It has happened often through the rich history of ACC basketball. In fact, more often than not. Two bitter in-state rivals get together on the hardwood late in the season with first place in the standings on the line. The game is nationally-televised and interest is high; tickets are very difficult to obtain. It is [...]

Jared Dudley seemed uncharacteristically reticent. The BC star forward and ACC Player of the Year favorite had little to say following Tech’s Wednesday night demolition of the Eagles. That was in stark contrast to his pre-game media comments. Dudley provided solid evidence of the most dependable of sayings in all of sports: the Weauxf Gods [...]

Beating the Hoos just never grows old. It happened again last Saturday with that 84-57 demolition job in Cassell Coliseum. It’s not too often that the spread of the basketball game exceeds that of the football. As usually happens after the Hokies have beaten the Hoos, I jump for the telephone in order to cackle at [...]

A-Line Extra Virginia Tech remained unbeaten in Dean’s Dome, defeating North Carolina 81-80 Tuesday night. The Hokies continued their remarkable streak of never having lost in the legendary basketball palace, running their all-time record there to 1-0. Days earlier, Tech coach Seth Greenberg had been asked the secret to not losing in Dean’s Dome. Greenberg, now holder [...]

What a fun few days this has been. A chill in the air causes me to go to ground, coming up long enough to take in some of the sports scene. One takes the bad with the good. It was quite the chill that enveloped the air in my neck of the woods. It has been [...]