An offensive awakening may be hard to come by today for the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team.
The Hokies (11-7, 0-4 ACC), who are in the midst of their first four-game losing streak in six years, are struggling on the offensive end. They face one of the best defensive teams in the country this evening when they visit No. 15 Virginia at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Roanoke Times
Ex-Virginia men's basketball coach Pete Gillen had a stock line for the kind of assignment Virginia Tech faces tonight at John Paul Jones Arena.
The Hokies will take on a Virginia team that has lost starting center Assane Sene for an estimated six weeks, but Tech isn't in a mood to feel sorry for anybody.
BLACKSBURG
Since the Hokies' overtime Sugar Bowl loss to Michigan earlier this month, Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer has been focused on putting the finishing touches on the 2012 recruiting class.
He was in town Friday for the first of two final recruiting weekends before National Signing Day on Feb. 1. The coach talked with The Virginian-Pilot. Here are some highlights:
Virginia Tech has lost four consecutive basketball games for the first time in six years. The Hokies absorbed their worst defeat of the season Thursday and were overwhelmed in the second half by eighth-ranked North Carolina.
BLACKSBURG — The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team continued its January swoon with an 82-68 loss to No. 8 North Carolina on Thursday night at Cassell Coliseum.
Playing in front of their first home sellout of the season, the Hokies fell to 0-4 in ACC play and have now lost four straight for the first time since 2005-06, the last season they failed to earn a trip to the NIT or NCAA Tournament.
By Mark Berman
BLACKSBURG
For the second time this season, Virginia Tech led a top-10 team at halftime.
And for the second time this season, the Hokies lost.
Tech dropped to 0-4 in the ACC on Thursday night, falling to No. 8 North Carolina 82-68 at Cassell Coliseum.
The Hokies (11-7 overall), playing in front of a sellout crowd for the first time this season, led 39-34 at halftime.
Virginia Tech missed 15 consecutive shots in a 19-0 second-half run North Carolina and the Hokies fell to 0-4 in the ACC for the first time since 2006.
Virginia Tech missed 15 consecutive shots in a 19-0 second-half run North Carolina and the Hokies fell to 0-4 in the ACC for the first time since 2006.
Virginia Tech had its largest lead, and Cassell Coliseum rocked. Erick Green had just made a 3-pointer, the Hokies’ ninth of this Thursday evening, and Tech led eighth-ranked North Carolina by eight points early in the second half.
