Four-star PG Chance Mallory makes official visits to Virginia and other finalists

A week after narrowing his selection to six schools, four-star point guard and Charlottesville native Chance Mallory Mallory has scheduled official visits to each of those six finalist programs, including a weekend visit to the Virginia men’s basketball program on Sept. 13. Virginia Tech (Sept. 6), Clemson (Sept. 20), Villanova (Sept. 28), Tennessee (Oct. 11) and Miami (Oct. 25) will also host Mallory for official visits.

Tony Bennett didn’t have to look far on the recruiting trail to find Mallory, a 5’9” point guard who attends St. Anne’s-Belfield School, which is essentially across the street from John Paul Jones Arena in Charlottesville. Virginia officially offered Mallory a scholarship in June of 2023 and is one of more than 10 major conference programs to offer Mallory a scholarship. In narrowing his list of schools down to six contenders, Mallory eliminated programs like Maryland, Indiana, Butler, Seton Hall and West Virginia.

Mallory has taken unofficial visits to each of those six schools except Miami. Of course, visiting UVA is a pretty easy feat for Mallory, who averaged 26.0 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game last season at St. Anne’s-Belfield. Mallory is a consensus four-star recruit by each of the major recruiting services. ESPN has him ranked lowest at No. 97 overall, but Mallory is the No. 61 overall recruit by 247Sports and the No. 35 overall recruit by On3, which also makes him the No. 5 point guard in the country and the No. 2 player in the state of Virginia.

The weekend of September 13th is shaping up to be an exciting and important one at UVA. Mallory will make his official visit to the hometown Hoos on the same weekend that Virginia football hosts Maryland in a primetime Saturday night game at Scott Stadium. That weekend, the Cavaliers could also host five-star power forward and Virginia native Nate Ament, according to a report from 247Sports.