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The No. 12 seed miami hurricanes shocked the No. 4 seed Virginia Tech, 70-65, in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals.

The Virginia Tech Hokies knew they were in for a tough game today against the No. 12 seeded miami hurricanes, and they got one. The canes manhandled wake forest in the opening round on Thursday and were apparently still amped from the win as they upset the Hokies 70-65.

Jeff Allen led the Hokies offensively, scoring 18 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Dorenzo Hudson, who missed the Hokies’ regular season finale – a road win over gt – went off for 15 points in the first half, but managed only one point in the second half.

Seth Greenberg, who is now mentioned as a favorite for both the rutgers and st. john’s jobs, got great contributions from Terrell Bell, who hit 4/9 three pointers for 12 points. All nine of Bell’s attempts were from behind the line. JT Thompson also stepped up with 10 points. Lewis Witcher added a tip-in for two points.

Malcolm Delaney, the ACC’s leading scorer, played easily his worst game of the season, scoring a just seven points. It’s the first ACC contest in which he failed to reach double figures. Only twice this season has Delaney scored fewer points: against longwood when he left the game with a high ankle sprain less than a minute into the game and against nc central where he scored five points before being taken out.

Today, Delaney was 3/15 from the field and miserable 0/8 from three point range. He attempted only three free throws and made only one. As Delaney goes, so go the Hokies. That, and their lack of size and rebounding ability.

The Hokies got destroyed on the boards and got out-rebounded 29-46 by the canes and that was the deciding factor of the game, plain and simple. As if that weren’t enough, the Hokies shot just 38 percent to miami’s 46. Take away Delaney’s dismal day and the Hokies shot 43 percent.

Tech took a 65-64 lead with 2:02 to play in the game when Jeff Allen hit one of two free throws. The Hokies failed to score again as miami closed the game with a 6-0 run.

The Hokies, the No. 4 seed, were a little sluggish out of the game and trailed 4-2 after 2-1/2 minutes, but Hudson got the Hokies’ offense rolling with a three-pointer from the right wing. Hudson, back from missing Tech’s regular season finale with a foot injury, scored eight straight points and 13 of Tech’s next 20 points to push the Hokies’ lead to 22-12 at the under 12 media timeout.

miami crawled back into the game with clutch shooting while the Hokies went cold (sound familiar) and eventually took two brief leads (33-32 and 35-33) in the final 2:13 of the half. But Jeff Allen scored the final four points of the first half to put Tech ahead 37-35 at the break.

The Hokies will now have to sit and wait for Sunday to see where they will be seeded in the NCAA tournament. This loss definitely hurt and they’ll like be seeded anywhere from 9-12.

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The New York Post reported today that st. john’s red storm head coach Norm Roberts will be let go after six seasons and an 81-100 record. The red storm finished 17-15 this season, and while the 17 wins were the most under Roberts, it was not enough to keep his job.

st. john’s will look to hire a “proven winner” according to the Post and at the top of the list is Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg, who is a Long Island native and two-time ACC Coach of the Year.

Also on the red storm’s coaching wish list are hofstra’s Tom Pecora, siena’s Fran McCaffery, iona’s Kevin Willard and harvard’s Tommy Amaker.

Greenberg (343-262 overall, 130-92 at Tech) is a program builder and has turned a listless Virginia Tech program into a perennial overachiever in the ACC. In four of his six seasons in the ACC (his first season was in the Big East), the Hokies have earned a first-round bye in the ACC tournament. They have signature wins over No. 1 wake forest (2009) and unc (2007).

In his first season in the ACC, Greenberg led the Hokies to a 16-14 overall record, but more impressively, he led the team to an 8-8 conference record after being picked to finish dead last. For his efforts, Greenberg earned ACC Coach of the Year. Four years later, he earned the distinction again after a 21-14, 9-7 season.

Before the 2008-2009 season, Virginia Tech signed Greenberg to a contract extension that would keep him in Blacksburg as the Hokies’ coach through the 2013-14 season. Leaving Southwest Virginia would likely be a tough decision for the Greenberg as his three daughters have spent the last seven years in Blacksburg. Paige, 21, is a senior at Tech and Ella, 18, is a freshman cheerleader.  Plus, his brother Brad is just up the road at radford.

Not exactly the kind of news we like to report on the day of VT’s first ACC Tournament game, but this is a story we will have to monitor over the next few weeks as rumors persist.  And it is nice to have a coach that is in demand.

