OKLAHOMA TRANSFER LEAVES WHEN ODOM LANDS BYU POINT GUARD

What else can I tell you? Other than …

New U.Va., basketball coach RYAN ODOM loaded 

up on point guards. Now, one of them, Oklahoma 

transfer DUKE MILES, has decided he doesn’t 

want to compete with freshman 4-star recruit

 CHANCE MALLORY and DALLIN HALL, who 

arrived via the transfer portal from Brigham Young 

… and led to Miles’ decision to go elsewhere. You 

don’t think that’s what Odom had in mind when he 

signed Hall, do you?

At 6-4, a junior with two years eligibility remaining, 

Hall sounds an awful lot like MAX SHULGA, the 

point guard who came from Utah State with Odom to 

VCU two years ago and led the Rams to a 28-7 

record in 2024-25 when they claimed both the A-10 

regular-season and tournament … Mallory, 5-10, 

from Charlottesville’s St. Annes, Belfield private 

school re-committed to Virginia when Odom was 

hired, saying how much he liked the VCU staff … 

which was the first to recruit him.

Speaking of which … most of Odom’s assistants 

have followed him from UNBC to Utah State to 

VCU to Hooville … Now there’s some question 

about former Cavalier assistants KYLE GUY and

 ISAIAH WILKINS whether or not either one or 

both were asked to stay … which has resulted in 

some unbecoming (certainly unnecessary) bickering 

between a couple of Wahoo insiders.

NICO IAMALEAVA … Remember the name. He’s 

the Tennessee, University of, quarterback who 

skipped practice Friday because he didn’t like the 

way NIL negotiations were going. The Volunteers 

are said to be offering $2.4 million (according to 

ESPN) … while he apparently thinks he’s worth 

more than his $3.1 million evaluation … after 

leading the Volunteers to No. 9 in the final Top 25 

poll. All together now: BOOOOO!!

NO MENTION OF NFL Patriots’ owner ROBERT 

KRAFTin BILL BELICHICK’s book, “The Ar of 

Winning,” scheduled to be released early next 

month. None, nada … not one, according to those 

who have seen the manuscript. Talk about the sounds 

of silence telling volumes about their breakup (in 

2024) after 24 years… which was suspected to be 

less than cordial.

Until next time ...