Still have 8 tier one game possibilities. Need a run like the 2022
championship run against a tough away conference schedule.
Talent wise, an injury free VT had the talent to compete with any team on the schedule, except dook. UNC is more talented but they have hubert as HC and that always gives most of their opponents a little advantage.
1) Wins against Cal, BC, GT, FSU, WF, ND I call likely/should win. Lose any and NCAAT is a long shot or maybe unlikely.
2) Klempsun, Cuse, NCSU, scUM, are winnable but will require 40 minute, nearly clean games to win
3) SMU, Dook, UNCheat, UofL, UVa are long shots and would require VT to pull one out of their azzes.
win all of #1 and that's 18 wins
would have to steal 2-3 from #2 and maybe 1 from #3 to even be near the bubble, and those are all on the road.
1-2 ACCT wins could do it but that's going to take a lot of better, smarter play and less inconsistency on offense to get there.
Is this team capable? Sure from a talent standpoint. Mentally? Needs some work!!
Has to start Sat. with Cal.!!!!
Blast away!! Let the Board know what you think.
Thread Replies (12)
Justifiable hand wringing aside because of the WAY we lost…big picture what
-- hokiepro
Jan 08, 2026 at 08:01 AM ET
hokiepro
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01/08/26 08:01 AM ET
Still have 8 tier one game possibilities. Need a run like the 2022
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-- ancient alien 2018
Jan 08, 2026 at 11:34 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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01/08/26 11:34 PM ET
Relax , We are going to lose more game than that!
-- RiverVT
Jan 08, 2026 at 10:31 AM ET
RiverVT
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01/08/26 10:31 AM ET
Weren’t soft vs UVA. Idk what that was last 3:00**
-- hokiepro
Jan 08, 2026 at 12:47 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/08/26 12:47 PM ET
I mean we absolutely were soft against UVa, our 2OT collapse...
-- Gobbler-100
Jan 08, 2026 at 01:04 PM ET
Gobbler-100
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01/08/26 01:04 PM ET
No the 2nd OT was 90% UVA and one missed FT
-- hokiepro
Jan 08, 2026 at 02:00 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/08/26 02:00 PM ET
Neo took a fadeaway 3 with a little over a minute left rather than drive it
-- Gobbler-100
Jan 08, 2026 at 02:47 PM ET
Gobbler-100
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01/08/26 02:47 PM ET
Yeah. Ben didn’t foul that guy but they call that when teams are trying to
-- hokiepro
Jan 08, 2026 at 03:13 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/08/26 03:13 PM ET
We have talent, but must play for 40 minutes & make 90+% FTs.**
-- George Baylor
Jan 08, 2026 at 09:16 AM ET
George Baylor
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01/08/26 09:16 AM ET
They might get it together and sneak into the NIT as a 5 or 6 seed...
-- Gobbler-100
Jan 08, 2026 at 09:13 AM ET
Gobbler-100
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01/08/26 09:13 AM ET
We flash talent of a round of 32 caliber team. But make enough mistakes
-- hokiepro
Jan 08, 2026 at 11:35 AM ET
hokiepro
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01/08/26 11:35 AM ET
And what do you call a team that "flashes talent"...
-- Gobbler-100
Jan 08, 2026 at 12:08 PM ET
Gobbler-100
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01/08/26 12:08 PM ET
Stanford beat Louisville. I think they rise
-- hokiepro
Jan 08, 2026 at 12:53 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/08/26 12:53 PM ET