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Read into it what you will, but this was freaking awesome! ESPN’s PTI Show will probably show this tonight at 5:30.

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During the ACC’s final weekly teleconference, Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg spoke about Dorenzo Hudson’s status for the ACC tournament.

“He assured me he’s going to play on Friday. How will he feel Wednesday? I’m holding him out until we get to Greensboro,” said Greenberg. “When we get to Greensboro we’re going to put him through some shooting drills and have him cut and run some offense and do some things and kind of get a feel for how he feels.

“If he feels good on Wednesday, then Thursday, every other possession we’ll let him go live. I expect for him to play. Here’s a kid from NC with the ACC tournament in NC coming off a magnificent season. This is special to him.”

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Update: Malcolm Delaney has picked up another honor – he was named to the Sporting News’ All-American 4th-team.  Vasquez was 1st-team, Scheyer was 2nd-team, and Singler 5th-team.

The ACC announced its all conference teams today and not surprisingly, Virginia Tech’s Malcolm Delaney was a unanimous first-team selection. Dorenzo Hudson, 11th in scoring in the ACC, earned third-team honors. 

Delaney led the ACC in scoring and scoring average. He was the only player in the conference to score more than 600 points this season. He was also the only league player to average more than 20 points a game. The junior from Baltimore is the first Hokie to ever earn unanimous first-team All ACC honors and only the second VT player to earn a spot on the first team along with Zabian Dowdell who did it three years ago.

Hudson was a surprise to almost everyone this season, but made his presence known when he blew up for 41 points in a win over Seton Hall. His 41 points in that game tied for the most by an ACC players this season – maryland’s Vasquez dropped a career-high 41 on the Hokies last month.

Malcolm Delaney was also named the ACC Player of the Week after averaging 26.5 ppg and 5.5 assists in Tech’s two wins.  Delaney was 13/27 from the field and 7/13 on three-pointers, plus 20/23 from the line.  It is the second time he’s won it in his career (first this season) and Malcolm is the third Hokie to win the honor along with Dorenzo Hudson and Jeff Allen.

Also, freshman guard Ben Boggs was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic men’s basketball team, which is made up of 12 players.

First-team All-ACC
Greivis Vasquez, Maryland (159)
Jon Scheyer, Duke (159)
Malcolm Delaney, Virginia Tech (159)
Trevor Booker, Clemson (137)
Kyle Singler, Duke (134)

Second-team All-ACC
Al-Farouq Aminu, Wake Forest (126)
Nolan Smith, Duke (104)
Sylven Landesberg, Virginia (95)
Tracy Smith, N.C. State (82)
Ishmael Smith, Wake Forest (76)

Third-team All-ACC
Gani Lawal, Georgia Tech (73)
Dorenzo Hudson, Virginia Tech (51)
Chris Singleton, Florida State (50)
Joe Trapani, Boston College (38)
Solomon Alabi, Florida State (30)

VT was one of just four teams to have two or more players on the All-ACC teams.  Duke had three, while wake and florida state also had two.  unc did not have a single player on the All-ACC teams, a first for the heels.  Tech did not have a player on the All-Rookie Team or the All-Defensive Team.  Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Coach of the Year will be announced Tuesday.  Expect Vasquez or Scheyer to get POY, Derrick Favors of gt to be the top rookie, Chris Singleton of fsu to be the top defender, and Gary Williams to get the coaching honor.

VT Honors and Championships Page

Other News: Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com has VT as a #10 seed in the East Region playing richmond, and Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com has VT as a #9 seed in the South playing oklahoma state.  Good to see the Hokies are firmly in for both bracketologists.

VT got votes in both polls but were still well outside the rankings.

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The Virginia Tech Hokies dropped their third straight game, 100-104 to maryland in double overtime. It was the highest scoring ACC game in more than seven years. With the loss, Tech’s hopes of an NCAA tournament bid fade little bit. Greivis Vasquez scored a career- and season-high 41 points (33 in the second half) to lead the terps, who improved to 11-3 in the ACC and 21-7 overall. maryland also locks up second place in the ACC. The Hokies fall to 8-6, 21-7.

