No one is moving the goal posts lmao I think people have been very consistent. Our SG was the weakest link last year with that identical lineup and it produced aā¦ R32 and a very sketchy first round game. Iām very high on the four you mentioned, but there is a clear title window right now if you nail the two guard
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Student section after each of his dunksā¦.
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How many people in the portal would clearly start over Dixon? The guys in the draft, McNeilā¦ that may be it!
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I havent moved a single goalpost. We know who we are based on last season. It isnt enough. Must improve our weak areas.
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How many spots left? Iād still like another guard and big.
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So youāre saying he might be good, average, or bad?
I like to consider all possible eventualities! 
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Yeah, we need an absolute stud at the 2 right now. Iām comfortable with Dixon as a back up guard but not as as our starting 2. We struggled against high-end teams last season (by struggle, I mean we got our butt kicked clearly). We had a high floor, but low ceiling. Thatās our problem. We either load up on veteran mid-major stars again, or we pursue high-end younger talent. Those are the two ends of the spectrum. The continuity will help, but we canāt be mesmerized by stats from mid major stars in weak conferences.
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You think we paid Dixon to come to UVa?
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You think we didnāt? He had other options
Heās joking.
Eight.
Four scholarships left. I assume a big, a ball handler, maybe a shooter, maybe another big. Fill in any remaining with developmental guys
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I encourage you to speak your mind, for those too scared to do so. Take your time. I know itās a lot.
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Dont know. I only asked. If we paid for real waste. Last year made sense kinda. But this time I am not so sure
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Most teams struggle against high-end teams. Thatās what makes them high-end ā the fact that theyāre good and itās tough to play against them.
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There was not an upgrade available to us for Ugo - would have taken a big time bag and a promise of big minutes.
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I think that that is a bit simplistic. The team was 30-6. To my way of thinking that was remarkable. None of the rotation players had ever played a game together. Virginia lost to VT (in triple OT) without Jacari White in the line-up, and he was far from 100% (played 10 min, 2 pts) when UVa lost to Carolina, and 80-85 is hardly a butt kicking. In fact, the only ābutt kickingā was suffered at Cameron, and lots of very good butts get kicked there. Additionally, having a healthy GrĆ¼nloh at the end of the season would have helped more than having a stud SG, IMO. Looking at his stats, it is not unreasonable to believe that Dixon is a very adequate replacement for Thomas. What is now needed is a microwave scorer off the bench, a backup point guard, and a backup center (if Virginia doesnāt already have one). It is also not unreasonable to imagine that the bit of continuity the team now possesses has more than a little value.
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Rumor is LSU is giving McNeil 4.5 million and a house, definitely not worth a one dimensional scorer and a career minus defender
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