Men's soccer ranked 13th.

By: Hokie Fireman
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on March 3, 2021, 11:18 AM | 22 comments

This has been a great year so far for Hokies sports teams all over.

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ltrepeter2000's picture ltrepeter2000
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
| 5 years 4 months #

I think this is low as do they but the voters are probably accounting for losing the #1 pick in the MLS Draft and a second MLS Draftee. Once the games start getting played I expect them to rise.

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Class of 1999

AZHokie22's picture AZHokie22 | 5 years 4 months #

Ranked men's soccer...check
Ranked men's baseball...check
Ranked men's basketball...check
Ranked wrestling...check
Ranked football............*record scratch*

SevenLayersofPlayers's picture SevenLayersofPlayers
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| 5 years 4 months # ^

We were ranked when we played UNC.

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 5 years 4 months # ^

All part of Whit's grand plan to bring us back to relevance, succeed at olympic sports and fail at the most important one. Worked great for uva, sigh...

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

StineyDraw48's picture StineyDraw48 | 5 years 4 months # ^

Legit question that I don't even know my own answer to... Would you accept a mediocre football program if it meant we win a men's basketball national championship in the next 5 years?

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joey25's picture joey25
| 5 years 4 months # ^

Depends on how you define mediocre, and for how long. The way football is stratified now, it''l be pretty tough to get to an elite level anyways.

AZHokie22's picture AZHokie22 | 5 years 4 months # ^

I probably would. But for some perspective, I don't think at this point that there is a legitimate chance our football team ever wins a National Championship. That's more of an indictment of college football and it's structure than saying VT football will never be above average again. But "good" isn't enough anymore.

For basketball, we have the coach already that I believe has the ability to win a title in the right circumstance. That's the beauty of college basketball, you just need to be good enough for one year.

KingJames's picture KingJames
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| 5 years 4 months # ^

I wouldn't go as far to say that we can win a championship in basketball. Mark Few hasn't, Bohiem only has 1, Izzo too. You need a lot to go right. It's super tough and VT has never come close to playing that well for that long. But as you eluded to at the end of the day you just have to win games and that is not true for football.

But making the final four in basketball is really special. More so that making the playoff in football. If Mike Young takes VT to 1 final four it would be amazing. If he gets to multiple final fours it would be amazing. 64 coaches have multiple final four appearances, 32 have 3 or more. I can see Young getting to a fi al four if everything goes right

AZHokie22's picture AZHokie22 | 5 years 4 months # ^

Your last point is what I'm saying as well. Will VT win a basketball title at some point? I would say probably not. As you said a lot has to fall right for an extended number of games, and some all timers that you mentioned have only ever gotten one.

But if someone asked if I thought CMY was a good enough coach to possibly win a title, I would say yes with no hesitation.

I would have said the same about Buzz. Our current coach and the previous are 1a and 1b reasons as to why our basketball team is a legitimate program in a top end basketball conference. You string together enough years of high end coaching, you give yourself as good a chance as most other teams

Alum07's picture Alum07
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| 5 years 4 months # ^

In basketball, if you are good enough to get into the tournament, you have a legitimate shot. In football, you have to be selected to a 4 school beauty contest that is progressively becoming 75% predetermined before the season even starts.

So if you ask me which one I think we have a better chance to win and the one we should prioritize, it's basketball. And that's because football has completely ruined itself over the past 20 years.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

KingJames's picture KingJames
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| 5 years 4 months # ^

Football has always been ruined. A lot of those old championship teams were voted champions because the media hardly ever saw teams play. Alabama claims a national title from a season where they were like 8-3. UCF has a legit claim to the National title a few years ago because the NCAA never changed the rule books. Football had a major team go undefeated and didn't win a title and that was more than 20 years ago.

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 5 years 4 months # ^

As long as we do not have to be a #1 loosing to a #16 first. I don't' see a path to us ever competing with the blue bloods in football but developing a good basketball team in this conference seems much more attainable.

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

Frosty's dad's picture Frosty's dad
FROSTY IS A BEAR
| 5 years 4 months # ^

I have almost no interest in basketball, but I'd gladly accept (1) a mediocre football team and (2) being a #1 seed and losing to a #16 seed if it meant that we won the basketball national championship the following year.

Heck, I'd take (1) and (2) above even if it meant winning the national championship in volleyball (my favorite sport) or baseball, wresting, soccer ... Just want to get off no real team wins list. Sorry, bass fishing doesn't count for me.

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4th_of_4_Hokies's picture 4th_of_4_Hokies
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| 5 years 4 months # ^

I don't know, fish can be very uncooperative...

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Jander75's picture Jander75 | 5 years 4 months # ^

Damn, no respect for our two Bass Fishing Rangs? What is this world coming too...

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

drkev10's picture drkev10 | 5 years 4 months # ^

Oh man I love football but it has become hard to get enthusiastic about and basketball was my first love as an athlete growing up. I would say yes I'd take that. Can we average 8 wins a football season and win a natty in basketball in this scenario?

Hokierick's picture Hokierick | 5 years 4 months # ^

You forgot track and field

APrimusHokie's picture APrimusHokie | 5 years 4 months # ^

Softball, womens golf, lacrosse, also ranked

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EnviroHokie's picture EnviroHokie | 5 years 4 months #

As a Hokie fan who lives in Blacksburg I love how strong our athletic teams are overall because I get to go see them with my kids. As a Hokie fan who realizes how the sausage is made I really hope football gets back to annual top 25 end of year rankings with the occasional ACC championship win (1-2 per decade) and somewhat regular appearances (every 3ish years).

757hokie83's picture 757hokie83
CLASS WAR VETERAN
| 5 years 4 months #

Awesome news

Also, it seems as though we're becoming an "Any sport but football" school...

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

ltrepeter2000's picture ltrepeter2000
HOKIE HOOPS WIZ
| 5 years 4 months # ^

Any Every sport but football" school... FTFY...

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

757hokie83's picture 757hokie83
CLASS WAR VETERAN
| 5 years 4 months # ^

much obliged, that is what i meant

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.