The loss is the Hokies’ first at home this season. Malcolm Delaney and Jeff Allen both missed a pair of free throws late in double overtime that cost them the game. But the biggest surprise came in the final seconds of overtime and the Hokies trailing 100-102. Tech had a chance to tie the game and send it to a third overtime, but Delaney dished the ball to freshman Erick Green in the corner. Green missed the three-pointer and maryland got the rebound to secure the win.

Delaney led the Hokies with 27 points and was 8 of 10 from the free throw line, but his two misses came late in double overtime that would have tied the game at 97 with :39 to play. Instead, maryland took a three-point lead and the Hokies weren’t able to come back to tie it.

Jeff Allen played his best game in nearly two months, scoring 25 points and pulling down 15 rebounds. It was his first double-double since he dropped 14/10 in an 81-66 win over miami. But his missed free throws were killer.

Trailing 80-77 in the second half, the terps had the ball, but Terrell Bell intercepted the inbound pass and Tech called a timeout. JT Thompson, who was 1 of 4 from three-point range this season, hit the game-tying trey with 15.1 seconds left.

Eric Hayes answered with a long two-pointer from the left wing with 5.2 seconds left. Delaney took the inbound pass and drove the length of the court for a layup to tie the game at 82 with .9 seconds left. The terps missed a hail Mary at the buzzer and the game went into overtime.

In overtime, the Hokies committed two early turnovers and the terps took an 84-82 lead. The Hokies answered to tie the game at 84, but Vasquez buried a three to take an 87-84 lead. Thompson hit a pair of free throws to pull Tech within one and Terrell Bell nailed a triple to put Tech on top 89-87. maryland’s Eric Hayes answered with a pair of free throws to tie the game and send it to double overtime.

Five Hokies scored in double figures: Delaney – 27, Allen – 25, Hudson – 21, Thompson – 15, and Bell – 10. Thompson and Bell added nine rebounds each as Tech won the rebounding battle 52-43. It was the first time four Hokies scored 20 or more points in a game since the Delaney, Allen, Thompson and A.D. Vassallo did it in a 116-108 double overtime win over Duquesne in last year’s NIT tournament.

Note: The game was originally schedule for a 4 p.m. tip-off, but was delayed until 7 p.m. due to three water main breaks near the Cassell Coliseum. There were no functioning bathrooms in the Cassell, so fans were permitted to use the facilities at Dietrick and the new basketball practice facility.

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The Virginia Tech Hokies dropped their second straight game, 60-80, on the road to a bad boston college team. Tech played flat and looked defeated from the opening tip. They were never in the game as the eagles bolted out to a quick 7-0 lead and never trailed, leading by double-digits for much of the game.

Jeff Allen was once again in foul trouble, picking up his second less than seven minutes into the game and fouled out with about seven minutes to go in the game. Bottom line, the Hokies couldn’t hit a shot and bc couldn’t miss, especially early on.

Malcolm Delaney and Dorenzo Hudson provided virtually all of the scoring with Delaney getting 21 and Hudson adding 14. Ten of Delaney’s 21 were free throws, where he was a perfect 10-10. Allen was the only other Hokie in double-digit scoring with 10 points.

Tech shot just 31 percent from the field and a paltry 13 percent (2/15) from behind the arc. Meanwhile, the iggles shot better than 50 percent from the field and 44 percent (7/16) from three. Joe Trapani lead bc with 17 points, virtually all of which came in the first half.

This loss is a bad one. In fact, it’s easily their worst loss of the season. And you have to wonder if Sunday’s loss to duke stuck with the team. bc was 4-8 in ACC play and a very weak 13-13 overall.

Now the Hokies have to return home to face a good and dangerous maryland team that could easily hand Tech a third straight loss. With the loss to bc, the Hokie need to win two of their last three games to be in a comfortable position for an NCAA bid.

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Blacksburg, VA – The Virginia Tech Hokies made it a clean sweep of ACC and in-state rival virginia with a 61-55 win over the hoos before a capacity crowd in Blacksburg. Junior guard Dorenzo Hudson led the Hokies with 15 points while Jeff Allen and Malcolm Delaney added 13 apiece.

The Hokies remain unbeaten at the Cassell this season – a perfect 13-0. More importantly, they are now 7-3 in ACC play and in third place behind duke (9-2) and wake forest (8-3). Additionally, Niemo’s beloved maroon “dress jeans” are a perfect 6-0 (possibly 7-0), including 3-0 against the boohoos.

