With 10 Virginia players in the transfer portal and only three players currently projected to be on the official roster in Elijah Gertrude and high school commits Chance Mallory and Silas Barksdale, Ryan Odom and his staff have a long month ahead of them in building their roster for year 1 of a new era of UVA basketball.

Blake Buchanan, a four-star who just didn’t develop under the Tony Bennett/Ron Sanchez coaching regime the past two years, is headed out to Iowa State.

After landing high school recruit Silas Barksdale in the late afternoon, UVA is losing rising senior power forward Elijah Saunders who is entering the transfer portal after one year in Charlottesville.