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I think Allen and Robinson are both great options with room to improve. The best part about it is we are getting to a point where if one is having an off night the other can pick it up.

Allen is still the better scorer and finishes at the rim better. Robinson struggled at times to finish at the rim, I counted three missed layups from him that were as good as turnovers. That being said, he got to the line, sank his free throws, and was a major reason why we won the game. He will be able to finish at the rim better in the coming years with added strength and experience.

Both guys could benefit from developing the floater that Erick Green mastered.

At the end of the day, Buzz is doing a good job spreading minutes. It seems almost any player on our team can get hot and provide an offensive spark.

Oklahoma State was a #9 seed at 18-14 last year. With zero top 25 wins OOC. If we can get to 10 ACC wins, especially with 1 or 2 more "big ones" the bubble is very much in play.

Is it realistic to get there? Maybe not, but IF we get there, there is precedent.

Alex already did a way better job than I could have done. I just figured if Long wasn't on anybody's radar I could find his highlights and info and couple it with my sauce that he's really high on Tech. I didn't think a walk on punter would get this much press.

That just shows what an amazing job Alex does to bring us this info.

Look,.... Finch ... Being above 28 doesn't make you old.... Jeesh!

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If we do that, this team will have done some serious improvement. That would be exceptional progress.

Wake's fast style of play leads to those D breakdowns. You can't stop them all, but we did force a LOT of turnovers! So, I think they did pretty good on D.

Wake has a lot of contributors on O. They hit ~59% which is to their credit and, yea, we did give them a few open shots, but the difference is that we handled their chaotic style and caused the large # if TOs, which reduces their shot count, amirite? They shot 56 times (same as us), but imagine how many more shots they get if they don't turn it over as much...

From Roanoke Times article:

Wake lost despite shooting 58.9 percent from the field, making 13 3-pointers and outrebounding Tech 31-22. Tech shot 50 percent from the field and was 29 of 35 from the free-throw line.

So, based on that the # of TOs for Wake and TO differential (16 vs 6) was huge to this win!! I think we scored north of 24 points off of turnovers. Gotta Like that!

They won't visit Pridgeon until classes start back at his JUCO (they are on the same schedule as VT with classes starting next Monday.)

Being on the NCAA bubble is unrealistic this year. We need to be focusing on getting on the NIT bubble to show some serious progress this season.

I took a look at the remaining schedule, and broke the games into 3 tiers in terms of relative opponent difficulty:

EASIEST:

• GT
• Clemson
• FSU
• @BC
• @Wake

MEDIUM:

• @ND
• Louisville
• Pitt
• Miami
• @Cuse

DIFFICULT:

• UNC
• @Pitt
• @UVA
• @Miami

We are 11-6 (3-1). I think to even be considered for the NIT we need to finish the regular season 17-14 (9-9). That means 6 more wins

EASIEST - need to win 4 out of 5 here
MEDIUM - need to win 2 out of 5 here
DIFFICULT - any wins here would offset the other tiers

That is going to be pretty difficult but I think it is within reach. Go Hokies!

So... having watched Malcolm Delaney play for Tech makes me an old school VT hoops fan? Thanks for making me feel old.

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Linking because. :)

The users head will help warm up the flexing materials.

....Did I just write that?....

PHRASING! Boom!

Kaepernick would be perfect in his offense.