Louisville's style of play (shoot a lot, even though not a lot of them go in) matches up with Virginia Tech's defensive style (allow a reasonable number of good looks, tend to have opponents hit more of them than they usually do), but the overall quality of these teams is extremely close:
From a strict talent perspective, he wouldn't be one of the very top guys on the 2022 board. But the staff is wisely (finally) making the sort of decision where they prioritize a guy like him: