Simplly to maintain a top ten basketball program in a small market university where basketball nationally has t been known is tough .

The investment to resolve weaknesses .involve hiring the best - as recognized nationally - not what folks in the region think . Better savy on the national stage by playing games across the country . Totally Renovate Cassell to national stage . Through outreach ensure vt name is a total va / dc team. This takes much rise in Investment and obviously university is not comfortable with that .

Uva has inherent advantages of 1 closeness to dc and Richmond 2) national reputation and 3) won national championship like unc like duke like Louisville like Syracuse ..

Some conferences have teams that sustain and some excell - I guess we are a lower tier resourced program