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NC Hoke
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Louisville burned it down and bought it back up to Louisville standards.

Yeah, a credible argument could be made for doing the same thing here, except as you say we don’t need to replace the coach, and I would kind of like to hang on to Lawal. We could certainly make a case for replacing all of our guards and buying that group up to high major standard.
Posted: 03/13/2025 at 11:17 AM ET
(In response to this post by VT One)

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Louisville is the only model to look at. From the absolute outhouse to the
VT One 03/13/25 08:36 AM ET
U know how much Annual giving their 🏀 program gets?
tallahasseehokie 03/13/25 06:47 PM ET
Fair point. I knew there was a big difference in money but my point is that
VT One 03/13/25 07:19 PM ET
Expected to have 4-5 times the cash this off-season compared to last.**
ancient alien 2018 03/13/25 05:03 PM ET
While it certainly is more........
2hhoop3 03/13/25 05:15 PM ET
LOL accountability at VT? :)**
NokieHokie 03/13/25 06:17 PM ET
Well stated. More for VT hoops certainly doesn't mean other teams stay
ancient alien 2018 03/13/25 05:19 PM ET
We got their coaches player though he didnt want to take with him to Lville
MFWHokie0607 03/13/25 01:30 PM ET
Louisville burned it down and bought it back up to Louisville standards.
NC Hoke 03/13/25 11:17 AM ET
Are there any players at JMU, VCU, Richmond, Liberty, ODU we could use?**
YBYSAIAHokie 03/13/25 10:13 AM ET
Why would a starting player at VCU (Lawal excepted?)
Spider73 03/13/25 10:57 AM ET
Lawal was not a starter at VCU**
soflahokie 03/13/25 04:00 PM ET
Did they think they were ass prior to this season? **
JackDSML 03/13/25 10:04 AM ET
Yes great question/point. Something’s wrong from the inside of VT b-ball. **
FlossEmVT 03/13/25 10:58 AM ET
Louisville has a top 10 NIL budget for basketball, we might be top 100
soflahokie 03/13/25 09:56 AM ET
Understood. So with a third of their budget could we get 4-5 more wins? Or
VT One 03/13/25 11:32 AM ET
For sure, that would mean increasing our budget from like $800k to $2.5M**
soflahokie 03/13/25 04:01 PM ET
It will be more than that this year. CMY will have the cash to buy more
ancient alien 2018 03/13/25 05:01 PM ET