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A Tough 70-65 Loss to Miami Sends The Hokies Home Early

justinc — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:59:27 +0000

In a season in which the Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball team had exceeded all expectations, they found a way to have the wind taken out of their sails by the 12th seeded Miami Hurricanes. The Hokies lackluster play sent Tech back to Blacksburg a day or two before they had liked. Now all Coach Greenberg [...]

Virginia Tech Dominates Georgia Tech 88-82

justinc — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:15:18 +0000

Virginia Tech’s head coach Seth Greenberg received some bad news before the game as Tech’s starting shooting guard Dorenzo Hudson would have to spend the day on the bench in a dress shirt and khaki pants due to injury. Just as the team rallied around Hudson when Delaney was MIA against Seton Hall earlier this [...]

Virginia Tech Beats NC State 71-59 on Senior Night

justinc — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:39:25 +0000

After a rough overtime loss against Maryland, the Hokies looked to end their three game losing streak and thanks to Dorenzo Hudson they did just that. A rumor spread that Hudson may miss Wednesday nights game but instead, Hudson started and scored a team high 21 points to help the Hokies edge the now 4-11 [...]

Hokies Land First Commit of 2011 Class

justinc — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:06:29 +0000

Just a few weeks after Signing Day, the Virginia Tech coaching staff was back to work trying to secure another highly touted class. Saturday was Virginia Tech’s Junior Day and needless to say the event went off with only one hitch caused by a Bud Lite truck running over a fire hydrant. Some of the [...]

Virginia Tech Falls To Maryland 104-100 in Double Overtime

justinc — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:02:06 +0000

If you read my article last week, I harped on the Hokies inability to win games down the stretch. Tonight’s game was another example of how Tech just can’t seem to win the one’s that they need to win when the month of March draws near. The Hokies best record over their last 8 ACC games [...]

Frustrating 80-60 Loss at Boston College Puts Hokies Back On The Bubble

justinc — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:54:07 +0000

Road losses are frustrating, especially when you abandon your core beliefs and function like somebody you’re not. The Hokies tried to go toe-to-toe with a hot shooting Boston College team and failed miserably. While BC shot lights out from beyond the arc, the Hokies had stretches where they were lucky if the ball just hit [...]

Hokies Win Streak Ends After 67-55 Loss in Durham

justinc — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:11:02 +0000

The Hokies came out on a mission on Sunday night but just couldn’t keep up the tempo for the entire 40 minutes. Tech did everything they needed to do to win. They held Duke to less than 70 points, less than 30% shooting, and the Blue Devils had stretches where none of their shots would [...]

Looking at Football Recruiting in the Rear View Mirror

hokieg — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:20:27 +0000

There is an interesting article on SI.com as pointed out on this Penn State Football blog post that looks back at the performance of 2007 recruiting classes based on their on-field performance. While this is still subjective, there's no doubt is much more solid of an evaluation than the Rivals and Scout rankings that come [...]

Tech Rallies To Defeat 25th Ranked Wake Forest 87-83

justinc — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:17:33 +0000

What more can you say about this team? No they weren’t the most talented team on the floor last night, that award belongs to Wake Forest. Yet despite another lackluster first half, Tech managed to climb out of an 11 point deficit and beat another ACC team by playing better in the final five minutes. Tech [...]

Hokies Out-Last Cavs for 61-55 Victory

justinc — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:51:25 +0000

In front of a “Black Out” crowd in Cassell Coliseum, the Hokies went to work trying to defeat the UVA Cavaliers for the second time this season. The game, simply, was at Virginia Tech’s pace. It was sloppy. It was ugly. At times, it was tough to watch. However, that’s where the Hokies excel. When Tech [...]