Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 1 Virginia Tech Hokies (19-13, 9-7) vs. Hokie Morgan State Bears (22-10, 14-2) 2007-08 Schedule & Results Hoops (19-13, 9-7 ACC) Date Opponent Time TV 11/9 ELON W 69-64

Top-Seeded Hokies Host Morgan Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout 11/21 vs. Eastern Washington#^ W 69-52 State in 1st Round of 2008 NIT 11/23 vs. #22/23 Butler# L OT 78-84 11/24 vs. #14/14 Gonzaga# L 64-82

Big Ten/ACC Challenge GAME 33: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 • 7 p.m. 11/28 at Penn State% L 61-66 Cassell Coliseum (9,847), Blacksburg, Va. 12/1 UNC ASHEVILLE W 65-51 Series vs. MSU: VT, 6-0 Series Streak: VT, six 12/4 UNC GREENSBORO W 67-39 Last Meeting vs. the Bears: VT, 77-49, Nov. 25, 2005, Cassell Coliseum 12/9 GEORGE WASHINGTON W 68-36 Live Stats: Hokiesports.com 12/16 at Old Dominion L 69-72 Radio: Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network XM 192 TV: ESPN Classic 12/19 LIBERTY W 58-46 12/23 at Wake Forest* L 75-77

Entering Tonight’s Game ECAC Holiday Festival - Madison Square Garden The Hokies enter the NIT as a number-one seed ... Hokie Checklist 12/28 vs. Hofstra$ W 84-59 3 The Hokies are one of four 12/29 vs. St. John’s$ W 54-48 The Hokies are 19-13 overall and finished fourth in number-one seeds in the NIT. the ACC with a 9-7 league mark ... Morgan State is a 1/3 at Richmond L 49-52 number-eight seed and enters the game 22-10 overall 3 Tonight is the Hokies’ first-ever 1/7 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 79-49 and was 14-2 in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play. appearance on ESPN Classic. 1/12 MARYLAND* W 67-66 1/16 at Virginia* W OT 70-69 Virginia Tech and the NIT 3 A.D. Vassallo recorded his 1/19 at * L 70-81 This is the Hokies’ ninth appearance in the NIT 1,000th career point in the win 1/24 #4/3 DUKE* L 64-81 and their first since 2005 ... Tech is 18-6 all-time in 1/26 at Boston College* W OT 81-73 over Georgia Tech on Feb. 23. 1/29 FLORIDA STATE* W 89-80 the NIT ... Virginia Tech won the 1973 and 1995 NIT 3 Seth Greenberg is the 2008 2/2 VIRGINIA* W OT 72-65 Championships and finished third in the 1984 NIT ... 2/5 at NC State* L 63-73 Virginia Tech is 8-0 in NIT games in Cassell Coliseum ACC Coach of the Year. 2/9 MIAMI* L 71-74 ... The Hokies are 24-14 all-time in post-season play 2/16 at #5/5 * L 53-92 3 A.D. Vassallo earned All-ACC ... The Hokies have made the post-season in three of 2/20 at Maryland* W 69-65 second round honors ... Deron Seth Greenberg’s five seasons at Virginia Tech. 2/23 GEORGIA TECH* W 92-84 Washington made honorable 2/26 BOSTON COLLEGE* W 67-48 Vs. Morgan State mention ... Jeff Allen was 3/4 WAKE FOREST* W 80-58 This is the seventh named to the All-ACC 3/9 at #24/arv Clemson* L 69-70 meeting between Freshman team and joined 3/14 vs. Miami^ W 63-48 3/15 vs. #1/1 North Carolina^ L 66-68 the two schools and Washington as an honorable Virginia Tech has mention All-ACC Defensive 3/19 MORGAN STATE& 7 p.m. ESPNC team. won all six previous * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games meetings ... The # - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Ak. % - ACC/Big Ten Challenge, University Park, Pa. Hokies won the last meeting, 77-49, in the 2005-06 season $ - ECAC Holiday Festival, New York, N.Y. in Cassell Coliseum ... All meetings in this series have been ^ - ACC Tournament, Charlotte, N.C. & - NIT, Blacksburg, Va. played in Cassell Coliseum ... The Hokies are 20-0 all-time All times are EST and subject to change against current members of the MEAC.

Hokie Probables F 13 Deron Washington Sr. 6-7 New Orleans, La. hokiesports.com 12.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.2 apg F 0 Jeff Allen Fr. 6-7 Washington, D.C. 12.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.1 spg C 21 lewis Witcher So. 6-9 rocky Mount, Va. 2.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg. 0.5 bspg G 23 Malcolm Delaney Fr. 6-3 Baltimore, Md. 9.1ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.0 apg G 40 A.D. Vassallo Jr. 6-6 Toa Baja, P.R. 16.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.0 apg Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 2 Hokie Notes Quite a Margin Greenberg Earns ACC Honors Player Notes From the Miami Game In the win over Miami in the ACC Virginia Tech men’s coach Both Jeff Allen (10 pts., 10 reb.) and Deron quarterfinals, the Hokies out rebounded the Seth Greenberg has been named the 2008 Washington (14 pts., 12 reb.) recorded Hurricanes, 51-25 ... It is by far the largest Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the double-doubles ... This marks the first time rebounding margin for the Hokies this season Year, as selected by members of the Atlantic that Tech had two players record a double- and in ACC Tournament play ... It is also the Coast Sports Media Association ... This is the double in an ACC Tournament game ... They largest rebounding margin for the Hokies second time in the team’s four seasons in the are also the second and third-ever players under Seth Greenberg. league that Greenberg has earned the honor to record a double-double for the Hokies ...... Greenberg previously earned the award Jamon Gordon had 12 points, 11 rebounds in A Low in Charlotte in 2005, the team’s inaugural season as a the 72-64 loss last year to NC State ... Malcolm The 49 points scored by Miami is the fewest member of the ACC ... Greenberg is the first Delaney and A.D. Vassallo’s 15-points tie for points allowed by the Hokies in an ACC ACC coach to win the award at least twice in a the second-most points scored by a Hokie in Tournament game ... The previous low was 52 three-year span since Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski an ACC Tournament game ... Zabian Dowdell scored by Wake Forest last season. won the award three times between 1997 and twice prior scored 15 ... Vassallo still holds the 2000. school record at 22 points, which he scored Getting Close against Wake Forest last year ... Delaney and Hank Thorns enters More Honors Allen scored 15 and 10 points, respectively ... tonight’s game with 108 Virginia Tech’s starting guards, A.D. The most points scored by a Hokie freshman assists on the season ... Vassallo and Malcolm Delaney were each in an ACC Tournament game prior to today’s The Virginia Tech record named to the ACC All-Tournament second game was six by Vassallo in the ’06 contest for assists in a season by team on Sunday. vs. Virginia ... Washington’s 12 rebounds set a freshman is 112, set by a Tech career-high in the ACC Tournament Bimbo Coles in the 1986-87 A Strong Freshman Class ... Jamon Gordon had 11 rebounds last year season ... That mark is also Virginia Tech’s freshman class of Jeff Allen, Hank Thorns against Wake Forest ... Washington also had 10th on the Virginia Tech Terrell Bell, Malcolm Delaney, Dorenzo seven offensive rebounds, which tops Markus list for assists in a season, regardless of class Hudson, J.T. Thompson and Hank Thorns Sailes’ six offensive rebounds against UVa in ... Malcolm Delaney enters the NIT with 97 is currently averaging 34.9 points per game 2006. assists. - ninth-best scoring average by an ACC freshmen class since freshmen became Notes from the ACC Semifinals Getting Close, Part Deux eligible in 1972-73 ... In ACC games, their This was UNC’s second lowest offensive Jeff Allen enters numbers increase to 36.9 ppg. output of the season and just the second time tonight’s game with 238 UNC scored under 70 points ... The Tar Heels rebounds on the season ... School Year W/L PG defeated Ohio State, 66-55, in November. ... The Virginia Tech record for Duke 1982-83 11-17 52.9 Tech’s 15 makes and 20 attempts rebounds in a season by Georgia Tech 1982-83 13-15 46.9 are both school tournament records ... a freshman is 255, set by Clemson 1995-96 18-11 44.4 The Hokies made 12 against GT in ’05 and Ace Custis in the 1993-94 North Carolina 2002-03 19-16 42.1 Duke 1999-00 29- 5 40.5 attempted 19 shots in two previous games ... season ... The last Hokie to North Carolina 2005-06 23- 8 39.8 Tech’s starting five outscored UNC’s starting grab at least 238 rebounds Jeff Allen Wake Forest 1978-79 12-15 38.1 five, 57-56 ... Malcolm Delaney’s six assists in a season was Bryant Wake Forest 1990-91 19-11 35.0 are the most by a Tech freshman in the ACC Matthews, who had 259 rebounds as a senior Virginia Tech 2007-08 18-11 34.9 Tournament and tie Zabian Dowdell for in the 2003-04 season. Maryland 1993-94 18-12 34.8 most-overall by a Hokie ... Dowdell posted Clemson 1974-75 17-11 34.4 We Are Honored six against Wake Forest last year ... UNC Three Virginia Tech players have earned Notes from the ACC Quarterfinals last scored fewer than 70 points in an ACC All-ACC honors this season ... A.D. Vassallo There were a total of 10 lead changes and Tournament game back in 2003 in a 63-75 has been named to the All-ACC second five ties ... In the 60-56 loss to Virginia in the loss to Duke ... In total, nine games were team, as selected by members of the Atlantic 2006 ACC Tournament, there were nine lead played between that one and the semifinal Coast Sports Media Association ...Teammate changes and five ties ... This marks the third contest against Virginia Tech ... UNC came into Deron Washington has earned an honorable time in five ACC Tournament games that Tech the 2008 ACC Tournament averaging a career mention ... Jeff Allen has been named to the has had four players score in double-figures 74.6 ppg in the ACC Tournament. All-ACC Freshman team ... Both Washington ... This is the second time the Hokies won the Let’s Get Defensive and Allen are honorable mention on the All- game ... The only loss came last year against Jeff Allen set a new career high when he ACC Defensive team. NC State (72-64) ... The seven made three- recorded four blocked shots in the loss at pointers represent a team record for made #24 Clemson ... With the four blocks, Allen is Seth Nears 300th three-pointers in the ACC Tournament ... VT ranked 10th in the ACC in blocked shots, to Seth Greenberg won his 250th game as had made four in three previous games ... go with his second place finish in steals in a collegiate head coach in the Hokies’ 94-66 The win over Miami was the Hokies’ first-ever conference games ... Allen is the only player win over North Carolina A&T on Dec. 7, 2005 Friday victory under Seth Greenberg. ... Greenberg has a career record of 299-239 in the ACC in the top 10 of both catagories in (.556) in 18 seasons as a collegiate head conference games. coach and is 86-69 (.555) in his five seasons at Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 3 Hokie Notes A Lotta Time A Fitting Goodbye Winning is Good In the loss at #24 Clemson, Deron The Hokies’ 80-58 victory over Wake Forest The Hokies enter the 2008 NIT with a total Washington and A.D. Vassallo both went on March 4 marked Senior Night for Deron of 41 victories in the last two seasons ... The over the 1,000 minute played mark for the Washington and Marcus Travis ... In the last time the Hokies won that many games season ... Florida State, with Toney Douglas game, Washington recorded his fifth double- in a two-year stretch was the 1994-95 and and Jason Rich, is the only other ACC team double of the season and ninth of his career 1995-96 seasons, when Tech combined for 48 with a pair of players over 1,000 minutes with 22 points and 13 rebounds ... The 22 wins. played this season. points is a season-high for Washington ... He added three assists and two blocked shots, As Low As Ever 20-Plus as well ... He also had a pair of his own special Virginia Tech defeated Boston College, A.D. Vassallo now has nine games of brand of high-flying dunks that thrilled the 67-48, in Cassell Coliseum on Feb. 26 ... The 20-or-more-points this season ... He entered crowd, as he has since his debut four years 48 points is the fewest allowed by Tech in an the season with just four total 20-plus point ago. ACC game since joining the league in 2004 ... games ... His nine 20-point games this season The previous low for an ACC game this season is sixth-best among ACC players. It Gets Late Early Around Here was 65 points by Virginia in Cassell Coliseum The loss at Clemson marked the Hokies’ and at Maryland and the previous low was Since Expansion latest-ever regular season game ... The 54 points scored by Virginia (in a VT loss, Since the ACC expanded to include Virginia previous mark was March 8, 2003, when the 54-49) in Blacksburg in the 2005-06 season Tech and Miami in 2004 (and Boston College Hokies lost at West Virginia ... Last season, the ... It is also the fewest points allowed in an joined in 2005), the Hokies have the fourth- Hokies’ opened ACC Tournament play with a ACC game this season ... The previous low for most conference victories (as of March 6) ... win over Wake Forest on March 9. any game was an 82-51 win by Clemson over Tech is 31-33 in that stretch ... Only North Virginia on Feb. 7 in John Paul Jones Arena ... Carolina (50-13), Duke (46-17) and Maryland Winning in the ACC It is tied for the second-fewest points allowed (33-30) have more wins in that span ... Tech’s The Hokies’ 80-58 win over Wake Forest in a game this season by the Hokies. winning percentage is fifth-best over that on March 4 assured the Hokies of a winning time (add Boston College to the previous ACC season ... Tech has been at least .500 in Better on the Boards three teams). the league in three of the four seasons since Last season, the Hokies were 11th in the joining in 2004 ... Tech never had a winning ACC in rebounding margin in all games Marcus Makes Good conference season as a member of the BIG played ... This season, the Hokies are third Marcus Travis earned EAST Conference from 2000-2004. in the league in that stat and up to second his first career start on in ACC games ... A year ago, Tech was Senior Night on March Oh, Yes, They Call It the Streak outrebounded by its opponents by an 4 and “earned“ is the The Hokies won four straight ACC games average of 0.6 per game; this season Tech out proper term ... Travis, between Feb. 20 and March 4 ... It is the rebounds its opponents by an average of 4.7 described by head coach second time since joining the league in 2004 per game. Seth Greenberg as the that Tech has registered four consecutive “perfect teammate,” scored Marcus Travis league wins ... The first time was in the Top Points the Hokies’ first two points school’s inaugural season in the league, when, The Hokies’ 92-84 win over Georgia Tech in of the game and added three assists, two after opening play 0-2, Tech won four straight Cassell Coliseum marked the most points the steals and a in 12 minutes of action games over Clemson, NC State, Georgia Tech Hokies have scored in a game this season ...... In his post-game comments, Greenberg and Virginia. It is the most points Tech has scored since a compared Travis’ leadership skills to former 92-85 win at Miami on Jan. 23, 2007 ... The last Hokie football and basketball standout Bryan Avenging Losses time the Hokies have scored more than 92 Randall. With the Hokies’ 63-49 win over Miami points in a game was on Jan. 13, 2007, when in the quarterfinals of the 2008 ACC the Hokies defeated #1 North Carolina, 94-88, Missed It By That Much Tournament, Tech avenged the three losses in Cassell Coliseum ... The 92 points is tied for A.D. Vassallo finished the regular season from the regular season ... The only loss the second-highest point total in ACC play for with 499 points ... He scored 32 points in the from the regular season that the Hokies the Hokies. ACC Tournament to become just the second had a chance to avenge and were unable Hokie (joining former teammate Zabian to avenge was the 39-point loss at North Sweeping Three Dowdell last season) to score 500 points in a Carolina on Feb. 16 ... In the semifinals of the With the home win over Boston College, season since the team joined the ACC in 2004. ACC Tournament, Tech lost to #1 UNC, 68-66, the Hokies swept three conference series this a turnaround of 37-points ... Tech lost at season ... Tech swept Virginia, Maryland and Winning Ways & What it Means Georgia Tech, 81-70 in January and defeated Boston College ... Last season, Tech swept The Hokies won nine Atlantic Coast the Yellow Jackets, 92-84, in Blacksburg in North Carolina and Miami ... Tech did not Conference regular season games ... In the February and lost at Wake Forest, 77-75, in sweep a season series in the 2005-06 season Hokies’ four seasons in the league, Tech has December ... The Hokies’ other three ACC and swept Miami in the 2004-05 season, the now won 31 league games ... In Tech’s four losses were to teams Tech only played once school’s first in the ACC ... In four seasons seasons in the BIG EAST Conference, the during the regular season. in the BIG EAST Conference, Tech only Hokies won a total of 17 league games. swept one opponent; West Virginia in Seth Greenberg’s first year at Virginia Tech, the 2003-04 season. