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20-Win Seasons Rare for the Hokies by Chris Coleman, TechSideline.com Virginia Tech will take on the Baylor Bears on Saturday morning, and a win will give the Hokies their 20th victory of the season. That's only happened 15 times in 100 seasons of basketball at Virginia Tech, so it's not something to take lightly.
Charlie Moir was at the helm during the golden age of Tech basketball in the 1980s, but after he left the program fell off. Tech has had just four 20-win seasons since, twice under Bill Foster and twice under Seth Greenberg. Of course, there were just four 20-win seasons in program history before Charlie Moir arrived. Overall, Moir had seven 20-win teams at Virginia Tech, while three other coaches have had two 20-win teams.
Obviously Moir is the most famous of Tech's basketball coaches, with 213 total wins in Blacksburg. That is almost twice as many as Chuck Noe, who is in second place with 109 career wins. However, Moir's 213 wins and seven 20-win seasons are tainted by the fact that the Hokies were slapped with 12 NCAA violations in 1987 and put on probation. Moir was cleared of any wrongdoing, but the probation hurt the program, and Moir himself left following the 1986-87 season. With a victory over Baylor tomorrow, Seth Greenberg will have his third straight 20-win season, putting him all alone in second place behind Moir in career 20-win seasons. It would also be just the second time in school history that Tech has been able to win 20 games in a season for three consecutive years.
Tech went to postseason play for five straight seasons from 1982 through 1986. That included NIT appearances in 1982, 1983 and 1984, while the 1985 and 1986 squads made the NCAA tournament. So while it's easy to be disappointed that Virginia Tech didn't make the NCAA tournament this year, it's important to remember that the program is still in its growing stages. They are in the postseason for the third straight year for just the second time in school history, and they can win 20 games in a season for the third straight year for just the second time. Those are steps in the right direction.
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Virginia
Tech downed Duquesne Wednesday night in the first round of the 2009 NIT,
in a game that makes you run out of adjectives trying to describe it.
We've got a 52-image photo gallery, brought to you by TSL's roving
photographer. See the whole game, including the amazing Orange Mann, right
here on TSL.
In
the second round of the NIT, Virginia Tech will play a team unfamiliar to
most Tech fans: the Baylor Bears. Baylor is part of the Big 12 conference,
and they are making their second consecutive postseason appearance under
head coach Scott Drew. The winner of this matchup will advance to the NIT
quarterfinals against either Auburn or Tulsa.
Meadowbrook
(Richmond, VA) star Desmond Coble turned in an outstanding junior
season, earning AP Group AAA first-team all-state honors in leading the
Monarchs to another playoff appearance. Coble, a 5-11, 180-pound prospect
who ran a hand-timed sub-4.5 40 at a Central Virginia combine in December,
was an all everything performer on offense, throwing for 1,553 yards and
16 scores and rushing for 1,082 yards with 12 scores.
How's
this for foreshadowing: earlier this week, in researching some bit of
trivia that I now no longer recall, I got sidetracked and wound up reading
the Hokie Huddler's account of Virginia Tech's epic 141-133 double
overtime win over Southern Mississippi on February 6th, 1988. Little did I
know that a few days after I relived that classic, the Hokies would stage
another double overtime thriller, downing Duquesne 116-108 in the opening
round of the 2009 NIT.
Virginia
Tech downed Duquesne 116-108 in an exciting double overtime game in
Cassell Coliseum on Wednesday night. Three Hokies set their career high in
points, and all five starters scored in double figures. Tech will return
to action on Saturday morning at 11am when they host a second round NIT
matchup against Baylor.
Oscar
Smith High (Chesapeake, VA) is home to two of the most highly recruited
rising seniors in quarterback Phillip Sims and defensive tackle
Evan Hailes, prospects that each have at least 20 Division 1 scholarship
offers according to head coach Rich Morgan. Sims and Hailes plan to hit
the road to make recruiting visits this spring...where do they plan to go?
Monday's
show was the last Hokie Hotline of the season, and Seth Greenberg was on
to talk about the ACC Tournament and the upcoming NIT matchup with
Duquesne.
With
spring football practice beginning on April 1st, it's time to kickoff our
coverage. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from now until the start of
practice, we'll release a preview for one or more positions on the team.
Today we'll start with the offensive backfield and take a look at the
quarterbacks, tailbacks and fullbacks.
Erick
Green's first and only season with Paul VI (Fairfax, VA) turned out to
be a big success, both individually and team-wise. With the 6-2, 190-pound
Green running the point, head coach Glenn Farello's squad (19-15 overall)
captured its first ever VIS state championship. Green, who spent the first
three years of his high school career at Millbrook High School, earned
state tournament MVP honors.