After gritting his teeth and bearing it through an 11-22 disaster last season, the assumption would be Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams is overjoyed with the leap his program has taken this season. There's no question he's pleased with the chemistry of a young team that was predicted by media...
As far as Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams is concerned, his team's opportunity to host a National Invitation Tournament first-round game against Princeton can only be a positive, especially given where the Hokies were last season at this time. Tech (19-14), which was awarded a No. 3 seed in the...
WASHINGTON – Virginia Tech lost a basketball game for the first time in more than three weeks Thursday, and it almost felt like a surprise.Forget that the Hokies were 9.5-point pups against Miami in this ACC tournament quarterfinal. Forget that the 11th-ranked Hurricanes are bigger, better and...
WASHINGTON - Much of the defensive brilliance and some of the offensive efficiency Virginia Tech had shown over the course of its six-game winning streak was absent in stretches Thursday night, resulting in an 88-82 loss to Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament quarterfinals. Now, with...
WASHINGTON – There's an annual benchmark in Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams' mind that provides an indication of his program's progress over the course of a season. If his team is still playing once the weather starts to turn warm, that's a good sign. "I think the teams that improve after Valentine's...
There was a time when Virginia Tech’s Zach LeDay was going to be the second coming of Grandmama at Skyline High in Dallas. LeDay can blame a growth spurt for those unreasonable comparisons to former NBA All-Star Larry Johnson.No pressure or anything, kid.LeDay is six or seven years removed from...
Over the next five days, the party line from the Atlantic Coast Conference's men's basketball coaches about how close the talent level has been all season in the conference will be tested in Washington, D.C. After last Saturday's win at Duke, No. 1 seed and ACC regular-season champ North Carolina...
BLACKSBURG – It’s not as if Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams and his players saw this coming. There was no indication 2 1/2 weeks ago when Tech left Miami with a crushing loss that a shocking turnaround was on the horizon.Tech has even stunned itself with its meteoric rise.Clawing its way to the...
Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams is a changed man. When Tech last crossed paths with Miami, more than a few of the characteristics the Hokies have discovered in a little over two weeks were nowhere to be found. Some of it started with Williams' own transformation even before Tech's 65-49 loss...
BLACKSBURG – Though teams don't often discuss revenge being a factor in rematches, Zach LeDay wasn't shy about his feelings Wednesday night after Virginia Tech held on for a 65-61 win against Pittsburgh. Tech's fourth consecutive victory, which is its longest such streak in the Atlantic Coast Conference...
BLACKSBURG — Virginia Tech will have a winning basketball season and will finish no worse than .500 in the ACC. Anyone with an interest in the Hokies, vested or otherwise, would have signed on for such a ride in October. No. Questions. Asked. And what a ride it's been, the latest twist Wednesday's...
When he thinks back to Virginia Tech’s 90-71 loss Jan. 31 at then-No. 23 Pittsburgh, Hokies coach Buzz Williams is plagued by memories that fall under the heading of Bad Basketball Exhibit A.Just about everything qualified as a disaster that evening for Tech (16-13, 8-8 Atlantic Coast Conference),...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams is aware of the recent struggles of his program. He’s kept his young team plugged in regarding milestones and continued to set goals, but Sunday night’s 81-74 win at Wake Forest represented a giant leap. Tech (16-13, 8-8 Atlantic Coast Conference)...
Miami's basketball team endured its most severe beating of the season Saturday afternoon at North Carolina. With first place in the ACC at stake, the Tar Heels humbled the Hurricanes 96-71.Two days later, with guards Sheldon McClellan and Ja’Quan Newton nursing an ankle and shin injury, respectively,...
BLACKSBURG — Seth Allen's left eye looked like he'd ended up on the wrong end of a head-on collision with a semitrailer. Chris Clarke's bum left ankle made him look like he was walking around with razor blades in his shoe. None of it mattered to either player — not after what Virginia Tech did Saturday...
Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams doesn’t spend much time looking at Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournament scenarios. He insists he has no time to consider how it might all shake out.When a reporter mentioned to him Monday that Tech (13-13, 5-8 ACC) is in position to get a first-round...
A decade will pass before Virginia Tech and Maryland renew their football ties, but the Hokies' future non-conference schedules are now set to include another Big Ten foe with the addition of the Terrapins beginning in 2026. Tech and Maryland have agreed to a four-game series to be played in the...
After weeks of only being able to sit and watch his Virginia Tech teammates, Chris Clarke didn't exactly get his way. He was forced to extend his patience a little longer than he would've preferred. Now, with an 11-point effort off the bench Tuesday night in Tech's 67-49 loss at No. 7 Virginia...
Commissioner John Swofford often touts the ACC’s history of NCAA compliance, trumpeting that has largely been appropriate. Not any longer.What Swofford needs to do instead, if he hasn’t already, is gather league athletic directors and presidents in a room for an intense — occasionally profane,...
Just a little over a month ago, Virginia was trending up and Virginia Tech was trying to build momentum early in the Atlantic Coast Conference slate when the then-No. 4 Cavaliers traveled to Blacksburg and left with a 70-68 loss. In keeping with a pervasive theme this season in the ACC, a lot of...
BLACKSBURG — In its last game, Virginia Tech let a late lead slip away in an overtime loss at Syracuse. Against Clemson, though, the Hokies finished. Zach LeDay scored 19 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead Virginia Tech to a 60-57 victory over Clemson on Saturday. LeDay made five free throws...
After a source confirmed a Sports Illustrated report Wednesday night that secondary coach Torrian Gray is leaving Virginia Tech to join Florida's coaching staff, Tech acknowledged the news Thursday. Gray, 41, will take over Florida's vacant secondary coach role, according to the source. Tech's...
FAB 15 Here's a look at where the football players selected last July for the Daily Press' annual Fab 15 collection of the state's top high school talent signed letters of intent Wednesday: 1. Levonta Taylor, CB, Ocean Lakes (Virginia Beach) — Signed with Florida State 2. Scott Bracey, WR, Benedictine...
VIRGINIA Possible immediate impact: Wide receiver Joe Reed from Charlotte Court House was U.Va.'s first commitment for the 2016 class, and he could end up being the first new player to get a shot to make a fast impression in coach Bronco Mendenhall's offense. With Olamide Zaccheaus (21 catches...
BLACKSBURG — Making a big National Signing Day splash to rival the Alabamas and Florida States of the heavyweight recruiting world wasn't going to happen this year, but new Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente was realistic. He knew what he was up against coming into a day that saw Tech bring in a...
After 45 seasons of steering Hampton High's football team, Mike Smith has held company with a lot of college football coaching personalities who have recruited his players over the years. Bear Bryant. George Welsh. Frank Beamer. Smith has mingled with all of them. There aren't many surprises anymore...