That big donation from Reddit co-founder and 2005 UVA alum Alex Oharian wasn’t enough to keep the UVA Women’s Basketball program from losing a key player on the transfer portal.
Latasha Lattimore, who averaged 14.3 points and 8.2 rebounds per game at Virginia this past season, is headed to Ole Miss, which is coming off a 22-11 season and NCAA Tournament appearance.
This one really stings, if that’s not already obvious.
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“Tash is a dynamic human being and talent,” Ole Miss coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin said. “She committed to coach Quentin Hillsman out of high school, and it’s really cool to see them reunite. I’ve always loved her game, and I’m excited to mentor her in the last stage of her collegiate career.”
Hillsman, now an assistant at Ole Miss, was the head coach at Syracuse when Lattimore was a Top 50 national recruit in the Class of 2021.
Hillsman left Syracuse in 2021 under a cloud amid allegations of improper behavior and bullying, with a report in The Athletic featuring allegations from nine former players alleging that he routinely threatened players, and in 2011, he had faced allegations of sexual harassment from a former player, including inappropriate touching and texts from the coach.
I tell you that to put the “it’s really cool to see them reunite” in proper context.
Lattimore spent one year at Virginia, after a two-year stint as a role player at Miami, and a year at Texas in which she got 10.3 minutes a game off the bench as a freshman.
Good for Lattimore that she used her year at UVA to earn herself some NIL money.
Looks like, even with the Oharian donation, we just can’t compete with a middle-tier SEC school in the NIL market.
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