Will Virginia pick up another commitment in its 2023 recruiting class? With Davin Cosby Jr. leaving for Alabama on Saturday, UVA is looking for the remaining three targets in this class. Andrej Stojakovic, George Washington III, and Elmarko Jackson. Let’s analyze each player’s latest recruitment status and the chances of Virginia getting a commitment from one of them.
SF Andrej Stojakovic (Carmichael, CA)
Andrei Stojakovic, the son of former NBA star Peja Stojakovic, received an offer from Virginia in May before a meteoric rise to become a five-star prospect by the end of the summer. Later in the month, Stojakovic put UVA in the top six along with Duke, Stanford, Oregon, Texas and UCLA, but there hasn’t been much traction between Stojakovic and the Cavaliers since.
The 6-foot-6 California forward is projected to remain on the West Coast for some time, and now 247Sports has four crystal ball predictions in favor of Stojakovic committing to UCLA. He has also visited Texas, Oregon and Stamford.Virginia has not received a visit and it seems unlikely that Foose will visit at this point.The only reason we are still talking about it is , because Stojakovic has put Virginia on his latest cut list and hasn’t officially ruled out the Cavaliers. .
SG George Washington III (Dayton, Ohio)
Virginia reconnects with George Washington III for the first time in almost a year. He considered UVA strongly in the initial hiring process for Fall 2021, but ended up committing to Ohio last November, and the Buckeyes basically recruited in Washington after that, and his 2023 this year. Scored 4 more of his commits in class. The last of which was his four-star guard Tyson Chatman, who was also considering UVA, committed to Ohio on Sept. 20. While we don’t know all the details about what happened behind the scenes, it’s not surprising that Ohio State University’s aggressive hiring of Chatman and Bronnie James to play the same position as Washington suggests he’s been recruiting. It may have been a key factor in our decision to quit and start again. September 5th.
Either way, Washington is back on the market and the Cavaliers are trying their luck again with a four-star shooting guard. On the same day that Taison Chatman announced his joining Ohio State, George Washington III announced a new Top 5 and Virginia was cut along with his Louisville, Dayton, Michigan and Wake Forest.
“They were the first ones I went through the hiring process and were on the final list,” Washington told Brandon Jenkins of 247Sports. “Kyle Getter is a great guy and Tony Bennett is a great guy. Not many people have a negative thing to say about him, and as a Hall of Fame coach he has proven himself to be one of the best at doing it. is a repeat favorite in the ACC.They know how to win and he knows how to get players into the league.It was a really good choice to be in the top five.”
So far, Washington has one visit to Michigan over the weekend of October 8-9. He will also visit Louisville as he transferred to Julian Chaminade in Dayton this year after he played basketball at Christian his academy in Louisville for two his seasons. Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers also hope to host Washington at some point, but as far as we know, no such visit is scheduled.
PG El Marco Jackson (South Kent, Connecticut)
El Marco Jackson will become the highest-ranking recruit to commit to Virginia in this era of modern recruit chasing. He is a prospect, the fourth-best point guard in the nation, and the #1 player in Connecticut. Jackson included UVA in last week’s top seven, along with Texas, Notre Dame, UCLA, Villanova, Kansas and Miami. It will be rewarding.
But if all goes according to plan, Virginia has a legitimate chance to win this massive recruiting battle with college basketball’s elite program to acquire one of the most talented playmakers in the recruiting class of 2023. there is a chance Jackson has been to Miami and Kansas, and will be visiting Texas next week and Notre Dame on October 30th. According to On3’s Joe Tipton, Jackson is planning his fifth and final official visit to Virginia, but that visit has not yet been officially scheduled. Assuming they travel to Charlottesville in early November, Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers will have one last chance to sell Jackson their commitment to UVA. .
“Virginia is turning their offense into a more European type of offense,” Jackson told On3. And how they get it, just like defense. They are a very aggressive defensive team. Coach Tony Bennett is a really good coach. He played at the highest level in the NBA that I want to play. He was a point guard in the same position as me. When it comes to making it to the NBA at that point guard spot, I feel like he has more knowledge in that type of area than some of the other coaches have. “
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Although not guaranteed, the general hiring trend is that the last school you visit is the last to be hired. Jackson is just the type of player that Tony Bennett and his UVA coaching staff were looking for a future point his guard in the program to succeed Reese Beekman. There aren’t many points in his guard in this country as talented as El Marco his Jackson. The Cavaliers not only want to host Jackson on this fall visit, but they want to get serious about securing his commitment.
Commitments from El Marco Jackson and George Washington III would be huge for the Cavaliers, who have already secured verbal commitments from two talented players in the 2023 class of four-star Blake Buchanan and Elijah Gertrude. prize. Add another commit to that class and you have a succession of outstanding recruitment classes for the Virginia Men’s Basketball Program.
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