With the win over Clemson and Stanford's win over Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech has clinched the 8 seed in the ACC Tournament.
They will face #9 Georgia Tech, who the Hokies defeated 105-94 in double OT in Atlanta, behind 24 points from Wenzel, 20 from White and Micheaux, and 17 from Baker and Ekh.
Should the Hokies win, they will take on #1 NC State, who clinched with their win over SMU today.
Most of the ACC tournament field has been set.
Day 1 will see #10 UVA face #15 Pitt or Miami, #11 Stanford take on #14 Clemson, and #12 BC take on #13 Syracuse
Day 2 will see the Hokies and GT, the loser of tonight's Duke/FSU or Louisville game take on the winner of BC/Syr, #6 Louisville or the loser of tonight's Duke/FSU game take on the winner of Stan/Clem, and #7 Cal take on the winner of UVA/Pitt/Miami.
NC State, Notre Dame, and #4 UNC have clinched the double bye, while the winner of Duke/FSU will also clinch the 3 spot.
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TBH would have been better for us if GT was a chance for a higher ranked win/net having beat stanford
11 months ago:
We had no coach
Our starting PG and C both transferred
Suffren was in the portal
Ekh and Micheaux hadn't committed to returning for their last year
Wenzel and Baker hadn't committed to returning
3 x 2024 and 1 x 2025 commit decommitted
Our 4th 2024 commit hadn't reaffirmed her commitment
Our entire roster guaranteed roster consisted of Mackenzie Nelson, who had redshirted.
One day later, we hired Megan Duffy
Today:
We finish 9-9 in conference and 18-11 for the regular season. We also finished in the top half of the conference.
We have 9 returning players
We have added 3 x 4-star prospects for 2025, consisting of a PG, a C, and a W
Taking a page out of the "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretsky-Michael Scott school of thought, we have offers to the #1, #2, #5, #8, #14, #15, #21, #27, #28 of the ESPN HoopGurlz Top 30
Hokies ended GTs undefeated season after which Jackets went 6-8
It's not "got your coach fired/QB benched/moved to TE" levels of satisfaction, but I'll take it.