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@GCHokie34...if you get a chance, can you discuss attacking the zone... -- 85vthokie_cincy 02/24/2021 09:41AM

First, you have to understand what they ran wasnt a typical 1-3-1 -- GCHokie34 02/24/2021 11:37AM

So how do you get past that first line of the defenders? -- Squatro 02/24/2021 9:14PM

A lot of it is just an understanding of when to go and when not to go -- GCHokie34 02/24/2021 9:20PM

Thanks GC appreciate your expertise ** -- jfhokie 02/24/2021 5:31PM

The few times VT was able to penetrate and pass the -- HokiePail 02/24/2021 5:24PM

Terrific post as usual GC, thank you ** -- HokieSA 02/24/2021 5:05PM

Very informative* ** -- A3genhokie 02/24/2021 2:14PM

I said similar... that their athleticism showed vs. our lineup. -- chagerma 02/24/2021 1:32PM

Hypothetical question for you -- Jethro Tull 02/24/2021 12:53PM

Its a good possibility... -- GCHokie34 02/24/2021 12:57PM

Perfect, that explains a lot @GCHokie34. We never really could break -- 85vthokie_cincy 02/24/2021 12:30PM

Youd have to live with some freshman mistakes... -- GCHokie34 02/24/2021 12:34PM

Thx, really appreciate the insight into the X's and O's ** -- 85vthokie_cincy 02/24/2021 1:11PM

Wow, that’s good stuff..... very interesting. ** -- Hokie535 02/24/2021 11:45AM

Yep and I don’t understand why we didn’t go with an O set -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 11:31AM

Your last paragraph is a bigger issue... -- GCHokie34 02/24/2021 12:38PM

Sure but if you have movement and screening among the triangle back 3, -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 12:55PM

Against a typical 1-3-1 yes... -- GCHokie34 02/24/2021 1:01PM

Especially as it relates to how far up top they were extending the zone. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 02/24/2021 10:30AM

Hearing it from the Hoovers this morning -- Jethro Tull 02/24/2021 09:25AM

Something tells me..... -- 2hhoop3 02/24/2021 8:51PM

You should just laugh.... -- 2hhoop3 02/24/2021 09:40AM

A momentum killer last night was a substitution. We pulled w/in 6(?) -- RhinoVT 02/24/2021 09:01AM

Too easy -- StMikey3 02/24/2021 12:01PM

I think Mutts getting his 3rd foul in the 1st half was the killer. Then we -- HokieBrazil 02/24/2021 10:59AM

I believe this was just before a media time out - -- farmville hokie 02/24/2021 09:52AM

Don't think any one coaching decision had anything to do with last night -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 09:33AM

No doubt. Sub had to be done. Those guys were winded but just came at an -- RhinoVT 02/24/2021 09:42AM

Have the refs changed how they call games? -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 08:41AM

They don’t call walking anymore ** -- GCHokieof91 02/24/2021 10:15AM

That’s not true ** -- Hokie535 02/24/2021 5:00PM

Nor for the last 30 years ** -- Palmetto Hokie 02/24/2021 4:28PM

Never did with Duke or UNCheat ** -- VPI63 02/24/2021 3:20PM

They also don’t protect guys driving to the rim as much: allows tons of -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 11:37AM

Yeah but for the And 1’s you get to make this COOL dagger motion w your arm -- HolidayInnHokie 02/24/2021 1:05PM

ACCNX broadcast last night - was it just me or did it seem that the -- HokieDDS05 02/24/2021 08:18AM

And they’re pumping up GT as another NCAA potential team for the league -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 09:40AM

You have to understand sports production. Teams that are winning -- hoosnowahokie 02/24/2021 08:35AM

DDS05 was saying that about the *first half* though. -- Will Stewart

02/24/2021 08:55AM

Will Stewart -- Jomonelson 02/24/2021 12:09PM

I don’t remember the comments ... -- VPI63 02/24/2021 3:28PM

I'd bet that home team bias erodes post covid... -- mancunian 02/24/2021 10:32AM

Lack of home team bias here is the inverse of what your last paragraph -- hoosnowahokie 02/24/2021 09:10AM

To your last sentence, that's what makes Dakich and Bilas so interesting. -- Will Stewart

02/24/2021 09:39AM

I love it when Bilas calls out “that’s a foul” or like in KU-Texas last -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 09:44AM

Screens -- 7sigmo7 02/24/2021 08:09AM

We changed how we defended them last night and it wasn't pretty -- soflahokie 02/24/2021 10:08AM

