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| Position | Center |
| League | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
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Blake Buchanan is an American college basketball player for the Virginia Cavaliers of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Buchanan grew up in Moscow, Idaho and initially attended Moscow High School. He averaged 11 points and eight rebounds per game during his freshman year. [1] Buchanan transferred to Lake City High School in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho after his freshman year. [2] He averaged 13.7 points and 8.5 rebounds and was named first-team All-State during his junior season. [3] Buchanan was named the Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after averaging 15.2 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.9 blocks per game as Lake City went 26–0 and won the 5A state championship. [4] Buchanan was also selected to play for Team USA in the Nike Hoops Summit. [5]
Buchanan was a consensus four-star recruit and the best collegiate prospect in Idaho, according to major recruiting services. [6] [7] He committed to play college basketball at Virginia over offers from Gonzaga, Washington State, and Iowa. [8]
Buchanan averaged 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds per game as a freshman. [9]
Buchanan's mother, Debbie Buchanan, was the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Idaho for 27 years. [10] His father, Buck, played college football at Idaho as a tight end. [11] Buchanan's older brother, Austin, plays college volleyball at the University of Hawaiʻi. [12]
Coeur d'Alene is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the most populous city in North Idaho and the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 54,628 at the 2020 census. Coeur d'Alene is a satellite city of Spokane, which is located about thirty miles (50 km) to the west in the state of Washington. The two cities are the key components of the Spokane–Coeur d'Alene Combined Statistical Area, of which Coeur d'Alene is the third-largest city. The city is situated on the north shore of the 25-mile (40 km) long Lake Coeur d'Alene and to the west of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains. Locally, Coeur d'Alene is known as the "Lake City", or simply called by its initials, "CDA".
Lake City High School, sometimes referred to as Lake City or LCHS, is a four-year public secondary school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The second high school in the city, LCHS opened in 1994 and draws from the southern and western areas of the Coeur d'Alene school district. The school's colors are navy blue, silver, and teal, and its mascot is the Timberwolf, which students commonly refer to as T-Wizzy.
Coeur d’Alene High School is a four-year public secondary school in Coeur d'Alene,, Idaho, the oldest secondary school, with its current building at 5530 North Fourth Street built in 1968-1969. It is one of the two traditional high schools in the Coeur d'Alene School District #271. It serves the northeastern half of the district, with students from the cities of Coeur d'Alene, Dalton Gardens, Hayden, and a portion of unincorporated Kootenai County. The school colors are Blue and White and the C.D.A.H.S. mascot is a "Viking" and the athletic teams are named the "Vikings".
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