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Virginia Basketball Recruiting: Official Visit Season Begins for 2025 Targets

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September 3, 2024

Virginia Basketball Recruiting: Official Visit Season Begins for 2025 Targets

Though the new college basketball season is still over two months away, the Virginia men’s basketball coaching staff is entering a very busy portion of the calendar, as we are nearing the end of the recruiting cycle for the high school class of 2025 and getting into the peak of official visit season.

UVA is in the running for several premier recruiting targets in the class of 2025 and is hosting five of those prospects for official visits over the next month. That stretch of visitors began this past weekend, when four-star point guard Keyshuan Tillery took his official visit to Virginia.

Tillery posted on Instagram to recap the visit, including several pictures of himself in a home UVA men’s basketball jersey and a couple of pictures of himself joined by Virginia staff members Chase Coleman, Ronnie Wideman, Ron Sanchez, Orlando Vandross, and Isaiah Wilkins.

Tillery, a 6’1″ point guard from New Hampton, New Hampshire, is also scheduled to take official visits to Wake Forest, Cincinnati, Ohio State, and Villanova over the next several weeks. He is ranked No. 49 overall in the ESPN Top 100 for the class of 2025 and is the No. 71 overall prospect according to 247Sports, which also has Tillery rated as the No. 10 point guard in the country and the No. 2 recruit in the state of New Hampshire.

Virginia’s other official visitors are coming in pairs. Charlottesville point guard Chance Mallory and five-star forward Nate Ament are scheduled to visit on the weekend of September 13th, the same weekend that the UVA football team will host Maryland in a Saturday night primetime matchup. On the weekend of September 27th, the Cavaliers will host four-star point guard JJ Mandaquit and four-star power forward London Jemison.

Virginia also made the cut lists for four-star small forward Cam Ward (Washington, D.C.), four-star combo guard Derek Dixon (Washington, D.C.), four-star power forward Tre Singleton (Jeffersonville, IN), and four-star power forward Marcus Jackson (Richmond, VA).

Derek Dixon already came on an official visit to Virginia in April and multiple other unofficial visits and should announce his decision by the end of the month. No official visits to UVA have been scheduled for Tre Singleton or Cam Ward, though Ward did come on an unofficial visit over the summer. Marcus Jackson was offered late and UVA made his cut list, but there has been no reported official visit scheduled yet.

Virginia has two open scholarship spots for the 2025-2026 season.

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West Virginia commit announces decision by blasting ‘Country Roads,’ lighting a couch on fire

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June 3, 2026

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West Virginia commit announces decision by blasting ‘Country Roads,’ lighting a couch on fire

A big moment in any student-athlete’s career is announcing what school they’re committing to, and I don’t think you’re going to find an announcement better than one we’ve got coming from one of the newest West Virginia Mountaineers.

What’s that smell? It… it smells like a couch burning to the sounds of the Mountaineers’ beloved John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”

You bet your sweet a– that’s what it is.

There’s a growing chance that any recruit who lights a couch on fire is going to end up wearing one of these. (Photo by Kevin Abele/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Ethan Lawson is a 6’6″, 300-lb offensive lineman and part of the 2027 recruiting class.

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According to Sport Illustrated he has fielded offers from a bunch of programs including Appalachian State, Liberty, Air Force, Army, Navy, Duke, Wake Forest, UConn and more.

But, they all missed out because Lawson posted his decision on X, and well… I think he was always West Virginia material.

Bobcat Goldthwait was burning couches on camera before it was cool.

But, alright, there’s no doubt about it: someone is about to sell some jerseys.

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And if there’s not a furniture store in Morgantown that brings in Lawson and fellow offensive line recruit Kevin Brown (who also lit a couch on fire because that’s becoming a thing) for an ad, then… then, well, I don’t know what, but it would be quite the missed opportunity.

It’s early, but Rich Rodriguez’s West Virginia Mountaineers lead college football in recruits burning couches. (Ben Queen-Imagn Images)

Hey, like it or not, sometimes in the age of NIL it can be a popularity contest. If fans like you, it could mean greater visibility and more lucrative deals. Perhaps that was the mission here, and we all know it worked.

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I refuse to believe any Mountaineers fans saw that video, heard the song and then didn’t reflexively raise a beer (even if they didn’t realize they were drinking one and say, “Hell yeah, brother.”)

We’ll see if the sort of thing translates onto the field, but even if it doesn’t, I feel like there’s money to be made making appearances and lighting furniture on fire at frat parties.

Matthew Reigle is a writer for OutKick.

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Crews put out house fire in Bristol, Virginia

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June 3, 2026

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Crews put out house fire in Bristol, Virginia

BRISTOL, Va. (WCYB) — Crews put out a house fire in Bristol, Virginia, on Wednesday morning, according to officials.

The Bristol, Virginia Fire Department was dispatched at 3:09 a.m. for the fire in the 900 block of Vermont Avenue. The house was unoccupied at the time fire crews arrived on the scene.

Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames in the front of the house. They were able to quickly extinguish the fire under challenging conditions. The fire scene remains active and an investigation is underway. No injuries have been reported.

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Virginia Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Night results for June 2, 2026

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June 3, 2026

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Virginia Lottery Mega Millions, Pick 3 Night results for June 2, 2026

The Virginia Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.

Here’s a look at June 2, 2026, results for each game:

Mega Millions

Mega Millions drawings take place every week on Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m.

15-26-43-48-60, Mega Ball: 12

Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.

Pick 3

DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.

Night: 4-5-7, FB: 9

Day: 8-7-6, FB: 5

Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.

Pick 4

DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.

Night: 7-0-6-5, FB: 8

Day: 1-1-9-0, FB: 1

Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.

Pick 5

DAY drawing at 1:59 p.m. NIGHT drawing at 11 p.m. each day.

Night: 2-9-1-0-4, FB: 0

Day: 5-9-4-1-7, FB: 0

Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.

Cash Pop

Drawing times: Coffee Break 9 a.m.; Lunch Break 12 p.m.; Rush Hour 5 p.m.; Prime Time 9 p.m.; After Hours 11:59 p.m.

Coffee Break: 10

After Hours: 14

Prime Time: 04

Rush Hour: 13

Lunch Break: 06

Check Cash Pop payouts and previous drawings here.

Millionaire for Life

Drawing everyday at 11:15 p.m.

16-33-41-50-52, Bonus: 01

Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.

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