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nvpbrown
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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.)
Posted: 01/26/2025 at 11:46 PM ET
(In response to this post by King of Hokies)

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Think there are some folks on here with unrealistic expectations. **
DGHOKIE 01/26/25 09:03 PM ET
✋ I’m one I’ll admit it.
VaBones 01/26/25 10:55 PM ET
not me**
mrknowitall 01/26/25 09:37 PM ET
Maybe in terms of W-L record. But this team has had some ugly losses.
HolidayInnHokie 01/26/25 09:37 PM ET
We were not pounded by Louisville who is near the top of the acc**
Durham Hokie 01/27/25 02:10 PM ET
How can you say that foul trouble is a bad habit for Rose. Is she supposed
DGHOKIE 01/27/25 11:03 AM ET
We won’t beat UVA
ToledoHokie 01/26/25 10:49 PM ET
you don’t consider GT or Louisville above average ? Get real**
Durham Hokie 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 01/26/25 11:34 PM ET
ToledoHokie is a huge Debbie Downer.**
j9hokie 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 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 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 01/27/25 12:24 PM ET
They look longer than that or maybe it was a sub when I saw them
hokiepro 01/27/25 01:18 PM ET
Except UVA, we've beat all the teams we "should" beat and lost "in style".
nvpbrown 01/26/25 11:46 PM ET
We also beat Louisville, against whom we were home dogs. And, agree, the
King of Hokies 01/26/25 11:55 PM ET
Yeah, good point about the Louisville game.
nvpbrown 01/27/25 12:01 AM ET
Think about how bad Baylor destroyed Liz, Georgia & Aisha Sheppard’s team
hokiepro 01/26/25 09:41 PM ET
GA used to talk about that. I think Hokies got beat by more than 40. But
j9hokie 01/27/25 09:36 AM ET