This game was ugly. Actually, ugly is putting it nicely. Fugly is more like it. If you don’t know what “fugly” means, look it up at urbandictionary.com, then come back here for a recap of the carnage that set the game of basketball back about 100 years. Like, back when they actually used peach baskets as the hoops.

Why so fugly, you ask? Probably because the Hokies and hoos are the two best defensive teams (statistically speaking) in the ACC. The hoos gave up their average exactly – 61 points. The Hokies, meanwhile, held the hoos well below VT’s usual 61.4 ppg, allowing only 55 points.

Delaney got no love from the refs in this game. He was fouled repeatedly, but never got the call. He didn’t shoot his first free throw until late in the game. He also struggled from the field, but Hudson stepped up, as did Allen, Terrell Bell and JT Thompson.

Trailing 51-48 late in the second half, Allen got a layup in the paint and drew the foul. He completed the old-fashioned three-point play to tie the game at 51. After a missed shot by uva at the other end, Bell grabbed one of his nine rebounds and Allen hit the big three pointer that put the Hokies ahead for good, 54-51, with 1:14 to play.

Allen scored six points during an 8-0 run that resembled the late-game rally that gave the Hokies a key ACC road win on Jan. 28, in Charlottesville.

Tech led for much of the first half, but both teams were terrible from the field. The hoos used a 7-2 run to close out the half and take a 25-21 lead into the break. The 21 points are the second fewest in the first half this season – they managed an anemic 17 in an early season loss to temple.

Interesting to note… The Hokies used essentially seven players in the game. Delaney, Hudson, Allen, Bell and Davila started. JT and Erick Green also saw quite a bit of action. Cadarian Raines played only three minutes. JT and Raines filled in for Allen who picked up two quick fouls in the first three minutes and had to sit the rest of the half.

This is Greenberg’s third 20-win season since taking over the program in 2003. Tech has six games remaining in the regular season. Their next game is Tuesday, Feb. 16, at home vs. wake forest, which “upset” georgia tech tonight to improve to 8-3 in ACC play.

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The Hokies remained perfect at home this season after a 70-59 win over the clemson tigers. Virginia Tech and duke are the only two ACC teams that are still undefeated at home.

Malcolm Delaney, the league’s leading scorer, struggled from the field, but levied massive damage at the free throw line, scoring 20 of his 30 points from the charity stripe. Terrell Bell followed up his stellar performance Thursday night against unc with 10 points and 5 rebounds against the tigers. Jeff Allen added 13 points and 5 boards.

Tech got off to a very poor start, scoring just one point in the first seven minutes and falling behind 9-1. In fact, the Hokies only managed four field goals in the first half, got outrebounded and shot 15 percent, yet managed to lead at the half 29-27 behind 15 free throws from Delaney.

But a 9-0 run late in the first half turned a 6-point deficit into a halftime lead and a 15-4 run early in the second half put VT ahead to stay, blowing a close game out to a 51-41 lead.  The Hokies never trailed in the final 14:48 and pushed the lead up to as much as 15 points.

If this game had been a song, it would have been the Whistle Song (much like Thursday).  Only tonight most of them were on the bad guys.  clemson was called for 30 fouls and dealt with foul trouble all game.  The Hokies hit 38 of 46 free throws (83%) to fill in for a lack of shooting.

Tech is now 5-3 at the halfway mark of ACC play before they head to nc state.  While the pack are at the bottom of the ACC, they own the Hokies.  Raleigh is one of just two places VT hasn’t won at in ACC play (fsu is the other).

Niemo’s Notes:

