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Hokies Have Had Limited Success Against FSU by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com, TSLMail #475, March 11, 2011
The Hokies are 3-6 against the Seminoles since joining the ACC. Florida State's length and athleticism gives Tech a hard time, particularly away from Cassell Coliseum. The Noles have are just 1-3 against Tech in Blacksburg, but are a perfect 5-0 at FSU.
On the whole, the Hokies have never played particularly well against Florida State. They did play very well in their January 8 win over the Noles, but for the most part Tech hasn't played their best basketball against FSU. In fact, they have as many wins against Duke and North Carolina as they have against Florida State, and the Leon County Civic Center remains the only ACC gym in which Tech hasn't won. When you combine Tech's history against Florida State with their history in conference tournaments, it's tough to look at tonight's matchup in a favorable light. As we covered in an article earlier this week, Virginia Tech has not won two conference tournament games since 1984. I was a little over one year old. There have been five different Presidents. Major space shuttle crashes. Two Iraq wars. It's been a long, long time since Virginia Tech has been able to string together back-to-back wins in a conference tournament. A lot has happened since 1984, seemingly everything � except Virginia Tech being successful in a conference tournament. Where do the Hokies stand for the NCAA Tournament? There are varying opinions.
It seems as if the general consensus is that Virginia Tech will be in the NCAA Tournament if they defeat Florida State tonight, but are probably headed to the NIT if they lose. Talk about a pressure situation. Hopefully the Hokies
can overcome their history with Florida State and their history in
conference tournaments in the same night.
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This
week's Jim Tressel situation, which is the latest in a series of
major programs making themselves look very bad, made me do some
thinking yesterday morning. Virginia Tech might not beat top 5 teams
in football, and they might not make the NCAA Tournament as often as
we'd like in basketball, but Frank Beamer and Seth Greenberg run
their programs the right way, and deserve to be commended for it.
Virginia
Tech used a strong first half to easily knock off Georgia Tech 59-43
in the opening round of the ACC Tournament on Thursday night. The
Hokies improved to 20-10 with the victory, and strengthened their
chances of making the NCAA Tournament.
Virginia
Tech has been hitting the 2012 recruiting trail hard this late
winter, extending a good amount of scholarship offers over the
course of the past few months. In this edition of "Notes"
TSL profiles four of Tech's newer offers, including three prospects
from the state of Georgia and one from North Carolina.
Norfolk
Christian (VA) linebacker/running back Kwontie Moore boasts
10 scholarship offers, including Arkansas, Connecticut, North
Carolina, N.C. State, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Stanford,
Vanderbilt, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. There is interest from
Georgia, Michigan, Oregon and Tennessee. Things are certainly
picking up for the 6-1, 240-pound junior, who provides the latest on
his recruitment.
Virginia
Tech has lost two consecutive games since beating #1 Duke, and they
are squarely on the bubble, which is par for the course at this
point in the season. The good news is that they have an opportunity
to play their way into the Big Dance with a good showing at the ACC
Tournament later this week. Unfortunately, conference tournaments
haven't been kind to the Hokies throughout the years.
Seth
Greenberg talked about Tech's practice schedule this week, as well
as the upcoming ACC Tournament on Monday night's Tech Talk Live.
After
a busy month of changes to the coaching staff in February, some
Hokie football players are now being moved around as the staff
prepares for spring practice, which begins on March 30. The
highlighted moves are Chris Drager switching from defensive end back
to tight end, and a couple of backups moving around on the offensive
line.
One
week after making an unofficial visit to Virginia Tech, 4-star
junior forward Montrezl Harrell has verbally committed to the
Hokies. The 6-7, 230-pound North Edgecombe (Tarboro, N.C.) standout
is head coach Seth Greenberg's first commitment of the 2012 class.