Virginia Basketball: Two Recruiting Targets Cut UVA From Lists

Virginia is not within the operating for 2 recruiting targets, one within the class of 2023 and one within the class of 2024. 

4-star level guard Elmarko Jackson (South Kent, CT) had beforehand included UVA in his high seven faculties again on September twenty first together with Texas, Notre Dame, UCLA, Villanova, Kansas, and Miami. Jackson didn’t go to the Cavaliers and ended up reducing Virginia and UCLA from his checklist this week as he introduced that he can be saying his school choice on Thursday.

With Jackson off of UVA’s board for 2023, the Cavaliers are in pursuit of two remaining targets to complement their 2023 recruiting class that features four-stars Blake Buchanan (Coeur D’Alene, ID) and Elijah Gertrude (Jersey Metropolis, NJ).

Virginia is about to host 6’4″ combo guard Cameron Carr (Branson, MO) on an official go to this upcoming weekend from October 14th by means of October sixteenth. Carr, who has seen elevated curiosity from just a few main convention applications up to now few weeks, picked up a proposal from UVA in late September. Carr has visited Northwestern and Kansas State already and has plans to take a go to to Tennessee the weekend after his go to to Charlottesville. He’s anticipated to be in attendance at Virginia’s Blue-White Scrimmage on Saturday at John Paul Jones Area. 

4-star George Washington III (Dayton, OH), who initially dedicated to Ohio State earlier than decommitting final month, has Virginia in his high 5 together with Louisville, Dayton, Michigan, and Wake Forest. Washington was in Ann Arbor final weekend visiting the Wolverines and has plans to go to Wake Forest and Louisville, however no plans to go to UVA but that we all know of. 

Dedan Thomas Jr. (Henderson NV), a four-star level guard within the class of 2024, was the opposite recruit to trim the Cavaliers from his checklist. Thomas was provided by Virginia on September 2nd, however he lower UVA out of the combo on Monday, saying a high six of UCLA, UNLV, Florida, Houston, Arizona, and Gonzaga. 

With Dedan Thomas out of the image, Virginia has energetic provides out to seven gamers within the recruiting class of 2024: 

PF Jarin Stevenson (Pittsboro, NC)
CG Jaeden Mustaf (Matthews, NC)
SG Jayden “Juke” Harris (Salisbury, NC)
SF Caleb Williams (Washington D.C.)
SF Isaiah Abraham (Warrenton, VA)
SG Rakease Passmore (Asheville, NC)
SF Kon Knueppel (Milwaukee, WI)

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