Deron Washington To Compete in Slam Dunk Contest

Deron Washington isn’t done just yet. He will suit up in his Virginia Tech uniform one more time after being chosen to compete in the 20th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk and 3-Point Championships. The event will take place this Thursday, April 3, at the Greehey Arena at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, [...]

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Tech Recruit Victor Davila wins NC State Title and First Team All-State Honors

Techsideline.com wrote a short, but poignant article about Virginia Tech’s 2008 basketball recruit Victor Davila. Apparently, he has added another inch and 10 pounds to his frame, which cannot come soon enough for the Hokies, who lack size in the paint. Jeff Allen did a solid job for Tech in his freshman season, but he [...]

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Mark Berman Must Love Seth Greenberg’s Doghouse

It’s been awhile since I last wrote about the entertaining feud between Roanoke Times sports writer Mark Berman and Virginia Tech head basketball coach Seth Greenberg. If you need a refresher of the history between these two, click here, here and here.
I’m reading today’s Roanoke Times looking for the local write-up on the Hokies’ beatdown [...]

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Hokies Open NIT Play with Stomping of Morgan State

From the team at TechHoops.com:
There was no bubble bursting letdown tonight as A.D. Vassallo tied his season high of 27 points to lead the top seeded Hokies to a 94-62 victory over the 8th seeded morgan state bears in the opening round of the NIT. Coach Greenberg earned his 300th career victory, and the Hokies [...]

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Everyone Wins in Yankees 11-0 Win over Virginia Tech

When is an 11-0 loss a win? When the famed New York Yankees play a once-in-a-lifetime game in little old Blacksburg, VA … in front of a record crowd of 5,311 people. The Yankees won easily, but it wasn’t about winning and losing, it was about healing and having fun.
Following the horrible events of April [...]

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Branden Ore No Longer A Hokie

According to a release on HokieSports.com today, rising senior runningback Branden Ore is no longer on the team. This frees up the backfield competition to include incoming four-star recruit Ryan Williams to compete with Kenny Lewis Jr., Josh Oglesby and Jahre Cheeseman.
Read the release.
Update: ESPN is reporting that Ore was kicked off the team because [...]

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Hokies Pull Away from Canes, 63-49

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From the team at TechHoops.com:
The 4th seeded Hokies used a 21-4 run during the second half to beat the 5th seeded miami hurricanes 63-49 in the ACC Tournament Quarterfinal. Today’s game was one of the best team efforts I’ve seen out of Virginia Tech this year on both sides of the [...]

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Greenberg Named 2008 Coach of the Year

For the second time in Virginia Tech’s four years in the ACC, Hokies Head Coach Seth Greenberg was named the league’s Coach of the Year. Seth was definitely deserving of the award and I think he was the right choice, however, I really thought it was going to go to Miami’s Frank Haith, and it [...]

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Hokies To Play NCST vs. Miami Winner on Friday, 2 p.m.

With the Hokies loss at clemson on Sunday, Tech will be the #4 seed in the ACC Tournament. Their first battle will be against either miami or nc state on Friday at 2 PM at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. In reality, the game probably won’t start until somewhere between 2:20 and 2:40. There is a [...]

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Hokies Fall to Clemson in Season Finale

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For the second year in a row, the Hokies suffered a heartbreaking loss to clemson in the final ACC regular season game. Last year, it cost Tech an ACC regular season title. This year, it may have taken an invite to the Big Dance away from the Hokies. The Hokies will be the #4 [...]

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