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 4 Deron & A.D. Making the Mark Washington, Vassallo Honored All-Time Scoring When Deron Hokie wings Deron Washington and A.D. Washington reached the Vassallo have been named to the District 4 Here is a list of the names Deron 1,300 career point plateau second team by the National Association of Washington is approaching on the list of in the home win over Wake Basketball Coaches. all-time leading scorers in Virginia Tech Forest, he became just the history. third player in Virginia Tech Another A.D. Scoring Note history to record 1,300 The 27 points A.D. Vassallo scored in the Career Points points, 600 rebounds, 100 Deron Washington win over Georgia Tech on Feb. 23 is the most 13. Bobby Beecher...... 1548 steals and 100 blocked shots, points scored by a Hokie in a home ACC 14. Howard Pardue...... 1445 joining Bobby Beecher and Bryant Matthews game ... It is the fourth-highest point total by 15. Shawn Smith...... 1440 ... At Penn State, Washington became the a Hokie in any ACC game ... Zabian Dowdell 16. Glen Combs...... 1361 holds the school record for points in an ACC 17. Deron Washington...... 1358 38th player in Virginia Tech history to score 18. Carlos Dixon...... 1348 1,000 career points ... He now has 1,358 career game, with 33 points in the win at #4 North points and passed former teammate Carlos Carolina on 2-13-07. Dixon into 17th place in career scoring at All-Time Blocked Shots Virginia Tech during the ACC Tournament ... 33 Zabian Dowdell at #4 UNC, 2-13-07 He recorded his 500th career rebound in the 30 Zabian Dowdell at Miami, 2-23-07 Here is a list of the names Deron win over UNC Greensboro. 29 A.D. Vassallo at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Washington is approaching on the list of 27 A.D. Vassallo vs. Georgia Tech, 2-23-08 all-time leading shot blockers in Virginia Deron is a Giving Person 25 Carlos Dixon at Clemson, 3-1-05 Tech history. In the win at Maryland, Deron Washington 25 Coleman Collins at #1 Duke, 12-4-06 recorded five assists to lead the Hokies in that 25 Zabian Dowdell vs. Clemson, 3-4-07 Career Blocked Shots category ... This marks the eighth time in his 3. Bobby Beecher...... 170 4. Rolan Roberts...... 167 career he has led the Hokies in assists in a A.D. Loves the Cassell In the home win over Georgia Tech, A.D. 5. Wayne Robinson...... 119 game ... In the loss at NC State, Washington 6. Deron Washington...... 115 Vassallo scored a season-high 27 points ... In established a new personal record for assists 7. Les Henson...... 109 in a season ... He now has 72 assists this year the final regular home game of the season, ... He entered the season averaging 1.2 assists a win over Wake Forest on Tuesday night, per game ... He is averaging 2.3 assists per Vassallo added 20 points ... He has scored All-Time Steals game this year. in double figures in all home games this season, including all eight ACC games ... He is Here is a list of the names Deron 1,000 A.D. averaging 17.7 points per game at home this Washington is approaching on the list A.D. Vassallo scored season and 18.9 ppg in home ACC games. of all-time steals leaders in Virginia Tech his 1,000th career point in history. the win over Georgia Tech A.D. a Shot-blocker? Career Steals on Feb. 23, becoming the In the win over Liberty, A.D. Vassallo set a new career-high with three blocked 7. Reggie Steppe...... 197 39th Hokie to reach 1,000 8. Bryan Matthews...... 184 points ... He now has 1,113 shots to lead the Hokies in that category ... 9. Carlos Dixon...... 183 career points and moved So far this season, Vassallo has 16 blocks, 10. Deron Washington...... 150 past Marshall Ashford and compared to just 10 blocks all of last season, 11. Bobby Beecher...... 146 A.D. Vassallo Jay Purcell into 33rd place despite moving primarily to the back court in career scoring at Virginia Tech in the loss at this season ... Entering this season, he had All-Time Scoring Clemson ... He became the first Hokie junior recorded just 17 total blocked shots. to score 1,000 career points since Zabian A.D. vs. W.F. Here is a list of the names A.D. Vassallo Dowdell reached the mark in the 2005-06 Forgive A.D. Vassallo if he is giddy about is approaching on the list of all-time leading season ... Vassallo recorded his 300th career the Hokies having played Wake Forest twice scorers in Virginia Tech history. rebound in the loss to #4/3 Duke ... In the win this season ... Vassallo has played five games at Maryland, he recorded his 100th career Career Points in his career against the Demon Deacons and and 400th point of the season ... Of 30. Dick Sayer...... 1165 is averaging 20.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per the 39 players who have scored 1,000 career 31. Coleman Collins...... 1144 game ... He had his career-high with 29 points points at Virginia Tech, nine (23.1 percent) 32. Brian Chase...... 1115 in the win in Winston-Salem as a freshman have completed their careers in the last eight 33. A.D. Vassallo...... 1113 ... His 22 points in the win over Wake Forest 33. Jay Purcell...... 1075 seasons. in last year’s ACC Tournament quarterfinals is a new record for most points in an ACC Stepping It Up Vassallo Honored Entering the Hokies’ first ACC game on Dec. Tournament game by a Hokie ... He recorded A.D. Vassallo won the Lou Carnesecca 23, A.D. Vassallo was averaging 15.8 points his third career double-double with 19 points Award, given to the MVP of the Aeropostale per game ... Since that date, Vassallo averaged and a career-high 11 rebounds in the loss at Holiday Festival. 17.6 ppg in ACC games this season ... His Wake Forest on Dec. 23 and scored 20 points rebounding average overall has jumped from in the home win over the Demon Deacons on 3.1 rpg to the current 4.8 rpg and 5.9 rpg in March 4. ACC play. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 5 Hokie Notes Greenberg Signs Extension JADD Career Double-Doubles On Jan. 22, the Virginia During the team’s pre-game meal before Tech athletics department playing at Maryland on on Feb. 20, Seth 2005-06 Season announced that Seth Greenberg challenged Jeff Allen to step Greenberg has signed a up his game and record a double-double Deron Washington (1) contract extension through ... Mission Accomplished ... Allen recorded vs. Mount St. Mary’s (24* pts./10* rebs.) the 2012-13 season ... his first double-double in ACC action and A.D. Vassallo (1) Greenberg, the only coach his seventh of the season with his 14 points at Wake Forest (29* pts./10* rebs.) the Hokies have had since and 14 rebounds in the win ... He also tied joining the ACC, was a career-high with three blocked shots and 2006-07 Season named Tech’s head coach Seth Greenberg added three steals ... It marked Allen’s first in 2003. double-double since his 10 points and 10 Deron Washington (3) at Miami (23 pts./10 rebs.) rebounds against Charleston Southern on Jan J.T. is A-OK vs. Virginia (22 pts./10 rebs.) 7 ... In the win over Boston College on Feb. at North Carolina (12 pts./14 rebs.*) J.T. Thompson missed 26, Allen made it two ACC double-doubles, the win at Maryland on as he led the Hokies with 13 points and 10 A.D. Vassallo (1) Feb. 20 with a sprained rebounds and in the regular season finale at at Georgia Tech (19 pts./10 rebs.) right ankle ... He returned Clemson, he recorded his third conference to action on Feb. 23 in the double-double with 11 points and 12 2007-08 Season win over Georgia Tech rebounds ... Allen recorded a double-double Jeff Allen (10) with 13 points and eight in his first career ACC Tournament game with vs. Elon (19 pts.*/10 rebs.*) J.T. Thompson rebounds and followed 10 points and 10 rebounds in the win over at Penn State (18 pts./14 rebs.*) that with 13 points in the win Miami in the quarterfinals ... He currently has vs. UNC Greensboro (16 pts./12 rebs.) over Boston College ... He got his first career 10 double-double this season. vs. George Washington (10 pts./10 rebs.) start in the loss to #4/3 Duke ... The freshman at Old Dominion (13 pts./16 rebs.*) recorded career-highs with 13 points and Frosh Points vs. Charleston Southern (10 pts./10 rebs.) eight rebounds ... He was 6-8 from the floor Malcolm Delaney at Maryland (14 pts./14 rebs.) and also blocked a shot in 25 minutes of became the third Hokie vs. Boston College (13 pts./10 rebs.) at Clemson (11 pts./12 rebs.) action ... He entered the game with just six player to score at least vs. Miami, ACC Tourny (10 pts.,/10 rebs.) total points in ACC games and more than 20 points in a game this doubled that number with 13 points ... Forty- season when he recorded Deron Washington (6) three hours later, in the win at Boston College, a career-high 20 points in vs. Elon (14 pts./11 rebs.) he improved both of those numbers, by the loss at #5/5 UNC ... He at Wake Forest (13 pts./14 rebs.*) vs. Florida State (14 pts./10 rebs.) scoring 14 points and grabbing 12 rebounds, is the second freshman on Malcolm Delaney vs. Virginia (15 pts./10 rebs.) for his first career double-double. this year’s team to hit the vs. Wake Forest (22 pts./13 rebs.) 20-point mark in a game ... Last season, no vs. Miami, ACC Tourny (14 pts.,/12 rebs.) More on J.T. Hokie freshman scored 20-or-more-points in In the Hokies’ 80-58 victory over Wake a game ... Prior to this season, the last time a A.D. Vassallo (2) Forest on March 4, J.T. Thompson recorded at Wake Forest (19 pts./11 rebs.*) Hokie freshman reached the 20-point plateau at Boston College (14 pts.,/11 rebs.*) 10 rebounds in 19 minutes of action ... in a game was in the 2005-06 season, when Thompson is averaging 4.0 rebounds per A.D. Vassallo scored 29 points at Wake Forest J.T. Thompson (1) game this season, but that number jumps ... The last time two-or-more Hokie freshmen at Boston College (14 pts.*/12 rebs.*) to 4.9 rpg in ACC games ... Thompson has scored 20-or-more points in a game was * - career highs at the time two games of double-figure rebounds this the 2003-04 season, when Zabian Dowdell, year ... His career-high is 12 rebounds in the Jamon Gordon and Coleman Collins all hit overtime win at Boston College in January. that mark. Virginia Tech has played 14 games this A Thorns in Their Sides season decided by five-or-fewer points, Over the last seven games, A.D. Vassallo Hank Thorns has had a solid freshman or in overtime, the most by any ACC is averaging 19.0 points, 4.9 rebounds ad season for the Hokies, but if you ask Boston team. College, they may have stronger words of 3.1 assists. praise ... In the two games the Hokies have played against BC, Thorns has put together 2007-08 Starters two of his best games ... In the overtime win in Chestnut Hill in January, Thorns scored Washington, Witcher, Allen, Delaney, Vassallo...... 6-3 11 points, nine of which came in the extra Washington, Diakite, Allen, Thorns, Vassallo...... 6-4 Washington, Diakite, Thompson, Delaney, Vassallo...... 2-0 session and dished out four assists in 29 Washington, Diakite, Allen, Delaney, Vassallo...... 2-2 minutes of action ... In the home win on Feb. Washington, Hudson, Allen, Delaney, Vassallo...... 1-0 26, Thorns handed out a career-high seven Washington, Thorns, Allen, Delaney, Vassallo...... 1-0 assists in just 16 minutes of action. Washington, Travis, Allen, Delaney, Vassallo...... 1-0 Washington, Witcher, Allen, Thorns, Vassallo...... 0-1 Washington, Hudson, Thompson, Delaney, Vassallo...... 0-1 Washington, Allen, Thompson, Delaney, Vassallo...... 0-2 Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 6 Media Information Virginia Tech Athletic Communications Deron on Lists Deron Washington is currently eighth ON THE INTERNET WHO TO CONTACT among active ACC players in career points ... He is also fifth among active ACC players www.hokiesports.com Request for Interviews in career rebounding and blocked shots. The official Web site of Virginia Tech athletics Men’s Basketball ACO provides media and fans with schedules, results, Bill Dyer rosters, bios, statistics, (540) 231-8852 - office Attendance Figures general releases and (540) 552-8461 - home game notes on the (540) 998-5906 - cell Hokies. 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Vassallo...... vuh-SIGH-oh Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network Cheick Diakite...... sheck jha-KEY-tay Bill Roth & Mike Burnop All-time overtime games: Terrell Bell...... tuh-RELL http://www.hokiesports.com/cgi-bin/new- Tom Amalfe...... uh-MAL-fee schedule/lasttime.pl A.D. Vassallo, Jeff Allen and Deron Jeff Allen’s 16 rebounds at Old Washington were named to the all- The Last Time page is customizable to Dominion is the fifth-highest total by an search a wide range of topics. tournament team at the Aeropostale ACC player this season. Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 7 Hokie Notes In the Cassell Long Time Coming They are Free The Hokies have a 468-137 overall record When Virginia Tech defeated Maryland, In the win over Florida State, the Hokies in Cassell Coliseum, good for a .774 winning 69-65, in the Comcast Center on Jan. 20, it attempted a then-season-high 47 free throws percentage ... The win over Florida State marked the Hokies’ first win in College Park and made a then-season-high 35 free throws marked the Hokies’ 600th game played in since Jan. 15, 1951 and just their third ever ... Those were also Virginia Tech highs for Cassell Coliseum ... Tech finished the regular at Maryland ... Tech had never won in either an ACC game and the second most makes season 12-2 in Cassell Coliseum, 13-2 in the the Comcast Center or Cole Field House at and attempts by an ACC team this season ... Cassell last season and 6-2 in ACC games in Maryland before Wednesday night. The previous high for Tech had been 34 free Cassell ... Tech was 13-3 in the 2004-05 season throws and 42 attempts in the Hokies win at and had a 10-7 mark in the 2005-06 season Another Long Streak Snapped Miami, Jan. 23, 2007 ... In the win over Georgia ... Tech defeated Providence, 69-64, on Feb. The Hokies’ 81-73 overtime victory at Tech on Feb. 23, the Hokies bettered those 23, 2003, for the Hokies’ 400th victory in Boston College on Jan. 26 marked Tech’s’ first- numbers by making 36-of-49 free throw the building ... Tech defeated Rhode Island, ever win at Boston College ... The Hokies were attempts ... Those numbers are the most in 86-63, on Nov. 20, 2002, in its 500th game in 0-6 at the Conte Forum, including games in an ACC game this season and Tech is leading the arena ... Tech is now in its 45th season in both the BIG EAST and ACC. the ACC in free throw attempts per game Cassell ... The first basketball game was played this season ... Tech shot 38 free throws in the Hokies vs. Ranked Teams in the Coliseum on Jan. 3, 1962, with the overtime win over Virginia at home, but had The Hokies are 0-6 vs. ranked teams Hokies routing Alabama, 91-67 ... On Sept. 17, just 10 attempts (seven makes) in the loss at this season .... The Hokies were 4-1 against 1977, Tech dedicated the Coliseum in honor NC State and just 12 attempts (eight makes) nationally-ranked teams last season, and 3-0 of the late Stuart K. Cassell ... Tech has had just in the loss to Miami. against teams ranked in the top 5 nationally ... one break-even home season and one losing Tech is 6-18 against nationally-ranked teams season in Cassell Coliseum. Overtime in the Cassell since joining the ACC for the 2004-05 season The win over #22 Maryland last year was Close Games and 7-22 against nationally-ranked teams the Hokies’ first overtime game in Cassell With the loss to #1 North Carolina, the under Seth Greenberg ... Tech is 23-127 all- Coliseum since Dec. 4, 2003, a loss to ODU ... Hokies are 26-28 under Seth Greenberg time against teams ranked in the AP poll ... It was Tech’s first home overtime win since in games that were decided in overtime or Tech’s last two games against ranked teams Dec. 30, 2000, an 84-75 double overtime win by five-or-fewer points ... Tech is 6-8 in such this season were by a total of three points and against High Point ... It was the Hokies’ first games this season and had a 5-5 record in both games were away from Cassell Coliseum. home conference overtime win since March such games last season ... The 14 games 1, 2000, a 96-86 win over fellow Atlantic 10 Man of decided by five-or-fewer points or in overtime member La Salle ... With the win over Virginia In the loss at Clemson, Jeff Allen broke this season leads the ACC ... Three conference on Feb. 2, Virginia Tech is 23-6 all-time in the record for freshman steals record at wins came in overtime against nationally- home overtime games. Virginia Tech, previously 58 by Dell Curry in ranked teams last season ... Tech was 2-10 in the 1982-83 season ... Allen now has 62 steals such games in the 2005-06 season, with 10 Freshmen Points on the season ... In the win over Maryland on games being decided in the final seconds of Jeff Allen has scored 365 points for the Jan. 12, Allen recorded a then-career-high action ... Tech was 5-3 in such games during Hokies in 30 games ... That already surpasses five steals ... It was also a then-season-high in the 2004-05 season after finishing 7-2 the the 2006-07 season total of 97 points by Nigel steals for any Hokie ... In the loss at NC State, previous year. Munson, the Hokies’ top freshman scorer Allen surpassed that with a new career-high last season ... Prior to Allen, the last Hokie Always Trust Folks Over 40 and team season-high of six steals ... The last freshman to score more than 200 points in a With his four blocked time a Tech freshman had six or more steals in season was Deron Washington, who scored shots in the loss at #5/5 a game was the 2003-04 season, when Jamon 238 points in his freshman season of 2004-05 UNC, Cheick Diakite Gordon had an eight steal game and and ... The last Hokie freshman to score more than reached the 40 blocked seven steal game ... Allen’s six steals in the NC 300 points in a season was Zabian Dowdell, shots mark for the Hokies State game ties a Virginia Tech record for most who scored 302 points in the 2003-04 season this season ... This is the steals in an ACC game, set four times in the ... The last Hokie freshman to score more first time since the 2001-02 past ... The six steals ties an ACC season-high than 350 points was Rolan Roberts, who season, when Carlton Carter this year, set six other times. scored 366 points in his freshman season of blocked 45 shots, that a 1997-98 ... The Virginia Tech record for points Man of Steal II Hokie has blocked 40-or- Cheick Diakite by a freshman is 534 points by Dale Solomon Hank Thorns tied Jeff Allen’s season-high more shots in a single season ... Diakite needs in the 1978-79 season ... Allen has scored with six steals in the win at Maryland ... This just two blocked shots to enter the top 10 in in double figures in 23 of his 30 games this marks a new career-high for Thorns and he is single season blocked shots at Virginia Tech ... season. second on the team with 36 steals ... It’s not He now has 89 career blocked shots.. just steals for Thorns this season ... He dished Can We Just Play Second Halves vs. GT? Hey, That’s a Lot of Games out a career-high seven assists in the Hokies’ Virginia Tech scored 50 points in the The Jan. 19 game at Georgia Tech marked win over Boston College on Feb. 26. second half of the home win over Georgia the Hokies’ 2,300th all-time game. Tech ... That is the most points scored by Tech in a half this season ... The previous high was Virginia Tech has 69 starts by members of 47 points in the second half at Georgia Tech. its freshman class, by far the most of any ACC team. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 8 Hokie Notes Hudson Pays Immediate Dividends It’s Been a Long Time Tech in NCAA Stats Dorenzo Hudson joined With the Hokies’ 70-69 overtime victory As of March 16, Virginia Tech is 31st the team in time for the over Virginia in John Paul Jones Arena on Jan. nationally in blocked shots per game, 37th game at ODU on Dec. 16 16, Tech snapped a nine-game home-court in percentage defense and 39th ... Hudson, a 6-5, 220 lbs., winning streak by the Cavaliers ... But since in rebounding margin ... Jeff Allen is 40th in guard from Charlotte, N.C., the Hokies and the ‘Hoos played many neutral steals per game. joined the team for practice site games in the 70s, 80s and 90s, it marked on Dec. 14 and scored the Hokies’ first win in Charlottesville since A Look at VT Double-Doubles two points in the win over Jan. 6, 1968. When Deron Washington and Jeff Allen Liberty ... In the loss at Wake each recorded double-doubles in the win Forest, Hudson recorded Dorenzo Hudson Even Longer over Miami in the quarterfinals of the ACC his first double-figure scoring When Virginia Tech defeated Virginia, 72-65, Tournament, it marked the third time this game as a Hokie, with 13 points off the in overtime on Feb. 2, it marked the Hokies’ season that two Hokies recorded double- bench ... He played a career-high 28 minutes first regular season sweep over the Cavaliers doubles in the same game ... A.D. Vassallo and started the second half ... In the loss at since the 1968-69 season ... It marked the and Washington accomplished the feat in Richmond, Hudson topped his career-high Hokies’ first home-and-home sweep over the the loss at Wake Forest and Vassallo and with 14 points, shooting three-of-five from ‘Hoos since the 1963-64 season. J.T. Thompson had double-doubles in the three-point range ... He made his first career overtime win at Boston College ... All four of Tech vs. the Top 10 start in the win at Virginia and also started in Vassallo’s career double-doubles have come Virginia Tech’s wins over #5 Duke and #1 the loss to #4/3 Duke. in ACC road contests ... When Thompson North Carolina last season marked just the recorded his double-double, it marked the second time in school history that the Hokies first time since the Hokies joined the ACC that had won consecutive games against top-10 two Tech freshmen (along with Jeff Allen) Points for Pondering teams ... The only other time that this had recorded double-doubles in the same season Led VT in Scoring: Vassallo (18), Allen (7), happened was on Dec. 1 and Dec. 17, 1962, ... Washington recorded a double-double Washington (7), Delaney (3), Hudson (1), when the Hokies defeated #3 Kentucky, in his final regular season appearance in Thompson (1) 80-77, in Lexington and #5 Mississippi State, Cassell Coliseum, an 80-58, win over Wake Double Figure Scoring Games: Vassallo (30), 82-65, in Blacksburg ... The 94 points scored Forest ... It is his fifth of the season (his sixth Washington (27), Allen (23), Delaney (12), in the win over #1 UNC is the most points of the season came against Miami in the Thompson (8), Thorns (4), Hudson (2), Witcher scored by Tech in a win over a top-10 team ACC quarterfinals) and makes for the most (2) and the second-highest point total scored by double-doubles he has recorded in a season 30-point Games: none Tech in any game vs. a top-10 team ... Tech 20-29-point Games: Vassallo (9), Allen (1), for the Hokies ... The Hokies have 19 double- Delaney (1), Washington (1) lost at #7 Louisville, 108-95, on Feb. 1, 1989 ... doubles as a team this season ... Tech had Led VT in Rebounding: Allen (16), Washington The last time Tech won two straight against seven double-doubles all of last season. (12), Vassallo (3), Thompson (2), Delaney (1) nationally-ranked teams was on Jan. 9 and Double Figure Rebounding Games: Allen (11), Jan. 23, 1982, with home and away victories Congrats, Marcus Washington (6), Vassallo (2), Thompson (2) over #12 and #17 Louisville ... This was just Dec. 14 was a big day for Hokie senior Led VT in Assists: Thorns (16), Delaney (11), the third time Tech had ever won two straight Marcus Travis ... Marcus graduated with Vassallo (5), Washington (4), Allen (1) against nationally-ranked teams ... Add in a degree in marketing management on Double Figure Assist Games: none the win at #4 North Carolina and this was the the floor at Cassell Coliseum ... The spring Double-Doubles: Allen (10) , Washington (6), Vassallo (1), Thompson (1) first time that the Hokies had defeated three semester marks the third time in the last Most Points in a Half: 50 (2nd vs. Georgia Tech) top-10 teams in the same season ... Tech is 0-3 four semesters that the Hokies have had a Fewest Points in a Half: 21 (1st vs. Liberty, 1st against top 10 teams this season. graduate on the roster. vs. SJU & 1st at Richmond) Most Points Allowed in a Half: 56 (2nd vs. FSU) Family Tradition Fewest Points Allowed in a Half: 14 (1st vs. The Hokies have a total of seven freshmen UNCG and 1st vs. GW) and eight newcomers this season, but two Largest Lead: 34 pts. (58-24 vs. GW) players didn’t need any introduction when Largest Deficit: 47 pts. (92-45 at UNC) Compare & Contrast they arrived on campus ... J.T. Thompson was Largest Margin of Victory: 32 pts. (68-36 vs. joined on the Tech team in December by his GW) Largest Margin of Defeat: 39 pts. (92-53 at VT...... MSU cousin, Dorenzo Hudson ... Hudson and Jeff UNC) 69.2...... Points...... 67.7 Allen were teammates at Hargrave Military Largest Deficit Overcome in a Victory: 14 pts. 64.8...... Points Allowed...... 61.4 Academy last season as well ... Both players (28-14 at Maryland) 43.3%...... FG%...... 43.3% earned starts against Duke. Largest Lead Lost in a Loss: 11 pts. (21-10 at 40.5%...... FG% Defense...... 40.8% Richmond) 32.7%...... 3FG%...... 33.0% A Good Half Largest Halftime Lead: 22 pts. (45-23 vs. 34.8%...... 3FG% Defense...... 32.3% Virginia Tech led Wake Forest, 47-26, at 68.3%...... FT%...... 66.4% Hofstra) the half on March 4 ... The 21-point half time Largest Halftime Deficit: 20 pts. (42-23 at UNC) 37.7...... Rebounds...... 37.4 +4.7...... Rebound Margin...... +4.9 advantage is a new high for the Hokies in an Average Margin of Victory: 13.5 ppv ACC game ... The previous high was 18 points Average Margin of Defeat: 9.2 ppl 13.1...... Assists...... 10.7 Average Margin: +4.4 ppg 15.0...... Turnovers...... 13.1 against Florida State at home earlier this 7.2...... Steals...... 6.9 season. * - includes ties 4.9...... Blocks...... 4.7 Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 9 ACC Info The First Month With the win over Florida State on Jan. 29, Hokies in ACC Stats the Hokies are now 20-12 in games in January since joining the ACC ... Tech is 16-11 in ACC Individuals Team games in January since joining the league. All ACC All ACC Scoring Scoring Offense 11th 10th A Little Extra in the League A.D. Vassallo 7th 6th Scoring Defense 1st 1st With the 72-65 overtime win over Virginia Deron Washington 19th 20th Scoring Margin 5th 5th in Cassell Coliseum, the Hokies are now 3-0 in Jeff Allen 22nd 24th Free Throw Percentages 10th 10th ACC overtime games this season and 2-0 in Rebounding Field Goal Percentages 10th 10th ACC road overtime games this year ... Tech has Jeff Allen 4th 9th Field Goal % Defense 2nd 3rd won its last four ACC road overtime games Deron Washington 11th 7th 3-pt. FG Percentage 11th 12th and is 5-1 all-time in such games ... Tech is 7-1 A.D. Vassallo --- 17th 3-pt. FG% Defense 9th 7th in all ACC overtime games, home and road ... Field Goal Percentage Rebounding Margin 3rd 2nd The Hokies’ 15 points in the overtime session A.D. Vassallo 10th 6th Blocked Shots 5th 6th at Boston College was the most points scored Assists Assists 10th 8th by Virginia Tech in an ACC overtime game Hank Thorns 9th 7th Steals 7th 5th until the Hokies posted 18 points in the extra Free Throw Percentage Turnover Margin 8th 8th session in the home OT win over Virginia ... Assist/TO Ratio 9th 11th Malcolm Delaney --- 7th The Hokies are 7-3 in overtime games under Offensive Rebounds 7th 4th Seth Greenberg ... Virginia Tech is 49-38 all- Steals Defensive Rebounds 4th 3rd Jeff Allen 2nd 2nd time in overtime games. 3-pt. FG Made 12th 12th 3-pt. FG Made Another OT Note A.D. Vassallo 6th 8th through the end of the ACC Tournament The Hokies have played three overtime Blocked Shots ACC games this season, two on the road and Cheick Diakite 10th --- all three victories ... Clemson has played four Jeff Allen --- 10th ACC overtime games, but three have been at Assist/Turnover Ratio home and the Tigers are 2-2 in those games Hank Thorns 6th 10th ... The only other ACC team with three ACC Defensive Rebounds overtime games this season is Virginia, two at Jeff Allen 4th 5th home and all three losses. Deron Washington --- 4th A.D. Vassallo --- 9th Young Minutes ACC Weekly Honors In Virginia Tech’s opening game win over Minutes Played Elon, the Hokies received a lot of playing time A.D. Vassallo 4th 7th Deron Washington 9th --- Rookie of the Week from freshmen players ... 89 of the total 200 Jef Allen (2) minutes were by players seeing their first Week of Nov. 11 collegiate action ... So far this season, Virginia Week of Jan. 13 Tech freshmen have played 53.3% of the 6500 minutes played by the Hokies ... In ACC games so far this year, that percentage rises to 55.2 percent. ACColades ACC Preseason Poll The ACC placed four teams in the NCAA Here is the ACC preseason media poll, Virginia Tech has won 26 straight games Tournament and three in the NIT ... The as compiled by the Atlantic Coast Sports in which they have had the lead at the ACC won the Big Ten/ACC Challenge for the Media Association. ninth consecutive season ... The league has half. 1. North Carolina won the series every year ... This season, 2. Duke the ACC was 130-38 (.774) against non- 3. NC State ACC Standings conference foes ... The ACC is the number- 4. Clemson (as of the end of the ACC Tournament) one conference in the RPI ... All 12 ACC 5. Virginia Team Conf. Overall 6. Maryland North Carolina 14-2 32- 2 teams have recorded at least 10 victories 7. Georgia Tech Duke 13-3 27- 5 this season ... Thirty-five ACC games have 8. Boston College Clemson 10-6 24- 9 been decided by three-points-or-less, or in 9. Florida State Virginia Tech 9-7 19-13 overtime. 10. Virginia Tech Miami 8-8 22-10 11. Wake Forest Maryland 8-8 18-14 12. Miami Georgia Tech 7-9 15-17 Hank Thorns leads ACC freshmen in Wake Forest 7-9 17-13 assists this season and Malcolm Delaney Florida State 7-9 19-14 Over the last four games, Tech has Virginia 5-11 15-15 is fourth in that catagory. Boston College 4-12 14-17 outrebounded its opponents by 13.5 NC State 4-12 15-16 rebounds per game. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 10 Hokie Notes Top Individual Performances Stepping It Up

