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A follow-up question,is it the nature of Men's Basketball athletes that

requires location/airport/nightlife for us to have a place in the table to be able to get some of these higher level players? For instance, with the exception of the last 5 or so years, we have had Top 25-30 type classes in football, same thing with Women's basketball and some of our Olympic sports. What makes them different? Is the competition for men's basketball recruits much harder? Is it the fact that we don't have a longer established winning culture (i.e. winning attracts better recruits independent of where you are)? Or just men's basketball players have a different mentality and want a more urban vibe? Or we just don't have the money that some of our peers have?
Posted: 08/15/2023 at 10:21 AM ET
(In response to this post by GCHokie34)

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has Sir Muhammad announced yet? **
lazarus1 • 08/12/23 08:14 PM ET
ND**
Wade4VT • 08/12/23 08:29 PM ET
Our 2 best prospects both went nd**
hokietom87 • 08/13/23 12:07 PM ET
Sundra wasn't even top 10...**
GCHokie34 • 08/13/23 01:48 PM ET
just don't think we are going to see any more Rodney Rice level
lazarus1 • 08/13/23 03:51 PM ET
Not sure what that has to do with your original comment...
GCHokie34 • 08/13/23 04:23 PM ET
All true, but it’s not like FB with ~25 to a class.
marcbvtgm • 08/15/23 08:39 PM ET
I've been over it...
GCHokie34 • 08/15/23 09:09 PM ET
What is “it” in terms of what Blacksburg is missing?
GoldCoast • 08/13/23 10:57 PM ET
Pretty much everything that a social media obsessed teen wants?
soflahokie • 08/15/23 08:09 AM ET
An airport, nightlife, restaurants open past 9pm...
GCHokie34 • 08/13/23 11:13 PM ET
If you fly into ATL or PIT, it takes just as long to get to campus as from
Hokey Pokey • 08/16/23 08:05 AM ET
Again, those are much larger cities...
GCHokie34 • 08/16/23 08:41 AM ET
Is an airport even a requirement?Many of the state universities out there
HokieBrazil • 08/14/23 08:58 AM ET
You just named a bunch of places you can fly directly into
soflahokie • 08/15/23 08:15 AM ET
Yes...
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 09:46 AM ET
Nope,Lawrence and Ames don't have a commercial airport.Neither does
HokieBrazil • 08/14/23 08:38 PM ET
Tuscaloosa and Lawrence...
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 09:27 PM ET
NYC and LA are larger than both. Those cities aren't dominating the hoops
KCHokie2 • 08/14/23 09:56 PM ET
UCLA & USC don’t recruit well? South Bend is an hour from Chicago.**
marcbvtgm • 08/15/23 08:41 PM ET
Yes, if there's anything we know...
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 10:32 PM ET
Indeed they are. USC is not. St. John's isn't. Schools on Tobacco Road
KCHokie2 • 08/14/23 10:53 PM ET
Every school mentioned...
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 11:21 PM ET
Truth for Bball and football**
VTCALS72 • 08/17/23 07:59 PM ET
Regarding Uber...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 08/16/23 09:08 PM ET
A follow-up question,is it the nature of Men's Basketball athletes that ◄
HokieBrazil • 08/15/23 10:21 AM ET
Basketball tends to be more of an urban sport than football
UpperQuad • 08/16/23 01:13 PM ET
Excellent question
GCHokie34 • 08/15/23 11:19 AM ET
USC is located in a slum. UCLA has the nice campus.**
EDGEMAN • 08/15/23 08:35 AM ET
That's why I've lived in Blacksburg for 34 years.
Gadfly • 08/15/23 06:00 AM ET
That’s nice. Irrelevant to the discussion, but nice.**
marcbvtgm • 08/15/23 08:45 PM ET
Gadfly is 7'6" and has a mean hook shot**
Hokie Chris • 08/16/23 04:04 PM ET
Should Georgia Tech's location have them atop the ACC?
KCHokie2 • 08/15/23 01:25 AM ET
It's not some nice, neat 1:1 correlation
Pylons • 08/16/23 10:21 AM ET
Failure to reach your potential...
GCHokie34 • 08/15/23 01:50 AM ET
Bill Foster summed this up pretty well.....
vtbball80 • 08/14/23 11:27 PM ET
Did you know that VT International Airport has government contract fuel?
EDGEMAN • 08/14/23 08:01 PM ET
When GCH..34 speaks, it’s like when E.F. Hutton speaks. Nevertheless, in a
Hokieville • 08/14/23 11:10 PM ET
Does that give them access to commercial flights?
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 08:09 PM ET
I would say yes, but the question remains...
EDGEMAN • 08/15/23 08:34 AM ET
You missed the point. ROA is too far away according to many recruits. VT
949hokie • 08/15/23 04:58 PM ET
It's big enough to support commercial aviation, but...
EDGEMAN • 08/15/23 05:15 PM ET
and a major disavantage for VT when recruiting**
949hokie • 08/15/23 05:27 PM ET
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣**
NC Maroon • 08/14/23 10:24 AM ET
Other than Lawrence, which of those campuses
Pylons • 08/14/23 09:25 AM ET
“Took SATs for them…”
hokiepro • 08/13/23 06:58 PM ET
See Nolley, Landers**
GCHokie34 • 08/13/23 10:07 PM ET
And then had the balls to have the guy (fixer) who arranged it sit right
Femoyer Hokie • 08/14/23 09:53 AM ET
Yes, your memory is correct.**
RJHokie • 08/14/23 10:13 AM ET
Sticky post material**
Femoyer Hokie • 08/13/23 04:37 PM ET
Notre Dame **
Wade4VT • 08/12/23 08:51 PM ET
getting concerned that our recruiting is going downhill
lazarus1 • 08/12/23 10:31 PM ET
The recruiting coaches can only do so much. The school must be attractive..
hokie77 • 08/13/23 01:12 PM ET
You know what's attractive?
EDGEMAN • 08/14/23 10:45 AM ET
To GC’s point, uva still hasn’t landed a 5 star
wahoo2023 • 08/14/23 10:57 PM ET
UVA won a national championship in the last 5 years...
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 11:53 AM ET
VT Football had a significant jump in skill players after MV1
EDGEMAN • 08/15/23 08:38 AM ET
Vick did elevate our recruiting somewhat, for awhile.
hokieZ71 • 08/14/23 11:04 PM ET
Following the National Championship appearance
GCHokie34 • 08/14/23 11:38 PM ET
Like I said. Sole, top end blue chippers Every year or two.
hokieZ71 • 08/15/23 06:16 AM ET
Recruiting is the same as it always has been under any coach...
GCHokie34 • 08/12/23 11:44 PM ET
Appreciate the voice of reason regarding talent acquisition, which is...
133182Hokie • 08/13/23 02:17 PM ET