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How many players did they have available?

Posted: 04/06/2026 at 11:43 AM ET
(In response to this post by VT One)

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Auburn wins NIT**
BAMAHOKIE • 04/06/26 08:48 AM ET
Serious question. Did they vote to play? Or did they just play? Or were
VT One • 04/06/26 10:06 AM ET
How many players did they have available?** ◄
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 11:43 AM ET
My thinking is, if you would not turn down a NCAA bid, don't turn down NIT**
HokieNL • 04/06/26 06:43 PM ET
No team has turned down the NCAAT since 1970...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 07:19 PM ET
To me, that response is just so much word salad to attempt to
saret • 04/06/26 07:26 PM ET
Red Herring, much?
HokieNL • 04/06/26 07:24 PM ET
Theyre worth exactly the same in 2026...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 08:10 PM ET
And, one of the more cherished memories of VT MBB is the
saret • 04/06/26 07:27 PM ET
Well, admittedly it's probably generational, and you and I are from
saret • 04/06/26 09:01 PM ET
That's so sad...**
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 08:08 PM ET
I don’t know. Good question 34. Questions like that are the premise of my
VT One • 04/06/26 02:54 PM ET
So if they had put out a release that said...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 03:46 PM ET
The part of that post that said, "So if they had put out a release that
saret • 04/06/26 04:13 PM ET
I have some really good news for you then...**
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 04:24 PM ET
Thanks for that. I had missed that. But that only mitigates their
saret • 04/06/26 05:23 PM ET
This one specifically is IG but they did it on all of their platforms**
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 05:27 PM ET
Well, shame on me. At the age of 77, I have to do a better job with my IG
saret • 04/06/26 05:34 PM ET
saret's point is that's a tweet, not a press release via hokiesports.com.
Will StewartAdmin • 04/06/26 04:50 PM ET
Does a press release via hokiesports reach more audience than social media?**
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 05:19 PM ET
Yes**
hokiepro • 04/07/26 12:11 PM ET
Well, since the closest I come to social media is TSL, then in my case
saret • 04/06/26 05:28 PM ET
I think it would be helpful to also do it on HokieSports...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 05:32 PM ET
From my viewpoint, and maybe my age group, they did as next to nothing
saret • 04/06/26 05:41 PM ET
I can understand how, if someone missed the message, they would feel...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 05:50 PM ET
Well, I disagree on several levels.
saret • 04/06/26 06:58 PM ET
Lots to unpack here...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 07:11 PM ET
Well, now your resorting to your baseline snarkiness to denigrate
saret • 04/06/26 07:36 PM ET
Eyeroll...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 08:07 PM ET
This pictures made me lol 🍿 **
AnotherTechW • 04/06/26 08:20 PM ET
See my response to you, supra. More evidence of your condescension.**
saret • 04/06/26 09:02 PM ET
Then under the same circumstances, the players would've turned down ...
Atlee Hokie • 04/06/26 06:25 PM ET
Only if you completely ignore the line...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 07:01 PM ET
Oh I ignored it, because to point it out just makes their decision all
saret • 04/06/26 07:23 PM ET
^^^^^ POTD ^^^^^ Exposes the lie.**
HokieNL • 04/06/26 06:46 PM ET
Whats the lie...be specific **
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 07:01 PM ET
Dude. You're not dumb. Don't play like it.
HokieNL • 04/06/26 07:15 PM ET
They literally didn't have enough players to play the NIT
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 08:04 PM ET
Weak response. Ignored basically everything I posted.
HokieNL • 04/06/26 08:11 PM ET
I addressed the part our exchange was about...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 08:12 PM ET
So, to prove your point, who was available?**
saret • 04/06/26 09:03 PM ET
Hammond, Schutt, Bedford, Gurdak and Pasha
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 09:05 PM ET
OK, count seven. **
saret • 04/06/26 09:07 PM ET
And they made the decision not to risk the health of the two...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 09:10 PM ET
And what about Avdalas and Tobi?
saret • 04/06/26 09:14 PM ET
Why do any of those answers matter?
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 09:16 PM ET
Between the 7 you named and the two additional ones I named,
saret • 04/06/26 09:30 PM ET
Do you know they didn't forfeit their contract when they opted out?
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 09:36 PM ET
I don't KNOW what Lawal and/or Avdalas opted to do, and
saret • 04/06/26 10:02 PM ET
+1000**
HokieNL • 04/06/26 10:14 PM ET
Your whole argument is to risk their health for your entertainment...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 10:12 PM ET
That is not my argument, and you know it. That is disingenuous, and your
saret • 04/06/26 10:19 PM ET
He could thrive in politics**
HokieNL • 04/06/26 10:53 PM ET
Your argument is you want reasoning for 4 players...
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 10:25 PM ET
Yada, yada, yada. Again, you are being disingenuous by trying to reframe
saret • 04/06/26 10:50 PM ET
Some men would sell their own mother, to get a vote.
HokieNL • 04/06/26 11:44 PM ET
What part of what you quoted was an opinion?
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 11:10 PM ET
The parts that struck a cord with me were as follows:
saret • 04/07/26 11:28 AM ET
Saret, question. If it has already been answered here, my apologies.
HokieNL • 04/07/26 02:06 PM ET
I don't know. None of us know what a VT NIL contract contains.
saret • 04/07/26 04:12 PM ET
Could we beat the dead horse a little more?**
jrc3rd • 04/06/26 10:57 AM ET
I think it'll recover. **
HokieNL • 04/06/26 02:18 PM ET
I’m just an investor in VT sports trying to learn more about how decisions
VT One • 04/06/26 11:47 AM ET
Didn't mean to be a smart-ass, but who was going to play. Once you decide
jrc3rd • 04/06/26 12:16 PM ET
So you are saying we didn't have enough players for NCAA?**
Atlee Hokie • 04/06/26 06:36 PM ET
No, I think those who are now in the portal would play in the NCAA, plus
jrc3rd • 04/06/26 06:47 PM ET
Thank you for the honesty, which other posters dance around.
HokieNL • 04/06/26 06:53 PM ET
To be clear, I have no problem with the team's decision. Universities and
jrc3rd • 04/07/26 07:21 AM ET
Pretty much this. I would have preferred we play but depending on who would
AbsolutVT03 • 04/06/26 04:53 PM ET
ONLY speaking for me, but I would have preferred they field a team of all
saret • 04/06/26 05:30 PM ET
There are no walk-ons almost anywhere in D1 except in lowest levels
ancient alien 2018 • 04/06/26 07:31 PM ET
We've been told some players wanted to play. And if there were
saret • 04/06/26 07:44 PM ET
I loved it when Jeff King, Football player, played Basketball
HokieNL • 04/06/26 08:42 PM ET
Yeah, you must be in my generation. And, don't forget Bryan Randall.**
saret • 04/06/26 09:15 PM ET
No, but some things should be basic values, "generation" not important
HokieNL • 04/06/26 09:47 PM ET
You are right. I posted that as an oblique swipe at GCHokie34.
saret • 04/06/26 10:16 PM ET
Which walkons?**
GCHokie34 • 04/06/26 07:23 PM ET
Hear! Hear! VT One.**
saret • 04/06/26 04:15 PM ET
They should with their NIL**
TboneParkerVT • 04/06/26 09:35 AM ET