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VAHokie89
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Realistic

Barring attritiion to the portal or bringing someone in from the portal, this is what she has to deal with Mackenzie Nelson Carleigh Wenzel Both will get 30-38 minutes a game, most in ACC play Samyha Suffren Leila Wells - Either of them will get 18-20 minutes a game Right now, there are 4 players in front of competing for significant playing time at 3 spots. That is before they potentially bring in a portal person who is an outside shooter... someone at the 3 position...someone better than Daley or Lani White....and before thinking about Baker playing more of the three..... So, righr now, she likely won't get much playing time ahead of a senior and three juniors who are entrenched in the system and are trusted with the ball and trusted on defense. If Suffren and Wells improve their outside shooting (and Nelson), they will be hard to get off the floor in favor of a r-freshman. Some may people to her HS/club accoldades. Jenkins and Trent had accolades. Jenkins barely played in conference games. There were games where Trent did not get in much either barring foul trouble. Barring her truly lighting the world on fire, she has at least 4 players in front of who will get significant time, to the point that they will barely come off the floor. Oddds are she will have some nice moments against creampuffs that will make fans clamor for her.
Posted: 03/11/2026 at 03:47 PM ET
(In response to this post by George Baylor)

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Next year with KATE SEARS, realistic expectations
George Baylor 03/11/26 08:43 AM ET
Redshirting may be a blessing in disguise
delmarva hokie 03/13/26 02:16 PM ET
Delmarva, great area, you are correct. Need 4-5's from portal. OK @ guard**
George Baylor 03/14/26 08:52 AM ET
bb is an urban game? Come to SW VA or E Tn some time and catch a game.
hines495 03/12/26 08:39 PM ET
With the state of current college basketball
JerryLopez5 03/11/26 11:08 PM ET
Everyone plays AAU ball now and are exposed to good competition. And to say
uber hokie 03/11/26 08:34 PM ET
The state of PA is full of "non-urban" AAU basketball clubs and HS teams**
VAHokie89 03/11/26 10:36 PM ET
Realistic
VAHokie89 03/11/26 03:47 PM ET
True but if she can shoot like her stats say
Nelsonia Hokie 03/13/26 11:13 AM ET
She might play. But the post was about realistic expectations
VAHokie89 03/13/26 11:51 AM ET
Agree with mostly everything
JerryLopez5 03/11/26 10:50 PM ET
The comparison is mainly that just because they are nicely
VAHokie89 03/13/26 11:54 AM ET
Plus we are bringing in a new freshman guard who is pretty dang good.**
j9hokie 03/11/26 08:41 PM ET
Kaleo Anderson
JerryLopez5 03/11/26 10:53 PM ET
I think CMD will do a much better job developing
lazarus1 03/11/26 03:16 PM ET
Yup,based on some fans here she is supposed to be a triple double machine
HokieBrazil 03/11/26 12:33 PM ET
Regardless of how Kate might do, I don’t think she will affect anything
DGHOKIE 03/11/26 10:54 AM ET
CMD is a good coach but she can't coach height.**
IB4TECH 03/12/26 09:20 AM ET
Yes desperately need couple of bigs and I mean 6’5” or taller. **
uber hokie 03/11/26 09:48 PM ET
Arianna Harris Motts
Woody 03/11/26 12:36 PM ET
The team's outside shooting could be better**
UpperQuad 03/11/26 11:26 AM ET
This is where Sears
JerryLopez5 03/11/26 10:55 PM ET
IMHO that is what we need the most**
j9hokie 03/11/26 08:43 PM ET
You’re right to temper expectations, however
1977hokie 03/11/26 10:23 AM ET
HS girls BBall is actually very strong in rural America
hokiepro 03/11/26 09:01 AM ET
I drove to Boone for that one
JerryLopez5 03/11/26 11:05 PM ET
Yep...her team consistently played teams above their classification..
hokeeron1 03/11/26 02:48 PM ET