Odom offers two more top-50 prospects

By Jerry Ratcliffe

Virginia has handed out two more offers to prospects from the recruiting class of 2026, a guard and a small forward, both of whom are getting plenty of attention as spring/summer ball intensifies.

4-star Colby Giacubeno is getting tons of offers from around the country as the 6-foot-4 guard lites up opponents on the Nike EYBL circuit. There’s not a ton of information about the standout from Wasatch Academy in Utah, where UVA coach Ryan Odom and his staff coached during their stint at Utah State a few years ago.

However, he’s right on the line of being a national top-50 prospect according to 247Sports rankings, coming in at No. 51 in that company’s composite ratings, which combines and averages out the rankings of the major recruiting services. The 247 composite has him at No. 51 nationally among all prospects regardless of position, the No. 7 shooting guard and the No. 2 prospect in the state of Utah. In the 247 rankings, he’s given better numbers: No. 37 overall recruit in the country, No. 5 shooting guard and No. 1 prospect in Utah.

So far on the EYBL circuit, Giacubeno is averaging 14.4 points per game, 6.7 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

No wonder he’s getting bombarded with offers. Here’s the list of schools that have offered:

Virginia, UConn, Purdue, BYU, Houston, Maryland, Tennessee, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Utah, Utah State, Mississippi State, Stanford, Nebraska, Arizona State, Cal and Minnesota.

Odom’s other new offer went to Luca Foster, a 4-star small forward from Link Academy in Branson, Missouri. He originally is from the Philly suburbs and played for Bishop Carroll in the Philadelphia Catholic League.

Foster, a 4-star, is 6-5, 185 and, like Giacubeno, is rated higher by 247Sports than the other recruiting services. 247 has him as the No. 33 overall prospect (regardless of position) in the nation, the No. 14 small forward and the top prospect in the state of Missouri.

The 247Sports composite has him: No. 97 overall nationally, No. 36 small forward and No. 5 in Missouri. On3 rates him No. 54 nationally, No. 17 small forward and No. 2 in Missouri.

Virginia has offered at least six players from the Class of ‘26, all within the past week, including: 6-8 wing Cole Cloer of Greensboro (NC) Caldwell Academy; guard/small forward Bo Ogden from Austin, Texas; Christian Gibson, combo guard, Houston, Texas; and forward Trey Thompson of Greenville, Tenn. (see related stories on all four players on this site).