Just six days from the season opener and the start of the Tony Bennett era, the Virginia men’s basketball program has suffered a big loss.

Former Virginia big man John Brandenburg, who left the school in July for unspecified personal reasons, is transferring to Colgate, The Daily Progress learned on Wednesday.

On Thursday evening, sources confirmed to
The Daily Progress that the John Brandenburg
is transferring.

If you need to know how excited Virginia’s freshmen are for their first ACC tournament experience tonight in the Georgia Dome, just check out their stubble.

John Brandenburg’s technical foul in the waning moments of the lopsided loss to Clemson on Tuesday night definitely fell under the category of “silly freshman mistake.”

If Virginia freshman John Brandenburg doesn’t have a nickname yet, maybe teammates should start calling him “Kareem.”

For three years, Virginia — for various reasons — hasn’t subscribed to it. Instead of working inside-out, UVa has attempted to go outside-in.

Toward the end of practice on Saturday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, Virginia coach Dave Leitao decided it was time to see what his players were really made of.

On Wednesday, sources told The Daily Progress that Virginia center Tunji Soroye has informed several people close to him that he is strongly considering transferring to another school.

While McDonald’s All-American Sylven Landesburg may have been DaveLeitao’s most notable recruit, John Brandenburg could wind up being his most vital.

There was an anomaly inside of John Paul Jones Arena during the first day of Virginia’s Elite Camp on Sunday afternoon.

Tunji Soroye doesn’t know if or when he’ll be granted a medical redshirt that would allow him to play a fifth and final season.

Some basketball recruiting gurus aren’t completely sold on Virginia’s incoming class. Bob Gibbons, one of the more respected evaluators of talent, isn’t one of them.