After a three-hour Zoom call with Tony Bennett and staff on Thursday night, 2023 wing Jamie Kaiser Jr. announced he had received an offer from Virginia.

By now, the bad news has traveled from Boston to South Bend, from Louisville all the way down the coast to Miami; Kihei Clark is back for a fifth year.

Virginia head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton will be one of two court coaches during the May 31-June 4 trials, held at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

Poca High School coach Allen Osborne joins the show to offer his insight into his star player, Isaac McKneely, a four-star guard headed to Virginia in June. 

Hook Sports Marketing, in conjunction with the men’s basketball student-athletes it represents, has launched the 4819 membership club.

Freddie Dilione, a rising prize in the summer basketball recruiting wars, is now on Virginia’s radar. Tony Bennett extended an offer to Dilione, a 3-star guard from the Class of 2023, the North Carolinian announced on Wednesday.

Tony Bennett has extended another offer for yet another 4-star small forward from the Class of 2023.

Virginia has jumped into the race for the son of a former 3-time NBA All-Star. Tony Bennett has extended an offer to 6-foot-7, 4-star wing Andrej Stojakovic from Jesuit High in Carmichal, Calif.

UVA has offered 6-foot-4, 4-star shooting guard Taison Chatman of Minneapolis, Minn., where the Cavaliers captured the program’s first national championship in 2019. Tony Bennett also reached out with an offer to 6-8 power forward Milan Momcilovic from the coach’s home state.

Virginia point guard Kihei Clark joins the “Jerry Ratcliffe Show” to discuss his decision to return for a COVID redshirt year, and his goals for the 2022-2023 season.

Coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton continued to rebuild Virginia women’s basketball this week as she added former 5-star point guard Alexia Smith to the Cavaliers’ roster.

Virginia has been scouting Class of 2023 big man Blake Buchanan for more than an year, but Bennett liked what he saw in KC and offered Blake a scholarship.

West Virginia transfer guard Sean McNeil announced Sunday that he will transfer to Ohio State, while former UVA guard Igor Milicic Jr. has committed to Charlotte.

Ben Vander Plas put a new twist on the old adage, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” on Saturday when the 6-foot-8 Ohio University forward announced he had committed to Virginia’s basketball program.

A pair of former Virginia basketball standouts earned accolades Monday, as Justin Anderson was named to the All-NBA G League’s First Team and Braxton Key was named to both the Second Team and the All-Defensive Team.

Virginia’s starting point guard Kihei Clark announced Monday afternoon that he will be returning for a fifth year.