Blake Buchanan

7:30 PM

Men's Basketball

Creighton (Exhibition)

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Northwestern (Exhibition)

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Fairleigh Dickinson

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Grambling State

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Mississippi State

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Men's Basketball

Stonehill College

3:30 PM

Men's Basketball

St. John's

1:30 PM

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Creighton

TBD

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Players Era Men's Championship

TBA

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Alcorn State

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Position:
Forward
Height:
6-10
Weight:
225
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
High School:
Lake City
Prev School:
Virginia

Awards & Honors
All-ACC Academic Team (24)
ACC Honor Roll (24)

2024-25 (Virginia)
Appeared in 32 games, including 22 starts … averaged 5.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots per game … shot 53.4 percent from the field … ranked 11^th in the ACC with 1.1 blocked shots per game … tallied his first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 15 rebounds against SMU … scored in double figures five times, including a season-high 16 points in a victory at Miami … also tallied a double-double in a victory at Pitt with 10 points and 11 rebounds … blocked three shots in a game four times … had four games with at least four assists, including a season-high five against Campbell.

2023-24 (Virginia)
Appeared in 34 games, including six starts … averaged 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game … shot 41.4 percent from the field … tallied a career-high 18 points and seven rebounds against Florida … had 10 games with at least five rebounds, including a season-high eight in a victory against NC State … ranked 14^th in the ACC with 0.9 blocked shots per game … helped the Cavaliers to the NCAA Tournament.

High School
Named Idaho Mr. Basketball, Gatorade Player of the Year and MaxPreps Player of the Year … named all-state all four years of high school, including a first team selection in each of his last three years … averaged 15.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.9 steals, 1.9 blocks and 3 assists per game in leading Lake City to the Idaho 5A state championship with a 26-0 record … Tallied 26 points and 11 rebounds in Lake City’s 75-61 victory over Meridian in the championship game … participated in the 2023 Nike Hoop Summit, collecting eight points, eight rebounds and one steal in Team USA’s 90-84 win over the International team … Invited to the USA Basketball U19 Men’s National Team training camp, where he teamed with Milan Momcilovic and T.J. Otzelberger.

Personal

Son of Buck and Debbie Buchanan … mom played volleyball at USC, while dad played football at Idaho … mom was the head volleyball coach at Idaho, while also serving as an assistant coach at Idaho and Colorado State ... has a brother, Austin, that played volleyball at Hawaii and Sacred Heart … majoring in communication studies.