It’s November 9th, so that means just one thing: VIRGINIA BASKETBALL SEASON STARTS TOMORROW. Our month-long countdown continues with a player profile for Francesco Badocchi, the first year forward from Italy.

Badocchi, who likes to go by Frankie even though he has an incredibly awesome name like Francesco, comes to the Cavaliers from Bishop Miege High School in Kansas. At Bishop Miege, Badocchi averaged 13.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 2.7 blocks per game as he helped lead the team to the 2016-17 Class-4A Division I basketball championship.