Categorized | 2012-13 Season, Game Previews

Preview | VT (9-2) vs colorado state (9-2) | 11:30 PM | CBS College Sports

Spread: colorado state by 5.5.

A pair of 9-2 teams will meet very late on Sunday night for the Las Vegas Classic Championship.

colorado state knocked off portland by 18 to advance to the title game, 73-55.

In case you were concerned about the Hokies playing on back-to-back days with a short bench, fret not. The rams go just three deep so they will be tired, too. Although they did have a less stressful game on Saturday.

The rams, like bradley, have great balance. All five starters average 9.7 ppg or more. Colton Iverson, a 6-10 senior, leads the rams in scoring with 14.3 ppg and also gets 9.3 rebounds.

Pierce Hornung averages over 10 rebounds for csu and had 24 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday, despite being just 6-5. So Tech will have to do a good job on the boards.

The rams two losses came at rival colorado and ill-chicago, but did blow out washington on the road.

The game will be on CBS College Sports at approximately 11:30 PM EST after the consolation Scotch game at 9.

This post was written by:

- who has written 1106 posts on Tech Hoops.

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 122 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.

Contact the author | Visit the author's website | Follow Niemo on Twitter

  • ryanc

    I think last night’s win will give the team a great spark. Hopefully Brown will snap out of his funk and watching Beyer fly around the court with his minutes will motivate Barksdale. He reminds me of JT Thompson. If Beyer can continue to hold up defensively, we won’t have to play as much small ball.

  • Ryan

    Go Hokies!

  • hokiemasterson

    Is this game REALLY starting @ 11:30pm EST?? Please win this game. Please don’t embarass us on National TV.

    • Niemo

      Ha, I wouldn’t worry about getting embarassed on national TV at 11:30 PM on a Sunday night on a network most cable systems make you pay to receive. Pretty sure the ratings on this are going to be pretty anemic.

Join the Wild Hokie Club!

Who wants their name to appear in front of the next Hokie Breakdown? Just imagine it:

 

The Ron Mexico Breakdown | VT 130, duke 21

 

Jon King, Ben Floyd and Dan Rickenbach all got in on the action and we encourage all TechHoops heads to do the same.

 

Any donation amount earns you a spot in our Wild Hokie Club. We'll even give you a shout out on Twitter and Facebook. We may even let you get armcurled by Niemo.

 

No promises, but we may also try to organize an annual Wild Hokie Club gathering where you can meet and mingle with the guys that run the site.

 

So join the TechHoops.com Wild Hokie Club today!


Choose your level of support!




Get TechHoops Updates via Email

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

2012-13 Schedule

Photos on flickr

Polls

Is Erick Green one of the 10 greatest Hokies hipsters of all time?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...