Jon Rothstein Incldues Hokies as Final Four Dark Horse

Full article: https://collegehoopstoday.com/index.php/rothstein-files/5-dark-horse-can... (other final 4 dark horses: USC, Auburn, Illinois, Memphis)

Virginia Tech: Four players are back β€” Keve Aluma, Nahiem Alleyne, Justyn Mutts, and Hunter Cattoor β€” who averaged 8.5 points or more on last season's team that reached the NCAA Tournament. The Hokies may appear to be a guard short on paper, but Mike Young went back to his Wofford roots to secure Storm Murphy as a grad transfer. The 6-foot veteran should be a starter for Virginia Tech, as he's coming off a season where he averaged 17.8 points and shot 40 percent from three-point range while drilling 70 shots from long distance. There's not a lot of flash surrounding the Hokies, but Young is one of the top offensive minds in the sport and made Virginia Tech a national factor last season when his team upset Villanova early in the year at Mohegan Sun. With Murphy, Cattoor, and Alleyne, this team has established shotmaking and with Aluma, it possesses one of the best players in the ACC. Remember this nugget: Virginia Tech returns three players who started last March's NCAA Tournament loss against Florida while Virginia β€” last year's ACC regular season champion β€” only returns two starters from its NCAA Tournament loss against Ohio.

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