It is a rare thing in today’s college athletics landscape to be able to retain most of your roster, no matter the sport, but that is what Ryan Odom and Virginia have done this offseason.
While Virginia has been able to keep the players from this past season’s team together, they still need to dip into the transfer portal to fill the holes of the players that are leaving and one of the players that the Cavaliers staff is showing interest in is UC Santa Barbara transfer Colin Smith, who began his career at Vanderbilt. According to 247Sports Dushawn London, Virginia is one of many programs showing interest in the 6’8 forward, along with Texas Tech, West Virginia, and Baylor, among others.
6’8 Wing Colin Smith from UC Santa Barbara has garnered interest from the following programs, per his representatives @OctagonWest VirginiaSMUBaylorTexas TechSan DiegoUTEPUNLVNevadaVirginiaGeorge WashingtonTulsaUSCMinnesotaUCFNorthwesternRutgers pic.twitter.com/8UaRsrB7AA
— Dushawn London (@DushawnLondon1) April 13, 2026
What would he bring to the team?
At 247Sports, Smith is ranked as the No. 253 overall transfer and the No. 39 small forward in the portal…