Checking In With Mike Tobey

Mike Tobey

Discussing Virginia’s 2012 recruiting class to Hoos Talking two months ago, Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett said the following about Blair Academy (Blairstown, N.J.) senior center Mike Tobey : “He has a real big upside. He’s skilled. Deceptively athletic. Has real nice touch. He can step out and shoot the face-up, but he has got some back-to-the-basket moves and good instincts. I think Virginia fans are going to be real excited to watch his career unfold because I think he has a big upside.”

UVa fans should see a lot of the 6’11”, 225-pound Tobey next season. First-team all-ACC power forward Mike Scott is a senior, and with the transfer of power forward/center James Johnson this past December, Virginia will return only two experienced big men in the 2012/2013 season.

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