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With guards Zabian Dowdell and Jamon Gordon, the Hokies have prided themselves on winning the turnover margin battle since they joined the ACC. Extra possessions via turnover margin helped Virginia Tech win a lot of close games their first season in the ACC. In the last few weeks however, it seems like the Hokies have taken a step back in turnover margin. Tech has a negative turnover margin in four games this year. They all came in ACC play, but the Hokies managed to win two of the games.
Let's compare that to Tech's first two seasons in the ACC, starting with the 2004-05 season.
However, the most surprising fact is that the Hokies defeated Duke in Cassell Coliseum despite turning the ball over 14 times, while forcing just eight Blue Devil turnovers. The Hokies beat the Blue Devils straight up that night, with no help from turnovers. This year, Tech beat Duke in Durham by two in overtime, but the Hokies were a whopping +15 in turnover margin, and that stat alone gave them the victory. 2005-06 was Virginia Tech's best season from a turnover margin standpoint. Ironically, it was their worst ACC season when it came to winning games.
The Hokies have been in a slump recently, dropping two games in a row and looking bad in the process. Seth Greenberg has spoken of getting back to the basics and regaining their identity. For Virginia Tech, that identity is turnover margin. If they get back to the basics and win the turnover margin against UVA, they have a great chance to come away as winners.
Speaking of UVA, this has always been a lopsided rivalry. When the Hokies and Hoos get together on the hardwood, the Hoos almost always come away with the victory. Many of the games are very close, but nonetheless it's the Hokies who walk away with the loss.
The Hokies have lost four games in a row to the Hoos. Tech won 79-73 in their first ACC meeting in 2004-05. UVA responded with a 65-60 victory in Charlottesville that year. The Cavs managed to beat the Hokies three times last season, including a win in the ACC tournament. All three games went down to the wire, including the overtime game in Charlottesville. Ultimately UVA won all three meetings by five or fewer points. The Hokies will be looking
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#15...Scout.com #24...Rivals.com #29...This is where Virginia Tech's 2007
recruiting class is rated nationally. A very good haul for head coach
Frank Beamer and staff, who reclaimed the state of Virginia and filled
some key need areas on National Signing Day.
After
Wednesday night's action (Clemson over FSU and UNC beating Duke), the
Hokies are in fourth place in the ACC, two games ahead of their closest
pursuers in the all-important loss column. The Virginia Cavaliers, winners
of seven in a row and heading to Blacksburg Saturday, sit atop the league
standings with Boston College. The rest of February promises to rock and
roll in the conference. See what's up this week in "Around the
ACC."
On
Wednesday night, Virginia Tech assistant coach Jim Cavanaugh appeared on
"The Best Seat in the House," hosted by Jed Williams on WINA
1070 AM in Charlottesville. Cavanaugh discussed Signing Day with Jed, who
provided TSL with an audio capture of the interview, so log on and listen
to Coach Cav's thoughts on this year's class. Always an entertaining
interview, Cavanaugh doesn't disappoint (MP3 format, compatible with
Windows Media Player and MP3 players, 4.2 MB, 18:10).
Virginia
Tech signed 23 high school standouts to a Letter of Intent on Wednesday.
These players join two other members of the 2007 recruiting class, Brandon
Barden and Josh Oglesby, who enrolled at Virginia Tech in January. Last
year just six in-state players signed with Tech. This year was a different
story, as the Hokies got signatures from 13 players from Virginia.
The
Hokies have a week off to prepare for Saturday's game with Virginia, and
on Monday's Hokie Hotline, Seth Greenberg talked about the team's recent
struggles, what they're doing to get back on track, and the short-term and
long-term outlook. Greenberg also discussed Virginia's strengths and what
the Hokies must do to win the in-state showdown.
I
did something unusual during Saturday's basketball game against Boston
College: I turned the TV off. When BC's Jared Dudley hit a layup to put
the Eagles up 28-14 with 8:18 to go in the first half, I figured I knew
how this story ended, and I hit the Power button and went to do something
else. I didn't turn it back on until there were six minutes left to go and
things had been decided a long time ago.
Games
in Boston haven't been very kind to Virginia Tech this year. The football
team suffered their worst moment of the season there in October, and on
Saturday it was the men's basketball team that got crushed by Boston
College. The Eagles controlled the game from the very beginning, beating
the Hokies 80-59 to claim sole possession of second place in the ACC.
#16
Virginia Tech will look to right the ship when they travel to Chestnut
Hill to take on Boston College on Saturday. This is the biggest matchup of
the weekend in the ACC. The Hokies and Eagles are tied for second place in
the ACC with a 6-2 record. Whichever team pulls out a victory on Saturday
will take a giant leap towards the NCAA tournament.