at "mid-majors" that have made the elite 8 the past few years. for a lot of those programs, their advantage is recruiting high quality players that will stay in college 4 years and have an opportunity to mature & improve together. I see that happening with the roster we have now. Obviously some important pieces have changed but the core from last year is back and should be better because of their experience in college and in playing with each other. That's how VT will compete in the ACC and make a run in the tournament. With that kind of setup, I hope & think getting to the dance should be a reasonable expectation just about every year but an elite 8/final 4 run would have to be an every once in a while kind of occasion - not a reasonable expectation year in and year out IMO. Of course, all of this relies on Buzz staying for a while or Whit being able to replicate his hiring success if/when Buzz hits the road.