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Name a UVA basketball who you had such high expectations for and they didn't live to the hype

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Willie Dersch​

I remember reading about this kid in high school right around the time of our Elite Eight run about his shooting ability. Back then it was very rare to be able to catch people on TV and I just read about this kid and every magazine that I had was hyping him up as a player that would take us to the next level.

Elton Brown

Because he was from right around where I live I was rooting for him to do special things especially being able to play behind Watson, but a lot of things my old high school coach told me about his immaturity came into play while he was at UVA. I do admire him now for attempting to slim down going into his SR year, but whether there were multiple things going on with him or lack of coaching development at the time he never lived up to my personal expectations.
 
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