Virginia Basketball Transfer Portal: Latest News and Updates

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Another wild edition of the college basketball transfer portal has arrived and this time, things are even more volatile for the Virginia basketball program. Tony Bennett has retired, Ron Sanchez will not be retained after his interim season, and the Cavaliers are set to bring in a new head coach and staff to usher in a new era of UVA basketball. Things will move fast once that new coach is hired and this particular cycle of the transfer portal will be more important than ever for the Cavaliers.

We'll use this page as our hub to track all of Virginia's transfer portal activity, including outbound transfers from the current UVA roster and incoming transfers from other schools. We'll also provide updates on the transfer targets the Cavaliers are pursuing in the portal, collecting reported information on transfers who have been contacted or offered, have scheduled visits to Virginia, and of course, commitments.

This article was last updated on March 24th at 5:55pm ET.

Virginia Basketball: Latest Transfer Portal Updates

• March 24th: Virginia guard Isaac McKneely enters the transfer portal.
• March 24th: Virginia guard Andrew Rohde enters the transfer portal.
• March 24th: Virginia center Anthony Robinson enters the transfer portal.
• March 24th: Virginia forward TJ Power enters the transfer portal.
• March 19th: Virginia guard Dai Dai Ames reportedly plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens on March 24th.
• March 18th: Virginia center Blake Buchanan reportedly plans to enter the transfer portal when it opens on March 24th.

Outbound Transfers (6)

• Isaac McKneely, junior guard: This is the big one. McKneely enters the transfer portal the first day it opens and also the same day that Ryan Odom is formally introduced as Virginia's head coach. According to multiple reports, McKneely is still considering a return to UVA for his final season of eligibility, which makes sense as McKneely loves Virginia and Odom should obviously welcome his return. But, McKneely immediately becomes one of, if not the top three-point shooter in the portal, so he will likely have many suitors among the elite programs in college basketball with big-time NIL offerings. It will be tough for Odom and the Cavaliers to get him to stay. Read more on Isaac McKneely here.

• Andrew Rohde, junior guard: Rohde received four votes for the ACC's Most Improved Player Award and deservedly so. After struggling to get into a rhythm in his first season at UVA after transferring from St. Thomas, Rohde evolved into the exact point guard Virginia needed this season, averaging 9.3 points per game (up from 4.3 ppg) and 4.3 assists per game (up from 2.7 apg) and shooting a blistering 41.3% from beyond the arc, a huge increase over his dismal 25.7% he shot from beyond the arc last season. Rohde enters the portal with one year of eligibility remaining. Read more on Andrew Rohde here.

• Dai Dai Ames, sophomore guard: Ames played in all but one of Virginia's games this season and started 26 of those 31 games. The former Kansas State transfer was fourth on the team in scoring at 8.7 points per game and shot just below 40% from three (39.7%) on 2.5 attempts per game. After having his minutes dry up at the beginning of ACC play, Ames battled back to earn his spot in the starting lineup and ended the regular season on a streak of 10-consecutive games in double figures. That streak was broken in the final game of the year, as Ames was held to just four points on 1/9 shooting from the field in Virginia's loss to Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament. Ames enters the portal with two years of eligibility remaining. Read more on Dai Dai Ames here.

• Blake Buchanan, sophomore center: Buchanan played in 66 games over the last two seasons in Charlottesville, logging 28 starts. His best game in a Virginia uniform was one of his first, as Buchanan recorded 18 points and nine rebounds as a freshman to lead the Cavaliers to a big win over Florida early in the 2023-2024 season. That was ultimately the ceiling for Buchanan's time as a Cavalier and he never quite reached it again, averaging 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game as a freshman and 5.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore. Buchanan enters the portal with two years of eligibility remaining. Read more on Blake Buchanan here.

• Anthony Robinson, redshirt freshman center: Robinson was the most physically imposing player on Virginia's roster this season and at times looked like the best option for the Cavaliers to compete in the paint against opposing centers in the ACC. After redshirting his first season and playing limited minutes in the first half of this season, the 6'10" Georgia native carved out an important role for himself in ACC play, seeing double-digit minutes on the floor in 11 of Virginia's last 13 games, including a monstrous 15-point, seven-rebound performance in UVA's win at Virginia Tech. Robinson enters the portal with three years of eligibility remaining.

• TJ Power, sophomore forward: The former five-star recruit is back in the portal for the second offseason in a row. After playing sparingly in his freshman season at Duke, Power transferred to Virginia, where he began this season as a starter before quickly exiting the rotation as he struggled to shoot the ball and keep up on defense. Power played in 24 games, but averaged less than 10 minutes per contest and scored just 1.3 points per game. He enters the portal with two years of eligibility remaining. Read more on TJ Power here.

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