ENTERTHESANDMAN
Hokies have three commits nominated to the McDonalds All American Game.
Aniya Trent
Kate Sears
Amani Jenkins
Coach Duffy getting some good ones.
The 12-4, 3-2 Hokies host the 10-7, 2-3 Virginia Cavaliers in Cassell at 6 PM tonight. The game will be streamed on the ACC Network extra channel. The Cavaliers have played three ranked teams this season and lost to Oklahoma and Notre Dame by large margins. In their most recent game they lost to Duke by only 5 points at home. We have several common opponents. They beat Radford 83-41; we beat Radford 73-34. They beat Wake Forest 69-46; we beat Wake 61-54. The ESPN matchup predictor gives the Hokies an 83.5% chance of victory.
PUTTING AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON AN EPIC COMEBACK WIN!📺 @HokiesMBB x ESPNU pic.twitter.com/28AcribVBS— ACC Men's Basketball (@accmbb) January 16, 2025
going for another dub 📈👀🆚 NC State⚪️ White Effect (wear white)🕖 7PM📺 ESPNU🔗 https://t.co/Fs1Y6Xt3KB🤝 Member One pic.twitter.com/AWJpe7sb8I— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) January 15, 2025
NC State (9-7)
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Virginia Tech (7-9)
Cassell Coliseum
7pm ESPNU
TV | ESPNU
Jay Alter, PxP
Randolph Childress, Analyst
Hammond sat out the West Coast road trip after injuring his foot against Miami.
Mike Young was asked about Hammond and he responded that Hammond is expected back for Wednesday's game against NC State.
The 11-4, 2-2 Hokies host the 7-8, 0-4 Demon Deacons in Cassell today at 2 PM. The game will be broadcast on the ACCNextra streaming channel. WF is on a 3 game losing streak and has lost 5 of their last 6. The Ladies have won their last two including the 2OT thriller over #13 Ga Tech in their last outing.
Against their one common opponent WF beat Campbell 63-46; the Hokies beat Campbell 81-46.
Virginia Tech (6-9)
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Cal (8-7)
6pm Tonight ACCN
Another bit of Cal-if-or-nication
Got busy today so this one is short.
Rodney Brown goes up against his former team.
Cal just smacked UVA by 14 but is 1-3 in ACC play with losses to Stanford. Pitt and Clemson. They also beat USC-W and Air Force but lost to Vanderbilt and Missouri. Other losses were to Cornell and #23 SDSU.
Cal Starting Five
Andrej Stojakovic
2 SO G 6-7 190
20.1 Pts, 4.5 Reb, 1.7 Ast
Jeremiah Wilkinson
0 FR G 6-1 185
12.4 Pts, 1.9 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Jovan Blacksher
10 SR G 5-11 155
11.3 Pts, 2.0 Reb, 3.1 Ast
I did a little deep dive into the careers of the coaches at Virginia Tech to see A.) who is the best against the Top 25 and B.) how good Tech is overall against the Top 25.
The results were not good, and in some cases, surprising.
Breaking it down by Rank:
vs AP Top 5 (or equivalent pollster prior to the AP)
Brooks: 3-16 (all NC State)
Alfano: 1-16 (ODU)
Henrickson: 0-14
Dunkenberger: 0-12
Wolff: 0-7
All others: 0-0
VT: 4-65
vs Top 10
Brooks: 4-24
Wolff: 2-14
Alfano: 2-31
Henrickson: 1-16
Dunkenberger: 1-24
Duffy/Owen: 0-1
Wetzel: 0-0
VT: 10-111
RANKED ACC ROAD WIN
UNDEFEATED OPPONENT
GREAT TEAM GAME
>100 POINTS
FAM
Big hoops fan, love the NBA. Really got into the league before COVID and found the "bubble" playoffs fascinating. Would love to talk pro hoops here with anybody else who is hooked.
Putting this up early because I'm on the road to Florida. Passing through Jacksonville tomorrow on the way to Sarasota. Hi Fireman.
The Ladies play at Georgia Tech Jan 9 at 7 PM. The game is on ACCNx. Ga Tech is 15-0, 3-0 in the ACC with wins over #19 UNC, Pitt and Syracuse. The Hokies are 10-4, 1-2.
Ga Tech starts three juniors, a fifth year and 6'6" sophomore Arianna Termis.
Their leading scorer, #3 Dani Carnegie 16 ppg does not start. Two starters do score in double digits, #25 Dunn and #5 Morgan. They average 18.7 assists and 12.3 TOs per game. Have outscored their opponents 83-57.
Ready to hoop in Cali 🫡🆚 Stanford🕘 9PM ET📺 ACCN🔗 https://t.co/Ypqs6c7UWE pic.twitter.com/VKQKYTPTkY— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) January 8, 2025
Virginia Tech (6-8)
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Stanford (9-5)
Maples Pavilion
9pm ACCN
TV | ACCN
Dave Feldman, PxP
Ben Braun, Analyst
RADIO | VT Sports Network
Zach Mackey, PxP
Mike Burnop, Analyst
VIDEO STREAM
@HokiesMBB ESPN.com and ESPN app
FAMMMM
The Ladies are in Miami today to take on the Hurricanes at noon. The game will be on ACCNextra. The ESPN Matchup Predictor gives the Hokies 61.3% chance to win. Miami is 11-3, 1-2 in the ACC with losses to Vanderbuilt, who are receiving votes in both polls, UNC (#17) and Louisville. Their ACC win was at Pittsburgh by 6 points. In the one common opponent Miami beat Campbell 71-66; the Hokies beat the Camels 81-46.
Hokies win. Great comeback to get the dramatic win.
Poteat getting the And 1 with 2.7 seconds with Kidd watching while scoring a career high was poetic.
MyMy 😤‼️📺 ACCN pic.twitter.com/LHZUK2tY5v— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) January 4, 2025
Women come back from 11 down in 4th Quarter to win 68-64.
Good weekend for basketball.
Saturday 🆚 the 'Canes⁉️ National Trivia Day👶 Invest529 Diaper Derby🥓 @SmithfieldBrand Bricks for Bacon in 2H🤝 @ValeroEnergy pic.twitter.com/S8tDOtrH64— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) January 3, 2025
Miami (4-9)
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Virginia Tech (5-8)
Cassell Coliseum
2pm ACCN
Hey @hokiesports you've literally ran out of food at the concessions in Cassell before halftime for the ACC home opener. @TechSideline I'm gonna need a journalistic report on this train wreck! #Hokies— Autumn Quinn (@autumnq24) January 2, 2025
In her press conference after the Florida State loss, Megan Duffy announced #Hokies guard Samyha Suffren will miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury that requires surgery.— David Cunningham (@therealdcunna) January 3, 2025
The 9-3, 0-1 Ladies host 11-2, 1-0 Florida State in Cassell Coliseum today at 6 PM. The game will be televised on the ACC Network. FSU and the Hokies are both unranked; but FSU received votes in the Coach's Poll but not the AP Poll. The Seminoles two losses were to Illinois(RV) on Nov 7 and #15 Tennessee on Dec 4.
The Hokies three losses are to #23 Iowa on Nov 10, #24 Michigan on Nov 30 and then #8, now #14 Duke on Dec 8.
FSU last played Dec 19; the Hokies last game was Dec 21. It will be interesting to see how both teams come out after the long layoff.
This was worth a share. Seeing two former Hokies square off in Serie A2.
JRob is playing for the Sportinvest Trapani Sharks.
Leday is playing for Olimpia Milano.
