• A limited-edition bobblehead commemorating the Virginia Cavaliers’ 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship is now available.
• The bobblehead features Cavman on a piece of the actual championship court and is individually numbered.
• Only 319 bobbleheads are being produced and are available exclusively through the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum’s online store.

MILWAUKEE — The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum has unveiled an officially licensed Virginia Cavaliers 2019 Men’s Basketball Championship Court Bobblehead.

The bobblehead features Virginia’s mascot, Cavman, standing on an actual piece of the court that Virginia played on when it won the 2019 Men’s Basketball National Championship in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 8, 2019.

The release is in conjunction with the conclusion of the 2024-25 college basketball season and this week’s anniversary of the national championship.

The bobbleheads will be available exclusively in the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum online store at store.bobblehead.com. The bobbleheads are expected to ship in October.

Each bobblehead will be individually numbered to only 319. The bobbleheads are $100 each plus an $8 flat-rate shipping charge per order.

Suited up in a uniform and giving the No. 1 sign while holding a basketball with the school logo, the Cavman bobblehead is standing on an authentic game-used piece of basketball court from the Final Four where the Cavaliers won the 2019 NCAA title. The court base also features Virginia’s logo and details about Virginia’s first Men’s Basketball National Championship.

Virginia won its first men’s basketball national championship with an 85-77 overtime victory over second-seeded Texas Tech in the championship game before a crowd of 72,062 on April 8, 2019.

De’Andre Hunter scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while Kyle Guy, who was named the tourney’s Most Outstanding Player, scored 24 points. Virginia finished 34-3 overall.

Playing in their first Final Four since 1984, the Cavaliers advanced to the final with a 63-62 victory over Auburn. Virginia beat Gardner-Webb, 71-56, in the first round and Oklahoma, 63-51, in the second round. The Cavaliers then outlasted Oregon, 53-49, in the Sweet 16, and beat Purdue in overtime, 80-75, in the Elite Eight.

Other schools featured in the series are the Baylor Bears, Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tar Heels, and LSU Tigers.

“We’re excited to unveil the Virginia Cavaliers game-used championship count bobblehead in conjunction with Artsman,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “This bobblehead will be the ultimate way for Virginia fans to relive the thrill of victory and commemorate the school’s first Men’s Basketball National Championship. The bobblehead will be a keepsake that fans pass down to future generations of Virginia fans.”

Each bobblehead stands on an authentic piece of the championship court supplied by Cincinnati based Artsman, a company that creates handcrafted artifacts from game-used elements of sports history including the Men’s and Women’s College Basketball National Championship games.

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is located at 170 S. 1st. St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, opened to the public on Feb. 1, 2019. The HOF and Museum also produces high quality, customized bobbleheads for retail sale as well as organizations, individuals, and teams across the country.

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As the annual Virginia Tech spring game rolls around, so does the excitement as possible stars show Tech fans what they can look out for. And in year four, under Brent Pry, excitement is needed to bolster the hopes of Tech fans.

Today’s task is to look at some of the top prospects on defense to look out for during Saturday’s spring game.

Djonkam should be a name Virginia Tech fans should be excited for. The former Eastern Michigan linebacker has experienced a change of usage since his move to Southwest Virginia.

“I started off at outside linebacker, and then they moved me to defensive end, and I was probably the best change that without a doubt I made since playing college football, like playing defensive end is so freeing I get it just hit, don’t got a think, just go.”

“I love how simple and see ball get ball it is, like, as soon as the ball snaps, look at the running back’s alignment and base my stance off of that, and then boom, just go.”

Bell is a player with the potential to help solidify a Virginia Tech defensive line that was torn apart thanks to departures from last season.

It is an impossible ask for a defensive end to replicate the numbers produced by Antwaun Powell-Ryland Jr. after his world-beating last season. Powell-Ryland marked 16 sacks on the year, exuding his dominance.

What Bell offers is experience and a replenishing of options to a defensive line that was bound to drop off without Powell-Ryland, or fellow NFL hopeful, Aeneas Peebles.

Before last season began, Bell was nominated for a number of watchlists including the Bednarik Award, Reese’s Senior Bowl, and the Lombardi Award Watch List.

Isaiah Brown-Murray, more commonly reffered to as IBM, offers the Hokies a strong secondary defender with a desire to stick out among the rest.

 “I really was looking for a better opportunity to go to the NFL, that’s the ultimate goal, my dream when I got the Virginia Tech…It just felt like home, and it felt like they would be able to develop me to get to that next step.”

IBM also referred to Siefkes as someone who has helped his development, despite not knowing who the future defensive coordinator for the Hokies was going to be at the time of Brown-Murrays recruitment.

“It’s been really good. He has a lot of knowledge, and you could tell that he’s been around football a long time. He’s been great. Like he’s taught me a lot and it seems like he’s got a lot of belief and trust in me, so I appreciate that.”

All of these names will make instant impacts at Virginia Tech, and expect them to showcase to the Hokie faithful why they can make the difference, on Saturday.

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The West Virginia University men’s basketball program has reached out to College of Charleston transfer forward Ante Brzovic.

The six-foot-10 225-pound senior averaged 18.4 points, while shooting a league-best 54.4 percent from the field, and 8.1 rebounds last season with eight double doubles to earn All-CAA First Team and NABC All-District Second Team.

He ranked seventh in the nation with 240 total field goals. His 2024-25 season will go down in the Charleston record books with the 11th most points in a single season (606), 8th most field goals made (240), and third most defensive rebounds (214).

Brzovic put in a career-high 39 points and captured a career best 14 rebounds against Charlotte and Citadel.

Zagreb, Croatia, native averaged 13.9 points and 6.7 rebounds in three seasons at Charleston.

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