Elijah Gertrude committed to Virginia when the program was in a state of utmost security. Coach Tony Bennett, one of the greatest leaders in college basketball history, was at the helm.
Every year, we see a role player have a significant impact on college basketball and affect winning at a high level. They know their role and can play it at a very high level.
The offseason in college basketball has ground to a halt and the majority of the top players in the transfer portal have made their decisions about where they are going to play next season.
The Virginia basketball roster is not yet complete for the 2026-2027 season, but they do have seven players who will be on the roster next season. Let’s
North Carolina recently fired head men's basketball coach Hubert Davis, ending a five-year run in which he struggled to keep the program at the heights of its lofty expectations.
Virginia already has one of the more well-rounded and deep rosters in the ACC, and they haven’t made a transfer portal acquisition yet. Virginia has done something that you rarely see in the new era of college basketball, NIL, and revenue share.
Elijah Gertrude only had two points in Tuesday’s 90-61 victory versus NC State, but he sure made them count. The redshirt sophomore guard checked in for the last couple minutes of this ACC matchup, and he injected the home crowd in John Paul Jones Arena with a powerful shot of adrenaline.
The arrival of Ryan Odom saw a massive overhaul of the Virginia roster as Odom went out and brought in nine transfers and two incoming recruits to serve as the bulk of his team for the 2025-26 season.