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For the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team to make postseason play for the second consecutive season, it is important that they get off to a great start in out-of-conference play. They have an opportunity to do just that, with six very winnable home games to start the season. They got off on the right foot Thursday night, defeating Radford 80-50. Good starts have been hard to come by for the basketball team in recent years. Even last year’s team, who knocked off teams like Duke, Georgia Tech and Maryland, lost a game in the early part of the season to VMI. Previous Tech teams have dropped games to opponents such as Radford, William & Mary and Liberty. Each year their schedule indicates that they have a chance to get off to a great start, but each year they drop at least one game that they shouldn’t. Since the key to Virginia Tech’s season is starting 6-0, let’s take a look at how Tech teams from the recent past have fared in their first six games.
As you can see, there were a lot of 4-2 starts, and on paper that is a good record, but when you consider the type of teams that generally fill the out-of-conference portion of Tech’s schedule, it is not. The last Virginia Tech teams that began their seasons strong where the teams coached by Bill Foster in the mid 1990s. For three consecutive seasons, Foster’s teams started the season 5-1. Those starts were crucial to the final record of each of those teams. In 1993-94, the Hokies were blown out at Xavier in the fifth game of the season, but that was the only blemish in a 10-1 start to an 18-10 season that saw the Hokies get left out of the NCAA and NIT tournaments. The Hokies were 13-2 through their first 15 games that season, but promptly lost six in a row from the end of January to the middle of February. They then rallied to win four of their last five regular season games, as well as a Metro Conference tournament game, but were still left out of postseason play.
The 1995-96 team started 5-1 as well, with their only loss coming to the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta. That Tech team was 19-2 at one point during the season and went into the NCAA Tournament 22-5 overall. The Hokies defeated Wisconsin-Green Bay in the first round before falling to eventual national champion Kentucky in the second round. The 1982-83 team was the last Virginia Tech team to start the season 6-0. The schedule that season was very similar to the Hokies’ schedule this season. Five of the first six games of that season were in Blacksburg, with the only road contest during that stretch in Lynchburg, VA against Liberty. The team then departed for Hawaii, where they competed in the Rainbow Classic. Then they returned to Blacksburg for a five game home stand. You can’t ask for a better schedule than that; the Hokies went 14-1 during that stretch. Last season Virginia Tech blew any chance they had at an NCAA Tournament bid when they lost out-of-conference games to inferior teams in VMI and St. John’s. This year the Hokies need to take care of business against the lesser teams if they want to find themselves dancing in March.
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Despite
missing several games due to a knee injury, Deep Creek (Chesapeake, VA)
standout Ras-I Dowling continues to draw the serious interest of Virginia
and Virginia Tech, among others. The 6-2, 185-pound Dowling, who plays
basketball as well as football, is an outstanding athlete who could play
receiver or defensive back on the next level.
The
Virginia Tech men's basketball team got their season off to a good start,
knocking off visiting Radford 80-50 in the opening game of the NABC
Classic in Blacksburg on Thursday night. The Hokies got off to a sluggish
start but got stronger as the game went on, using their superior talent
and athleticism to defeat the Highlanders.
The
Virginia Tech JV football team downed Fork Union 37-7 on Thursday
afternoon in Lane Stadium. The Tech defense was dominant, and the running
game was able to wear down the FUMA defense as the game progressed. Once
again, a number of young scholarship players took the field for the
Hokies, and we also have a report on Virginia Tech recruit Todd Nolen and
recruit Jacoby Ford.
Virginia
Tech men's basketball team will host the NABC Classic beginning tonight at
7 pm in Cassell Coliseum. The four-team tournament is a round robin event,
meaning each team will play every other team once. The Hokies will play
all three teams in a span of just four days, and the first team on
Tech’s schedule are the Highlanders from Radford. The Hokies and the
Highlanders will tip-off tonight at 7 pm, and will be immediately followed
by Western Carolina and Bowling Green at 9 pm.
