The Virginia Tech Hokies men’s basketball team will look much different next season. Remember all of those transfers in March after the end of the 2023-24 season? According to some, the sky was falling for head coach Mike Young, and he should be fired immediately.
The truth was much simpler: Welcome to the current era of college sports. After every season, players operate as free agents, shopping their services to other teams, while other schools “recruit” veteran players behind the scenes. It’s worse in basketball than football because the rosters are much smaller. Virginia Tech wasn’t the only team hit hard this spring.