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Definitely better. The question of mental toughness would remain.

It was a brutal watching some of those finishes. Coaches and players shared in the blame. Tech played with razor thin margins, in part due to injuries but also due to talent discrepancy. So yeah, I’ll go along with the idea that a 100% healthy team would have flipped some of those losses. That said, to be fair, we’d have to make that same concession for our opponents. Were they playing with a fully healthy roster during those games? I have no clue.
Posted: 05/10/2026 at 12:28 AM ET
(In response to this post by GCHokie34)

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I'm following. What is this roster's potential?
40ozDistrict • 05/08/26 11:32 PM ET
19-14, last 4 out in the expanded field. **
GoldCoast • 05/12/26 04:39 PM ET
Last year had WAY more potential, this years team will be more consistent
soflahokie • 05/11/26 09:06 AM ET
Different, but seems like basically a net zero on paper compared to 25-26.**
marcbvtgm • 05/10/26 02:24 PM ET
Tell me injury missed games. **
HokieDelNorte • 05/10/26 11:27 AM ET
Better than last year’s team.
NC Hoke • 05/10/26 12:02 AM ET
Worse than last season. Better than 2 years ago. NIT ceiling. **
Foxhall Hokie • 05/10/26 12:02 AM ET
.500 in ACC play **
NativeBurger • 05/09/26 06:00 PM ET
I like that fact that CMY will not be constantly thinking:
MidloHokie • 05/09/26 02:17 PM ET
Impossible to determine
Vippie1 • 05/09/26 09:31 AM ET
Key is will Johnson and
grtmmt • 05/09/26 08:45 AM ET
On paper, I like these transfers more as a group than last year's bunch.
ancient alien 2018 • 05/09/26 08:43 PM ET
Some good guards in this group. Good, tough, guards raise expectations for
VT One • 05/09/26 01:55 PM ET
First four out.**
EDGEMAN • 05/09/26 07:11 AM ET
Got my shirt printed "On The Bubble "**
Jbohokie63 • 05/09/26 04:59 PM ET
Probably 0.500 overall.
VT ChemE 1986 • 05/09/26 12:02 AM ET
lol!!**
ancient alien 2018 • 05/09/26 02:45 AM ET
The Metrics so far like this team a lot
SC_Hokie • 05/09/26 01:48 AM ET
This team will be built differently from a traditional CMY team
VT ChemE 1986 • 05/09/26 10:40 AM ET
We have not had elite 3-pt shooting recently
VAHokie89 • 05/09/26 03:06 PM ET
20 wins? I wish I shared your optimism. Last year's team was our best
YBYSAIAHokie • 05/09/26 08:41 AM ET
It was also our most injured roster in years.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 05/09/26 09:53 AM ET
...decades.**
EDGEMAN • 05/09/26 02:04 PM ET
I don’t think the outcome would have been appreciably different.
marcbvtgm • 05/09/26 10:56 AM ET
You cannot be serious! **
King of Hokies • 05/09/26 06:12 PM ET
VT lost 4 games by 1 possession...
GCHokie34 • 05/09/26 03:15 PM ET
They also won 3 OT games vs nothing special teams, no?
marcbvtgm • 05/10/26 02:29 PM ET
And being fully healthy would make those close wins less close
GCHokie34 • 05/10/26 03:42 PM ET
Definitely better. The question of mental toughness would remain. ◄
Foxhall Hokie • 05/10/26 12:28 AM ET
VT was well above average in minutes missing during the season
GCHokie34 • 05/10/26 01:09 PM ET
One possession losses, were they …
1980VT • 05/09/26 06:16 PM ET
All three**
NC Hoke • 05/09/26 11:39 PM ET
Not sure what that has to do with the topic at hand...
GCHokie34 • 05/09/26 06:52 PM ET
Of course you don't.
marcbvtgm • 05/10/26 02:42 PM ET
VT shot 35% from the field against UVA...
GCHokie34 • 05/10/26 03:51 PM ET
They lost all their games that mattered down the stretch and had opps to…
GoldCoast • 05/09/26 05:41 PM ET
What does that have to do with being healthy?**
GCHokie34 • 05/09/26 05:58 PM ET
Have to agree, outside of Hammond no improvement at all**
H-SCokie • 05/09/26 12:29 PM ET
Wrong, among returning players Hammond Tobi and Johnson were all markedly
NC Hoke • 05/09/26 11:53 PM ET
Huh? Hammond, yes. Lawal, Johnson "markedly improved? How? Schutt? How?
marcbvtgm • 05/11/26 10:01 AM ET
Well…
NC Hoke • 05/11/26 05:20 PM ET
Lawal's ball handling was much improved? LOL. You're cherry picking stats
marcbvtgm • 05/12/26 11:01 AM ET
..**
NC Hoke • 05/12/26 04:41 PM ET
Hammond was great, but I disagree about the rest...
HokieJonez • 05/09/26 01:30 PM ET
Yeah. Most unfortunately.**
YBYSAIAHokie • 05/09/26 10:19 AM ET