Malcolm Brogdon, Devon Hall and De’Andre Hunter are a few of the players who gone from redshirt to stand out under Tony Bennett at Virginia. Could Francesco Baddocchi, aka Frankie, be next on that list.

His high school coach sincerely believes so. Baddocchi, a native of Milan, Italy, who attended high school in the Kansas City area, was an under-the-radar recruit before signing with Virginia last year. An injury and trips back to Europe kept him off the summer circuit before his junior and senior years, but he helped Bishop Miege High School to back-to-back Class 4A state titles in Kansas.