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Elite UVA Basketball Target Narrows List of Schools to Six, Includes the Cavaliers

Originally posted on Virginia Cavaliers on SI
By Jackson Caudell | Last updated Jul 24, 2025 5:39 PM ET

Ryan Odom and Virginia are working to build a top 2026 recruiting class and they have made the cut for one of the top targets on the board. Today, forward Bo Ogden narrowed his list of schools to six and included the Cavaliers in that list. Gonzaga, Purdue, Texas, Tennessee, and Kansas are the other schools in the mix.

NEWS: 4⭐️ Bo Ogden is down to six schools, he tells @Rivals.

The 6-5 wing and top-50 national recruit breaks down his finalists: https://t.co/SqGVDfS7Lz pic.twitter.com/4wHyOGszql
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) July 24, 2025

According to 247Sports, Ogden (6'5, 180 LBS) is the No. 50 player in the country, the No. 20 small forward in the country, and the No. 6 player in the state of Texas. Ogden plays at St. Michael's Catholic and has offers from Purdue, Providence, SMU, Texas, Stanford, Tennessee, among others. He reportedly has already set up an official visit with Virginia.

That is not the only good news of the week for Virginia when it comes to the recruiting front.

This week, 2026 forward Billy White narrowed down his list of schools to ten and the Cavaliers are one of the ten schools, along with Kansas, Oklahoma, TCU, Stanford, Maryland, Texas A&M, SMU, and LSU.

NEWS: 4⭐️ Billy White III is down to 10 schools, he tells @rivals.

The 6-8 small forward is a top-40 recruit in the 2026 class. He has six official visits scheduled: https://t.co/bWnpIdWvhK pic.twitter.com/MSFZq4am2x
— Joe Tipton (@TiptonEdits) July 23, 2025

According to 247Sports, White is the No. 33 player in the country, the No. 14 small forward in the country, and the No. 5 player in the state of Texas. The 6'8 195 forward reportedly has official visits lined up to SMU, Oklahoma State, TCU, LSU, and Maryland. Keep an eye on this recruitment going forward.

UVA has been busy setting up visits for 2026 prospects and offering high-level prospects in the 2027 class.

A few weeks ago, 2026 five-star point guard Dylan Mingo, who plays at Long Island Lutheran in Glen Head, NY, got an offer from UVA. Mingo is one of the top players in the country according to the 247Sports Composite, which has him ranked as the No. 8 player in the country, the No. 4 combo guard in the country, and the No. 1 player in the state of New York.

Mingo is going to be one of the most highly-coveted players in the entire class and already has offers from Alabama, Cincinnati, Florida State, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, Virginia Tech, UConn, Ole Miss, and St. John's, among others. This is going to be a recruitment to watch going forward.

After reeling in an elite transfer class, Odom is hoping to landing young prospects that will get Virginia back to the level they were under Tony Bennett. He is after some of the best players in the 2026 class and that is the way that it should be.

This article first appeared on Virginia Cavaliers on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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