UVA Basketball: Isaac Traudt to Redshirt This Season

The expectations for Virginia’s star-studded freshmen class obtained even increased on Friday as Isaac McKneely (15 factors, 4 threes) and Ryan Dunn (13 factors, 6 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 steals) burst onto the scene in UVA’s 89-42 victory over Monmouth. 

For the opposite half of UVA’s first-year class, it appears we’ll have to attend one other 12 months to see them make their debuts. Tony Bennett reported on Friday that 6’10” freshman Isaac Traudt will redshirt this season, becoming a member of Leon Bond III, who can be planning on redshirting this season, as introduced on Monday. 

Bennett elaborated the redshirting subject after Friday’s recreation: 

“We now have extra depth this 12 months. All of them have proven flashes. And truly after we have been in Italy, you possibly can see all of them will help us. Nevertheless it was a type of offers the place we weren’t going to redshirt Leon. We have been going to see and take type of a month at a time and have a look at it. However with Leon, I believe he determined after that first recreation, and it is all the time as much as the gamers. And Isaac Traudt and I talked and he simply stated, ‘I believe I can actually go to work,’ he stated, ‘and develop my physique.’ He stated, ‘proper now, I believe that is the plan.’ So I am so grateful he did as a result of everybody would have performed on this recreation, and as soon as a man performs, you burn that [redshirt].”

Bennett stated repeatedly within the weeks main as much as the season that UVA had as many as 12 gamers who may contribute significant minutes for the Cavaliers this season. However since it’s extremely unlikely that Virginia would ever play that many gamers frequently, one or two of these gamers needed to be on the opposite facet of that minimize line. Given the variety of veterans on this workforce, Bennett has been very clear that there’s a massive alternative ready for this freshmen class subsequent season with as many as 5 common rotation gamers doubtlessly leaving this system after this season. The freshmen will need to be affected person, however subsequent 12 months can and needs to be massive for all 4 of them. The selections of Traudt and Bond to redshirt this season replicate their dedication to this system and to their very own private growth, saving a 12 months of eligibility. 

For now, it is trying an increasing number of like Isaac McKneely and Ryan Dunn shall be very invaluable items for the Cavaliers this season, whereas the 2023-2024 season could possibly be extraordinarily particular with Isaac Traudt and Leon Bond III becoming a member of the fold. 

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