ENTERTHESANDMAN
Apparently the trend towards General Managers is moving into mens basketball.
UNC is hiring Jim Tanner, a longtime NBA Agent to be the GM. It does not sound like he will stop being an agent and owner of Tandem Sports and Entertainment which would seem like a major conflict of interest.
The 16-2, 7-8 Ladies host 22-6, 10-5 California, a team that receives votes in the ranking polls. The game will be broadcast on the ACC Network. ESPN thinks we have a 57% chance of winning this game. The Hokies have lost their last two games to #12 UNC and to a Stanford team that we gave the game away. Cal is on a three-game winning streak. Their six losses are to 5 ranked teams and Clemson.
Hokies win 81-68 to essentially eliminate Lynn Kidd from the ACCT.
Hokie Hoops Central:
Virginia Tech (11-15)
at
Miami (6-20)
6pm ACCN
Gameday in the 305 🌴🆚 Miami🕕 6PM📺 ACCN🔗 https://t.co/Ypqs6c8sMc pic.twitter.com/bG8YqmYe8F— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) February 22, 2025
Beat them before but on the road in this one and done trying to predict whether Jekyll or Hyde will come out of the locker room. 🤔
Win essentially locks in a spot in ACCT.
The Ladies host Stanford tonight at 8 PM. Broadcast is on the ACC Network. Been playing golf for the last three days and heading to our daily wrap-up meeting in a few minutes. We should win.
Go Hokies!
Virginia Tech (11-14)
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Boston College (10-15)
Conte Forum
9pm ACCN
let's handle business 🫡🆚 Boston College🕘 9PM📺 ACCN🔗 https://t.co/Ypqs6c8sMc pic.twitter.com/Qm3KaV5yLP— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) February 18, 2025
TV | ACCN
Jay Alter, PxP
Malcolm Huckaby, Analyst
RADIO | VT Sports Network
Zach Mackey, PxP
Mike Burnop, Analyst
VIDEO STREAM
@HokiesMBB ESPN.com and ESPN app
Virginia (12-12)
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Virginia Tech (11-13)
Cassell Coliseum
2pm CW Network
Sweep??
Hokies have a chance to sweep the season series against the Wahoos today. Last time out they controlled about 37 minutes of the game but nearly blew a 13 point lead with three minutes remaining. UVA missed as time expired in a 75-74 final.
The Hokies had a clear advantage in the paint. Tobi Lawal had 17 points but did have foul troubles. Jaden Schutt had his best game of the season on both sides of the ball. Hokies went 1 for 8 at the line in the final minutes though, allowing UVA back into the game.
The 16-8, 7-6 Ladies travel to Chapel Hill today to take on #12 UNC 21-4, 9-3. The game is an ACC Network extra broadcast. UNC is 11.5 point favorite with the over/under at 134.5; the Matchup Predictor gives the Hokies an 18.5% chance.
UNCs four losses are all to ranked teams: #7 UConn, #19 GA Tech, #2 Notre Dame, and #23 FSU. They have wins over #8 Kentucky, #13 Duke in OT and RV Cal. For comparison, we beat GA Tech and lost to Duke, Notre Dame and FSU. In other common opponents, all of which UNC beat, we beat Miami, Pitt, and Wake Forest.
Kitley signed with the Aces.
Taylor Soule has a tryout contract with Washington Mystics.
Aisha Sheppard has launched a podcast
Off the Court, On the Record
Kayana Traylor is in Turkey but may be back with the Minnesota Lynx
Regan Magarity is also in Turkey.
If you were to ask me when the Men's team started off 3-6 and the Women started conference play 0-2 that either team would be in the positions they are today, You'd be in your right to call me a damn liar.
Mike Young's team (6-7) sits 8th in the conference with 7 games remaining; 4 games back of the double-bye and 3.5 games above missing out on the tournament completely.
Ladies absolutely destroyed the BooHoos 87-62 without Rose available..
Four starters finished in double figures. Baker and Ekh had 17 each. Only knock on the team was the 16 turnovers but they forced 18 by UVA.
give and go 🏃♀️💨🦃 » 79 ⚔️ » 54 pic.twitter.com/gbWm2Dz0ST— Virginia Tech Women's Basketball (@HokiesWBB) February 9, 2025
Putting this up early because tomorrow morning is busy. I won't get to watch most of the game; so I hope you guys can bring home a winner.
The Ladies travel to LOLUVA Sunday at Noon. The game will be on the ACC Network. The ESPN Predictor gives the Hokies 62% chance to win; but I think that assumes Micheaux will play. The VT website lists Petersen as the probable starter.
Virginia is 12-12, 4-8. They beat us in Blacksburg 73-68 on Jan 16 in a game we should have won. We picked a terrible time to have a really bad game. Since beating us, UVA is 1-6 in their last 7 games.
FAM
Rechsteiner Show
Goes 7-8 at the line to close it out
Thought this game was tomorrow but tipping off now on CW Network.
Notre Dame is overly reliant on starters to do 85% of scoring. They lose when they have foul trouble. They are 4-7 in ACC play and this is a game the Hokies should win.
Not a great shooting team and struggle to defend the paint. Focus should be to get Poteat and Lawal going early.
Tae Davis
7 JR F 6-9 204
15.5 Pts, 5.5 Reb, 2.0 Ast
Braeden Shrewsberry
11 SO G 6-3 189
14.3 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.6 Ast
Markus Burton
3 SO G 5-11 166
20.5 Pts, 3.2 Reb, 3.1 Ast
Matt Allocco
41 SR G 6-4 200
9.4 Pts, 4.6 Reb, 3.0 Ast
Kebba Njie
14 JR F 6-10 237
6.6 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 0.5 Ast
The 15-7, 6-5 Ladies host the 8-13, 2-8 Syracuse Orange today at 6 PM. The game will be on the ACC Network. Their two wins in ACC play were against 11-11, 4-7 Clemson and 13-9, 3-8 Miami. They lost to ranked Notre Dame, FSU, Ga Tech and NC State; also lost to unranked SMU, Louisville, Boston College and UVA. We also lost to Notre Dame, FSU, Virginia and NC State; we beat SMU Louisville, and Ga Tech. The ESPN matchup predictor gives us 83.2% chance to win.
Late night in the 🏰🆚 SMU⚫️ Black Out (wear black)🕘 9PM📺 ACCN🔗 https://t.co/Ypqs6c7UWE🤝 @AmericasNavy pic.twitter.com/vSB3g05Rlv— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) February 5, 2025
SMU (17-5)
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Virginia Tech (10-12)
Cassell Coliseum
9pm ACCN
TV | ACCN
Anish Shroff, PxP
Perry Clark, Analyst
And if they do, how would you rate CMY's performance this year? I'm a little out of the loop with basketball.
The Ladies host the SMU Mustangs today at 2 PM. The game will be on the ACCNextra platform. The Mustangs are 10-12, 2-8 in the ACC. Their two ACC wins were an overtime win at Syracuse and Stanford at home. They lost at home to UNC, Duke and Louisville and on the road to FSU, Pitt, Notre Dame, Miami, and Cal. For comparison, we lost to FSU, Notre Dame, and Duke. We beat Pitt, Miami and Louisville. Our record is 14-7, 5-5. We are on a two-game losing streak; they are on a six-game losing streak.
