Except UVA, we've beat all the teams we "should" beat and lost "in style".
When we've played teams that are "better" than us, it's been double digit losses with the exception of our Georgia Tech 2OT win. UVA is the only game we "should" have won and is Tech's only single-digit loss 20 games into the Duffy era. (And even that game should have been a double digit loss were it not for a Hokie 3 right before the buzzer.)
The "book" for talented athletic teams against the Hokies has been out there for a while. Pressure the ball relentlessly to get turnovers and generally take us out of our offense. Take the ball to the hole off the dribble against an undersized interior defense. Duke killed us that way. FSU killed us that way. NCSU killed us that way. Notre Dame will almost certainly do the same.
We aren't a final four-caliber team at this point, but I'm encouraged that we don't really have any "bad" loss this deep into the season. (You might make a case for UVA being a bad loss given their record, but they don't pass my "bad team" smell test. They're 1-4 in their last five, with us being the 1, but that includes losses of 5 or less to Duke, NCSU, and Louisville.)
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Think there are some folks on here with unrealistic expectations. **
-- DGHOKIE
Jan 26, 2025 at 09:03 PM ET
DGHOKIE
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01/26/25 09:03 PM ET
Maybe in terms of W-L record. But this team has had some ugly losses.
-- HolidayInnHokie
Jan 26, 2025 at 09:37 PM ET
HolidayInnHokie
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01/26/25 09:37 PM ET
We were not pounded by Louisville who is near the top of the acc**
-- Durham Hokie
Jan 27, 2025 at 02:10 PM ET
Durham Hokie
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01/27/25 02:10 PM ET
How can you say that foul trouble is a bad habit for Rose. Is she supposed
-- DGHOKIE
Jan 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM ET
DGHOKIE
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01/27/25 11:03 AM ET
you don’t consider GT or Louisville above average ? Get real**
-- Durham Hokie
Jan 27, 2025 at 02:13 PM ET
Durham Hokie
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01/27/25 02:13 PM ET
It's a little early to be deciding we "can't recruit," don't us think?
-- King of Hokies
Jan 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM ET
King of Hokies
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01/26/25 11:34 PM ET
ToledoHokie is a huge Debbie Downer.**
-- j9hokie
Jan 27, 2025 at 09:32 AM ET
j9hokie
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01/27/25 09:32 AM ET
The 3 ugly losses you cite should have been known in advance (and were by
-- King of Hokies
Jan 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM ET
King of Hokies
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01/26/25 10:06 PM ET
Yep and I’d say UNC is probably a “guaranteed” loss as well since it’s in
-- hokiepro
Jan 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/27/25 12:10 PM ET
I'm not sure what you mean about "their height." Both Suarez and Onviah go
-- King of Hokies
Jan 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM ET
King of Hokies
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01/27/25 12:24 PM ET
They look longer than that or maybe it was a sub when I saw them
-- hokiepro
Jan 27, 2025 at 01:18 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/27/25 01:18 PM ET
Except UVA, we've beat all the teams we "should" beat and lost "in style".
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-- nvpbrown
Jan 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM ET
nvpbrown
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01/26/25 11:46 PM ET
We also beat Louisville, against whom we were home dogs. And, agree, the
-- King of Hokies
Jan 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM ET
King of Hokies
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01/26/25 11:55 PM ET
Yeah, good point about the Louisville game.
-- nvpbrown
Jan 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM ET
nvpbrown
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01/27/25 12:01 AM ET
Think about how bad Baylor destroyed Liz, Georgia & Aisha Sheppard’s team
-- hokiepro
Jan 26, 2025 at 09:41 PM ET
hokiepro
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01/26/25 09:41 PM ET
GA used to talk about that. I think Hokies got beat by more than 40. But
-- j9hokie
Jan 27, 2025 at 09:36 AM ET
j9hokie
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01/27/25 09:36 AM ET