Buzzketball on the Brink of Relevancy

Buzz Williams is on the brink of making Virginia Tech as relevant as they've ever been

This is what Buzz Williams does. He identifies talent among the overlooked or under-recruited, he coaches them up and he gets them to feel the weight of the chip on their shoulder, and the end product is a team where the whole is better than the sum of the parts. Remember, this is the coach that shuttled Wes Matthews, Jae Crowder and Jimmy Butler from relative obscurity through Marquette and on to the NBA.

"They've got a way they want to play," an ACC coach told NBCSports.com of the Hokies. "They're the best team in the country at getting fouled. The paint touches, relentlessly driving the ball. Typical Buzz. He's a great coach, and credit to him because he can look at his team and figure out how he can have success with this group."

If there's a surprise here, it's that the Hokies are having this much success this early, because no one should be surprised that Williams was able to get the Hokies rolling. That was always going to happen, but in year two? I don't know how many people would have predicted that, by 2016, Virginia Tech would be on the brink of national relevance for the first time since ... 2007, their last tournament appearance?