Virginia Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:10:24 PDT

New Virginia coach Tony Bennett didn't gain any new recruits as he took over the Cavaliers, but he did win a couple of key recruiting battles.

November signees Tristan Spurlock, a 6-7 small forward out of Woodbridge, Va., and Jontel Evans, a 5-11 guard from Hampton, Va., both confirmed they will honor the letters-of-intent signed when Dave Leitao was the coach.

Spurlock was rated a four-star prospect by both Rivals.com and Scout.com. Evans got three stars.

They will join a roster that features key returnees like guard Sylven Landesberg, the ACC's Rookie of the Year and last season's leading scorer on the team; No. 2 scorer and No. 1 rebounder Mike Scott, and assist leader Sammy Zeglinski.

In all, the top six scorers and top five rebounders will be back,...