Wow much better can we get wrt mental and physical preparedness -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 07:40AM

WOW? A 14 spot drop to 50 in NET!??? -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 06:41AM

VCU -- StMikey3 02/24/2021 3:34PM

That was updated Tuesday at 7:15pm. It doesn't include the loss yet. ** -- ChrisLords 02/25/2021 03:04AM

Just like Whose Line, points don't matter. Losing at home always matters -- hoosnowahokie 02/24/2021 08:41AM

And what if we beat WF and NCST and lose to Louisville? Like we've done -- ChrisLords 02/25/2021 03:25AM

We'd be in, but I fear the 8/9 game ** -- hoosnowahokie 02/25/2021 08:00AM

Yikes I was wrong... I figured the rest of the resume would help -- VTECHFAN 02/24/2021 08:40AM

Yes and one of either Lville or FSU ** -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 07:27AM

We don’t play FSU we play at NCSU ** -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 07:40AM

Sorry, thought that on was rescheduled -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 07:42AM

Yeah, not a good look. I trust G34 but I get -- VTMONEY94 02/24/2021 07:25AM

VT should not. But if they do drop 2 of the last 3 and crap out of the -- hoosnowahokie 02/24/2021 08:41AM

Meh. Not surprised by what went down tonight due to the long COVID layoff. -- Snape 02/24/2021 12:09AM

They never figured out how to deal with the 1-3-1 -- HokiePail 02/24/2021 07:09AM

Could have been up by 10 or so at the half -- HOKIESHARK 02/24/2021 07:56AM

Me either; we will get better over the next week ** -- BleedinOandM 02/24/2021 06:38AM

Yep ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 02/24/2021 04:12AM

For those curious, NET down from 36 to 50, Kenpom from 33 to 49 -- soflahokie 02/24/2021 12:07AM

I don’t get that huge of a drop. Doesn’t make sense -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 06:42AM

NET is largely an efficiency metric. -- cpg361 02/24/2021 08:01AM

GT won’t get to 30 I don’t think -- hokiepro 02/24/2021 08:18AM

CMY’s defense of playing Radford post game...love it! ** -- royalhokie 02/23/2021 11:15PM

What was said ** -- accfootballrules 02/24/2021 01:45AM

I don't usually weigh in for B-ball -- JoWood07 02/23/2021 11:10PM

You had you watch the post game presser .. -- VPI63 02/23/2021 11:45PM

No... -- JoWood07 02/24/2021 06:28AM

KState 6-18, 2-13 B12 about to beat #7 OU ** -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 11:02PM

I mean, did people watch the Louisville/UNC game the other day? -- Gobbler-100 02/23/2021 11:08PM

Yep ** -- Jbohokie63 02/24/2021 05:44AM

Yep I was HOPING we could somehow win but by no means expected us to ** -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 11:30PM

I'd like to say I'm surprised by this loss, but I'm not -- AshburnFarmHokie 02/23/2021 10:15PM

Out of a long layoff, we needed to take the air out of the ball. We didn’t. -- HolidayInnHokie 02/23/2021 10:03PM

Playing man to man and switching screens resulted in a field day for GT.... -- gdot 02/23/2021 9:34PM

You need an aggressive lead guard who can split that seam to the elbow and -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:43PM

Read GCHokie34 post above and I'm on track with Bam/Boots together ** -- chagerma 02/24/2021 1:24PM

Agree. I think we should've played Bam more last night for athleticism. -- chagerma 02/24/2021 11:44AM

GT coach had a great game plan using that defense. -- YBYSAIAHokie 02/23/2021 10:51PM

I haven’t really read the board but hopefully you aren’t taking it too hard -- hokieZ71 02/23/2021 9:27PM

Need a big bounce back vs Wake and UL -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:54PM

I have no doubt they will respond ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 02/24/2021 04:12AM

Virtually every team coming off of Covid layoff has lost by double digits -- 91VThokie 02/23/2021 9:25PM

Exactly the only thing surprising was seeing ALL the predictions on the -- hokieblitz 02/23/2021 9:56PM

Seems to me the issue was VT inability to attack -- RRHokie90 02/23/2021 9:22PM

That would seem to be the case, and sloppy passing ** -- MDHokie79 02/24/2021 08:28AM

Bad loss..GT lost to Mercer College and Ga State early -- sacramento hokie 02/23/2021 9:07PM

Oh come on -- VTCALS72 02/24/2021 09:38AM

I'm not an excuse maker but it played a part in it ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 02/24/2021 04:07AM