• The Hokies snapped a 3-game losing streak against the tigers in the Cassell.  They are now 4-5 against the tigers since joining the ACC and 12-10 all time.  Tech has a winning record all time against just clemson and georgia tech of the current ACC teams.
• TECH SITS IN 4TH PLACE (tied with uva) IN THE ACC AT THE HALFWAY POINT!  More on that tomorrow.
• The Hokies are 12-0 at home this season and 4-0 in ACC play.  I promise I’ll check tomorrow to see the last time they started 12-0 at home.
• Tech is now 5-1 in ACC “quick turnaround” games (the second leg of 48 hours or less between games).  The lone loss was last year at bc on a tip-in in the final seconds.  This game was just like 5 years ago when VT beat miami just 40-something hours after beating duke.
• Delaney tied a Tech record with 20 made FTs.  Zo Hudson hit 20 earlier this year against seton hall and Terry Penn hit 20 in 1957 against the citadel.  It took Malcolm 23 attempts though compared to 21 for Zo.
• Malcolm finished with 30, meaning he has scored 67 points in the last 2 games against clemson in the Cassell.  His 37 last year are still a VT record in an ACC game.
• Hudson had just 5 points in this game, marking just the 2nd time in 13 games he hasn’t reached double digits.  He also didn’t hit a 3 for the first time in 8 games.
• The 15% VT shot in the first half is allegedly their worst shooting half in school history according to Bill Roth, yet they led 29-27 at the break thanks to 20/25 foul shooting (I would also bet that is a record for most first half FTs).  They added 21 FTs in the 2nd half.
• Tech was just 4/26 from the field at the half.  Tech did shoot 48% in the second half (11/23).
• Speaking of lousy shooting, clemson shot just 31% for the game.  Tech held them under 35% in both halves.  Star Trevor Booker had just 7 points, in large part due to his foul trouble and great help defense.  The Hokies made someone else beat them… and the tigers couldn’t find that person.
• Terrell Bell was the only Hokie to shoot 50% or better from the field, hitting 3/4.  He hit both of his 3s while the rest of the team was 0/9.  Delaney has hit just 4 of his last 34 three-pointers.
• VT was the best defensive rebounding team in the league going into the unc game.  Not anymore.  They gave up double-digit offensive rebounds in that game and clemson grabbed 21 offensive rebounds today in 44 opportunities.  VT was grabbing 70% of opponent misses before Thursday, but grabbed just 52% today.
• This game was the inverse of Thursday – clemson was called for over 15 fouls in the first half.  And their star, Trevor Booker, went out with 4 fouls with 13 minutes left in the game, similar to Delaney’s situation Thursday.
• I said turnovers would decide this game since VT and clemson were the worst shooting teams in the league, and best at turnover margin.  Well, the Hokies forced 17 turnovers while giving up just 10 against the clemson press, resulting in a 14-4 advantage in points off turnovers.  Since VT won by 11, that shows you how important that stat was.
• VICTORY WILD TURKEY FOR EVERYBODY!!!

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Despite near catastrophic foul trouble midway through the second half, the Virginia Tech Hokies held off and defeated the defending National Champion tar heels 74-70 to remain undefeated at The Cassell this season. Junior guard Malcolm Delaney, the ACC’s leading scorer, paced the Hokies with 21 points. Dorenzo Hudson (Jr.) scored 17 points and Jeff Allen (Jr.) added 14 points. Terrell Bell had a solid game and recorded a career-high 11 rebounds.

Tech got off to a hot start thanks to Hudson, who scored 10 of the Hokies’ first 14 points. The Hokies dominated the heels in the first eight minutes, leading 20-10 at the under-12 media timeout. Tech led by as many as 12, but the heels came roaring back and the Hokies went cold from the field, allowing unc to get its first lead of the game at the 5:32 mark with an Ed Davis free throw.

The Hokies would retake the lead, but Larry Drew II hit a short jumper in the paint as time ran out in the first half, giving the heels a 35-33 halftime lead.

The second half was frustrating for Tech head coach Seth Greenberg as five of his key players all had four fouls late in the game. Malcolm Delaney picked up his fourth foul with 12 minutes to play in the game. Starters Allen, Bell and Davila also had four fouls, as did JT Thompson.

After picking up his fourth personal, Delaney sat on the bench for five minutes. When he left the game, the Hokies had a seven-point lead, and when he checked back in, it was still at four points. Give credit to freshman Erick Green for playing a pretty solid game at the point. While he struggled with his shot — he was 0/5 and 0/3 from three-point range — he played 21 minutes and did an admirable job when the Hokies needed him, tallying 3 assists and 1 turnover.

The atmosphere at the Cassell was incredible and it was clear that the Tech players fed off that energy. Tech is 11-0 at home this season. Meanwhile, the tar heels have lost six of their last eight games. The Hokies improve to 4-3 in ACC play and 17-4 overall. No. 10 dook, which leads the ACC, is 5-3 in conference and 17-4 overall. So, Tech isn’t that far removed from the top of the conference. The Hokies have a quick turnaround to face clemson at 4 PM on Saturday in The Cassell.

