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UVA Basketball: Andrew Rohde finds landing spot, at Wisconsin

Chris Graham
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UVA Basketball guard Andrew Rohde. Photo: Mike Ingalls/AFP

Andrew Rohde is the fourth member of the 2024-2025 UVA Basketball rotation to find a new landing spot – in Rohde’s case, surprise, Wisconsin.

The Badgers, under coach Greg Gard, don’t actually play as slow as you assume – they averaged 68.0 possessions per game this past season, middle of the pack in D1.

Gard isn’t from the Dick Bennett family tree; he’s a Bo Ryan disciple, coaching under Ryan for 23 years before succeeding his mentor in 2015.

Rohde had a much better second season at UVA, averaging 9.3 points and 4.3 assists per game in the 2024-2025 season, shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 41.3 percent from three.

I like Rohde’s old man YMCA game. Listed at 6’6”, 185, he plays angles, is a solid catch-and-shoot guy, and developed a nice floater that gave him something new to get him points in the paint this past season.

I envisioned Rohde, if he were to have stayed for his senior season at Virginia, being a change-of-pace backup point guard.

I can’t imagine that he envisioned himself as a backup; thus, the change of scenery.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].