Not Exactly Carousel News, But A Major Hire Nonetheless

Nov 28, 2022; Blacksburg, Virginia, USA; Virginia Tech Hokies head coach Mike Young (right) high fives his assistant coach Mike Jones during the second half against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at Cassell Coliseum.In the olden days - before 2018, that is - people in the basketball world used to have a routine.

You’d shoot for the tournament of course, but if you didn’t make it, you’d start working hard on high school players, hoping to land enough talent to compete.

There were schools like Duke and Kentucky that skimmed off the very best players, but you could still get quality young kids and you could usually take a small breather after the tournament.

Things had changed a bit with grad…