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Next year with KATE SEARS, realistic expectations

Hokies all, I hope we all learned a good lesson this season with our men's team and unrealistic expectations for Neo. We forgot he was a freshman, from far-far away, and that not played ball in the USA. I hope that Ms. Sears becomes a real star, but let's all not have super expectation. I have never seen her play, but do know this: 1) She played HS ball in small somewhat rural competition--BB is a urban game 2) She scored lots of points and most say from 3 levels--who guarded her 3) She will face, in the ACC, ladies from big HS, some Mc D AA, etc., much tougher competition than her HS career So let's give KATE the chance to excel and not expect her to be all league player. Recall we expected Neo to become 1st round pick. GO LADY HOKIES!!!!!!!!.
Posted: 03/11/2026 at 08:43 AM ET

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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