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Greenberg's Contract Extension is Well Deserved by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com, TSLMail #425, March 26, 2010 Virginia Tech head basketball coach Seth Greenberg has been rumored to be a candidate for the St. John's head coaching job for the last two weeks. Greenberg is in New York right now doing color commentary for CBS College Sports Network, so if he were going to inteview for the St. John's job, now would be the perfect time.
That's good news for Virginia Tech basketball and fans of the program. Greenberg is a New York native and his mother lives in New York. St. John's has always been a program that many Tech fans were worried about. Those worries are now off the table. Greenberg has taken a program that had just one winning season between 1996-97 and 2002-3 and guided them to six winning seasons in seven years. The Hokies have gone to the NIT four times under Greenberg, and the NCAA Tournament once. The Hokies have been on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament twice in the past three years, but have been one of the first teams out on each occassion. Despite the NCAA Tournament rejections, Tech has still fared well in postseason play under Greenberg. In their four NITs and one NCAA Tournament, the Hokies have never been eliminated in the first round. In seven years at Tech, Seth Greenberg has compiled a record of 132 wins and 94 losses. That's a winning percentage of 58.4%. After meandering around the .500 mark in Greenberg's first three years, the program began to hit its stride in the fourth year of the Greenberg era. For the first time, the roster was filled with ACC level recruits, and that continues to be the case. Since the 2006-07 season, the Hokies have 87 wins and 50 losses, and that's a winning percentage of 63.5%. Greenberg's 132 wins rank second in Virginia Tech basketball history. That surpasses even Bill Foster, an oustanding coach who had success at several major programs. Foster won 101 games between 1991-92 and 1996-97. He is one of Seth Greenberg's coaching mentors. The Hokies will have a chance to go to the postseason for the fifth consective time in school history next season. That's only happened once before. Tech went to three NITs and two NCAA Tournaments from 1982 through 1986. If the Hokies reach the Big Dance next season, they'll match that feat. Most of that is thanks to Greenberg, who has taken a program that couldn't even reach the Big East Tournament before his arrival and made it respectable. Tech fans can now breathe easy, because it appears that he'll be the head coach in Blacksburg for the forseeable future.
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6-4,
275-pound junior Mack Crowder earned all-Northeast Tennessee
and all-conference honors this past season, helping Tennessee High
School (Bristol, TN) to an undefeated regular season and an 11-1
overall record. College coaches have taken notice of the standout
center/defensive tackle, who has earned five official FBS offers.
Ty
Garland played most of his varsity high school basketball career
at point guard, the position he held as a freshman and sophomore and
for part of his junior season. The 6-1, 165-pound senior, a Virginia
Tech recruit, was a full-time 2 this season and played well,
averaging about 25 points per game while leading Bartram to a 19-10
overall record and a Public AAAA league title. Garland produced no
matter where he lined up in head coach James Brown's backcourt,
finishing his high school career with 2,198 points.
At
this time every year, we are generally worried about the progress of
the offensive line and lamenting the lack of depth up front. While
the Hokies have lost Sergio Render and Ed Wang, the overall talent
and depth on the line has not been better since Tech joined the ACC.
With
14:26 remaining in the game last night, J.T. Thompson stole the ball
at midcourt. He slashed in front of a pass, knocked it towards the
Hokie basket, and ran after it. Virginia Tech was leading 60-48 and
was torching the nets, and as Thompson pursued the loose ball, a
trip to New York was all but a done deal.
Blacksburg,
VA - Virginia Tech's season came to an end on Monday night with a
79-72 loss to Rhode Island in Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies advanced
to the quarterfinals of the NIT for the second time in three years,
and finished the year with a 25-9 record. The Rams improved to 26-9,
and they will advance to Madison Square Garden to play North
Carolina.
Tyrod
Taylor should have plenty of talented and experienced options at
wide receiver this year. However, the depth is thin at tight end,
and the spring will be all about Bryan Stinespring figuring out if
he has more than one or two players who are ready to play. A lack of
tight ends could limit Tech's formation options, which could lead to
more playing time for wide receivers.
Virginia
Tech will have plenty of options at tailback this year. They return
two of the nation's best running backs, and there is talent behind
them as well. Starting fullback Kenny Jefferson will have to be
replaced, but overall Billy Hite is one of the happiest coaches on
the staff heading into the spring.
Blacksburg,
VA - Virginia Tech trailed by double digits for part of the first
half, but stayed the course and pulled out a tough 65-63 win over
UConn in Cassell Coliseum on Monday night. The win pushed Tech to
25-8 on the season, which tied a school record for wins. UConn
finished their season with a disappointing 18-16 record.
Quarterback
is the most important position on the football field, and the Hokies
will have the luxury of having a senior who has been at least a
part-time starter since his freshman season. The biggest questions
at quarterback are who will win the backup position, and if Logan
Thomas wins it, will it be as early as this spring?
It's
the morning of Virginia Tech's matchup with Connecticut, a legendary
program with a legendary coach. Of the 347 teams currently playing
Division 1 basketball, Connecticut is one of just 14 to win multiple
NCAA championships (two, in 1999 and 2004), and coach Jim Calhoun is
the seventh-winningest coach all-time in NCAA men's basketball. The
buzz around Virginia Tech's matchup with UConn is ... well, not very
buzzy.