The 2018 basketball recruiting cycle is nearing its close and the Virginia Cavaliers basketball program will soon welcome three new freshmen to Grounds. For the second straight year, however, Tony Bennett’s haul isn’t particularly well-regarded in the recruiting rankings. Neither Kody Stattmann nor Kihei Clark, from Australia and California, respectively, are ranked inside the top-300 on the 247 composite rankings. Argentinian big man Francisco Caffaro checks in at 173rd.
The situation is a far cry from 2016, when Bennett brought in one of the highest-regarded classes in in school history. Ty Jerome, Kyle Guy, Jay Huff and Deandre Hunter were all considered top-100 prospects.