Pre-game routines:
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Dunn is an absolute maniac with the sheer volume of activities and … a Frappuccino. 
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It’s been decided for a couple of weeks I think, he was removed from their roster, went back to Houston so wasn’t with the team. They just went public now, Friday news dump.
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No newcomers on this list for the good guys. Jordan Minor listed in the “others considered.”
SMH.
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Local Radio hit between Luke Neer and Kris from The Sabre. Both are fairly plugged in so I took some notes:
https://x.com/lukeneer/status/1720484071120212057?s=46
Buchanan is on the “Jay Huff” diet - 4+ meals a day, lotta milk. Has put on ~15 pounds since he arrived.
Bond said the team can be “scary good” on D if they reach their ceiling
Dunn said most of his off-season work was on defense
Isaac has said he “feels different” this year, in a good way
Reece has said his draft feedback was that he needs to be more of a scorer, assertiveness, etc. Not just 3pt ability
They both are unclear on the Gertrude redshirt situation. Kris points out the “2 seasons not playing” factor and says that that makes him think it won’t happen but that he still won get big minutes
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HHahaha. Whata great dude
Do teams not eat pregame meal together anymore? Ours was always at the Aberdean Barn and was amazing ha
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I miss that joint, Fresh…
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Our run from 2014-2019 is nearly impossible to sustain. Basically no programs experience that level of success year in, year out.
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Also the reason that more recently our seed lines haven’t been higher even though we’ve won or tied in the ACC is due to the conference strength.
Those teams only won because the ACC wasn’t as good though. No way 20/21 would’ve won (or tied) the ACC over 14/15 Duke and Notre Dame or 18/19 Duke and FSU. As mentioned, our rankings are significantly lower on whichever advanced analytics site floats your boat too.
No to say they’ve been bad. Pretty much no one sustains that level long term. Really only Kansas and Gonzaga have sustained our 14-19 level for both that era and 19/20 on. It’s just denying reality to say there hasn’t been a drop off, even if the drop off is understandable
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That’s fine but we haven’t even gotten close to that level even once. I think if you were to poll fans on how the program would do after the title, most would say something along the lines of “sustain current levels”. This has been a marked decrease
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Also while it is difficult to sustain the level we were at, I suspect we might be the worst program in recent history coming off a title
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You never miss a chance to jump in when someone is defending our program or smack talking Duke lol
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Holy hell are we having this Duke/UVA convo again? Goodness guys.
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I’m just tired of this board talking about Duke lol. I also think we should have done better after a national title
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I believe you are 100% right on all of your points about Duke. But I just hope you know that I can agree with you while also complaining about them haha.
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Winner winner
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All good points. But instead of going full eeyore with “well I suspect …” just look up the info and share it to make your argument. It’s a vibe thing, not a substance thing.
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This team has confidence and chemistry. No pouting players, no worries. Hoos will be good and only get better as the season goes on. We’ve had a toughness problem and I think that’s coming to an end
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