Mentioned before but
Buzz and Greenberg seemed to have cemented a baseline culture of the program from day one that nobody gets a schollie, nobody gets a jersey, and nobody gets PT unless they are at a bare minimum committed to 100% effort at all times on the defensive end.
Is that not possible in today’s ncaab culture?
Sure was something that was easy to get behind as a fan. Regardless of the myriad other things that could go wrong during a game or a season (injuries, shooting, turnovers, missed FTs) … there was a baseline identity and culture there.
This team is absolutely severely lacking in that regard and that’s a coaching problem - whether it’s recruitment, culture, etc or simply whiffing on so much eval that we literally don’t have the leverage to have guys nipping at anyone’s heels or pull them out of the game even if they are completely out to lunch on defense …
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When almost every team is a “bad matchup” for us, what does that say?
-- HolidayInnHokie
Feb 14, 2026 at 08:38 PM ET
HolidayInnHokie
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02/14/26 08:38 PM ET
I will die on this hill but the SMU game bothers me more then today
-- VermontDDS
Feb 14, 2026 at 09:09 PM ET
VermontDDS
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02/14/26 09:09 PM ET
Wake-Stanford-SMU are BIG-TIME= Should have "Been" FSU just KILLED us.**
-- George Baylor
Feb 15, 2026 at 09:46 AM ET
George Baylor
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02/15/26 09:46 AM ET
I wouldnt put WF game in the same bucket as SMU and Stanford
-- HwoodHokie
Feb 15, 2026 at 01:04 PM ET
HwoodHokie
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02/15/26 01:04 PM ET
Correct. It's precisely because we were going to have some clunkers...
-- Gobbler-100
Feb 14, 2026 at 11:00 PM ET
Gobbler-100
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02/14/26 11:00 PM ET
Agree, there is no worse way to lose than the SMU game.**
-- LonghornHokie
Feb 14, 2026 at 10:32 PM ET
LonghornHokie
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02/14/26 10:32 PM ET
Many said the Stan and SMU debacles would define the season and
-- HwoodHokie
Feb 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM ET
HwoodHokie
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02/14/26 10:04 PM ET