Virginia Recruit Still Toiling in Obscurity

Man About Charlottesville Jeff White took a look at Virginia recruit Tristan Spurlock this past Friday. As you no doubt remember, the former Montrose Christian standout is attending Word of Life for his senior year, well off the map to basketball stardom.

With each team wanting a tuneup before their respective state tournaments, Word of Life and Benedictine agreed to meet in Richmond. Long before tipoff, Spurlock was on the court warming up, but he happily took time from practicing his 3-pointers and dunks to chat with U.Va. fans.

Afterward, he was unfailingly polite to fans who stopped to wish him well in Charlottesville. He's charismatic and quick with a smile and strikes me as a guy who, like Sylven Landesberg, would be comfortable as one of the faces of the Cavaliers' program.