Virginia is only five days from getting its first early test at Vanderbilt, the first of two preseason exhibition games, as Ryan Odom hopes to learn a lot about his team.

The Cavaliers will play 18 home games, including nine ACC contests and one exhibition, 10 road games and four neutral-site contests this season.

The Virginia women’s basketball program announced the remaining tipoff times and TV designations for the 2025-26 season.

Latrell Allmond will choose between five schools: Virginia, Tennessee, Indiana, Maryland and Oklahoma State.

The 28-year-old will sign an Exhibit 10 contract with the Indianapolis Pacers, according to the Indianapolis Star.

Virginia is in the hunt for the nation’s No. 1 center and an in-state prospect who is considered among the top 30 recruits in the class of 2026.

While Ryan Odom is the first person to extol the joy of scoring lots of points, don’t overlook his appreciation of defense.

Virginia basketball will have a new look this season, not just with the coaching staff, style of play and personnel, but in uniforms.

The September 26-28 weekend is shaping as huge, with some of the highest-ranked prospects from the class of 2026 making official visits.

Virginia will play 18 ACC regular-season games, including nine contests at John Paul Jones Arena.

His father played in some historic battles against Virginia basketball in the early 1980s, and now Aziz Olajuwon has been offered by Ryan Odom’s UVA staff.

Virginia has made the cut list for versatile 4-star guard Lucas Morillo of Boston, who has narrowed his choices to six schools.

Virginia men’s basketball announced its 2025-26 non-conference schedule Thursday. The slate features 13 contests, including eight home games.

Virginia will play Dayton in a neutral-site game on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., announced Wednesday.

Virginia’s basketball team will get two early-season tests with the addition of an exhibition game at Vanderbilt on Oct. 16 in Nashville.

Virginia is in the running for another Hodge — 6-foot-6 wing Jayden Hodge — from New Jersey.

The Cavaliers are in the running for several of the top 100 prospects in the country, including Luca Foster, who trimmed his list of suitors to nine on Friday.

Billy White III announced Thursday evening that he has reclassified to the class of 2025 and had committed to SMU.

When Virginia’s basketball team returns later this month, Ryan Odom will begin to emphasize the finer points of how he wants his system to run.

Arafan Diane, a 7-footer, ranked as the No. 21 overall prospect in the nation for his class, has narrowed his list to 12 schools.