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hoos Hit Rock Bottom?!

ESPN.com is reporting that dave leitao is “resigning” as uva’s basketball coach after their 10-18 season and four years in hell.  While many Hokies are disappointed in not making the Big Dance this season, it could be worse — we could be wahoos. 

How bad is uva basketball right now?  This past weekend marked the 14th straight year uva has failed to reach the semi-finals of the ACC Tournament.  Keep in mind most of those seasons they only had to win one game to reach the semis, especially back when the league was only nine teams.  They are 0-10 in quarterfinal action and 3-4 in first round games since 1995.  Even two years ago when uva was the #2 seed in the ACC Tournament and tied for the regular season champs, they lost in the quarterfinals to nc state. 

Virginia Tech, on the other hand, had made the semi-finals the last two seasons until this year’s tournament when they came up just short in the quarters against #1 unc.

[Editor's note:]
Funny quote on Leitao’s downward spiral from an article on espn.com: “…apathy was more apparent during Leitao’s weekly hourlong radio show, which more than once attracted no callers.”

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Niemo is a member of the VT Class of '98. Attended every home basketball game during his 4 years at VT after missing the first home game. Has attended 116 straight VT football home games (every game since '94), eclipsing the 100 mark in September of '09. During the final home basketball game of his senior year, he was brought onto the court and was awarded 2 passes to the Atlantic 10 Basketball Tournament in Philly during a timeout. The Hokie Bird made the award on behalf of Athletic Director Jim Weaver. Niemo was known to be in the front row of every home game with his familiar red afro hairdo. Niemo currently lives in DC and speaks the Hokie gospel as often as possible. He watches over 50% of all ACC games, making him one of the most knowledgeable experts on ACC basketball.

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One Response to “hoos Hit Rock Bottom?!”

  1. daveywoods says:

    Excellent. I gave this only a 4 because it didn’t slam uva even more.

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