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No, but keeping the football hyperbole out of basketball would be nice

Our football fans are bordering on insufferable this year, especially on that other online forum. There's no universe where a VT team that finishd 7th in the ACC and bowed out after getting blown out in game 1 of the NCAAT as an 11 seed should be in the top 40, let alone top 25. That team alost lost 3 starters (40% of total minutes played), one of whom was by far our best player and another who transferred to a program that's viewed as a step up in almost every regard. We brought in what, a decent low major transfer, another guy who didn't even start for a team that finished 10th in the CUSA, and a recruiting class that finished outside the top 30? I don't know what it is about our fans not thinking this, but generally you need to prove that you're deserving before you get the benefit of the doubt like Tony Bennett has
Posted: 10/18/2022 at 08:56 AM ET
(In response to this post by vthokieq)

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Wow. Three teams in AP top 25. VT isn’t one of them. Duke unc and uva
3TechFanz 10/17/22 05:52 PM ET
I love the hokies as much as the next guy but we finished 7th last year and
ME Hokie 07 10/18/22 07:25 PM ET
Welcome to the ACC :)
gman86 10/19/22 11:17 AM ET
Preseason polls don't mean a lot except something to talk
LXNTN_HOKIE 10/18/22 05:02 PM ET
I don't care much about pre-season rankings. Let's earn it on the court.
win-tech 10/18/22 04:59 PM ET
Ummm 352 Division 1 basketball schools
Vippie1 10/18/22 01:27 PM ET
Seems reasonable since we lost 3 starters
HokieAl 10/18/22 12:13 PM ET
Lol are you serious? VT fans consistently amaze me
soflahokie 10/18/22 07:50 AM ET
We're a top 25 team
deathrow821 10/18/22 04:45 PM ET
?? Are you on the wrong board?**
vthokieq 10/18/22 08:11 AM ET
No, but keeping the football hyperbole out of basketball would be nice
soflahokie 10/18/22 08:56 AM ET
I do think we are getting ready to prove that
Coastal Hokie 10/18/22 02:43 PM ET
I think this is the deepest team we've had, but way more unknown quantities
soflahokie 10/18/22 03:37 PM ET
I think this is mostly about Mike Young...
vtbball80 10/18/22 12:51 PM ET
I don't think it's completely unreasonable....
vthokieq 10/18/22 09:01 AM ET
Plus ncaa position does not relate to AP
tallahasseehokie 10/18/22 10:29 AM ET
We were 11 seed in ncaa last year. Do you think we are a 6 now?
st_andrew 10/18/22 07:29 AM ET
Posted below re: UVa...
Woody 10/17/22 08:02 PM ET
UVA finished above us last year, lost nobody, and signed a top 15 class
soflahokie 10/18/22 08:59 AM ET
Disagree on major stretch
Woody 10/19/22 11:59 AM ET
This feels like our football preseason expectations, very forgiving to VT
soflahokie 10/19/22 12:45 PM ET
We're just seeing different things I guess- time will tell
Woody 10/19/22 03:12 PM ET
Pedulla averages 5 fouls per 40, can only be so effective on the bench
soflahokie 10/19/22 04:13 PM ET
UVA will be good
Coastal Hokie 10/18/22 06:16 AM ET
So will the Hokies****
subwayhokie 10/18/22 09:03 AM ET
Pre season games of note will determine how that is changed then off to the
tallahasseehokie 10/17/22 06:05 PM ET
Should e more than 3**
Durham Hokie 10/17/22 05:57 PM ET