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bradley
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03-13-16 09:37 PM - Post#204377
In response to gokinsmen

Buzz Williams, former Marquette head coach, had the Hokies win their last 6 games prior to the ACC tournament six pt loss to Miami. They play intense defense and at a very high energy. You are correct that they do not have a dominant big guy although their best player is a 6 7" forward. Guard Bibb can score as I was able to watch him play at Wake Forest. Virginia Tech will probably be a 6-7 point favorite.

It says quite a bit that the Tigers are a 6th seed in the NIT although their seeding was probably hurt by the number of conference regular season winners that lost their tournament game. Only way that the Tigers would have gotten NCAA tournament consideration if they beat Harvard and then lost the playoff game to Yale as well as either beating Miami or Maryland or either losing to Miami/Maryland but beating both St. Joe's and Stony Brook in the regular season. For next year, Coach had best schedule some games with good teams and win 50% of those games if they do not win the Ivy League Russian Roulette Tournament.

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