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(02-11-2020 07:30 PM)Grommet Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 07:18 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  I've enjoyed many downs of ODU football, but basketball (especially MBB) takes priority for me. If one of the purposes of college athletics is to promote the university and the programs therein, basketball does the job more efficiently of the two. When we stink we really stink, but every year we're a few conference tournament games away from a shot at national exposure. Hope springs eternal, yada yada yada

Could it be argued that 2018's VT win, last year's games vs VT and UVA (before the wheel's really fell off), and possibly this yr vs Wake (we'll see; that's still a long way off) will do more than a first-round tourney game could wrt national exposure? Nationally broadcast games vs staunch, well-known opponents and all that.

And I'm with you re:HSE. I'd rather be optimistic and then disappointed than pessimistic and then miserable anyway...