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The Men's Team
Bubble Bubble Toil and Trouble
We must get more consistent
Or our postseason odds be rubble
Also, is it a Hokie men's basketball season without a missed game by a critical guard?
Anyway...
Scoring
Sean Pedulla's average of 24 over these last four games could very well have put up the best stat lines by a Hokie men's player since I started writing these volumes, including back to back 30-burgers. Joining Pedulla in double figures was Nickel with 12.5 and Cattoor with 11.
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The Ladies travel to FSU to take on the #21 Seminoles at 1PM on ESPN. FSU defeated #11 Tennessee and #20 UNC at home. Their 4 losses are to #2UCLA, #8 Stanford, #15 Louisville, and Arkansas.
FSU starts a sophomore, 2 juniors, a fifth year senior and a grad student. The tallest starter is 6' 2"; the rest of the starters are under 6'.
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HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: Miami (11-4) At Virginia Tech (10-5) 7PM ACCN
Miami (11-4)
At Virginia Tech (10-5)
January 13th, 2024
Cassell Coliseum
7 p.m. ET
ACCN
Virginia Tech Sports Network
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The #11 Ladies host Miami(RV 8) tonight at 8 PM in Cassell. The game will be televised on the ACC Network. Miami is 11-3 and 1-2 in the ACC.
Their losses are to #4 Baylor, #15 Louisville, and Boston College. Their ACC win was a dominant beating of Wake Forest by 30, in which they set a school record for blocked shots with 13 and two players set personal records: Oldacre with 6 and Lattimore with 5. This is the same WF team the Hokies struggled to put away in Winston Salem; Miami had them in Coral Gables. Their only notable win was at then #21 Mississippi State (now RV 3).
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We beat 'em by double digits, without Catoor.
LET'S GO!!
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Starting to see offers out from the basketball program.
Jaylen Harrell
4* 247Sports, 88th Nationally
Class of 25, CATS Academy
Guard/Wing. 6'6, 215 lbs
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HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: #21 Clemson (11-3) At Virginia Tech (9-5) 7PM ESPN2
Clemson (11-3)
At Virginia Tech (9-4)
January 10th, 2024
Cassell Coliseum
7 p.m. ET
ESPN2
Virginia Tech Sports Network
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Kenny Brooks will be live with the Queens of Cassell tonight from 6-7pm
Available on the Hokiesports app and some radio stations
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The Ladies host #3 NC State Wolfpack at noon on Sunday Jan 7. The game will be broadcast on the ACC Network. NC State is 14 and 0 on the season with wins over current #13 UConn and RV Vanderbilt.
The Wolfpack have the height and experience to match up well with the Hokies:
And they have an Australian in 6'5" Grad Center Lizzy Williamson; but she does not play much. Their starting five include 2 grad students, a senior and 2 juniors. Their next four players are all freshmen. Their top 6 players average 26 to 31 minutes per game.
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HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: Virginia Tech (9-4) At Florida State (7-6) 4PM ACCN
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The Ladies play at Wake Forest Jan 4 at 6 PM on ACCNx. Watch on your computer. I'm starting my drive to Florida this morning; so you get the tables early without much commentary. I am going to be on the road for the next three days, getting out of Pennsylvania before the snow arrives this week end.
Record:
Roster:
Team Stats:
Individual Stats:
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The Ladies host Pitt on Sunday at 2 PM. This is an ACCNx game. Watch on your computer. This should be a good game for the ladies to get back in the groove after the layoff and get ready for the better teams on the ACC schedule.
Tory Verdi is in his first year as Pitt head coach. He comes to Pitt from UMass where he averaged 18 wins over 7 seasons and won the A10 regular season title last season; and UMass won the A10tournament and achieved their first ever invite to the big dance in 2021.
Pitt is 6-7, 5-2 at home and winless on the road. I watched a little of the Le Moyne game this week and Pitt really struggled to take control of the game. LeMoyne was up 3 after the first qtr and only down 3 at the half.
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HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: Virginia Tech (9-3) At Wake Forest (8-3) 2PM ESPN2
Virginia Tech (9-3)
At Wake Forest (8-3)
December 30th, 2023
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
2 p.m. ET
ESPN2
Virginia Tech Sports Network
ESPN+/ACCNX
Play-by-Play: Connor Onion
Analyst: Dan Bonner
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The Men's Team
Good teams beat up on bad teams.
That's what the Virginia Tech Men's team did over the last four games, scoring in the 70s in every game, holding the opposition, usually, in the 50s.
As a result, the Hokies are 9-3 (1-0) on the year and in position for the meat of the ACC conference schedule.
The 2023-24 CMYBall squad is the textbook definition of a bubble team. Lunardi has them as the last team in, in a play-in game. (IF that came true, a win would have us advance to play some guy named Brent)
Scoring
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The Hokies win two today. FAM.
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