Virginia Tech – Basketball School?

Who would have guess in the beginning of the year that Virginia Tech would have a better record than North Carolina? If we were talking about football I would have, but BASKETBALL?!? Yep, you'd better believe that those Tar Heels weren't expecting it either. UNC entered the basketball season as #4 in the USA Today preseason poll. The held that ranking through the first week until an 87-71 BEATDOWN against the Syracuse Orange. On the other end of the spectrum was the Virginia Tech Hokies. VT entered the year unranked, as usual. They started off very slowly with an early loss to Temple, who at the time was getting very little to no national respect and recognition. They then began winning, ALOT. The Hokies stormed through their non-conference schedule beating many power conference opponents. The notable opponents to fall to the Hokies basketball squad were: Georgia, Penn State, Seton Hall, and Miami. Virginia Tech was also able to defend Cassell Coliseum against Boston College, before they went on the road to take down hated rival Virginia. Virginia was able to hit a miraculous three point jumper to send the game into overtime but it wasn't enough to stop the Virginia Tech assault led by, of all people, J.T. Thompson. Virginia Tech returned home after a crushing road defeat to the U. The matchup pitted the underdog Hokies against the North Carolina Tar Heels. The Tar Heels had previously beaten the Hokies at the Dean Smith Center, the North Carolina home court, earlier in the year. The setup was that of a perfect little guy upset over a powerhouse. The Hokies proceeded to down the Tar Heels by 4. However, the Hokies couldn't celebrate for long as they would play another impressive opponent, Clemson, in a couple days. In case you were in a coma for the past few weeks, you may have noticed that we get snow here at Virginia Tech, A LOT of snow. The days preceding the massive matchup between the Hokies and the Tigers were no different. Due to inclement weather the Virginia Tech athletic department thought that alumni and some student wouldn't want to make a difficult trip to go see their team play. Oh, they were wrong. They let students show up and get into the game for free, pending there were available seats. There were some available seats, the key word being "some". Easily over 1000 VT students lined up outside Cassell looking to claim these seats. I was one of those people who were there at 2:30 who was actually able to enter into the game. It was definitely worth the wait. The Hokies pummeled the favored Clemson Tigers on their way to a double digit win. With this simple recap of the season so far being said I propose a basic question, "Is VT turning into a basketball school?" With the talent on the team and the support of the fans my wish is YES!