Yo yo my fellow Virginia Cavaliers peeps and welcome again to Around the Corner. After a break day so I may just, ya know, perform a little homework, we’re again with a bang in this wet Thursday morning.
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Virginia Basketball: Two Recruiting Targets Cut UVA From Lists — Cavaliers Now
With fall recruiting in complete swing, 2023 and 2024 recruits are slimming down their potential college lists. Of notice, extremely touted 2023 PG Elmarko Jackson didn’t come with the ‘Hoos in his ultimate 5 whilst every other PG, 2024 Dedan Thomas Jr., additionally lower UVA from his ultimate team.
One-on-one with Tony Bennett (Part 2): Embrace the Pace — On3
Another portion of Jamie Shaw’s interview with CTB went up the opposite day. And whew boy take a look at this salty, juicy quote:
People negatively recruit in opposition to us a lot. I say if they may be able to win up to we’ve and they may be able to produce as many guys into the NBA, then move forward and discuss it. And if they may be able to’t, it’s almost definitely perfect simply to concentrate on themselves. You know, our guys don’t seem to be simply a flash within the pan within the league.
Takeaways from what UVA males’s basketball’s Tony Bennett, Jayden Gardner, and Kihei Clark stated at ACC Media Tipoff — Streaking the Lawn
Speaking of Bennett and his squad, he headed all the way down to Charlotte with Jayden Gardner and Kihei Clark the day gone by for the ACC Media Tipoff. With that, we’ve were given the significant takeaways from what they stated.
Social media dive
Another notice from ACC Media day, this quote from Bennett about his father Dick is beautiful attention-grabbing.
“My father has been the biggest influence in my basketball career … To be able to still share that, I just love having him there.” %.twitter.com/Q1CvShMqjL
— Virginia Men’s Basketball (@UVAMensHoops) October 12, 2022
UVA avid gamers stay having a look excellent in preseason motion. Mamadi Diakite had 13 issues, 11 rebounds, two steals, and one block and shot 5-7 from the sphere and 2-4 from deep. He’s making a critical spot for Cleveland’s fifteenth and ultimate roster spot.
I requested #Cavs head trainer J.B. Bickerstaff about Mamadi Diakite being one of the most first avid gamers off the bench this night and it used to be in part because of the wounds they’re coping with.
But, they stated they’ve additionally cherished Diakite’s power via preseason and sought after to lean on him extra.
— Evan Dammarell (@AmNotEvan) October 13, 2022
Yet every other dedicate for UVA lacrosse, touchdown a present highschool sophomore in attackman Brayden Lahey. Another excellent pickup for Lars Tiffany and corporate.
Content notes
Apologies for now not getting an ATC up the day gone by. Damn college stepping into the way in which. But we’re nonetheless entering the guts of basketball preseason content material so we’ve were given masses extra of that coming down the chute within the coming days and weeks.
Additionally, for this Saturday’s Blue-White scrimmage, Ben and I will be able to be in attendance and shall be getting a reside, play-by-play tale up together with ultimate stats and sport takeaways, so we’re having a look ahead to that and offering a have a look at the group simply a few weeks earlier than the season formally kicks off.