Virginia Tech Opponents Last season, A.D. Points Points Vassallo averaged 11.1 27 A.D. Vassallo vs. Georgia Tech 34 Sean Singletary, Virginia (A) points per game and this 24 A.D. Vassallo vs. Miami 30 Matt Causey, Georgia Tech (A) season, he is averaging 23 A.D. Vassallo at Clemson 29 Maurice Miller, Georgia Tech (H) 22 A.D. Vassallo at Virginia 27 , Boston College (A) 16.6 points per game and 22 A.D. Vassallo vs. Florida State 26 Pete Campbell, Butler is leading the team in 22 Deron Washington vs. Wake Forest 26 Sean Singletary, Virginia (H) scoring ... Vassallo has 63 21 Jeff Allen vs. Butler 26 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC (ACC Tournament) assists in the 32 games 21 A.D. Vassallo vs. Charleston Southern 25 Greivis Vasquez, Maryland (A) ... That surpasses the 30 A.D. Vassallo 20 A.D. Vassallo vs. Gonzaga 25 Jeff Teague, Wake Forest (H) assists he recorded all 20 A.D. Vassallo at ODU 23 Mike Green, Butler of last season ... His 16 blocked shots this 20 Malcolm Delaney at UNC 23 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC season is a new single season mark in that 20 A.D. Vassallo vs. Wake Forest 22 Jason Rich, Florida State 21 J.J. Hickson, N.C. State catagory ... He is currently sixth in the ACC Rebounds 20 Matt Bouldin, Gonzaga in scoring. 16 Jeff Allen at ODU 14 Jeff Allen at Penn State Rebounds 14 Deron Washington at Wake Forest 12 Bambale Osby, Maryland (H) New Practice Facility Coming 14 Jeff Allen at Maryland 11 Anthony King, Miami 13 Deron Washington vs. Wake Forest 10 Adam Consadine, Elon The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has 12 Jeff Allen vs. UNC Greensboro 10 Abdullahi Kuso, Gonzaga approved a new $19 million basketball 12 J.T. Thompson at Boston College 10 Greg Washington, Hofstra practice facility ... Construction on the 12 Jeff Allen at Clemson 10 Sean Singletary, Virginia (A) 49,000 square-foot complex, to be located 12 Deron Washington vs. Miami (ACC Tournament) 10 Jeremis Smith, Georgia Tech (A) adjacent to the east of Cassell Coliseum, 11 Deron Washington vs. Elon 10 Shamari Spears, Boston College (A) is scheduled to begin in April 2008, with a 11 A.D. Vassallo at Wake Forest 10 Corey Raji, Boston College (H) 11 A.D. Vassallo at Boston College completion date of August 2009 ... More 11 Jeff Allen vs. UNC (ACC Tournament) Assists information on the facility is available on 10 eight times 13 , Gonzaga page 162 of the 2007-08 Virginia Tech men’s 9 Brandon Johnson, ODU basketball media guide. Assists 9 Cliff Hammonds, Clemson 7 Quentin Thomas, UNC 8 Malcolm Delaney vs. Charleston Southern 6 A.J. Graves, Butler 7 Hank Thorns vs. Boston College 6 Cliff Tucker, Maryland (H) Stop Right There 6 Hank Thorns vs. UNC Greensboro 6 Toney Douglas, Florida State 6 Malcolm Delaney vs. Hofstra 5 five times During the regular season, Virginia Tech 6 Malcolm Delaney at Virginia led the ACC in scoring defense, allowing 6 Hank Thorns at UNC Steals just 64.8 points per game overall and 72.2 6 Malcolm Delaney vs. UNC (ACC Tournament) 6 Kevin Anderson, Richmond ppg in conference games ... The Hokies are 5 11 times 5 Lewis Clinch, Georgia Tech ranked 88th nationally in scoring defense ... Steals 4 Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga Tech finished the 2006-07 season second in 4 Ben Finney, ODU 6 Jeff Allen at NC State scoring defense in the ACC. 4 Eugene Lawrence, St. John’s 6 Hank Thorns at Maryland 5 Jeff Allen vs. Maryland Blocks 4 Jeff Allen vs. Elon What We’ve Done So Far 6 Tyrelle Blair, Boston College (A) 4 Malcolm Delaney at Wake Forest 4 Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro 4 Malcolm Delaney at UNC Here is a list of several Virginia Tech school 4 Gerald Lee, ODU marks that have been surpassed this season. Blocks 4 Alade Aminu, Georgia Tech (H) 3 Abdullahi Kuso, Gonzaga 7 Cheick Diakite vs. St. John’s 3 Vincent James, UNCA Steals 4 Cheick Diakite vs. Charleston Southern 3 Justin Burrell, St. John’s Jeff Allen 62 58 4 Cheick Diakite at UNC 3 James Gist, Maryland (H) 4 Lewis Witcher vs. Boston College 3 Bambale Osby, Maryland (A) Rebounds in an ACC game 4 Jeff Allen at Clemson 3 Tyrelle Blair, Boston College (H) 51 at Boston College, 1-26-08 (49) 3 Cheick Diakite vs. Elon 3 Josh Southern, Boston College (H) 51 vs. Miami, 3-14-08 3 Cheick Diakite vs. Eastern Washington 3 Cheick Diakite vs. UNC Greensboro Ind. Steals in an ACC game 3 A.D. Vassallo vs. Liberty 6, Jeff Allen at NC State, 2-5-08 (6) 3 Jeff Allen vs. Maryland 6, Hank Thorns at Maryland, 2-20-08 3 Deron Washington vs. Duke 3 Cheick Diakite vs. Duke 3 Jeff Allen at Maryland Jeff Allen’s nine double-doubles this season is tied for second-best among ACC players this season and is tied for the most by any ACC freshman this season. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 11 Hokie Notes Area 51 (Twice) That’s A Lot About Seth Virginia Tech grabbed a season-high 51 The 84 points the Hokies allowed in the win rebounds in the overtime win at Boston over Georgia Tech was the most points the Seth Greenberg is College ... The last time the Hokies grabbed Hokies have allowed in a victory this season in his fifth season as more than 50 rebounds in a game was the and the most in a victory since Tech’s 92-85 the head coach of the 51 rebounds in the season-opening game win at Miami on Jan. 23, 2007. Hokies ... Greenberg has of last season against Coppin State ... The a 86-69 overall record in 51 rebounds sets a new school record for Dishing It Out Blacksburg and 299-239 rebounds in an ACC game, surpassing the In the win over Charleston Southern, in 17-plus seasons as a Hokies’ 49 rebounds in the home win over Malcolm Delaney recorded a new career- collegiate head coach Duke on Feb. 17, 2005 ... Tech grabbed 50 high with eight assists ... That is the most ... Prior to Virginia Tech, rebounds in the home win over BC on Feb. assists in a game by a Hokie this season Greenberg was the 26 and followed that with 48 rebounds in the and the most assists in a game by a Hokie head coach at South home win over Wake Forest and ended the since Jamon Gordon had eight assists in the Florida from 1997-2003 and Long Beach regular season with 46 rebounds at Clemson regular-season finale against Clemson in State from 1990-97 ... Greenberg was named ... The Hokies matched the 51 rebound total Cassell Coliseum last season ... The last time the ACC Coach of the Year in the Hokies’ first with 51 boards in the win over Miami in the a Hokie freshman had eight-or-more assists year in the league, 2004-05. ACC quarterfinals. in a game was Zabian Dowdell’s eight assists in the win over Morgan State in his freshman Ramping It Up season of 2003-04. The Hokies The Hokies scored at least 80 points in two Under Seth Greenberg consecutive ACC games, the win at Boston Doing Better on the Boards College and the home win over Florida State A year ago, the Hokies were out VT outrebounds opponent...... 49-20 ... That was the first time this season that rebounded, 1,151-1,131 ... This season, Tech Opponent outrebounds VT...... 32-45 occurred and the first time since wins over is outrebounding opponents by an average Rebounds are equal...... 5- 4 Virginia and #4 North Carolina last season ... of 4.7 per game ... Tech has outrebounded its VT leads at the half...... 55- 7 VT trails at the half...... 28-59 The Hokies have scored at least 80 points in opponents in 25 of the 32 games so far this season and in 13 of 16 ACC regular season Game is tied at the half...... 3- 3 four conference games this season, the same VT shoots 50% or better...... 25- 6 games ... Tech trailed Maryland, 23-14, in number as last season. VT outshoots opponent...... 64-14 rebounding at the half, but outrebounded Opponent outshoots VT...... 22-55 Out Rebounding the Best the Terps, 26-14, after intermission in their VT holds opp. under 40%...... 45- 5 Virginia entered the Jan. 16 game leading game in Blacksburg in January ... The Hokies VT scores 100+ points...... 1- 0 the nation in rebounding margin, at 11.4 grabbed 20 offensive rebounds in the win at VT scores 90-99 points...... 7- 1 rebounds per game ... In the Hokies’ overtime Boston College and 16 offensive rebounds VT scores 80-89 points...... 14- 1 victory at UVa, Tech outrebounded Virginia, in both overtime wins over Virginia ... Tech VT scores 70-79 points...... 30-14 47-39, including 16 offensive rebounds ... grabbed a total of 101 rebounds in the two VT scores 60-69 points...... 26-31 VT scores less than 60 points...... 8-22 Tech outrebounded Virginia, 43-33, also with games against Boston College this season ... Opponent scores 100+ points...... 0- 1 16 offensive boards, in the overtime win in In the ACC Tournament quarterfinals, Tech out Opponent scores 90-99 points...... 0- 2 Cassell Coliseum on Feb. 2. rebounded Miami, 51-25. Opponent scores 80-89 points...... 5-19 Opponent scores 70-79 points...... 8-27 A Lot of Threes Clamping Down Opponent scores 60-69 points...... 27-14 With the Hokies’ five three-point field In the championship game of the Opp. scores less than 60 points...... 46- 6 goals in the loss to #1 North Carolina in the Aeropostale Holiday Festival, the Hokies did VT in games 5-or-fewer points or OT...... 26-28 ACC semifinals, Tech has now made at least not allow St. John’s a field goal in the second VT at home...... 59-18 one three-point field goal in the last 165 half until 9:12 remained in the game ... The VT on the road...... 17-37 games ... The last time Tech did not make a Red Storm made just five field goals in the VT at a neutral site...... 10-14 Overtime games...... 7- 3 three-pointer in a game was Feb. 1, 2003, second half ... Tech allowed St. John’s just 14 VT against conference foes...... 40-46 in a loss at Providence ... Tech has made at field goals in the entire game, which is the VT on television...... 48-54 least one three-pointer in every ACC game in fewest field goals Tech has allowed in a game VT vs. ranked teams...... 7-22 which they have played, as well as every ACC this season ... Tech held Richmond without a VT as a ranked team...... 4- 6 Tournament game it has played. field goal for the first seven-plus minutes of each half on Jan. 3. Rebounding Margin Allen Owns the Boards In the loss at ODU, the Hokies New Scorers Jeff Allen grabbed a career-high 16 outrebounded the Monarchs, 45-25 ... The With Dorenzo Hudson’s 13 points in the rebounds in the loss at Old Dominion ... 20-rebound margin is the largest for the loss at Wake Forest, Virginia Tech now has That is the most rebounds by a Virginia Tech Hokies under Seth Greenberg ... The Hokies five freshmen who have scored in double- freshman since the 1993-94 season, when are outrebounding their opponents by 4.7 figures in a game this season ... That is a new Ace Custis grabbed 16 rebounds against VMI rebounds per game. high for the Hokies under Seth Greenberg ... Over the last 30 seasons, Allen, Custis and and the most freshmen with at least double- Shawn Smith have all grabbed 16 rebounds in figure scoring games this season among ACC a game, tops among Virginia Tech freshmen schools. over that period. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 12 Hokie Notes On This Date VT vs. The States Away from the Cassell

(u n d e r Se t h Gr e e n b e r g ) The Hokies are 0-1 all-time in games played Last season, the Hokies played six of their Ov e r a l l Co n f e r e n c e on March 19 ... The Hokies lost their only first 14 games of the season away from California 1-0 game on this date, a 83-62 loss at Memphis Co n n e c t i c u t 0-1 0-1 Cassell Coliseum ... This season, Tech played in the second round of the 2005 NIT at the District o f Co l u m b i a 3-1 2-0 nine of its first 14 games away from home ... FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn. ... Tech has Fl o r i d a 9-6 7-6 Out of that number last season, only one of never played a team currently in the ACC Ge o r g i a 4-2 4-2 the games (at Marshall) was played on the on this date. In d i a n a 0-2 0-1 opponent’s home court ... This season, five of Il l i n o i s 1-2 those games were played on the opponents’ Io w a 1-0 home court ... The Hokies’ first season in Ma r y l a n d 12-2 4-2 HighLights the ACC, the 2004-05 season, saw Tech play Ma s s a c h u s e t t s 3-4 3-4 Michigan 0-2 just three of the first 14 games away from The Hokies, and more specifically Deron Mi s s i s s i p p i 0-1 Cassell. Washington, have once again made the Mo n t a n a 1-0 ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 plays the week Ne w Ha m p s h i r e 1-0 ending Jan. 20 ... On Jan. 16, Washington’s Ne w Je r s e y 3-2 2-2 Remembering the Fallen put back dunk against UVa was the Ne w Yo r k 4-2 1-1 number-five play and his last-second, No r t h Ca r o l i n a 18-17 8-15 game-winning lay-in at the buzzer was the Oh i o 0-3 top play of the day ... Then, on the following Pennsylvania 1-4 0-3 Rh o d e Is l a n d 1-0 1-0 Saturday night, Washington’s dunk at So u t h Ca r o l i n a 3-4 2-4 Georgia Tech was the top play of the day Te n n e s s e e 1-1 on SportsCenter ... He returned to the top Virginia 15-11 4-5 spot on March 4, for one of his dunks in the Wa s h i n g t o n 1-1 home win over Wake Forest. We s t Virginia 3-1 2-0 To t a l s 86-69 40-46 OT Margins Scheduling Quirks The Hokies defeated Boston College, 81-73, in overtime in Chestnut Hill on Jan. 26 ... Virginia Tech has opened all four of its ACC * Virginia Tech’s official tribute ribbon logo The eight-point differential is the Hokies’ seasons before the first of each new year ... remembering the victims of the April 16 largest in an overtime victory since an For the third year in a row, the Hokies will tragedy comes from a student-inspired design. 84-75 double overtime victory over High close out the regular season vs. Clemson The patch will be worn on all Tech athletic Point in Cassell Coliseum on Dec. 30, 2000 and for the second straight season, that jerseys or warmups this year. game will mark the only meeting of the * The logo consists of the well-known maroon ... The last time the Hokies won a road VT athletic logo that symbolizes the innovative overtime game by eight-or-more-points year between the two schools ... The Jan. 24 game with Duke was the first time this and dynamic nature of Virginia Tech, over an was on Jan. 21, 1999, when the Hokies orange ribbon that is in recognition of the lives defeated Dayton, 73-64, in Dayton. season that the Hokies played a team that lost on April 16 and a symbol of the victims’ they will only play once this season ... The prevailing Hokie spirit. Hokies will not play in the State of Florida * The tribute ribbon will appear on athletes’ Virginia Tech is the only school in the ACC this season, after playing a total of seven jerseys as an inspiration and celebration of the games there (two ACC regular season, two victims’ lives and the unforgettable mark they with two freshmen with double-doubles ACC Tournament and three games in the Old left on the Virginia Tech community, the nation this season. Spice Classic in Orlando) ... Beginning with and the world. the game with Duke on Jan. 24, the Hokies Jeff Allen is third nationally among played three games in six days ... Tech will Jeff Allen is fifth among ACC freshmen in freshmen in steals. finish the season with three of its last four games in Cassell Coliseum. scoring, third in rebounding, first in steals Trendy Figures and fifth in minutes played.

