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
Thread Replies (26)
Next year with KATE SEARS, realistic expectations
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-- George Baylor
Mar 11, 2026 at 08:43 AM ET
George Baylor
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03/11/26 08:43 AM ET
Redshirting may be a blessing in disguise
-- delmarva hokie
Mar 13, 2026 at 02:16 PM ET
delmarva hokie
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03/13/26 02:16 PM ET
Delmarva, great area, you are correct. Need 4-5's from portal. OK @ guard**
-- George Baylor
Mar 14, 2026 at 08:52 AM ET
George Baylor
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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
Mar 12, 2026 at 08:39 PM ET
hines495
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03/12/26 08:39 PM ET
With the state of current college basketball
-- JerryLopez5
Mar 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM ET
JerryLopez5
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03/11/26 11:08 PM ET
Everyone plays AAU ball now and are exposed to good competition. And to say
-- uber hokie
Mar 11, 2026 at 08:34 PM ET
uber hokie
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03/11/26 08:34 PM ET
The state of PA is full of "non-urban" AAU basketball clubs and HS teams**
-- VAHokie89
Mar 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM ET
VAHokie89
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03/11/26 10:36 PM ET
True but if she can shoot like her stats say
-- Nelsonia Hokie
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM ET
Nelsonia Hokie
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03/13/26 11:13 AM ET
She might play. But the post was about realistic expectations
-- VAHokie89
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:51 AM ET
VAHokie89
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03/13/26 11:51 AM ET
Agree with mostly everything
-- JerryLopez5
Mar 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM ET
JerryLopez5
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03/11/26 10:50 PM ET
The comparison is mainly that just because they are nicely
-- VAHokie89
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM ET
VAHokie89
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03/13/26 11:54 AM ET
Plus we are bringing in a new freshman guard who is pretty dang good.**
-- j9hokie
Mar 11, 2026 at 08:41 PM ET
j9hokie
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03/11/26 08:41 PM ET
I think CMD will do a much better job developing
-- lazarus1
Mar 11, 2026 at 03:16 PM ET
lazarus1
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03/11/26 03:16 PM ET
Yup,based on some fans here she is supposed to be a triple double machine
-- HokieBrazil
Mar 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM ET
HokieBrazil
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03/11/26 12:33 PM ET
Regardless of how Kate might do, I don’t think she will affect anything
-- DGHOKIE
Mar 11, 2026 at 10:54 AM ET
DGHOKIE
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03/11/26 10:54 AM ET
CMD is a good coach but she can't coach height.**
-- IB4TECH
Mar 12, 2026 at 09:20 AM ET
IB4TECH
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03/12/26 09:20 AM ET
Yes desperately need couple of bigs and I mean 6’5” or taller. **
-- uber hokie
Mar 11, 2026 at 09:48 PM ET
uber hokie
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03/11/26 09:48 PM ET
The team's outside shooting could be better**
-- UpperQuad
Mar 11, 2026 at 11:26 AM ET
UpperQuad
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03/11/26 11:26 AM ET
IMHO that is what we need the most**
-- j9hokie
Mar 11, 2026 at 08:43 PM ET
j9hokie
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03/11/26 08:43 PM ET
You’re right to temper expectations, however
-- 1977hokie
Mar 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM ET
1977hokie
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03/11/26 10:23 AM ET
HS girls BBall is actually very strong in rural America
-- hokiepro
Mar 11, 2026 at 09:01 AM ET
hokiepro
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03/11/26 09:01 AM ET
I drove to Boone for that one
-- JerryLopez5
Mar 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM ET
JerryLopez5
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03/11/26 11:05 PM ET
Yep...her team consistently played teams above their classification..
-- hokeeron1
Mar 11, 2026 at 02:48 PM ET
hokeeron1
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03/11/26 02:48 PM ET