OHIO STATE FINAL FOUR FAM THREAD
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Ohio State and Virginia Tech: A Season and Post-Season Comparison
Comparing the Hokies and Buckeyes for tonight's matchup, the two teams have a number of similarities this late in the game, and some pretty significant differences, as well.
Both teams are expected to play between 6 and 7 players, depending on situations. In both instances, those players have accounted for almost every minute during their respective runs. The 6 of Virginia Tech have accounted for all but one minute, while the 7 of Ohio State have accounted for all but 14. Also, for both teams, their primary contributors are up 2 minutes per quarter of gametime.
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TENNESSEE FAM THREAD
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ACC Commissioner on state of ACC basketball.
The Commissioner announced they plan to meet in the post season to strategize on ways to improve the profile of the conference in terms of rankings and post season selection. Lot of words around it but my push on this is "Hey Commish, the teams have to have top talent to win....which takes $$$. Fix the TV deal or its going to continue to decline. Every aspect of these programs are driven by budget and the ACC deal hurts them every day."
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WBB Sweet Sixteen vs Tennessee 6:30 Mar 25
The #4 Ladies play #24 Tennessee tonight at 6:30 in Seattle. The line is even; over/under is 138.5. The game is on ESPN2. These two teams played at Tennessee on Dec 4; and VT won 59-56. The Hokies were in control most of the game; they lead by 10 after the first quarter; 4 at the half. UT closed to within 2 at the start of the second half; the the Hokies pulled away to lead by 8 after three quarters. They held on to win by three when a desperation shot at the buzzer missed. Kitley only had 6 points and 9 rebounds in this game playing mostly against 6'6" Tamari Key. Key will not play today.
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ESPN's Borzello: G Darius Maddox to enter transfer portal
Virginia Tech guard Darius Maddox plans to enter the transfer portal, sources told ESPN. Started 19 of the first 20 games this season, averaged 8.5 points.— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) March 24, 2023
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Hokies Hoops: Fan Vote Naismith - Kitley/Brooks
Both Liz Kitley and Kenny Brooks are finalists for the Naismith Trophy. You can vote once a day. There are also Twitter Polls up as well.
LETS GO!! GET OUT AND VOTE
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F Darren Buchanan Jr enters transfer portal
Thank You. 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/k2mANLVrdV— JunBoogiee (@dbuchananjr2) March 21, 2023
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HOKIES BOOK A TRIP TO THE SWEET 16 FAM THREAD
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WBB Round 2 South Dakota State 5 PM Mar 19
The Ladies host The South Dakota State Jackrabbits today at 5 PM on ESPN2. The Hokies are favored by 9.5 with the over/under at 128.5. I guess the gambling gurus think defense is going to be important in this game because the Hokies average 72.1 ppg and SDSU averages 78.9 ppg. On the defensive side, we average 56.3; and SDSU averages 60.2.
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WBB Round 1 FAM
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WBB vs UT Chattanooga Mar 17 at 5;30
The ladies play today at 5;30. the game is on ESPNU; they are 25 point favorites. interesting story line; the coach at Chattanooga was assistant head coach at VT last year. should be a good game to get the rust off after taking a break after the ACC tournament. sorry about the lack of caps; my keyboard has become uncooperative.
LET'S GO HOKIES
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LOLUVA
What a freakin choke by Clark.
Are you kidding me!?!?
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March Madness Tournament Edition
To discuss non Hokie aspects.
I think the loss by Florida put Todd Golden on the hot seat in year 2. The level of talent vs the lackluster play all season capped off by a complete No Show today losing to UCF 67-49 really punctuated a complete lack of effort this season.
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HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: NIT Opener: VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (19-14 (8-12, 11th in ACC MBB)) AT CINCINNATI (21-12 (11-7, 4th in AAC
HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: NIT Opener VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (19-14 (8-12, 11th in ACC MBB)) AT CINCINNATI (21-12 (11-7, 4th in AAC MBB)) 9PM ESPN2
Round 1️⃣ against the Bearcats!🆚 Cincinnati 🕘 9PM📺 ESPN2🏟️ Fifth Third Arena pic.twitter.com/rGU0eZ91dF— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) March 15, 2023
Cincinnati (22-9, 12-8 ACC)
vs. Virginia Tech (19-13, 8-12 ACC)
March 15, 2023
Fifth Third Arena
9 p.m. ET
ESPN2
Virginia Tech Sports Network
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Other Basketball:Portal Entry/Exit of Note
Several ACC teams saw some portal entries this week. One made a portal gain at the expense of another.
North Carolina had Tyler Nickel and Kustin McKoy enter the portal.
Texas Tech is another program getting hit hard with three transfers so far. Robert Jennings, Fardaws Aimaq and Elijah Fisher are all leaving the Red Raiders.
J.J. Starling entered from Notre Dame and exited to Syracuse today as a first big recruiting win for Adrian Autry as he takes over the Orange. Robby Carmody also departed the Irish.
Other notable entries are Skyy Clark leaving Illinois with plans to visit Louisville.
Reggie Bass, the MAC Freshman of the Year is in the portal from Central Michigan.
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2023 Hokie Hoops Offseason News and Rumors
Figured we could use a catch all topic for any news rumors for both men's and women's hoops whether its transfers rumors, recruits and coaching moves. Maybe actual commits should get their own threads but we can use this more for rumor discussion.
[mod edit: commits, decommits, portal entries, transfers in, changes to staff all should get their own threads. thank you!]
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Other ACC News: GT hires Damon Stoudamire as MBB Coach
Honestly not sure what to expect. He brings an NBA Pedigree as both player and coach (recently as assistant for the Boston Celtics.) Reportedly got a 5 year deal
He was selected with the 7th overall pick by the Toronto Raptors in the 1995 NBA draft and won the 1995–96 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. He was a national champion at the University of Arizona, and professionally for the Toronto Raptors, Portland Trail Blazers, Memphis Grizzlies and San Antonio Spurs. As a coach he made seven stops before this. He spent time at Pacific (71-77) as a head coach as well as being an assistant at Rice, Memphis (twice) and Arizona at the collegiate level. He also coached for Memphis and Boston in the NBA.
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Virginia Tech playing at Cincinnati in the NIT's opening round
Hokies travel to Cincinnati, tips at 9pm Wednesday night. It's not what we hoped for but still got an opportunity to hang a banner in Cattoor and Mutts' final season. GO HOKIES!
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Women's Basketball a NUMBER 1 seed.
.@HokiesWBB, a No. 1 seed – has a nice ring to it 😉📺: @espn pic.twitter.com/EyVfMqeNwb— HokieSports (@hokiesports) March 13, 2023
Huge program defining moment that the team needs to capitalize on.
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