By Jerry Ratcliffe

Ryan Odom made a concerted effort to retain as much of his 2025-26 Virginia basketball roster as possible and gets an ‘A’ grade on doing so. The Cavaliers, a 30-win team last season, retained every player it possibly could from its previous roster.

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