Virginia Ranked No. 21 in ESPN’s Way-Too-Early College Basketball Top 25

Virginia is ranked No. 21 in ESPN’s newest “Manner-Too-Early” school basketball prime 25 rankings for the 2022-2023 season. UVA is ranked third on the record amongst ACC groups, behind North Carolina (No. 1) and Duke (No. 9). 

ESPN’s Jeff Borzello, who put the record collectively, had this to say in regards to the Cavaliers: 

The best-ranked workforce on our record that did not make the NCAA match final season, Virginia’s rating displays a mix of much-improved depth and flexibility on the Cavaliers’ roster and the concept that back-to-back down years appear unlikely to occur to Tony Bennett. All 5 starters are again from final season, however Virginia can be including primarily a complete second line to the roster, which can dramatically enhance Bennett’s choices. All-MAC ahead Ben Vander Plas may make the largest rapid impression after averaging 14.3 factors at Ohio final season, but it surely’s the quartet of freshmen — ESPN 100 prospects Isaac Traudt, Isaac McKneely, and Leon Bond, and four-star recruit Ryan Dunn — that ought to start to kind the core for the following few years. How rapidly the newcomers adapt defensively is probably going the largest query.

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From a workforce that went 21-14 and superior to the quarterfinals of the Nationwide Invitation Match in 2021-2022, Virginia is ready to return its whole beginning 5 and its cease six scorers, led by All-ACC Third Group ahead and main scorer Jayden Gardner (15.3 ppg). The Cavaliers have additionally added Ohio switch Ben Vander Plas, who averaged 14.3 factors and 6.8 rebounds per recreation and was named to the All-MAC First Group final season. UVA can even convey within the nation’s Eleventh-best 2022 recruiting class (per 247Sports) that features a foursome of four-star prospects in Isaac Traudt, Isaac McKneely, Leon Bond, and Ryan Dunn. 

After lacking the NCAA Match for the primary time since 2013, anticipate the Hoos to be again within the Massive Dance subsequent March. 

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