If you are one to look at trends, keep this one in mind ... The Hokies are 13-0 this Virginia Tech Streaks season when leading at the half ... The Total Home Road Neutral Hokies have a better winning percentage Overall Lost 1 Won 3 Lost 1 Lost 1 when shooting under 50 percent from the ACC* Lost 1 Won 3 Lost 1 --- field than when shooting more than 50 Non-Conference Won 1 Won 20 Lost 1 Won 1 percent from the field ... After being 1-4 in non-conference games decided by five- * - regular season games only or-fewer points or in overtime, the Hokies Longest winning streak this season 4 2-20/3-4 were 5-3 in such games in ACC play. Longest losing streak this season 3 11-23/11-28, 2-5/2-16 Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 13 Hokie Notes Under 50 Lights, Camera, Hokies Allen Honored by ACC The Hokies defeated Miami, 63-49, in the Virginia Tech is 13-10 on television this Jeff Allen was named the ACC Rookie quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament and it season and was 15-10 last season ... Tech of the Week for the week ending Jan. 13, marked the seventh time this season that the was 6-12 on television in 2005-06 ... Tech is 2008 ... The award is selected by a panel of Hokies have held an opponent to fewer than 48-54 on television under Seth Greenberg the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association 50 points in a game ... Last season, the Hokies ... The Hokies will make at least 24 television ... Allen scored 17 points, grabbed nine held three opponents to fewer than 50 points appearances this season ... The Hokies made rebounds, had three blocked shots and and two opponents to less than 50 points in their first television appearance of the season recorded a career-high five steals in the the 2005-06 season ... The last time the Hokies at Penn State on Nov. 28 ... Tech made its Hokies’ ACC win over Maryland ... He also had allowed more than four opponents in a home high-definition debut against Duke his sixth double-double of the season with season to less than 50 points was the 1996-97 ... Tech’s home game against Miami was the 10 points and 10 rebounds in the win over season, when the Hokies held 10 opponents Hokies’ only non-televised ACC game this Charleston Southern ... This is the second time to fewer than 50 points. season ... Tonight’s game is the Hokies’ first- this season that Allen has received the honor ever appearance on ESPN Classic. and he is one of three freshmen to receive the Home is Where? honor at least twice this season. The Hokies opened the ACC season at Doubling Up Wake Forest on Dec. 23, before defeating In the win over Charleston Southern, Jeff Seth Likes the Cassell Maryland in the home ACC opener on Jan. Allen recorded his sixth double-double in his Seth Greenberg is 59-18 as a head coach 12 ... Beginning with the win at Virginia, the first 15 collegiate games ... The last Hokie to in Cassell Coliseum, good for a winning Hokies played three-of-four games, all in the record more than three double-doubles in a percentage of .766 ... Greenberg is 34-3 (.919) ACC, on the road ... In all, Tech opened the single season was Coleman Collins, who had against non-conference competition in ACC slate with four-of-six games away from seven double-doubles in the 2005-06 season Cassell Coliseum. Cassell Coliseum. ... Collins recorded his sixth double-double of that season in the 19th game, a loss to Duke Low-balling the Opponent ACC Again in Cassell Coliseum ... Allen is the first Hokie Virginia Tech is 46-6 (.885) under Seth For the ninth consecutive season, the ACC freshman to record multiple double-doubles Greenberg when allowing its opponents less claimed the Big Ten/ACC Challenge … The since Tech joined the ACC in 2004 ... He than 60 points in a game ... Tech held both ACC has won the event every season of its recorded his seventh double-double and first opponents in the Holiday Festival to under existence. in ACC play in the win at Maryland and now 60 points ... Tech leads the ACC in scoring has 10 double-doubles on the season and defense this season. Down, Set, Dunk four in the last seven games. One of Virginia Tech’s Glass Cleaning newcomers this season is The Things He’s Seen Jeff Allen started his Virginia Tech career Paul Debnam ... Debnam, a Deron Washington entered the 2007-08 by becoming a force on the boards ... Allen sophomore, was a member season having played 2,588 total minutes already has six games of double-figure of the Hokie football team as a Hokie ... That total is third-best among rebounds, including a career-high of 16 at last season ... Debnam saw active ACC players ... Only Cliff Hammonds of Old Dominion ... He is the first Hokie to grab his first career action in the Clemson (3,123) and UVa’s Sean Singletary at least 16 rebounds in a game since Jamon win over UNC Greensboro Paul Debnam (2,879) have played more minutes ... Gordon grabbed 16 rebounds at Clemson and scored his first two Hammonds’ 100 career games entering in the 2005-06 season ... He is the first Hokie collegiate points ... In the win over Charleston the season was the only total higher than freshman to grab 16 rebounds since Tech Southern, Debnam recorded career-highs Washington’s 93 games. joined the ACC. with four points and two rebounds.

2007-08 Virginia Tech Men’s Basketball Roster No. Name POS HT WT CL HOMETOWN (HS/OTHER) 0 Jeff Allen F 6-7 258 Fr. Washington, D.C. (Hargrave Military Academy) 1 Terrell Bell F 6-6 195 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stone Mountain) 2 Dorenzo Hudson G 6-5 220 Fr. Charlotte, N.C. (Hargrave Military Academy) 3 Tom Amalfe G 6-0 170 Fr. Mountainside, N.J. (Governor Livingston) 5 Marcus Travis G 6-3 205 Sr. Blacksburg, Va. (Blacksburg/Oxnard Junior College) 10 Hank Thorns G 5-9 175 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Las Vegas Valley) 13 Deron Washington F/G 6-7 202 Sr. New Orleans, La. (National Christian Academy, Md.) 15 Terrance Vinson F 6-8 215 R-So. Valdosta, Ga. (Lowndes) 21 Lewis Witcher F 6-9 218 So. Rocky Mount, Va. (Franklin County) 23 Malcolm Delaney G 6-3 170 Fr. Baltimore, Md. (Towson Catholic) 32 Paul Debnam G 6-3 195 So. Farmville, Va. (Prince Edward County) 33 J.T. Thompson F 6-6 210 Fr. Monroe, N.C. (Hope Christian Academy) 34 Cheick Diakite C 6-9 217 Jr. Bamako, Mali (Bridgton Academy, Me.) 40 A.D. Vassallo F/G 6-6 216 Jr. Toa Baja, P.R. (Hargrave Military Academy)

Head Coach: Seth Greenberg (Fairleigh Dickinson, 1978) Assistant Coaches: James Johnson (Ferrum, 1993), Ryan Odom (Hampden-Sydney, 1996), Stacey Palmore (Livingstone, 1993) Director of Men’s Basketball Operations: Bill Old (Randolph-Macon, 1994) Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 14 Hokie Notes Virginia Tech Wins in the Garden Winning Low Search for Production While this year marked the Hokies’ first- Virginia Tech defeated Liberty, 58-46, in Virginia Tech will definitely be in a search ever Holiday Festival victory, it was by no Cassell Coliseum on Dec. 19 ... The 58 points for offensive production this season ... This means a maiden trip to the World’s Most was a season low for the Hokies this year and year’s team returns just 40.0 percent of Famous Arena ... Last season, the Hokies is the fewest points the Hokies have scored in the scoring from last season and only two defeated Seton Hall, 80-61, in the Aeropostale a victory since defeating Illinois, 54-52, in the returning Hokies, Deron Washington and Classic in the Garden ... Tech was 1-1 in BIG first round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament ... A.D. Vassallo, scored more than 100 points EAST Tournament games in the building The last time the Hokies scored 58-or-fewer last season. and Tech won both the 1973 and 1995 NIT points in a regular-season victory was a Championships ... Tech finished third in the 54-40 victory over Western Carolina in Cassell The State We’re In 1984 NIT Championship, in MSG ... The Hokies Coliseum in the third game of the 2005-06 With the regular season sweep of Virginia, are now 11-2 in Madison Square Garden. season. the Hokies are 3-2 this season against teams from Virginia and were 3-1 against Tech is Stingy in the Garden All-Time Numbers schools from the Commonwealth of Virginia Excuse the Hokies if they try to play games Virginia Tech is 1,260-1,054 all-time in last season ... Tech played just four games in Madison Square Garden ... In the recent men’s basketball action, for a .545 winning against three separate in-state opponents Aeropostale Holiday Festival, the Hokies held percentage. a year ago ... Tech is 410-301 (.577) all-time their two opponents to just 38-of-120 from against schools from Virginia ... The Hokies the field (.317) ... The two opponents hit just The First Freshman have played 13 schools from the state ... five-of-25 three-point field goal attempts Jeff Allen accomplished something in The only state Division I schools that Tech (.200) ... Last season, when the Hokies the win over Elon that has not happened has not played are Longwood, Norfolk State defeated Seton Hall, 80-61, in the Garden, the in Blacksburg for quite some time ... His 19 and Hampton ... Tech holds winning records Pirates shot just .277 from the field and .238 points and 10 rebounds made him the first against nine of the schools and even records from three-point range. Virginia Tech freshman to record a double- against two others ... Tech is 15-11 against double in his first collegiate game since Dale schools from Virginia under Seth Greenberg. 3-0h, Canada Solomon accomplished that feat with 23 Virginia Tech got a head start on the points and 11 rebounds in a win over Buffalo VT vs. Top-Ranked Teams 2007-08 season over the Labor Day Weekend, State in 1978. With the loss to #1 North Carolina in the as the team traveled to Windsor, Ont., for semifinals of the 2008 ACC Tournament, a three-game sweep of contests against Low Points are Good Virginia Tech is 2-6 all-time against #1 ranked Canadian teams. The Hokies allowed UNC Greensboro just teams ... Tech’s other win against a top-ranked 39 points on Dec. 4 and followed that by team was on Jan. 10, 1983, when the Hokies Non-Conference Streak in the Cassell allowing George Washington just 36 points defeated #1 Memphis State, 69-56, in Cassell With the home win over Charleston ... The GW game was the fewest points Coliseum ... The UNC game last season was Southern, the Hokies stretched their home allowed by Tech this season and the fewest just the third time that a top-ranked team court, non-conference winning streak to 20 since Tech won at Fordham, 50-32, on Feb. visited Cassell Coliseum. games ... The Hokies have not lost a non- 8, 1997 ... Tech allowed both UNCG and GW conference home game since Nov. 12, 2005, just 14 points in the first half, the lowest He’s My Brother a 72-71 loss to Bowling Green ... Tech is 34-3 totals of the season and the fewest since One different look on the sideline for the (.919) against non-conference competition Tech allowed Appalachian State nine points Hokies this season is the absence of associate in Cassell Coliseum under Seth Greenberg in the first half on Dec. 10, 2006 ... With the head coach Brad Greenberg ... Brad is now ... The CSU game was the Hokies’ final home, home win over Boston College, Tech has now the head coach at nearby non-conference game of the season. held an opponent to fewer than 50 points 14 and former Hokie staffers Rick Hall and Cedric times under Seth Greenberg ... The George Smith are members of his coaching staff ... Hot Wings Washington game was the first time since the Brad and Seth Greenberg are one of only Virginia Tech’s tandem of small forwards, 1946-47 season that the Hokies had allowed three sets of brothers that are head coaches Deron Washington and A.D. Vassallo, had consecutive opponents less than 40 points at Division I schools ... The others are Sean very productive seasons for the Hokies last and the first time since Jan. 28 and Jan. 30, (Oklahoma State) and Scott (Oral Roberts) year ... The duo combined to average 23.1 1945, that the Hokies have allowed collegiate Sutton and Joe (Columbia) and James (Yale) points and 9.3 rebounds per game ... They opponents less than 40 points in consecutive Jones ... Oddly enough, all three sets coach shot a combined 47.3 percent from the field ... games ... That was part of a four-game streak within 100 miles of each other. In ACC games, they averaged 23.0 points per of 40-or-less points by Tech opponents. game and 9.6 rebounds ... So far this season, Twin Sighting the duo is averaging 29.4 points and 11.3 More on Low Points If you notice a new, but familiar face on rebounds per game in regular-season games With the wins over UNC Greensboro and the Virginia Tech bench this season, you and 30.4 points and 13.2 rebounds per game George Washington, the Hokies became just should ... Former Hokie player David Jackson in ACC play ... The duo averaged 30.0 points the second ACC team ever to hold opponents returns to the program this season as the and 10.5 rebounds per game in the ACC under 40 points in consecutive games ... The strength and conditioning coach for the Tournament. only other time this has happened was in the men’s basketball team ... Jackson played for 1981-82 season, when NC State held St. Peters the Hokies from 1994-97, along with twin and Appalachian State under 40 points each. brother, Jim. