When it comes to recruiting, Tony Bennett goes by an old Howard Cosell mantra. He tells it like it is.

Basketball season is right around the corner, and there are still eight former University of Virginia stars currently playing for NBA organizations as the preseason wrapped up Friday night.

The four freshman Virginia men’s basketball student-athletes — Leon Bond III, Ryan Dunn, Isaac McKneely and Isaac Traudt — have signed exclusive representation agreements with Hook Sports Marketing.

Jerry Ratcliffe reports on ACC Basketball Tipoff, where he was able to catch up with UVA Basketball coach Tony Bennett to talk about the upcoming 2022-2023 season.

Looking briefly down the road, who is going to become the face of ACC basketball when these coaches walk away from the game? The rest of the younger coaches in the conference agreed, the next “face” will be Virginia’s Tony Bennett.

Looks like Virginia’s plan to add a future point guard will be extended to the recruiting class of 2024.

The Virginia men’s and women’s basketball Pepsi Blue-White Scrimmages this Saturday will include a Meet the Teams event following the men’s scrimmage.

When University of Virginia first-year coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton took the stage at the ACC’s women’s basketball Tip Off event in Charlotte on Tuesday to talk about her new team, she described her current state of affairs as the conference’s newest coach as “a dream come true.”

With all five starters returning, plus a talented grad transfer and four freshmen joining the team in the offseason, how exactly will the remaining minutes be spread?

Nigel Johnson, who played guard for Tony Bennett’s 2017-18 team, is recovering from an accident that occured late in the summer, and the costs are overwhelming.

Virginia has offered another future point-guard prospect, 6-foot-3 Daniel Freitag from Bloomington, Minn.

The defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors signed Jerome to their training camp roster on Tuesday, but did not disclose details of the deal.

Virginia athletics announced Monday the on-sale dates for single-game tickets and new ticket offerings for student break games for men’s basketball home games at John Paul Jones Arena during the 2022-23 season.

Cameron Carr, a 6-foot-4, late-blooming, 3-star combo guard, is expected to burst out this season for Link Academy. Carr’s father, Chris Carr, is a former NBA player who has had a strong influence on the prospect.

The former UVA guard, who helped the Cavaliers capture the 2019 national championship, was heading into the last year of his rookie contract with Oklahoma City.

Tony Bennett is on the trail of another Milwaukee prospect, 6-foot-5 shooting guard Kon Knueppel, a top-100 player in the recruiting class of 2024.

It was no surprise when 4-star Andrej Stojakovic left Virginia off his final four schools today, when he announced he will choose between UCLA, Oregon, Stanford and Texas.

Elmarko Jackson announced his top seven schools, and dates for visits for all but one. His final seven: Virginia, Villanova, Miami, Kansas, Notre Dame, Texas and UCLA.

George Washington III told On3 that he is considering only five schools: Virginia, Michigan, Wake Forest, Louisville and Dayton.

The Atlantic Coast Conference Board of Directors, representing all 15 member institutions, announced Tuesday that the conference office will relocate its headquarters to Charlotte, N.C., in 2023.