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The Hokies (1-2, 14-3) picked up an easy victory tonight at the expense of the north carolina central eagles. Tech won 72-30. The 30 points are the fewest points allowed by a Tech team since a 105-24 win over washington & lee in 1959.

The eagles were Tech’s last non-conference opponent of the season and the timing for an easy win couldn’t have been better for a team that had lost two of its last three games to unc and fsu.

As expected, the freshmen – Erick Green, Ben Boggs, Manny Atkins and Cadarian Raines – got considerable playing time (mostly in the second half) that should prove invaluable as the Hokies enter the meat of their ACC schedule.

Green led Tech with 11 points and was the only Hokies in double figures in scoring. Dorenzo Hudson had nine points, including eight of Tech’s first 10 in the game. Terrell Bell and Atkins both had 8 points.

Bell, who has been playing well this season, registered a Deron Washington-like dunk in the second half. Off a fast break, he left the ground one step after the free throw line and slammed the ball home one-handed. The dunk brought what was left of the sparse crowd to its feet and seemed to energize the rest of the team. Bell also had a career-high 9 rebounds.

The first half was sloppy in terms of offense for the Hokies, but defensively, they were stifling, limiting the eagles to just eight first-half points, the fewest by a Tech opponent since appy state managed a paltry nine points in 2006.

Raines had a career-high 7 points; Boggs had career-highs in rebounds (6) and assists (4); and Atkins tied a career-high with 8 points. Even fan-favorite Paul Debnam got in on the act with a three pointer and a baseline dunk in the final minutes as the fans chanted “We want Paul!”

The starters, Malcolm Delaney, Jeff Allen, Victor Davila, Hudson and Bell played the entire first half and the opening minutes of the second half before giving way to the freshman and reserves. The important thing is that no one got hurt and everyone is healthy for Saturday’s home ACC game against those other eagles from boston college.

Niemo’s Game Notes:

• The 30 points allowed were the fewest Tech has held an opponent to in the history of Cassell Coliseum, bettering the 34 umbc scored last month. And as Cope mentioned, it is the fewest VT has held the opposition to in 50 years!  The eagles had just 10 points after 26 minutes were gone in the game.
• Bell did have a sweet dunk, but my money is on Green’s second half dunk.  He took the ball in the paint, elevated, (pushed off with his right hand but never mind that), and dunked with his left hand (his off-hand) over a 6′8″ nccu player! That was the dunk of the year that I’ve seen. J.T. Thompson also had a nice dunk where he had to pump the ball under a swiping defender and flushed it with two hands.
• Tech dominated the glass 44-25. The Hokies almost had as many offensive rebounds (15) as nccu had defensive rebounds (17).
• nccu shot just 15% from the field (4/27) in the first half.
• VT used a 1-3-1 half court trap part of the game.  They had Bell out top most of the time, as he is a perfect fit (tall, lanky, long arms, athletic) and Delaney at the bottom to run the baseline.  Worked fairly well and don’t be surprised to see it later in the year in small doses to try and create turnovers.
• The eagles only scored consecutive times once all game (in other words, hit a FG or FT and then scored the next points of the game).
• nccu shot just 2 FTs.
• The freshmen all contributed tonight, scoring 32 points. All four guys had at least six (Green – 11, Atkins – 8, Raines – 7, Boggs – 6). Green and Atkins each hit two three-pointers.
• The rest of the Hokie team didn’t look very good on offense again…
• VT was just 3/12 at the half on 3s and shot just 33% from the field.
• Malcolm Delaney didn’t make a field goal (though he only attempted three) and finished with 5 points.
• Allen and Davila were just 4 of 10 from the field – not bad but I’d have hoped for more production and a better FG% against such a poor team.
• VT was pretty awful from the line again – following up their 11/21 at fsu with a 15/24 effort tonight (63%).  But that was with the freshmen hitting the final six FTs, they were 9/18 at one point.

More Notes from Niemo:

• The Hokies clinched a winning home record for the season (they are 9-0 with seven to play). In 49 seasons in the Cassell, Tech has had a winning record 47 times, a .500 record once (6-6 in ‘88-’89), and a losing record just once (6-9 in 2000-01 under ricky stokes). For more on the Cassell all-time numbers check out our Cassell page.
• Tech finished their out-of-conference slate at 13-1. That’s the most OOC wins for the Hokies since 1994-95, when they won 14. And their 13-1 mark OOC is the best in 100 years – since VT went 11-0 in 1909-10.

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