100 Freestyle. Douglass still trains at UVA, though has graduated, so doesn't swim in UVA meets this year.

Claire Curzan (also training at UVA, but not eligible for the NCAA team due to transfer) won the 200 Backstroke and finished 2nd in the 100 Back. She'll be in the fight for the Olympic Team in a handful of events.
Gretchen Walsh won the 100 Butterfly, finished 2nd to Kate in the 100 Free, and continues to progress toward Olympic medal contention.
Alex Walsh - 2020 Tokyo Olympic Silver medalist in the 200 IM (Kate won Bronze that year) - swam one of the 3 fastest times in the world this year, finishing 2nd only to Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh in the 200IM.

The women's team is still favored to win its 4th-straight NCAA title, as Alex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Ella Nelson continue to anchor the team along with several other standouts.

Any clue when he is back?!?! We sure could use the help

Sage Ennis, a grad transfer TE from Clemson, has announced his commitment to UVa following a weekend visit and decommitment from FAMU. He has one year of eligibility remaining. He is a very good blocking TE and played often at Clemson prior to a knee injury this season late in the year.

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Preview: After its “bye” week, UVa hits the road tomorrow for another Saturday afternoon ACC matchup away from home, this time at Wake Forest (2 p.m., ESPN2). @justin ferber breaks down the matchup between the Hoos and the Deacs in the Joel.

While Murray hustles and puts in a lot of effort when he's on the floor, he doesn't look to shoot unless it's a wide open 3 pointer. Bond also is very active on the floor, but he will hunt for a shot and get an occasional rebound due to his tenacity.

We need another shot maker on the floor. I think Bond should get all of the minutes Murray has been getting in future games.

Can’t hit the broad side of a barn tonight against Heels

Class of 2025 guard Aiden Argabright, who is now at John Marshall, talked to @HoustonWilson about his trip last week to #UVa and how things are shaping up in his recruitment.

The Hoos have picked up their second transfer commitment of the day from players who visited this past weekend. Kempton Shine, a grad transfer DB from Eastern Michigan announced his commitment on social media.

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We don’t normally post PWO commits, but this guy is from my area. 106 rushing touchdowns, 3 state titles in 1A and runner up this year in 2A for Riverheads High School in Augusta County. He played RB and LB in high school. Great student and kid.

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Do we think this is because of the recent signings or is there some more news to come?

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Just looking back on 2014 season v. this season. Both teams 10-4 at this point in season. In 2014 we lost by 35 to Tenn on the road, lost a home to Wisc by 20 and to VCU and Lost to Wisc- Green Bay. These were collectively worse losses than this season (all on road- UT and Wisc same as Memphis and Wisc, but WGB worse than ND and VCU worse than NCSU), Going into FSU game in Tallahassee there was real concern if Tony Bennett was the right coach and whether he could turn the program around.

Hoos won at FSU with Joe Harris hurt/ sick and only played 2 minutes. After FSU, there was hope that maybe CTB could right the ship and the Hoos could be good. Hoos proceeded to go 16-2 in ACC. We all know of Harris's truck trip to meet with CTB and the change to a more structured offense. Is there anything similar this season to turn things around?

Looking at roster, for the most part the starters in 2014 were Harris (SR) Mitchell (SR) Brogdon (RSSO), Tobey (SO) and Perrentes (FR), with Anderson and Gill (SO) both off bench. Atkins, Nolte barely played. Talent wise, I would say this year's team is as talented from HS ranking perspective, although 2014 had 3 solid NBA players and 2 NBA cup of coffee talent. Yet this year we have Beekman and Dunn slotted as NBA talent, and some real potential talent in Gertrude and Buchanan.

So is it talent? Is it system? What is the difference?

UVa has a need at DB and added Robert Morris transfer Jermarian Jackson on Saturday. Jackson played two years with the Colonials, and committed to Akron last month, but he’ll land in Charlottesville.

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