VT One

UVA offered him in the first place, and then offered him two-thirds of what he is currently making, I can understand it though. His ego would not have allowed him to do that. And most everyone else’s ego would not either.

remember any final fours. I guess I could have said relevant again in fairness to your point.

of this moment, we only have five “players” still here and that is fluid. When the next guy portals out, we won’t be able to put five on the floor.

took the program to unprecedented heights. He recruited at levels our program was not known for. He made the job attractive to a coach like Megan Duffy after he left. If he leaves Kentucky to go to UVA (very possible in my mind), he has already recharged that program that program. The guy has not moved around that much, imo, and if he comes back to Virginia (UVA) he will retire there and be a pain in our posterior. I don’t particularly like him but I do respect the coaching job that he does wherever he goes. He is a great recruiter-full stop.

post. The more information given to the fans about post season decisions for not playing the less disappointment or upset.

regarding my money are made. I’m not a big investor but I’m a longtime investor who has spent a lot of extra money going to bowls and post season basketball tournaments. Without accountability, the dead horses are going to be the investors.

great Cory Alexander too. And he is not a young guy. If they want him it may be his only chance to get back home. We would have to prepare to see some former Hokies in Hoo gear maybe.

they told to play? I know they had a new coach in Pearl junior but they had to be disappointed not to make the NCAA. But they played in the NIT and won it. There’s something to be said for that.

offered will be impossible to match, right? I guess we knew when we got him to come here if he blossomed he would probably play somewhere else the next two years.

spot she (the second baseman) can determine whether to cut or let the throw go through. Same as you mentioned but not predetermined. A good college team should be able to run that play effectively. I have used that play intermittently in travel and high school over the years depending on the skill level of the team. And I got that play from a guy who taught CST quite a lot.

reasons. He is from Waynesboro. Very close to former UVA men’s player Cory Alexander. He’s not a spring chicken. Family is in that area. Be ready to some former Hokies in Hoos gear if it does take place.

discount the possibility if UVA pursues him.

pitches. A little too erratic as well. Carrico is around the plate and can pitch up and down and has a great change up. Keep hitters off balance and her defenders on their toes.

her perfectly in my opinion. No one else on this staff can close, or pitch long relief in a key game, like Bree can. The way she has been used is why we have won so many games. Sure she can start but I like her affecting many game instead of a few. That being said, I would consider starting her tomorrow or quick hooking Mazz and bringing her in early, if necessary.

about money.

also tells me that the gap between what we offered (or could pay) Gurdak was big, given the deep ties with Coach Young. He was definitely a want, I’m sure. Number 4 on our list. Schutt was on my list, possibly number 5 but likely number 6 on the coaches list. I would love to have kept him but he probably wanted market value and we likely wanted to pay him at a level he had performed at. It is easy to say let’s get lower level stars that we can afford when the blue bloods can offer them more money to be 7-10 on their roster. We can obviously offer them big playing time, and even a chance to start. Lastly, no matter what our budget is I see this as a transition and return to fundamental basketball. We likely won’t pay for shiny objects this year. Kids who jump higher than anyone has ever seen and kids who can make stunning no look passes. We can just get some kids who can dribble, pass, shoot, and play defense. It’s going to be tough but all is not lost.

very disappointing not making the NCAA, but there has to be something between being awful and making NCAA. Especially when you don’t have a strong historical basketball resume. Especially when the money is not sufficient to be a big dog. When you can’t win it all, you wrestle back and finish as high as you can. Thats the way it used to be. Back when fans and donor’s had a voice.

staff probably thought that with an eight run lead, and only five outs to get, they could put some struggling or unproven arms in there to close it out. That would theoretically save more good arms for the (likely) rubber match on Sunday. By using Swift we now likely won’t have him for the deciding game. To say ZERO arms is a bit hyperbolic, imo, but we obviously don’t have enough good, consistent, reliable arms for all roles. Lazaro has been coming on and he was a lefty on lefty situational match up attempt. Grim is our highly touted freshman who was a surprise weekend starter who was recently injured and is working back into form. None of these guys are zeros but they were not good yesterday.

sophomore year.

was not the issue today.

Rockingham, is in the Harrisonburg area. The prior relationship and money, I’m sure.

good chance of being right if some pitchers get healthy- and quit giving up so many dingers.

being a (normal) donor less enjoyable.

pitching Mecca. I would take what we had over what is happening now.

is often on their heels or disengaged. The other is the worst. You put a runner on base without having a chance to make a play. I would be interested in seeing our defensive numbers when each pitcher pitches. Pitchers obviously pitch less innings than they are capable of when they throw too many pitches per inning/game.

teams and get two of the better Europeans, plus an elite shot blocker, you’re going to win pretty big. Odom has done a great job but don’t down play the dollars spent. ** Edited by VT One at 3/14/2026, 6:06:29 AM

on first base had been there since the leadoff double. Bree retired the first two with no advance so I’m sure Pete said go get the third girl. I had just commented to my wife, don’t give her anything to hit because if she walks she sets up a force at any base. The only runner that means anything is on second.

have to beat any of them.

tormented us for years.

have been a great antidote for underachieving. Your points are valid but we are a bottom third of the league funded program, allegedly. We don’t/didn’t have layered depth.

spent in the ACC procuring talent for our roster, we cannot “afford” to pay one of our better players to sit out injured. When Johnson, clearly our best and most versatile defense player was unable to play, we lost 3-4 games we likely would have won. Outside of Hammond or Hansberry, Johnson was the one guy we could not lose. Everyone has injuries, but at least two thirds of our league has layered depth- aka Duke, UNC, Louisville, UVA. Then last night, we play without Hansberry. In my view it is hard to judge this season without considering that our team seldom had the “best team” on the floor. Think a healthy Hansberry makes a difference last night? It is almost inconceivable that we have this happen year after year, but this year in particular. Even now, healthy, we have an NCAA team. But they don’t get to play.

How often do you see that?

us didn’t have to face him. That was the loss that really mattered. And some threes and fours that he frequently guarded, too, didn’t face him.