.... last year's team, which was one of the best squads VT has ever fielded. Yes, we lost Keve Aluma. But we've replaced him with Grant Basile, who I think is just as good offensively and is probably a bit better defensively. But then we've added Lynn Kidd in the low post, who is improving with every game. We also have no less than five guys who have the potential to take over a game from outside at any time (Cattoor, Maddox, Basile, Pedulla, and Rodney Rice, who hasn't played yet but is reputed to be an excellent outside shooter as well.) Of course, the crown jewel is Justin Mutts, an all-ACC player who simply does everything well. We play excellent defense, we're rebounding well, and we're not turning the ball over much at all. Of course, it also has to be remembered that we have one of the best coaching staffs in all of college basketball. Add all that together and, barring injury, the sky's the limit for this team. The one weakness that I can see being a problem is ball handling. Teams that aggressively press the ball seems to give us trouble. If I were playing VT, I would press as much as I could.