OK Hokie fans, admittedly I have been on a rather LONG hiatus from writing. I was sick for a while around the Orange Bowl and crazy busy since BUT I promise to get back into the swing. I will be writing on the Orange Bowl and the preview for next season soon, but I feel we need to get into the 'other' sport that has us Hokie fans crazy right now and that is men's hoops.
Sure, the Hokies LOVE to lose those clunkers to Penn State and Georgia and Richmond and Marshall. It happens every year. But on the other side of the pendulum are those crazy games when the level of desire and hard work match the best teams in the country they are playing and they unseat a top-ranked leviathan.
Consider this.
2005. Virginia Tech is in Krzyzewski-ville taking on the #1 Blue Devils. It's a back and forth affair, but Tech finds itself up 1 with 1 second remaining. Game over right?
Wrong. If you can bear to watch it again, please do, but Sean Dockery hits a half court prayer with time expiring to beat the Hokies. BUT we came close.
2006. You remember the dream season where we went to the NCAA tournament. The Hokies dethroned #1 North Carolina in Blacksburg.
2007. Who could forget the ACC tournament where the Hokies had the #1 Tarheels on the ropes AGAIN and needed a miracle baseline jumper from Hansbourough to beat VT by 2.
2009. VT at Wake. Wake lead for all of 26 seconds. VT outrebounded them, outhustled them and outplayed them for the whole of the game and FINALLY stole a road win against the #1 team in the country.
It's a long season. No question. We will lose some we shouldn't and win some we shouldn't. A 10 win ACC season is not out of the question yet and shouldn't be. This team could still be dancing in March.
If only the rest of our games were against #1's.
