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mrknowitall OP
Jul 20, 2026 at 05:22 PM ET
VT's investment in athletics may have trickled down to wbb

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hokiepro hokiepro
Oh they’re definitely getting some. All $x million doesn’t just go football
Automatically
1977hokie 1977hokie
That’s my feeling, don’t know for sure
but I feel CMD threw down the gauntlet at the BOV meeting, if we want to be successful, she needs a little help. Ignoring her would possibly lead to a big disappointment
TomTurkey TomTurkey
And piss off her and the team's huge following...
Sidebar - Carleigh is one of six All-Academic Student-athletes
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mrknowitall OP
WE seem to be getting higher rated recruits
Stork Stork
I suspect it’s as much due to Duffy’s 2nd year at VT. Recruiting starts to
Pick up with the new staff.
King of Hokies King of Hokies
Exactly. Duffy is proving to players that she can do what she says she can
do. Now players are like, "I like what I hear *and what I see." Only the most pessimistic people thought Duffy couldn't recruit. But she clearly can coach. And now we see she clearly can recruit. I'm a little concerned about the balance on this roster. But we'll see what Duffy can do with it. And only a fool would bet against her.
DGHOKIE DGHOKIE
Not really. We had been getting recruits in 50-100 range. Even Liz was only
#33. It seems to me that we are in that same position. It would be good, outwardly speaking, to be getting Top 30 kids.
King of Hokies King of Hokies
What does this even mean? It took Kenny Brooks 6 years to get that #33
recruit. And it took him an extra year after that to make the NCAA. And it's taken Duffy only 2 years to make the NCAA (note she did it without a #33 recruit). And now she's got a recruit. The trajectory for Duffy is night and day better than that for Brooks. Not even close to "same old" as you're making it. ** Edited by King of Hokies at 7/26/2026, 10:56:06 PM
DGHOKIE DGHOKIE
Lighten up, Francis. My comment was only a numerical comparison had nothing
To do with the ability of either coach to recruit it’s just a statement about the numbers the ratings
vt90 vt90
We are in a pretty good spot for one for 2027. Top 15. And we already got
ESPN #33 in Dani Robinson. ** Edited by vt90 at 7/21/2026, 8:20:26 AM
DGHOKIE DGHOKIE
I sincerely hope that we can keep the number 33 and that we can get the 15
There’s a lot of time for LSU and some of the others can start working on those kids but that is a good sign. We are getting interest from players of that level and that’s a good thing.
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Ramj4450
Eh
There really aren’t many wbb commitments flips. Barring a coaching change, or a G5 kid Blowing up with P5 offers. Last year was the most I could remember and the majority of flips came from Tennessee lol. Only other one that wasnt a coaching change was Clem lost a 5* I think.
DGHOKIE DGHOKIE
In this day of out of control NIL I can’t imagine that there aren’t several
And VT is not $$ heavy to be able to do much to sweeten the pot for players talking about flipping
King of Hokies King of Hokies
Which VTWBB recruits have flipped? Name them, or you're just being a drama
queen. There is zero reason to think that a player who committed to VT under Duffy will flip.
1977hokie 1977hokie
Agree, not a real change from a ranking standpoint,
do have confidence in coaching them up though
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UpperQuad
Hopefully not as much roster turnover as the CKB era had
Some players never even made it past the first semester.