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Apr 09, 2026 at 01:47 PM ET
Trey Harris ..
6-6 wing with West Virginia State has heard from Tech. Don’t jump to conclusions on D-2 guys necessarily

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GCHokie34
3mo
Finding guys like this who can hit will be key in a down financial year
6'6 can shoot the ball well and very athletic. Keep him from putting the ball on the floor too much and he could be a steal.
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Hokie`79
3mo
What do you mean “down financial year”?
Don’t we get $ freed up with the departure of Neo, Schutt and others?
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GCHokie34
3mo
Someone gets that money...it just isnt basketball
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Hokie`79
3mo
So, the excuse next season will be the same as 24/25 season; we couldn’t
afford the players that we needed. Supposedly, we had the players in 25/26, but couldn’t get the expected results.
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GCHokie34
3mo
Money doesnt guarantee success...
But a lack of it guarantees a lack of success
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Midwestguy
3mo
Then who?
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SC_Hokie
3mo
Probably Kamari Copeland lmao
Rumored as one of the highest pais D-line in all CFB
Rev.Zeke Vodka Rev.Zeke Vodka OP
3mo
I’m sorry, I genuinely read this…
And snorted out loud laughing because it is damn funny and so on point.
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2hhoop3
3mo
It is a shame.......
that any revenue sport, really any sport, goes without while the AD is paid an exhorbitant amount having gutted the fundraising structure and making little to no effort, despite offers of help, to actually rebuild it.
ShockWaveVT ShockWaveVT
3mo
which coach would you support with funding?
over the past 10 years (no covid) a) consistently wins 73+% overall, and 70+% of conference games, 5 top-10 finishes in national polls, national championship semifinalist b) consistently wins 57+% overall, and 53% of conference games, zero 10-ten finishes, one conference championship
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2hhoop3
3mo
I would .......
fire the AD and several of the dead weight staff and redeploy the salary savings to support both programs. It was not about picking between sports.
wwhokie1 wwhokie1
3mo
Gutted the fundraising structure?
Maybe, I'm wrong. But I don't think our fundraising structure was ever very good. I'm unaware of him destroying what we had, he just did not make it better as he should have. There's lots of room for improvement, but that's always been the case.
bamahokie1 bamahokie1
3mo
He should have been fired before Pry was hired… those are facts…
He did basically nothing that a modern AD should have been doing. Truth
Chris Coleman Chris Coleman
3mo
It's been seven years...
Since we had a head athletics fundraiser who was a trained fundraiser.
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saret
3mo
Not since TILI, and he just pissed people off!
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2hhoop3
3mo
Perhaps you need to .....
educate yourself further. The post did not say that what was before was necessarily great but, there was structure there which was gutted and, more importantly, nothing was done to rebuild and help that was offered was declined without explanation or other demonstrated progress.
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ancient alien 2018
3mo
But, but, his sport, baseball, is doing so well!!!
Rev.Zeke Vodka Rev.Zeke Vodka OP
3mo
Agreed
Surprising athleticism. If his 3 pt stroke translates to power conference basketball it could def be a steal. 1-2 dribble guy, a longer Jaden Schutt with a bit more athleticism would be a ceiling perhaps. Bring me a hard nosed mentality young man and I can get on board. Looking for undervalued players who will exceed their value is critical in a year where you need to account for every single dollar you spend. You nailed that aspect.
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vtfin91
3mo
I feel like the 'toughness' skill is one that we maybe undervalue at vt
but Johnson, Hammond and Hansberry were the 3 on our squad last season who have it in spades. I always relate it back to your praise for Jamon Gordon back in the day. TJ has some of that, to me. I know others on here strongly disagree, and point exclusively to metrics, but very glad to see those 3 and let's build from there.
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WOJO
3mo
Right on; tough guys & winners
Rev.Zeke Vodka Rev.Zeke Vodka OP
3mo
It is and has always been the #1 “skill”..
That I personally look for in any prospect. And yes, I consider toughness a skill and not an intangible. I am unyielding on that trait and would never recommend a player to any client that was lacking in that specific area
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HokieBrazil
3mo
I don't know Rev,hard to get excited about D-2 players.This indicates we
might actually be broke. I know we have been joking around that we might not even get Radford players, but this doesn't help. Is it really this bad? Did football take all the money again?
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HokiesACC2004
3mo
Not really
It's one Division 2 player. Not like we are bringing in a starting five of them.
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D-Day
3mo
I present to you Chaney Johnson. 6’8” forward played in all 38 games last
Year at Auburn. After three seasons at D2 University of Alabama Huntsville. He averaged 9.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, shooting 54.4% from the field and 71.8% from the free-throw line over 38 games. He was a key contributor in the NCAA Tournament, recording a double-double (11 points, 10 rebounds) against Houston.
King of Hokies King of Hokies
3mo
If the guy can shoot, he can shoot.
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jrc3rd
3mo
If if wasn't for Davidson, Steph Curry may have started at D2.
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GCHokie34
3mo
By far Iowa's best player (and their coach)
Came from D2 The best D2 players and good D1 players are relatively the same. The difference in D2 and D1 is the depth of talent. Wes Enis was someone VT recruited last season out of D2...he averaged 16ppg for USF this year
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SC_Hokie
3mo
Guards translate… bigs not as much.
It’s a height thing too imo. The best bigs will translate but necessarily just the good ones
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Lancelot Link
3mo
Nice job of completely ignoring his advice.