Tell that to Baylor. -- hokieZ71 02/23/2021 9:20PM

They won barely ** -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 10:50PM

Your point? -- hokieZ71 02/23/2021 10:59PM

Yeah as h-ton says below IF you’ve watched them demolish Clemson -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:18PM

GT lost those teams after....a covid layoff -- hokieton 02/23/2021 9:15PM

At least we curb stomped Tony and his boys this year. ** -- GCHokieof91 02/23/2021 9:02PM

Here's a little secret... -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 9:00PM

That's not much of a secret** -- Hokeedokee 02/24/2021 08:25AM

No doubt, who expected VT to even be in this position? ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 02/24/2021 04:09AM

Great post, but you are saying there is a chance at a second weekend!! ** -- soldcokesatLane 02/23/2021 10:45PM

Well that is a post full of promise.... :( ** -- HOKIE FI 02/23/2021 9:18PM

Good. I'm not going to bother to scroll down to read any game posts. : ) ** -- IB4TECH 02/23/2021 9:16PM

A layoff is the worst thing for team that has to play at max intensity -- lchoro 02/23/2021 9:10PM

And that's some revealing secret? ** -- MDHokie79 02/23/2021 9:08PM

Am I the only one -- JSCVPI20 02/23/2021 9:06PM

Same...but VT is most definitely in the tournament this season ** -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 9:08PM

Copy that GC, can’t wait. ** -- JSCVPI20 02/23/2021 9:37PM

Agree with most but think we we will win 1st round ** -- Jbohokie63 02/23/2021 9:04PM

You can win the first rd and not make it out of the first weekend ** -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 9:06PM

If you told me preseason we'd make the tournament as a 13..... -- VTECHFAN 02/23/2021 9:02PM

You could've waited until tomorrow to lay that out ** -- hoosnowahokie 02/23/2021 9:01PM

Needed to be said. ** -- Newt 02/23/2021 9:06PM

As much as anything Mutts’ foul trouble hurt us tonight -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:00PM

I thought that was important. -- Will Stewart

02/23/2021 9:02PM

Cattoor isnt immune to bad matchups either... -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 9:05PM

Quick active guards are a bad matchup for cattoor ** -- 133743Hokie 02/23/2021 9:04PM

Yep. It s a terrible matchup for Hunter to be expected to run point vs -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:04PM

Be glad when Alvarado goes to the G League ** -- jfhokie 02/24/2021 02:31AM

Their D was frustrating. We'll probably draw them 1st game ACC Tournament ** -- TboneParkerVT 02/23/2021 8:59PM

It's a guard game, and their guards snuffed us out ** -- 133743Hokie 02/23/2021 9:03PM

We still have the double by one game in the Lost column so not a lot hurt ** -- jfhokie 02/23/2021 8:59PM

MUST win game vs Wake and far from a gimme after the way we -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:00PM

True. I hope things will be better now that we've got our feet wet again ** -- jfhokie 02/23/2021 9:05PM

Pastner...”always be recruiting”. This is what Fu doesn’t understand. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 02/23/2021 8:58PM

There is plenty that Fu "doesn't understand", when it comes to basic -- FLKEYSHOKIE 02/23/2021 9:30PM

Looked to me like the Hokies were finding some rhythm late. -- Will Stewart

02/23/2021 8:58PM

Agree... just couldn't get a stop... not one... GT worked our traps -- mwke 02/24/2021 01:44AM

Was WF replaced with Syracuse or a typo? ** -- HooWorldOrder 02/23/2021 9:08PM

My bad, it's Wake. ** -- Will Stewart

02/23/2021 9:36PM

Thankfully it's Wake and not Syracuse ** -- hokiekev 2k4 02/23/2021 9:07PM

How many more losses can VT afford before becoming a bubble team? -- VTHokie2000 02/23/2021 9:03PM

Hard for me to say. -- Will Stewart

02/23/2021 9:06PM

I would agree with that assessment -- VTHokie2000 02/23/2021 9:09PM

NEED to win 1... winning 2 would be par -- VTECHFAN 02/23/2021 9:00PM

Really need these next 2. Road W at NCSU would be icing for sure ** -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:41PM

Wake is a must win. That’d be a BAD home loss by the numbers -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:06PM

That's fair. ** -- Will Stewart

02/23/2021 9:03PM

GT coach out here sayin' ACC should have 11 teams in the NCAAT. -- Maroon Baboon 02/23/2021 8:58PM

