Virginia Basketball: Blake Buchanan and Two Recruiting Targets Visit UVA

The opening weekend of the school soccer season was additionally a busy one for the UVA males’s basketball program. Virginia hosted commit Blake Buchanan in addition to a few targets in future recruiting courses on Grounds this weekend. 

Buchanan, who introduced his dedication to UVA over Gonzaga again on July third, took his official go to to Virginia over the weekend. He was seen spending plenty of time with the present UVA males’s basketball crew, accompanying them to Friday’s ‘Paint the City Orange’ pep rally on the Downtown Mall in Charlottesville after which attending the UVA soccer season-opener towards Richmond on Saturday at Scott Stadium. It is by no means too early to begin constructing chemistry with future teammates.

UVA acquired in on Buchanan earlier than his recruiting inventory skyrocketed this summer time. Beforehand rated a three-star and the No. 161 general prospect within the class of 2023 by 247Sports, Buchanan shot up a staggering 94 spots to No. 67 and is now a four-star within the newest recruiting rankings.

READ MORE: Virginia Basketball Gives 2024 4-Star Dedan Thomas

Because of some sensible web investigating from recruiting skilled Hooz Received Subsequent, we additionally acquired phrase that 2024 goal Isaiah Abraham was on the UVA soccer recreation as properly. Abraham was noticed in an image with the Virginia basketball crew – he is within the second picture within the beneath tweet within the white shirt. 

Abraham, a four-star wing from Warrenton, Virginia, beforehand performed at Highland Excessive Faculty, however transferred to Paul VI in Fairfax, Virginia this 12 months. Along with the provide he obtained from Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers on August sixth, Abraham has been supplied by Villanova, Maryland, UConn, Georgetown, Seton Corridor, Pittsburgh, Marquette, Kansas State, and Wichita State.

Virginia additionally hosted Nyk Lewis, a  level guard from the category of 2025, this weekend. Lewis is a rising sophomore at Gonzaga School Excessive Faculty in Washington, D.C. and he already holds gives from Maryland, Bryant, George Mason, and Norfolk State. 

We additionally discovered this weekend that one other 2025 goal, Landon Vanderwarker from Columbus, Ohio, has scheduled an unofficial go to to UVA for November twelfth. 

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