On
this week's show, Chris Horne and Mike Harris talked a little bit about
the game -- a very little bit, fortunately -- and then went over the list
of recruits that visited, and how their visits went. (WMA format,
compatible with Windows Media Player and MP3 players, 3.3 MB, 22:11)
With
the college football world watching, the Hokies went down in flames to
Miami last Saturday night. We bring you 45 images from the game that was
dominated from start to finish by Miami, but which produced some lasting
images, nonetheless.
Highland
Springs linebacker Jarrell Miller, fresh off being officially named to the
2006 Army All-American team, made an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech
this past weekend. He discussed the experience and looks ahead to this
weekend, when he plans on making an official visit to the University of
Virginia.
5-9,
175-pound Fork Union Military Academy wide receiver Jacoby Ford showed off
his outstanding speed and big play ability on the first play of FUMA’s
game versus Hargrave Military Academy last Friday. Lining up beside the
quarterback in Shotgun formation, Ford took a pitch and sprinted towards
the outside. With no room to run, he reversed field and outran the
Hargrave defense for a 75-yard touchdown run. The speed and big-play
ability he showed on this play are several reasons why Ford has seen his
recruitment take off this fall.
5-star
wide receiver Vidal Hazelton rated his official visit to Virginia Tech a
10. Hosted by Marcus Vick, the Hargrave Military Academy standout had
positive things to say about the entire experience, including the players,
coaches and fans.
Landstown’s
(Virginia Beach, VA) 6-0, 195-pound 4-star wide receiver Damon McDaniel
had a great official visit to Virginia Tech. The highlight of the visit
was the walk, which made a significant impression on a prospect rated as
one of the top wide receivers in the country.
As
last Saturday's game approached, the Hokies and their fans (and ESPN, I
think) were looking to create the fabled Perfect Storm. Media hype, a
rockin' Lane Stadium, a huge pre-game Walk, a team ready to prove its
worth to the BCS … everything seemed to be coming together. But instead,
it all came apart, and the Miami Hurricanes soundly whipped the Hokies at
their own game: patient, ball control offense and stingy defense. The
result was another hard shock of reality for a Virginia Tech team still
trying to climb the mountain.
Monday
night’s Hokie Hotline featured men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg,
athletic director Jim Weaver and head football coach Frank Beamer.
Conversation topics included Greenberg’s new freshmen, some major
scheduling news from Weaver, and how the Hokies will respond to the Miami
loss.
After
their defeat to Miami over the weekend, Virginia Tech has dropped three
spots from third to sixth in the BCS. The Hokies are ranked eighth in both
the Harris Interactive Poll and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll, but their
computer rankings boost them to sixth in the BCS.
Techsideline.com
caught up with Bishop McDevitt (Harrisburg, PA) Athletic Director/Varsity
Running Backs Coach Tommy Mealy for the latest on stud running back LeSean
McCoy. The 5-11, 205-pound McCoy, a 5-star recruit considered one of the
top overall prospects in the country, enjoyed his official visit to
Virginia Tech this past weekend.
All
eyes are on Blacksburg as the biggest game in college football thus far
takes place on Saturday night. Forget Texas-Ohio State, USC-Notre Dame, or
Penn State-Ohio State, THE game in college football this year is taking
place in Lane Stadium. Miami versus Virginia Tech has become one of
college football’s best rivalries, and no game between the two schools
has been bigger than this one.
Finally,
the big game has arrived. The #5 Miami Hurricanes roll into Blacksburg for
the biggest home game in Virginia Tech football history. Seemingly, all
sports media are focused on this contest and ESPN appears to have moved
their offices from Stamford, CT to Blacksburg, VA this week. Everyone is
talking Hokie football and the media frenzy surrounding this game is
unparalleled for a regular season game. In my many years of following
Virginia Tech football, I’ve never felt so much anticipation for a home
game. Virginia Tech has truly arrived as a national power in football.