Jeff Jones, who coached at Virginia, American and ODU, and hired Ryan Odom at American years ago, attended Monday’s event, and was all onboard with the hire.

New Virginia basketball coach Ryan Odom may have to recruit an entire new team after three more Cavaliers have announced they will enter the transfer portal.

Ryan Odom, starting in third grade, was the coolest kid in town because he got to walk with the two Virginia basketball coaches to the games during one of the golden eras of Wahoo hoops.

Both Isaac McKneely and Andrew Rohde announced Monday that they will be entering their names into the NCAA transfer portal.

Griff Aldrich, who guided Longwood University’s basketball team for the past five seasons, has accepted a role with Odom at UVA.

Chance Mallory was crushed when Tony Bennett stepped down as Virginia’s basketball coach last October, but his love for the Cavaliers program still carried a pulse.

Homegrown star point guard Chance Mallory kick-started new Virginia basketball coach Ryan Odom’s era on Saturday when Mallory committed to the Cavaliers.

An introductory press conference is scheduled for Monday at 3 p.m. on the court at John Paul Jones Arena. The public is invited to attend.

According to sources, Ryan Odom has agreed to become the Cavaliers’ next head basketball coach and an official announcement could come as soon as Saturday.

Star point guard Chance Mallory of Charlottesville’s St. Anne’s-Belfield is set to announce his college commitment on Saturday at 2:30 at his school.

With rumors swirling all around Wahoo Nation, Cavalier fans are now officially on the Ryan Odom Watch.

Dai Dai Ames, who transferred from Kansas State to Virginia to play for Tony Bennett, became the second player from the Cavaliers’ roster this week to announce intentions to enter the transfer portal.

While not officially confirmed, it appears that Virginia sophomore forward Blake Buchanan is headed for the NCAA transfer portal, which opens on March 24.

Ryan Odom was considered to be on NC State AD Boo Corrigan’s short list until the past couple of days. However, Odom’s name has now surfaced for the Villanova job.

There has been lots of speculation about when exactly Virginia interim basketball coach Ron Sanchez knew that he would not be retained after Wednesday’s loss in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.

Ron Sanchez, who served as the University of Virginia’s interim men’s basketball coach during the 2024-2025 season, will not be retained as the program’s full-time head coach.

When Ron Sanchez returned to Virginia’s coaching staff a couple of years ago, he never planned his next step in the profession would be “interim.”

Ron Sanchez and his team could have easily folded, come apart at the seams and called it a season. Give him and his coaching staff credit for not waving a flag of surrender.

Ryan Odom has leapfrogged over other candidates as the top choice to become Virginia’s next basketball coach, according to sources close to the search committee.

Virginia junior sharpshooter Isaac McKneely was named All-ACC Honorable Mention, the league announced on Monday.