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Can anybody find the date/time for the 2nd round games more specific than Mar 17-21? Not wanting to look ahead, but am looking ahead.

Here's one of the articles I remember reading from the last time they were on the bubble . I seem to also remember reading a few others on how he didn't spend typically Selection Sunday with the team. Maybe a combination of truths?

The interview ended the way it began, which is to say awkwardly. After a reporter asked what Greenberg did during the selection show, the coach said he watched his daughter, Jackie, play volleyball, because "because considering the last nine months, I've ignored my whole family just to do this job." Then, according to Tucker, "Greenberg cut off the interview, got up and walked out."

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/26152/greenber...

The big picture NIT Brackets

Chance to be the 69th best team, lets do this. Get after them Buzz!

The thing about the NIT though is that they like to have big programs on big stages at home. All 3 ACC teams have home games, and the only power-5 team in that doesn't play at home is Alabama, who plays a Big East team (Creighton).

I stuck my brackets in all three, that way when i win three times over im three times as awesome

thats how math works right?

Sy won't play. Kj, Johnny, Satchel will rotate at 5.

I'm going to be the first one to say this (I think) but it will be disappointing if we don't make the tourney next year. It would be massive underachievement. I think we'll go to the sweet sixteen.

Last year I thought this year we could go about .500 and win 6 ACC games. We exceeded that.

(Edit: Sydney to Sy and some typos. phone autocorrect. sorry to bump this, was on a cruise, just don't want to look like too much of an idiot)

Buzz pushing a Ford truck just like he pushed Travis Ford out of the OK State job so he could get it

Hyphenation Accidental space bar FTW.

St. Bone venture

The seeding for this tournament is pretty unusual. Princeton currently has an RPI of 38, they end up the 6th seed. BYU RPI is 76 and Tech is 90. That said, looking at Princeton's schedule, I have no idea how their RPI is that high. Their OOC schedule is nearly as dreadful as ours at first glance and while they may not have a loss to Alabama St. they dont appear to have any wins over powerhouse programs either. Essentially they beat all the teams they should have and lost to almost all the teams they should have. Two more wins doesnt seem to show enough for a 60 place swing in RPI. The good news is that Buzz should be able to employ many of the lessons from playing UVA against Princeton albeit with not nearly as efficient an offense.

There seems to be some confusion on the contract that Buzz currently has.

1) The initial length of the contract is for seven years. As long as Buzz is still here in June of 2017, it is a rolling seven year contract unless VT informs Buzz that they intend to stop that rollover at the end of the season making the buyout enormous. If you decide to fire Buzz after 2017, you could be looking at having to pay him in the neighborhood of $20mil. and it continues upward per year.

2) Buzz essentially wrote the contract himself, with some very special clauses and perks not seen in many basketball coaches contracts at this point. The first is the structure of the rollover. The second is the structure of the buyout Buzz would owe Tech if he leaves. He also has two cars, country club membership, tickets to both football and basketball games, additional seats on the plane for away travel. There is also an extensive bonus structure. The most unusual clause that VT gave Buzz is in regards to camps and the use of his name when associated with Virginia Tech.

Any income resulting from clinics, professional activities, endorsements,
speaking engagements, or other self-employment income generated from activities relating to his conduct as Head Mens Basketball Coach shall be non-W-2 income and paid directly to Williams

I have seen estimates that this could bring Buzz between $200K to as high as $1Mil per year in additional income.

3) Salary wise Buzz is somewhere in the top 20 paid coaches annually in NCAA basketball. His salary for next season will be $2.5mil base plus his other incentives and bonuses (technically its about $700K base plus $1.8mil for appearances and other media relations). His contract is designed to go up $100K per year in perpetuity, so if he works the 7th year, he will be making $3mil a year. Top of the market is of course Coach K around $9mil and Coach Calipari and Pitino in the $6Mil per season area. Surprise names that make more than Buzz are guys like JTIII at Georgetown making roughly $3mil, Matt Painter at Purdue making about $2.7mil and Josh Pastner at Memphis making $2.7 with as much as $750K in potential bonuses.

All of that said, the only thing I could see bringing Buzz back to the table is if he has a much bigger offer on the table for consideration or he is asking for more money to divide amongst assistant coaches. Currently that number is around $800K. Not sure how that stacks up but I imagine its not at an even level compared to his salary amongst peers.

Didn't he school Florida enough in that bowl game