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Highlights and Commentary | Hokies 3G.1 67, oklahoma state 61

Posted on31 December 2011. Tags: ,

Throw out the records!  In one of the greatest rivalries in sports, the Hokies sweep the cowboys, beating them for the 3rd time in 13 months, this time in Stillwater, OK.  For the 3rd time in a row it was the Hokies up, Hokies collapse, Hokies win…

Here are the highlights and commentary…

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  • http://chrishatcher.weebly.com Chris Hatcher

    OLD MAN RIVER! Also, any idea what’s happening with JVZ? Is he hurt? Is he not healthy? Or is he just undergoing the mundane and arbitrary I don’t use backups even in blowouts Seth Greenberg rule? He can’t be redshirted can he? I don’t know if there is some kind of exception he can file it under to be like “We put him on the floor and messed up. We want a mulligan.” Does such a rule exist? Because I’m pretty bewildered. I mean, I understand he’s not ready for mins against ACC foes, but when we’re blowing ppl out in non-con…NOTHING!? That just doesn’t make sense to me. What if we (god forbid) lose ANOTHER big and need him for the ACC slate. Do we want him going out there with a combined total of 10 mins against 3 scrubs against ACC bigs!?

    • Niemo

      Chris – He’s being redshirted. He had some concussion issues and they shut him down rather than risk him losing a year. You can play in up to 30% of your team’s games (around 9 games), up until the midway point of the season, and still redshirt.

  • http://chrishatcher.weebly.com Chris Hatcher

    Thanks so much. I had NO idea about that. Hadn’t even heard about it. I knew the rule about the 30%, especially since we have to use it so often. Just wanted to make sure my sneaking suspicion that we were wasting him was wrong. Whew!

  • Les

    It sounds like he’s not working out. They could get him a medical redshirt if there’s really a three-strike rule for concussions.

  • HokieGuru

    I’ve been hard on Zo via this site, but the last two games, he’s stepped up… congrats to him on the 1000 point mark in his career!!!

  • HokieGuru

    Also, congrats to the team on that +23 rebounding advantage!!! That was sick!!!

  • LuvzAznChix

    No, hokieguru, I’ve been the most hard on him. He definitely delivered (tho’ I still think Green could’ve just as easily won on pts as he was only two behind). Be that as it may I’m still not ready to be sold on him yet. I wanna see his work where it matters most now…ACC.

  • http://yahoo ray

    also Robert Brown did some good things offensively for us, although we did take too many 3′s. and rankin did a good job defensively on paige

    • Niemo

      Ray – good point. When Rankin was put on Page, he got lower than him and gave him some fits. Page is used to being able to work low to the ground and Brown took that away.


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2012-13 Schedule

November
11/10 Hokies 80, etsu 62
11/12 Hokies 69, rhode island 50
11/15 Hokies 95, vmi 80
11/19 Hokies 96, unc-g 87
11/23 Hokies 87, appalachian state 76
**ACC/BIG Ten Challenge**
11/27 Hokies 95, iowa 79
December
12/1 Hokies 81, #15 oklahoma state 71
12/8 wvu 68, Hokies 67
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/10 Hokies 70, mvsu 49
12/15 Georgia Southern 78, Hokies 73
12/22 Hokies 66, bradley 65, OT
12/23 colorado state 88, Hokies 52
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/29 byu 97, Hokies 71
January
1/5 maryland 94, Hokies 71
1/9 boston college 86, Hokies 75
1/12 Hokies 70, georgia tech 65
1/19 Hokies 66, wake forest 65
1/24 virginia 74, Hokies 58
1/27 clemson 77, Hokies 70
1/30 miami 73, Hokies 64
February
2/2 unc 72, Hokies 60, OT
2/7 maryland 60, Hokies 55
2/9 Georgia Tech 64, hokies 54
2/12 virginia 73, Hokies 55
2/16 nc state 90, Hokies 86
2/21 duke 88, Hokies 56
2/24 Hokies 80, fsu 70
2/27 miami 76, Hokies 58
March
3/2 Hokies 69, clemson 61
3/5 duke 85, Hokies 57
3/10 wake 90, Hokies 79
**ACC Tournament in Greensboro**
3/14 vs. nc state, 2:30 p.m.
3/15 Quarterfinals
3/16 Semifinals
3/17 Finals

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