He spewed that on the conference call yesterday, as well. -- Will Stewart

02/23/2021 9:00PM

One & doner's are hurting duke & unc somewhat. but ur correct. also -- rmhokie 02/24/2021 08:53AM

The investment from money conferences is starting to show... -- VTECHFAN 02/23/2021 9:04PM

Re: He spewed that on the conference call yesterday, as well. -- gr8fuljj 02/23/2021 9:01PM

I disagree with coach ** -- crazylane 02/23/2021 9:00PM

Hoped to win tonight but didn’t expect to after that -- BEST2VT 02/23/2021 8:57PM

In all honesty, this was about the best i expected ** -- Jbohokie63 02/23/2021 8:59PM

Big picture yes...I knew it was very tough matchup coming off pause -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 8:58PM

Dear Coach Young, why did you decide to -- VTMONEY94 02/23/2021 8:57PM

Hard to keep momentum going with the fits and starts this season has had. -- HokieSignGuy 02/23/2021 8:53PM

Momentum -- StMikey3 02/24/2021 3:26PM

Agree. The negative spiral this board goes into after every loss is bad. ** -- JSCVPI20 02/23/2021 8:56PM

As always...take a deep breath...it isnt bad -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 8:52PM

To my untrained eye, it seems like we struggle with every zone -- richmondhokie1997 02/23/2021 10:13PM

No kidding. Calm down everyone. GT is one of the -- Jbohokie63 02/23/2021 9:02PM

Doesn’t excuse playing like dog crap- not a good effort -- sacramento hokie 02/23/2021 9:10PM

I agree. Just from this fan’s viewpoint, I thought it would be worse. -- GCHokieof91 02/23/2021 9:00PM

Re: I agree. Just from this fan’s viewpoint, I thought it would be worse. -- gr8fuljj 02/23/2021 9:04PM

Knew it was a possibility. Just didn’t like Wright making Aluma look soft -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 8:54PM

Whether Aluma was in contact tracing or not... -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 8:57PM

That makes sense. ** -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:01PM

And he still got a double double tonight w/ only 2 turnovers... ** -- CLThokie7 02/23/2021 9:00PM

They must not have credited TOs properly if he only had 2, but maybe I’m -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 9:02PM

Seriously. ** -- GretnaHokie 02/23/2021 8:53PM

We were rusty from lay off ... -- VPI63 02/23/2021 8:52PM

MM -- StMikey3 02/24/2021 3:28PM

The announcers seem to think we lost our previous game -- SteveInBaltimore 02/23/2021 8:52PM

Yeah, announcers sucked. GT on pace to win it ALL!!!! ** -- MDHokie79 02/23/2021 8:54PM

Couldn’t watch because RSN. See that GT shot over 60% from field in second -- Hokie`79 02/23/2021 8:51PM

We could be in major trouble without Cone. We’re decent defensively -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 8:51PM

Halftime adjustments were key -- Squatro 02/23/2021 9:16PM

Nah missing Cone isn't the issue to solve -- soflahokie 02/23/2021 8:55PM

We weren't decent defensively in the second half ** -- SteveInBaltimore 02/23/2021 8:54PM

GT execution was lights out in 2nd -- Vippie1 02/23/2021 8:59PM

The guy who can’t buy a bucket lately? -- GretnaHokie 02/23/2021 8:53PM

He had started making a couple a game before getting hurt -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 8:56PM

Cone hasn’t been an offensive threat recently 🥺 ** -- VPI63 02/23/2021 8:53PM

Its not that bad ** -- GCHokie34 02/23/2021 8:53PM

We could be in major trouble without Cone. We’re decent defensively but ca ** -- hokiepro 02/23/2021 8:51PM

Why would anyone ever play man 2 man against us ? ** -- uber hokie 02/23/2021 8:50PM

Ya win some. Ya lose some. -- VTECHFAN 02/23/2021 8:49PM

Win some, lose some?? Your courtroom demeanor made be unconventional -- Hokie535 02/23/2021 9:00PM

Seems for every really good win we have we have a real stinker to match. ** -- Twincountyhokie 02/23/2021 8:51PM

We are a bit overrated at 16... -- VTECHFAN 02/23/2021 8:54PM

Would hate to have to play us as a 1 if we are on that line. ** -- JSCVPI20 02/23/2021 8:59PM

Frail away hoohaas, u all much too aware of your Daddy ** -- astrohokie 02/23/2021 8:49PM

They will have a tough time deciding which -- GCHokieof91 02/23/2021 8:57PM

🙄🙄🙄🙄 ** -- astrohokie 02/23/2021 9:02PM

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