Preston welcomes new UVA Baseball Coach Chris Pollard onto the podcast just a few months into the job to take stock of his first roster in Charlottesville.

First, Pollard explains how the roster build has gone and how many players he expects to take into fall ball. Then he discusses retaining Eric Becker and his relationship with the Becker family before focusing on a few other returners like Harrison Didawick, Matt Augustin and others.

Later, Preston and Chris shine the spotlight on a few of the Duke transfer who followed Pollard to UVA like AJ Gracia, Kyle Johnson and Max Stammel among others. Then they dive into a highly anticipated recruiting class coming to Grounds and Pollard explains why it might be the best he's had in 26 years of coaching. Finally, Pollard covers what UVA still needs for the roster and how the pitching could shake out next season.

A tell tale sign of football season is conference media days. Preston is joined by The Daily Progress' Greg Madia from Charlotte to recap ACC Kickoff from the Virginia perspective.

Preston and Greg hit on the biggest headlines from the Cavaliers trip to Charlotte including the rising expectations and pressure on the program, Chandler Morris being named the UVA starting quarterback heading into fall camp, some extra practice reps this summer and the emphasis on the trenches.

Then they take a look at a few of ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips' announcements from availability reports to field/court storming and the future of ACC scheduling. Finally, they each take a crack at the top-four in the ACC heading into the season.

Preston welcomes former UVA quarterback Brennan Armstrong with the college football season nearly a month away.

Brennan discusses his professional career in the NFL and CFL, while also sharing about his brief attempt at switching sports to baseball. Then Preston and Brennan talk about his relationship to UVA football, the changes over the last few years and the reason behind him transferring to NC State. Brennan also gives his thoughts on the current Cavaliers quarterbacks after getting an up close look during the spring.

Later Preston and Brennan look back through some of the biggest moments of his career from backing up Bryce Perkins to the record-breaking 2021 season to the injury at BYU and "that play" against Virginia Tech. Finally, Brennan talks about what it will take for Virginia to recapture some momentum.

Preston is joined by former Wahoo Jayden Gardner to talk about his hoops journey, former teammate and current Cavalier Johann Grünloh and more from his time at Virginia.

First, Preston and Jayden discuss his two years playing overseas, some of the stories and challenges as well as what's next. Then they discuss his former German teammate Johann Grünloh and what makes him such a special prospect for UVA. Gardner also says the message he told Grünloh about Virginia during his recruitment.

Later Preston and Jayden go back to the sudden retirement of Tony Bennett, his initial reaction and how former Bennett players are feeling as the program enters a new era. Finally, they go back through some of the more memorable moments in Jayden's UVA career including the NCAA Tournament loss to Furman, shutting down eventual NBA All-Star Paolo Banchero, buzzer-beaters and more.

As recruiting heats up and with the football season on the horizon, Preston welcomes back Jacquie Franciulli from Wahoos 247 to take a peak at where UVA stands in high school recruiting and to preview 10 Things to Know About UVA Football before next season.

First, Jacquie and Preston talk about the latest news in basketball after highly-anticipated Belgian forward Thijs de Ridder officially signs with Virginia.

Then Preston and Jacquie react to the latest UVA football commits in the 2026 class in DaMari Carter and Jayden Covil before taking a look at the class overall. Later Jacquie explains some of the in-roads Tony Elliott and staff have made in Virginia and where the Cavaliers sit recruiting wise.

Finally, Preston and Jacquie each have five things to know about UVA football including the deepest offensive and defensive lines in a decade, a few potential breakout candidates and games to circle on the calendar.

Fresh off a day spent behind the scenes with UVA men's basketball, David Teel from The Virginian-Pilot joins Preston to discuss his observations from watching Ryan Odom's team.

First, Preston and David talk about the new found importance in carrying over an entire coaching staff in the new age of college athletics and how this allowed Ryan Odom to hit the ground sprinting at UVA. Then David explains why Odom is making a big effort to have basketball alumni around the program from day one and his desire to include the Tony Bennett era.

Later Preston and David discuss the biggest question hanging over this roster: chemistry. David talks about Odom's ability to bring a group of players together with up to 11 new players on this year's roster. They also update on where things are with Thijs de Ridder and the other international players.

Finally, David analyzes what he saw from practice in terms of Odom's play style and the insistence on playing fast, as well as what appearances by Rick Carlisle and Mike D'Antoni meant.

Summer workouts are underway for Ryan Odom and company, so Preston catches up with Cuts From The Corner to break down this roster* (despite not being official) and give a way too early rotation projection.

First, Cuts and Preston grade out Odom's first roster at UVA and how the pieces align with how the Cavaliers want to play this coming season. Then the guys go player-by-player with quick breakdowns of their strengths and weaknesses, along with where they could expect to be in the rotation.

Finally, Preston and Cuts give their early starting lineup and rotation projections before discussing the variation of lineups Odom might use.

Preston welcomes back David Teel from the Daily Press to dive into a new era of college athletics following the House Settlement.

First Preston and David go over the basics of the House Settlement from revenue sharing to NIL to scholarships and the newly-formed College Sports Commission. Then David goes into how policing will go under the College Sports Commission and whether the House Settlement will really level the playing field.

Later Preston and David discuss how UVA has adapted in the new age under the House Settlement, including scholarship endowments, full commitment to revenue sharing in the revenue sports (Football, Basketball) and the new role Cav Futures will take on as NIL changes. They also look at how much pressure will be on football in the new landscape with such a big piece of the revenue sharing going to the sport. Finally Preston and David talk through where all this money will come from.

Another Emergency Hoos On Podcast as Virginia tabs Duke coach Chris Pollard as the program's next head baseball coach. Preston welcomes back College Baseball Central's Monty Taylor to break down the hire and the future for baseball at UVA.

The guys start by talking about the quick turnaround time for UVA to select Pollard as their next head coach and give their initial reaction to why Pollard is the right fit. Then Monty talks about Pollard's background, his coaching staff coming to Charlottesville and the similarities between the cultures built by Pollard and Brian O'Connor.

Later they look at how quickly Pollard could build Virginia's roster back up with the current Duke roster, plus high school commits. Then Monty breaks down Pollard's recruiting strategy between transfers and high schoolers. Finally, Preston and Monty ponder how Pollard can stabilize the Virginia program and the questions Pollard still has to answer.

As Ryan Odom's first roster at UVA nears completion, Preston welcomes on college basketball analytics expert Evan Miyakawa to take a closer look at the Cavaliers.

Evan talks about the overall transfer class Odom has put together and how it stacks up nationally in his rankings over at EvanMiya.com. Then Preston and Evan discuss a few of his favorite players on the roster in Dallin Hall and Malik Thomas.

Later Evan breaks down how to build a roster in the modern era of college basketball and what the numbers say about the re-built UVA roster with no returning minutes. Preston and Evan also dive into mid-major players making the jump up to the Power-5 and the recent trend of international players coming to college hoops. Finally Evan gives his outlook for the Cavaliers and the ACC overall next season.