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From scanning the basketball message board since Tech's 75-74 loss to Clemson, it appears there are some fans out there who think the Hokies could still be left out of the NCAA tournament if they don't win their first ACC tournament game tonight against Wake Forest. If you're a member of that group, spend the next few minutes reading this week's TSLMail to put your mind at ease. Virginia Tech is 20-10 overall and 10-6 in the ACC. They finished #3 in the most prestigious conference in America. They will be in the NCAA tournament. I'd guarantee it. Still don't believe me? Keep reading. It's possible to finish below .500 in the ACC and still get an invitation to the NCAA tournament. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, 26 teams have finished either 6-8 or 7-9 in the ACC. Of those 26 teams, 12 have been invited to the NCAA tournament. However, we must be completely fair and mention that 11 of the past 14 teams that finished 7-9 in the ACC were left out of the Big Dance. It appears that the Selection Committee's opinion on 7-9 ACC teams has dropped over the past few years. Fortunately, the Hokies aren't 7-9, so we don't have to worry about that. Let's move on to teams who finished exactly .500 in conference play. The ACC has had 18 teams finish 7-7 or 8-8 in the ACC since 1985. 14 of those 18 teams have advanced to the NCAA tournament.
If you finish with a winning record in the ACC, it's almost impossible to get left out of the NCAA tournament. For teams that finished 8-6 or 9-7 (two games above .500) since 1985, all but two have received an invitation to the Big Dance. Only Virginia in 2000 did not get a bid. The Hoos went 9-7 in the ACC that year and got left out. Florida State also got left out last season with a 9-7 mark. Overall, 21 of 23 teams who have finished two games above .500 in ACC have gotten an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. With the Hokies at 10-6, it makes you feel like they're a lock, doesn't it? What definitely makes Virginia Tech a lock to be picked by the NCAA Selection Committee is the fact that no ACC team that has finished four games or more over .500 in conference play has been left out of the NCAA tournament. Since 1985, 63 teams have finished 9-5 or 10-6 or better, and every one of them got an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. The Hokies are in. No doubt about it. Here's a look at the past 10-6 teams from the ACC.
The 2000-01 Maryland Terrapins made the Final Four, and their regular season compares closely to Virginia Tech's 2006-07 regular season. The Terps were 20-9 overall to end the regular season, 10-6 in the ACC. That's almost identical to Tech's 20-10 overall, 10-6 ACC record. Maryland beat Wake Forest in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament that year, then lost to Duke in the semifinals.
That year, the Terps got a #3 seed and made the Final Four. They knocked off George Mason, Georgia State, Georgetown and Stanford before falling to Duke in the National Semifinals. No one is projecting the Hokies as a #3 seed this year. Joe Lunardi currently has Tech as a #5 seed. As the 2001 Maryland Terrapins showed, the #3 team out of the ACC stands a decent chance of making some noise in the NCAA tournament.
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Last
Thursday, Amherst (VA) star Derrick McCoy verbally committed to
Virginia Tech. It was a decision the 6-3, 210-pound WR/ATH prospect had
been considering for quite some time, but, in the end it turned out to be
an easy choice.
In
only his first year in the Fork Union Military Academy prep program,
junior Marcus Dowtin had an instant impact on the gridiron on both
sides of the ball. At running back, the 6-2, 205-pound prospect rushed for
1,132 yards (averaging about 8 yards per carry) and scored 15 touchdowns.
A linebacker on defense, he tallied 92 tackles.
11th-seeded
Wake Forest beat #6 seed Georgia Tech 114-112 in double overtime early
Friday morning, in a game that dragged on until nearly 1 a.m. and set a
record for total points in an ACC tournament game. With the thrilling win,
the Demon Deacons capped off a day that saw all four lower-seeded teams
win. Seeds 5-8 all went down in defeat, while seeds 9-12 advanced to the
quarterfinals. Wake Forest will play third-seeded Virginia Tech in the
late game Friday night, tipping off some time after 9 o'clock.
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Dowdell became Virginia Tech's first men's basketball player to be named
first team All-ACC on Monday, joining UNC's Tyler Hansbrough, Virginia's
Sean Singletary, Florida State's Al Thornton and Boston College's Jared
Dudley in collecting the honor. On Tuesday, Tech's Jamon Gordon was named
Defensive Player of the Year.
Virginia
Tech will take part in their third ACC tournament beginning on Friday
night, when they take on the winner of Thursday's Georgia Tech-Wake Forest
game. The Hokies are hoping it goes better than their first two ACC
tournaments. It certainly can't go any worse. The Hokies have been bounced
in their first game the past two seasons, and their conference tournament
performance has been poor for over 20 years.
County
Player of the Year as a junior at Forest Hills High School (Marshville,
N.C.), 6-4, 185-pound guard Dorenzo Hudson felt it was time for a
change. The Virginia Tech recruit decided to transfer to Hargrave Military
Academy to finish out his prep career and the change has been for the
better, as the talented guard feels like an improved player in several
ways.
Jeff
Allen committed to Virginia Tech on June 27th, 2005. At the time, he
had played his previous season at DeMatha Catholic but would transfer to
another prestigious prep institution - Oak Hill Academy - for 2005/2006.
He is now at Hargrave Military Academy and all he needs to do is to
graduate in order to qualify for Virginia Tech. Presumably, the talented
forward will finally be in Blacksburg later this year.
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Virginia
Tech lost their chance to tie for the ACC regular season championship and
earn the #1 seed in the ACC tournament when they were defeated by Clemson
75-74 in Blacksburg on Sunday afternoon. The Hokies drop to 20-10 overall
and 10-6 in ACC play, and are still assured a first round bye in the ACC
tournament. Clemson improves to 21-9 and 7-9 in conference play.
Sunday
afternoon will mark the final home game in the careers of five Virginia
Tech seniors, and this will be a big one for them. The Hokies still have a
chance to claim the #1 seed in the ACC tournament. Things are still so
wide open at the top that Tech could finish anywhere from tied for first
to fourth place. However, the only thing they can control is what they do
on Sunday against the Clemson Tigers.