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Mallory committed to Virginia Friday morning. Presumably, he let the other coaches who were recruiting him know earlier last week. FWIW, the public announcement of this commitment didn't come as a surprise. It was a thinly disguised secret for about a week now. At least one source said that...

I think he may have had a visit scheduled to UVa, but I imagine that is no longer the case. Virginia just received a commitment from DeAndre Hunter. Essentially, he plays the same position as Blackwell, and it was Bennett's last grant-in-aid for the 2016 class.

Wisconsin and Virginia insiders all agree that Bennett won't be going there. According to at least one person that should know, Bennett has informed Alvarez he isn't interested in leaving Charlottesville, or, quite possibly, intermediaries have relayed the information. Furthermore, as Ryan has...

Well, there are contracts and there are contracts. Much is dependent on the parties involved. Among other things, UVa isn't a mid-major in a weak basketball conference. It has never been a stepping stone. It is an elite academic school, in an elite basketball conference, with elite...

Uh, Bennett and UVa just reworked his contract this spring. After his second 30 win season in a row, this sort of made sense. His compensation is now $2.1 mil per year with additional performance bonuses tacked on. More significantly, there is now a $3 mil buy-out if he leaves before 2018...

FWIW, before Ryan made his announcement, Virginia and Tony Bennett re-worked his contract (signed after the 2014 season). His annual compensation, not including some performance bonuses) is $2.1 mil, with, I think, 5% annual bumps, and a $3 mil buy-out if he leaves before 2018. Speculation was...

If I am not mistaken, Pitt lost a bit more. I think the top five scorers are all gone. In addition to their graduation losses (3), Steve Adams was an early entry in the draft and taken in the first round, and J J Moore transferred to Rutgers. Mostella did not get by the NCAA Clearinghouse in...

You probably ought to substitute Notre Dame for Pitt. Additionally, N C State is not expected to do well, but not because they don't have talent. They're just young. Their first five from last year are all gone. In all likelihood, they will start two sophs and three newcomers (although one...

Miami signs two more SG's, JaQuan Newton and James Palmer, one of whom is more highly ranked, and, then, Henriquez de-commits. Maybe he doesn't like being "recruited over" in the same class. Maybe he doesn't want to compete for playing time. Maybe he doesn't like South Beach. I don't know...

Losing to State at home and then beating Virginia twelve days later seems highly improbable. N C State will probably be among the bottom five in the conference while Virginia ought to be among the top five ACC teams.

I don't know how common it is to schedule both home and home basketball and football series with OOC teams, but Virginia just finished a basketball series with Oregon two years ago and now it is about to begin a football series with them. I imagine that if a couple of athletic directors develop...