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 15 Last Time That... Tech scored 100 points and won: 102-50 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, 11-23-04 Tech scored 100 points and lost: 106-113 OT vs. Virginia (at Richmond), 1-25-89 Tech played in overtime: 72-65 vs. Virginia, 2-2-08 Tech played in consecutive overtime games: 75-74 at Clemson, 2-8-06 & 77-81 at Virginia, 2-11-06 Tech played 2 OT: 84-75 vs. High Point, 12-30-00 Tech played 3 OT: 86-90 at WVU, 2-2-83 Tech scored 100+ points: 102-50 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, 11-23-04 Tech scored 90-99 points: 92-84 vs. Georgia Tech, 2-23-08 Tech scored 80-89 points: 80-58, vs. Wake Forest, 3-4-08 Tech scored 70-79 points: 71-74, vs. Miami, 2-9-08 Tech scored 60-69 points: 66-68 vs. North Carolina, ACC Tournament, 3-15-08 Tech scored 50-59 points: 53-92 at North Carolina, 2-16-08 Tech scored 40-49 points: 49-52 at Richmond, 1-3-08 Tech scored 30-39 points: 33-43 at East Carolina, 1966-67 season Tech scored 20-29 points: 27-40 at McGuire Gen., 1945-46 season Tech scored 10-19 points: 16-45 at Virginia, 1938-1939 season Tech scored less than 10 points: 7-31 at W&L, 1922-1923 season Tech allowed 100+ points: 100-65 at Duke, 1-30-05 Tech allowed 90-99 points: 53-92 at North Carolina, 2-16-08 Tech allowed 80-89 points: 92-84 vs. Georgia Tech, 2-23-08 Tech allowed 70-79 points: 69-70 at Clemson, 3-9-08 Tech allowed 60-69 points: 66-68 vs. North Carolina, ACC Tournament, 3-15-08 Tech allowed 50-59 points: 80-58, vs. Wake Forest, 3-4-08 Tech allowed 40-49 points: 63-48 vs. Miami, ACC Tournament, 3-19-08 Tech allowed 30-39 points: 68-36 vs. George Washington, 12-9-07 Tech allowed 20-29 points: 31-25 vs. Richmond, 1945-1946 season Tech allowed 10-19 points: 60-19 vs. Lynchburg College, 1945-1946 season Tech allowed less than 10 points: 28-9 vs. Hampden-Sydney, 1922-1923 season Largest margin of victory: 83 points vs. Randolph Macon Academy 87-4, 1910-11 season Last time two Tech players recorded double-doubles in a single game: Deron Washington (14 points/12 rebounds) and Jeff Allen (10 points/10 rebounds) vs. Miami, ACC Tournament, 3-14-08 Last time a Tech player had five or more steals: Jeff Allen (6) at NC State, 2-5-08 Last time a Tech player had 10 or more assists in a game: Jamon Gordon (11) vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Last time two Tech players had double figures in rebounds: Deron Washington (12 rebounds) and Jeff Allen (10 rebounds) vs. Miami, ACC Tournament, 3-14-08 Last time two Tech players had five or more assists: Malcolm Delaney (6) & A.D. Vassallo (5) vs. Hofstra, 12-28-07 Last time two Tech players scored 20 or more points: Deron Washington (22) & A.D. Vassallo (20) vs. Wake Forest, 3-4-08 Last time a Tech player scored 30-39 points in a game: 33, Zabian Dowdell at North Carolina, 2-13-07 Last time a Tech player scored 40-49 points in a game: 42, Bimbo Coles vs. Rutgers, 12-27-90 Last time a Tech player scored 50+ points in a game: 51, Bimbo Coles vs. Southern Miss., 2-6-88 Last time that Tech defeated a ranked opponent on the road: 81-80 (OT) at No. 4 North Carolina, 2-13-07 Last time that Tech defeated a ranked opponent at home: 67-64 (OT) vs. No. 21 Maryland, 1-21-07 Last time a Tech player had consecutive double-doubles: Deron Washington & Jeff Allen, 2007-08 season

VT vs. The Conferences

ACC...... 10-8 The Days of the Week Atlantic-10 (GWU, Richmond)...... 1-1 Closing In BIG EAST (St. John’s)...... 1-0 (Under Seth Greenberg) Big Sky (Eastern Washington)...... 1-0 Overall Conference Here is a list of several catagories that Big South (UNCA, Liberty, Chas. So.)...... 3-0 Monday 5-1 0-0 Hokie freshmen are closing in on as far as Big Ten (Penn State)...... 0-1 Tuesday 12-6 5-6 school freshmen records go. Colonial (ODU, Hofstra)...... 1-1 Wednesday 20-10 11-6 Horizon (Butler)...... 0-1 Thursday 5-9 2-6 Rebounds Southern (Elon, UNCG)...... 2-0 Friday 10-4 1-1 Jeff Allen 238 255 West Coast (Gonzaga)...... 0-1 Saturday 27-26 18-18 Sunday 7-13 3-9 Assists Total...... 19-13 Totals 86-69 40-46 Hank Thorns 108 112 Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 16 Head Coach Seth Greenberg Now in his fifth season as the head include a 70-69 win at #12 Georgia Tech He was the coach of the Hokies, Seth Greenberg has and a 67-65 victory against #7 Duke in fourth Hokie established himself as not only a builder Cassell Coliseum in the 2004-05 sea- honored of programs, but as a coach who has an son. But this past season, the Hokies by the eye on the goal. Through hard engineered a historic sweep over North group for work and teamwork, his Virginia Tech Carolina, including a 94-88 win over the the team’s teams have demonstrated all the attri- Tar Heels in Cassell Coliseum when UNC play during butes that allow for success, both on and was the top-ranked team in the country. the Hokies’ off the court. Couple that victory against North Caro- inaugural Greenberg has led the Hokies to an lina with a 69-67 overtime win at #5 Duke ACC season. 19-13 overall record and a 9-7 Atlantic the week before, the Hokies spent time Dowdell was Coast Conference record this season. The atop the ACC standings for the first time honorable Hokies, who lost five players to gradu- ever. mention All- ation from last season’s NCAA Tourna- During his first season, he guided ACC, Deron ment team, were picked to finish 10th in Virginia Tech to new heights in its quest Washington Seth Greenberg the ACC in the preseason poll, but have to re-establish its place among collegiate was named to the ACC All-Freshman surged to a fourth-place finish in the basketball’s elite. In his second season, team and Gordon was named to the regular season. Tech has now received a the team even surpassed the accom- ACC All-Defensive team. The Richmond first-round bye in three of the four sea- plishments of the first year and showed Times-Dispatch named Greenberg the sons the Hokies have been a member of his leadership abilities during a trying Coach of the Year in the Commonwealth the ACC and has reached the semifinals 2005-06 season. of Virginia. in each of the last two seasons. Greenberg led a team that suf- “Coach Greenberg has exhibited On March 11, Greenberg added an- fered numerous tragedies and, with his tremendous leadership skills in build- other honor, as he was named the Atlan- constant guidance, enabled the team to ing the basketball program into a team tic Coast Conference’s 2008 Coach of the leave off-court problems out of the game that can compete at the highest level,” Year. This is the second time in four years and focus on each contest. The Hokies Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Jim that Greenberg has earned the honor. finished the season 14-16 and remained Weaver said. “I am very proud of the fact Earlier in the season, the Virginia a competitive force in the best confer- that Coach Greenberg and his staff led Tech Athletics Department announced ence in the nation, the ACC. Coleman the Hokies back to the NCAA Tourna- that Greenberg had signed a contract Collins and Zabian Dowdell were named ment and made a strong run at the ACC extention that will keep him the Hokie honorable mention All-ACC and Jamon Championship. Seth has proven that he coach through the 2012-13 season. Gordon remained as an ACC All-Defen- is a terrific recruiter and does a wonder- The Hokies completed the 2006-07 sive team selection and one of the top ful job of coaching and building team season 22-12 overall and boasted a 10-6 defensive players in . chemistry.” Atlantic Coast Conference mark. The More importantly, the team grew as Optimism was high as Greenberg third-place finish in the league and first- people and those people were there to began his tenure at Tech, but his first sea- round bye in the conference tournament help one another during the trying times. son (2003-04) in Blacksburg turned out was a testament to the way the Hokies The challenges the Hokies faced even better than anyone could have pos- played the season; with toughness and in the 2005-06 season made the ac- sibly hoped for. The Hokies played well intelligence; with hard-work and funda- complishments of the past season even throughout the season, despite being mentals. more meaningful. The word “team” aptly limited by injuries. Most importantly, the Last season, the Hokies defeated four describes what Greenberg and his staff team improved consistently throughout nationally ranked teams and had a 3-0 has built at Virginia Tech. the year. record against teams ranked in the top- A new era in Virginia Tech men’s The aggressive, up-tempo style that five. And as the 2007-08 season dawns, basketball began on April 3, 2003, as the Greenberg installed in his first season Greenberg has the Hokies poised for Hokies introduced Greenberg as their with the Hokies has seen immediate even loftier achievements. 27th head coach. A proven program dividends and has brought a renewed Although fortunes are on the up- builder, an admired and innovative sense of excitement to Cassell Coliseum, swing, one thing has not changed since tactician and an experienced recruiter, as well as to the “Hokie Nation.” The Hok- Greenberg arrived in Blacksburg, Virginia Greenberg guides a Tech program that ies led the BIG EAST Conference in steals, Tech succeeds due to hard work, pre- has made tremendous strides in his first turnover margin and assist/turnover ratio paredness and an attention to details. three seasons in Blacksburg. in 2003-04 and led the ACC in turnover Greenberg enters the NIT with a Greenberg earned his first major margin in 2004-05. career record of 299-239 and a 86-69 honor at Virginia Tech in 2005, being When the team needed to step up, it record in five seasons at Virginia Tech. named the ACC Coach of the Year by the did. The Hokies finished the 2003-04 sea- His biggest victories entering the season Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. son strong, with a 15-14 overall record Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 17 Head Coach Seth Greenberg and a best-ever 7-9 BIG EAST mark. The University, where his overall record was Greenberg first went to Long Beach Hokies entered the BIG EAST Tournament 105-70. In his 15 years as a head coach, as associate head coach under Joe Har- as the eighth seed and defeated Rutgers, Greenberg has an overall record of rington and replaced Harrington three 61-58, in the first round before falling in 244-198. An important side note is that, years later when he accepted the head the quarterfinals to nationally ranked following his initial seasons at LBSU, USF coaching position at Colorado. In his six Pittsburgh. Tech finished the regular sea- and Virginia Tech, Greenberg compiled a seasons at LBSU, Greenberg led the 49ers son winning its last three games and last 210-148 record at the three schools. to two NCAA Tournament appearances five home games. Picked to finish last in During his time at Long Beach and and one NIT appearance. He led LBSU to the league in the coaches preseason poll, USF, Greenberg’s teams posted impres- two Big West Conference championships the Hokies finished the regular season in sive records against major conference and one Big West regular-season title. eighth place. opponents. During his Long Beach State While at LBSU, the 49ers defeated four As promising as the 2003-04 season tenure there were wins over four nation- nationally ranked teams. Greenberg also was, no one could have expected the ally ranked teams, including a 64-49 tutored future NBA players - Bryon Rus- success that the Hokies enjoyed during victory against then-No. 1 Kansas at Allen sell, Lucious Harris and Juaquin Hawkins. the 2004-05 season. Tech finished the Fieldhouse in 1992-93. At South Florida, Well-respected in the collegiate year 16-14 overall and 8-8 in league play, his teams were 2-0 against Ohio State, coaching community, Greenberg was finishing the regular season in fourth had two wins over Texas, and won at named as an original member of the place in the league and earning a first- Pittsburgh during the Panthers’ run to 2007 NCAA Regional Advisory Commit- round bye in the ACC tournament. The the Sweet 16 in the 2001-02 season. The tee in the summer of 2006. Hokies also earned their first post-season Bulls defeated eventual Final Four team In the summer of 2004, Greenberg bid since 1996, advancing to the second Wisconsin in the 1999-2000 season. received a lofty honor, when he was round of the NIT. At South Florida, Greenberg led inducted into the Five Star Basketball The 2005-06 season saw the team the Bulls to two NIT appearances and Camp’s Hall of Fame. The honor, shared deal with numerous personal issues, but victories in Conference USA play against by some of the greatest coaches like Rick not surprisingly, manage to remain a co- nationally ranked opponents. The Bulls Pitino and Hubie Brown, was bestowed hesive unit and help each other through defeated BIG EAST member Providence for the many years that Greenberg has the rough spots, while continuing to and NCAA Tournament participants been a part of the nation’s top summer make the improvements on the court Memphis and East Tennessee State, plus basketball camp, as an instructor and that have led to the Hokies’ reputation NIT participants St. Louis and DePaul guest speaker. as a competitive force in the ACC. Credit in his final season at USF. The Bulls led Known as one of the more insight- Greenberg for never allowing the team C-USA in field goal percentage defense, ful and knowledgeable coaches in the to quit or feel sorry for themselves under allowing opponents to shoot just 39.9 college game, Greenberg served as an the weight of adversity. percent from the floor. USF was among analyst for College Sports Television’s A proven recruiter, Greenberg has the conference leaders in three-point de- coverage of the NCAA Tournament each captured the excitement of the ACC fense, blocked shots and steals. The Bulls of the last three seasons and has worked move and continues to sign top recruit- also had the C-USA individual leader in with Fox Sports Radio on their NCAA ing classes. assists. coverage. He is often a guest on national, Perhaps the biggest influences seen A 1978 graduate of Fairleigh Dickin- regional and local sports talk shows, in the program have been the work ethic son, Greenberg was a four-year letterwin- including ESPN Radio and the Jim Rome and attention to details that Greenberg ner under head coach Al Lobalbo. His Show. and his staff have instilled. And when father, the late Ralph Greenberg, played When confronted by the destruction speaking of hard work, the principle at Long Island University under coaching of Hurricane Katrina, Greenberg knew he begins at the top, Greenberg himself. legend Clair Bee, one of college basket- had to get involved. Greenberg served Long hours of watching film, instruct- ball’s all-time winningest coaches. as the chairman of the organizing com- ing players and program development, Greenberg began his coaching ca- mittee of AllCoachesCare.com, a major along with tireless work in promoting reer as an assistant at Columbia in 1978. on-line sports auction that raised money the program and university, while being He moved to Pittsburgh two years later, for Habitat for Humanity and its efforts involved in the community have made where he made two trips to the NCAA in helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast area. Greenberg a popular face on the Blacks- Tournament in three years with the Working tirelessly, Greenberg helped the burg campus and in the “Hokie Nation.” Panthers. He spent the 1983-84 season at group acquire goods and services for the Greenberg came to Virginia Tech Virginia, helping the Cavs reach the Final auction and also spent countless hours from the University of South Florida, Four before moving on to Miami as an speaking on television, radio and to me- where he served as head coach for seven assistant under future Virginia Tech head dia members getting the word out about seasons. At USF, Greenberg had a record coach Bill Foster. At Miami, he helped the auction. of 108-100. Prior to USF, Greenberg was revive a program that had been dormant the head coach at Long Beach State for a number of years. Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 18 VT in Tournaments 1922-23 1959-60 1967-68 1977-78 Southern Conf. Tourn. Wautauga Tourn. - Winner Virginia Tech Tourn. - 3rd Richmond T-D Inv. - 2nd W - Vanderbilt, 26-23 W - Tennessee Tech, 78-74 L - Yale, 77-90 W - VCU, 71-63 L - Chattanooga, 23-28 W - East Tennessee State, 74-56 W - NYU, 75-59 L - Virginia, 68-76 1926-27 Sugar Bowl - 3rd All-College Tourn. - 4th 1978-79 Southern Conf. Tourn. L - Tulane, 57-62 W - Idaho State, 103-76 Times-World L - Auburn, 33-38 W - Mississippi State, 82-61 L - Brigham Young, 64-97 Holiday Classic - Winner 1932-33 Southern Conf. Tourn. L - Auburn, 61-76 W - St. Louis, 90-71 Southern Conf. Tourn. W - George Washington, 88-52 1968-69 W - Delaware, 81-69 L - North Carolina, 25-32 L - West Virginia, 72-82 Big Five Tourn. - Winner Metro Conf. Tourn. - Winner 1941-42 1960-61 W - William & Mary, 83-72 W - Cincinnati, 80-74 Southern Conf. Tourn. Birmingham Classic - 3rd W - Virginia, 85-74 W - Louisville, 72-68 L - North Carolina State, 43-54 L - Auburn, 73-76 East Carolina Classic - 3rd W - Florida St., 68-60 1943-44 W - Baylor, 81-54 W - Delaware, 79-58 NCAA Southern Conf. Tourn. Southern Conf. Tourn. L - Baylor, 63-66 W - Jacksonville, 70-53 W - Davidson, 38-34 L - George Washington, 83-84 W - East Carolina, 88-87 L - Indiana St., 69-86 L - North Carolina, 24-39 1961-62 1969-70 1979-80 1945-46 Birmingham Classic - 2nd Big Five Tourn. Times-World Southern Conf. Tourn. W - Alabama, 70-65 L - William & Mary, 79-84 Holiday Classic - Winner W - George Washington, 39-33 L - Auburn, 63-77 Gator Bowl - 4th W - Miami (O.), 93-84 L - Duke, 38-44 Gator Bowl - Winner L - Florida, 45-48 W - Georgia Tech, 67-62 1947-48 W - Vanderbilt, 79-78 L - Army, 55-57 Sugar Bowl Classic - 2nd Southern Conf. Tourn. W - Florida, 78-69 1970-71 W - Tulane, 71-58 L - North Carolina, 40-61 Southern Conf. Tourn. - 2nd Big Five Tourn. - 2nd L - Mississippi, 66-70 1949-50 W - Citadel, 101-83 W - William & Mary, 88-78 Metro Conf. Tourn. Southern Conf. Tourn. W - VMI, 70-66 L - Virginia, 59-68 L - Cincinnati, 51-65 L - North Carolina State, 42-67 L - West Virginia, 72-88 Presidential Classic - 3rd NCAA 1950-51 1962-63 L - East Tennessee State, 74-83 W - W. Kentucky, 89-85 (OT) Southern Conf. Tourn. Gator Bowl - 4th W - Richmond, 77-57 L - Indiana, 59-68 L - Duke, 61-64 L - Georgia Tech, 72-73 OT 1971-72 1980-81 1953-54 L - Rice, 67-69 Charlotte Invitational - 2nd Virginia Tech Classic - 2nd Richmond Invitational - 4th Southern Conf. Tourn. W - Rutgers, 77-73 W - Pittsburgh, 72-70 L - Richmond, 54-63 W - William & Mary, 74-72 L - Davidson, 73-83 L - Texas A&M, 52-55 L - Virginia, 81-97 L - Davidson, 67-75 Presidential Classic - 2nd Richmond T-D Inv. - 3rd 1954-55 1963-64 W - American U, 67-66 OT L - VCU, 51-57 Richmond Invitational - 4th Virginia Tech Tourn. - 2nd L - Texas A&M, 62-66 OT W - Richmond, 83-79 W - Rutgers, 88-77 W - LSU, 72-64 1972-73 Metro Conf. Tourn. L - Richmond, 57-84 L - Tennessee, 60-81 Old Dominion Classic - Winner W - Memphis State, 72-66 L - William & Mary, 67-82 Southern Conf. Tourn. W - Old Dominion, 81-80 L - Louisville, 68-81 1955-56 L - George Washington, 62-64 W - Stanford, 77-71 1981-82 Richmond Invitational - 7th 1964-65 NIT - Winner Gator Bowl Classic - Winner L - Seton Hall, 60-64 Steel Bowl - 4th W - New Mexico, 65-63 W - Boston College, 75-70 L - Virginia, 85-103 L - Pittsburgh, 69-74 W - Fairfield, 77-76 W - Jacksonville, 102-83 W - Rhode Island State, 80-59 L - Duquesne, 84-99 W - Alabama, 74-73 Metro Conf. Tourn. Southern Conf. Tourn. Virginia Tech Tourn. - 3rd W - Notre Dame, 92-91 OT W - Cincinnati, 106-92 L - Furman, 70-84 L - Alabama, 53-72 1973-74 L - Memphis State, 70-71 1956-57 W - Mississippi State, 104-75 All College Tourn. - 7th NIT Sugar Bowl - 4th Southern Conf. Tourn. L - Houston, 66-85 W - Fordham, 69-58 L - Kentucky, 55-56 W - Richmond, 103-63 L - Weber State, 74-79 W - Mississippi, 61-59 L - Alabama, 47-62 L - William & Mary, 59-70 W - Southwestern (Texas), 102-66 L - Georgia, 73-90 Southern Conf. Tourn. 1965-66 1974-75 1982-83 W - William & Mary, 64-56 Virginia Tech Tourn. - Winner Vanderbilt Inv. - 3rd. Rainbow Classic - 5th L - Oklahoma, 86-88 (OT) L - Washington & Lee, 54-68 W - Massachusetts, 91-88 L - Vanderbilt, 72-75 W - Texas Tech, 53-59 1957-58 W - Clemson, 72-62 W - Austin Peay, 73-66 W - Providence, 70-57 Southern Conf. Tourn. All-College Tourn. - 2nd Michigan Inv. - 3rd Metro Conf. Tourn. L - William & Mary, 61-79 W - Texas A&M, 101-74 L - Michigan, 63-84 W - Southern Mississippi, 79-68 1958-59 W - Wichita, 91-90 W - Washington, 88-77 L - Tulane, 73-79 Gulf South Classic -2nd L - Oklahoma City, 90-99 1975-76 NIT W - Spring Hill, 93-52 NIT Indiana Tourn. - 2nd W - Oregon, 87-60 W - William & Mary, 85-79 W - Centenary, 67-64 L - Temple, 73-88 L - Indiana, 74-101 L - South Carolina, 68-75 L - Louisiana Tech, 66-71 OT 1966-67 NCAA Southern Conf. Tourn. Virginia Tech Tourn. - Winner L - Western Michigan, 67-77 OT L - George Washington, 67-85 W - Eastern Kentucky, 99-77 W - Richmond, 76-61 1976-77 Gator Bowl - 2nd Dayton Tourn. - 2nd Virginia Tech’s only conference Virginia Tech has won two NIT W - Penn State, 67-65 W - Dayton, 76-75 tournament win came in the Championships, in 1973 and L - Florida, 73-92 L - Alabama, 78-108 1978-79 Metro Conference NCAA Richmond T-D Inv. - Winner 1995. W - Toledo, 82-76 W - Richmond, 59-58 Championships. W - Indiana, 79-70 W - Virginia, 65-60 L - Dayton, 66-71 OT NIT W - Georgetown, 83-79 L - Alabama, 72-79 Virginia Tech NIT Notes • Page 19 VT in Tournaments 1983-84 1991-92 2003-04 Richmond T-D Inv.- 3rd Central Fidelity Tourn. - 4th BIG EAST Tournament L - Richmond, 56-61 L - Richmond, 51-84 W - Rutgers, 61-58 W - Old Dominion, 86-62 L - California, 59-68 L - Pittsburgh, 74-61 Metro Conf. Tourn. - 2nd Red Lobster Tourn. - 2nd 2004-05 W - Tulane, 49-47 W - Florida, 79-57 ACC Tournament W - Louisville, 69-61 L - Michigan, 51-63 L - Georgia Tech, 54-73 L - Memphis St., 65-78 Metro Tournament NIT NIT - 3rd L - UNC Charlotte, 52-70 W - Temple, 60-50 W - Georgia Tech, 77-74 1992-93 L - Memphis, 62-83 W - South Alabama, 68-66 Metro Tournament 2005-06 W - Tennessee, 72-68 W - Tulane, 64-55 ACC Tournament L - Michigan, 75-78 L - Va. Commonwealth, 71-85 L - Virginia, 50-56 W - SW Louisiana, 71-70 1993-94 2006-07 1984-85 Metro Tournament Old Spice Classic Volunteer Classic - 2nd W - Va. Commonwealth, 65-64 L - Western Michigan, 68-71 W - Iowa State, 80-53 L - Louisville, 67-76 W - Montana, 77-56 L - Tennessee, 75-86 1994-95 L - Southern Illinois. 64-69 ACC Tournament Richmond T-D Inv. - 2nd San Juan Shootout - 2nd W - Montana State, 69-62 W - Wake Forest, 71-52 W - James Madison, 47-37 W - Nebraska, 87-81 L - NC State, 64-72 L - VCU, 65-69 L - Illinois, 75-85 NCAA Tournament Metro Conf. Tourn. Metro Tournament W - Illinois, 54-52 L - Florida St. 93-97 L - Southern Miss, 66-82 L - Southern Illinois, 48-63 NCAA NIT - Winner 2007-08 L - Temple, 57-60 W - Clemson, 62-54 Great Alaska Shootout 1985-86 W - Providence, 91-78 W - Eastern Washington, 69-52 Hawaiian Airlines Classic - 3rd W - New Mexico State, 64-61 L - Butler, 78-84 OT L - Michigan, 66-67 W - Canisius, 71-59 L - Gonzaga, 64-82 W - Chaminade, 70-66 W - Marquette, 65-64 OT Holiday Festival Miller Classic - 3rd 1995-96 W - Hofstra, 84-59 L - Miami (O.), 82-83 OT A-10 Tournament W - St. John’s, 54-48 W - American U., 95-67 L - Rhode Island, 71-77 ACC Tournament Metro Conf. Tourn. NCAA W - Miami, 63-48 L - Florida St., 76-77 W - Wisconsin-Green Bay, 61-48 L - North Carolina, 68-66 NCAA L - Kentucky, 60-84 L - Villanova, 62-71 1996-97 1986-87 Big Island Invitational - 4th *Tech had to forfeit this win because of Gator Bowl - 4th W - Hawaii-Hilo, 101-73 an ineligible player. L - Florida, 60-82 L - Colorado, 56-63 #St. Bonaventure had to forfeit this win *F - Jacksonville, 79-77 L - Illinois, 68-92 because of an ineligible player. Richmond T-D Inv. - 2nd A-10 Tournament Virginia Tech’s first W - Richmond, 79-69 (OT) W - Fordham, 56-53 tournament win was in the L - James Madison, 70-84 L - Rhode Island, 63-67 Metro Conf. Tourn. 1997-98 1959-60 season, when it won L - Southern Mississippi, 66-83 Harris Teeter/Pepsi Challenge the Wautauga Tournament in 1987-88 L - South Carolina, 73-74 Big Apple NIT L - North Carolina, 57-78 Johnson City, Tenn. L - Middle Tenn. St., 85-88 A-10 Tournament Metro Conf. Tourn. L - Massachusetts, 58-64 Virginia Tech won the 2007 L - South Carolina, 81-93 1998-99 Aeropostale Holiday Festival 1988-89 A-10 Tournament Richmond T-D Inv. - 1st W - Fordham, 74-63 in Madison Square Garden in W - Richmond, 79-68 L - Temple, 51-64 December. W - VCU, 97-91 1999-00 1989-90 San Juan Shootout - 3rd Rainbow Classic - 6th W - Illinois State, 79-71 L - Rutgers, 89-100 L - Auburn, 63-73 Virginia Tech has played in W - San Francisco, 78-77 W - Louisiana-Lafayette, 59-56 the Southern Conference L - Creighton, 84-89 A-10 Tournament Tournament, the Metro Metro Conf. Tourn. W - Fordham, 51-48 L - Southern Mississippi, 67-81 L - Temple, 52-71 Conference Tournament, 1990-91 2000-01 the Atlantic 10 Conference Richmond T-D Inv. - 2nd Carrier Classic - 2nd Tournament, the BIG EAST W - Richmond, 82-79 W - Fairfield, 65-61 L - James Madison, 58-73 L - Syracuse, 68-88 Conference Tournament and Metro Tournament 2001-02 the Atlantic Coast Conference W - Cincinnati, 75-69 Hispanic Students Classic Tournament. L - Florida State, 71-91 L - Murray State, 63-66 L - Wis.-Milwaukee, 78-80, OT 2002-03 Virginia Tech’s finished third in Paradise Jam This is the fourth different site the 1984 NIT Championship. F#- St. Bonaventure the Hokies have played in the W - Michigan, 65-53 ACC Tournament in their four W - Toledo, 58-45 years in the league. Marcus Travis Season/Career GAME Highs Senior • Guard • 6-4 • 205 Points Blacksburg, Va. • Blacksburg H.S. Season 3 vs. George Washington (12-9-07) Oxnard Junior College #5 Career 3 vs. Coppin St. (11-06), GWU (12-07) ACC 2 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) 2007-08 Season Update: Started his first career game against Wake Forest on Senior Night ... Minutes Played Played a season-high 12 minutes - one min. off the career high - and made his first-ever basket Season 12 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) in an ACC game ... Also posted a career-high three assists and two steals in the game ... Recorded Career 13 vs. Iowa (11-29-06) his second career three-pointer against George Washington ... Made his first appearance of the ACC 12 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) season against UNCG ... Tied a career game high in rebounds with two against the Spartans. Field Goals Made 2006-07: Appeared in 12 games for Tech ... Made his first career three-pointer against Coppin Season 1 vs. GW (12-9-07), WF (3-4-08) State ... Made his first collegiate and grabbed a career-high two rebounds against West Career 1, four times, last vs. WF (3-4-08) Florida ... Saw action against Southern Illinois in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... ACC 1 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) 2005-06: Appeared in five games ... Hit the only shot he took for his first points in a Hokie uniform Field Goal Attempts ... Collected first career assist and stteal against North Carolina A&T ...2004-05 : Joined the team in Season 1, three times, last vs. WF (3-4-08) the fall as a walk-on ... Saw his only action of the season against Bethune-Cookman after suffering Career 3 vs. Coppin State (11-10-06) from patellar tendonitis in the left knee ... Received a medical redshirt. ACC 1 vs. BC (2-26-08), WF (3-4-08) Notables: Former walk-on who has earned a scholarship for his senior season ... Has impressed 3-PT Field Goals Made coaches with his work ethic ... Good student who is an outstanding teammate ... Joined the Season 1 vs. George Washington (12-9-07) team over the summer of 2004 ... Missed most of the 2004-05 season due to tendonitis in his Career 1 vs. Coppin St. (11-06), GWU (12-07) knees and received a medical redshirt ... Transferred from Oxnard College in California but is a ACC 0 native of Blacksburg ... Averaged 13 points and six rebounds per game at Oxnard ... Three-year 3-PT Field Goal Attempts letterwinner for coach Bob Trear at Blacksburg H.S. ... First-team all-district and all-region as a Season 1 vs. GW (12-9-07), BC (2-26-08) junior and senior and second-team all-state as a senior ... Personal: Marcus Alexander Travis ... Born Aug. 24, 1984, in Blacksburg, Va. ... Son of Reginald and Charlene Travis ... Has one Career 3 vs. Coppin State (11-10-06) older sister and a younger brother and sister ... Both parents are graduates of Virginia Tech ... ACC 1 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) Joined them as an alum on Friday, December 14 with a degree in marketing management. Free Throws Made Season 0 Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Career 0 ELON ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Eastern Washington % ------DID NOT PLAY------Free Throw Attempts Butler % ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 Gonzaga % ------DID NOT PLAY------Career 0 Penn State & ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 UNC ASHEVILLE ------DID NOT PLAY------Rebounds UNC GREENSBORO 3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 Season 2 vs. UNC Greensboro (12-4-07) G. WASHINGTON 3 1-1-100 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Career 2 vs. W. Florida (11-06), UNCG (12-07) Old Dominion ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 1 at UNC (2-16-08), vs. WF (3-4-08) LIBERTY ------DID NOT PLAY------Wake Forest ------DID NOT PLAY------Assists Hofstra + 1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 Season 3 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) St. John’s + ------DID NOT PLAY------Career 3 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) Richmond ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 3 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) CHARLESTON STHRN. 2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Blocks MARYLAND ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 Virginia ------DID NOT PLAY------Career 1 vs West Florida (11-14-06) Georgia Tech ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 DUKE ------DID NOT PLAY------Steals Boston College ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 2 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) FLORIDA STATE ------DID NOT PLAY------Career 2 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) VIRGINIA ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 2 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) NC State ------DID NOT PLAY------MIAMI ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina 3 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Maryland ------DID NOT PLAY------GEORGIA TECH ------DID NOT PLAY------BOSTON COLLEGE 1 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WAKE FOREST 12* 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 0 3 0 0 2 0 Clemson ------DID NOT PLAY------Miami $ ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina $ ------DID NOT PLAY------

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 04-05 1-0 0-0.0 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0-0.0 05-06 5-0 15-3.0 1-1-1.000 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 0-1 1-0.2 1-1 0 1 2-0.6 06-07 12-0 25-2.1 1-5-.200 1-5-.200 0-0-.000 0-3 3-0.3 0-2 1 1 3-0.3 07-08 7-1 25-3.6 2-3-.667 1-2-.500 0-0-.000 0-6 6-0.9 6-1 0 3 5-0.7 Total 25-1 65-2.6 4-9-.444 2-7-.286 0-0-.000 0-10 10-0.4 7-4 1 5 10-0.4 deron washington Season/Career GAME Highs Senior • Forward • 6-7 • 210 Points New Orleans, La. Season 22 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) National Christian Academy (Md.) #13 Career 24 vs. UMES (11-04), Mt. St. Mary’s (11-05) ACC 23 at Miami (1-23-07) 2007-08 Season Update: Received both honorable mention All-ACC and All-ACC Defensive Minutes Played honors ... Second in scoring (12.8 ppg), minutes played (33.6 mpg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg) ... Season 43 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) Third in assists, blocks and steals ... Scored a personal ACC Tournament career-high 14 pts. against Career 43 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) Miami and UNC ... Recorded his 10th career double-double against Miami in the ACCs ... The 12 ACC 43 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) rebounds are a school record for an ACC Tournament game ... Posted a double-double on Senior Field Goals Made Night against WF ... Scored at least 20 points for the first time this season in the game ... Led Tech Season 8 at BC (1-26-08), vs. WF (3-4-08) with five assists at Md. ... Made last-second layup to beat UVa in OT on the road ... Recorded his Career 10 vs UMES (11-23-04) 100th career block against Hofstra ... Recorded his 500th career rebound against UNCG ... Reached ACC 9 vs. Virginia (2-10-07) 1,000 career points at Penn State. Field Goal Attempts Season 19 at Boston College (1-26-08) 2006-07: Appeared in all 34 games, starting 32 ... Led team in rebounding at 5.3 rpg and was Career 19 at Boston College (1-26-08) second in scoring at 12.0 ppg and in blocks with 35 ... Led Hokie starters with a .503 FG % ... ACC 19 at Boston College (1-26-08) 2005-06: Started in 28 of 29 games played ... Fourth on the team in scoring (10.5 ppg) and third 3-PT Field Goals Made in rebounding avg. (5.0 rpg) ... 2004-05: Named to the All-ACC Freshman ... Fourth among ACC Season 2 vs. Wake Forest (3-4-08) freshmen in scoring and third in both rebounds per game and minutes played per game ... Second Career 3 vs. Illinois (3-16-07) on the team in field goal percentage and fourth in rebounding ... Started in all 30 games played. ACC 2, five times, last vs. WF (3-4-08) 3-PT Field Goal Attempts Notables: Returning three-year starter ... Can play either forward position, but will play primarily Season 5 at Virginia (1-16-08) at the small forward spot ... Outstanding leaper who attacks the rim ... Ranked No. 87 in high Career 6 vs. Coppin St. (11-06), UVa (2-10-07) school by HoopScoop and No. 124 nationally by Rivals.com ... Personal: Deron R. Washington ACC 6 vs. Virginia (2-10-07) ... Born Dec. 12, 1985, in Florissant, Mo. ... Has one older and one younger sister ... Father, Lionel, played football at Tulane and in the NFL for 15 seasons and is now an assistant coach with the Free Throws Made Green Bay Packers ... Mother, Denise, played basketball at Xavier University in New Orleans, where Season 11 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) she also worked as a teacher ... She was moved to Blacksburg in Fall 2005 after losing her home to Career 11 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) Hurricane Katrina ... She currently works in the New River Valley ... Majoring in sociology. ACC 11 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) Free Throw Attempts Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 14 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) ELON 36* 4-14-29 0-3-00 6-9-66 4-7-11 2 2 1 0 0 14 Career 15 vs. Mount St. Mary’s (11-18-05) Eastern Washington % 35* 3-10-30 1-4-25 3-5-60 2-4-6 2 2 1 0 1 10 ACC 14 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) Butler % 40* 5-11-45 1-1-100 3-5-60 1-4-5 5 2 3 1 0 14 Rebounds Gonzaga % 33* 4-8-50 0-2-00 3-4-75 2-2-4 3 2 3 0 1 11 Penn State & 35* 6-12-50 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-3-3 4 4 3 0 2 12 Season 14 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) UNC ASHEVILLE 35* 7-12-58 1-1-100 2-2-100 3-5-8 3 1 2 1 0 17 Career 14 at UNC (2-13-07), WF (12-23-07) UNC GREENSBORO 24* 4-5-80 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 3 2 1 0 1 8 ACC 14 at UNC (2-13-07), WF (12-23-07) G. WASHINGTON 32* 7-15-47 0-2-00 3-3-100 1-4-5 0 3 1 0 0 17 Assists Old Dominion 38* 4-15-27 0-1-00 3-8-38 2-4-6 1 5 3 0 1 11 Season 5, three times, last at Md. (2-20-08) LIBERTY 40* 6-12-50 1-2-50 4-6-67 4-3-7 3 0 3 2 0 17 Wake Forest 35* 1-7-14 0-1-00 11-12-92 3-11-14 3 1 4 1 0 13 Career 7 vs. Campbell (12-23-06) Hofstra + 28* 4-6-67 1-2-50 8-10-80 1-4-5 2 2 1 2 0 17 ACC 5 at Maryland (2-20-08) St. John’s + 33* 3-8-38 0-0-00 4-7-57 2-6-8 0 1 3 1 3 10 Blocks Richmond 31* 1-3-33 1-2-50 5-8-63 2-7-9 5 5 6 0 2 8 Season 3 vs. Duke (1-24-08) CHARLESTON STHRN. 26* 5-8-63 0-2-00 0-0-00 0-2-2 3 4 0 0 2 10 Career 5 vs. Mt. St. Mary’s (11-05), App. St. (12-06) MARYLAND 40* 1-8-13 1-2-50 6-7-86 2-5-7 2 1 2 2 2 9 ACC 4 vs. Clemson (3-1-06) Virginia 38* 4-11-36 1-5-20 2-6-33 3-1-4 4 1 0 1 1 11 Georgia Tech 34* 3-11-27 0-3-00 9-11-82 3-5-8 4 2 3 1 0 15 Steals DUKE 34* 2-9-22 0-1-00 8-13-62 3-4-7 5 3 6 3 0 12 Season 3, three times, last at CU (3-9-08) Boston College 42* 8-19-42 0-3-00 3-7-43 3-5-8 2 2 1 0 0 19 Career 4, six times, last at Duke (1-6-07) FLORIDA STATE 35* 4-14-29 0-3-00 6-8-75 3-7-10 3 3 4 1 2 14 ACC 4, three times, last at Duke (1-6-07) VIRGINIA 43* 3-14-21 0-1-00 9-14-64 2-10-12 3 3 1 0 1 15 NC State 32* 5-8-63 0-0-00 2-4-50 1-0-1 5 1 1 1 1 12 Miscellaneous 2007-08 career MIAMI 37* 3-9-33 0-1-00 3-5-60 0-2-2 4 4 3 0 0 9 North Carolina 26* 2-7-29 1-2-50 2-4-50 0-3-3 3 2 1 0 1 7 10+ Scoring Games 27 74 Maryland 32* 4-10-40 1-3-33 3-4-75 1-6-7 3 5 3 1 1 12 20+ Scoring Games 1 7 GEORGIA TECH 33* 2-4-50 0-0-00 6-10-60 2-7-9 5 2 3 0 3 10 10+ Rebounding Games 6 12 BOSTON COLLEGE 30* 4-7-57 0-1-00 2-4-50 1-2-3 1 1 1 0 2 10 Double-doubles 6 10 WAKE FOREST 35* 8-13-62 2-3-67 4-5-80 3-10-13 2 3 2 2 0 22 Games Led VT In Scoring 7 18 Clemson 25* 4-10-40 0-2-00 7-9-78 2-6-8 4 1 2 0 3 15 Games Led VT In Rebounding 12 40 Miami $ 21* 5-13-38 1-3-33 3-4-75 7-5-12 2 1 3 0 1 14 North Carolina $ 36* 6-12-50 1-3-33 1-3-33 0-0-0 5 0 1 2 2 14 Games Led VT In Assists 4 8

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Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 04-05 30-30 722-24.1 89-187-.476 3-5-.600 57-95-.600 59-78 137-4.6 31-48 30 29 238-7.9 05-06 29-28 914-31.5 116-236-.492 7-26-.269 65-114-.570 49-95 144-5.0 31-47 28 47 304-10.5 06-07 34-32 952-28.0 151-300-.503 20-65-.308 85-147-.578 64-117 181-5.3 51-54 35 41 407-12.0 07-08 32-32 1074-33.6 132-325-.406 14-60-.233 131-198-.662 63-145 208-6.5 71-72 22 33 409-12.8 Total 125-122 3662-29.3 488-1048-.466 44-156-.282 338-554-.610 235-435 670-5.4 184-221 115 150 1358-10.9 cheick diakite Season/Career GAME Highs Junior • Center • 6-9 • 220 Points Bamako, Mali Season 8 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) Bridgeton Academy (Maine) #34 Career 11 vs. Mount St. Mary’s (11-18-05) ACC 9 vs. Md. (1-21-07), at UNC (2-13-07) 2007-08 Season Update: Leads the team in blocks (41, 1.3 bpg) ... The 41 blocks are a personal Minutes Played best for one season ... Tied-fifth in rebounding (2.9 rpg) ... Missed the home game against WF due Season 25 at St. John’s (12-29-07) to suffering a dislocated middle finger on his right (shooting) hand during practice on March 3 Career 26 vs. Old Dominion (12-06-06) ... Tied an ACC game career-high with four blocks at UNC ... Posted a season-high eight rebounds ACC 21 vs. Md. (1-21-07), at BC (1-26-08) at Boston College while scoring seven points in the start ... Recorded three blocks in 11 minutes Field Goals Made against Duke ... Also recorded his 200th career rebound in the game ... Started his 13th game at Season 4 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) Georgia Tech, more than doubling the number of starts from the previous two seasons ... Tied a Career 4, four times, last vs. CSU (1-7-08) career-high in made field goals with four against Charleston Southern ... Recorded a career-high ACC 4 vs. Md. (1-21-07), at UNC (2-13-07) seven blocks in the win against St. John’s ... Recorded a season-high seven rebounds at Penn State Field Goal Attempts Season 6 vs. UNC Greensboro (12-4-07) ... Led the team in blocks with three against Elon ... Recorded his 50th career block in the game. Career 6, three times, last vs. UNCG (12-4-07) ACC 6 at North Carolina (2-13-07) 2006-07: Appeared in 33 games with six starts ... Third on the team in blocks with 33 ... Recorded 3-PT Field Goals Made a block against Illinois in the NCAA Tournament ... 2005-06: Started five times in 27 games. Season 0 Career 0 Notables: A physically strong post player who has seen increased playing time during his two ACC 0 years at Tech ... Coaching staff considers him a “poor man’s Ben Wallace” ... Should continue to be a 3-PT Field Goal Attempts force in the low post for the Hokies as his offensive game improves ... Bridgeton Academy won the Season 0 NEPSAC Class A Championship ... Had a triple-double in the second round against Notre Dame Career 0 Academy ... Personal: Cheick Oumar Tidiane Diakite ... Born Aug. 26, 1985, in Bamako, Mali ... Son ACC 0 of Fatoumata Coulibaly ... Majoring in agricultural economics. Free Throws Made Season 2 vs. Elon (11-9-07) Career 3, three times, last vs. S. Illinois (11-06) Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts ACC 2 vs. NC State (2-06), at Miami (1-23-07) ELON 24* 2-5-40 0-0-0 2-4-50 2-2-4 2 0 0 3 0 6 Free Throw Attempts Eastern Washington % 18* 2-4-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 3-2-5 1 0 0 3 0 4 Season 4 vs. Elon (11-9-07), at GT (1-19-08) Butler % 6 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career 5 vs. West Florida (11-14-06) Gonzaga % 12* 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-3-3 2 0 0 2 0 2 ACC 4 vs. Georgia Tech (1-19-08) Penn State & 15* 3-5-60 0-0-0 0-0-00 4-3-7 1 0 0 0 0 6 Rebounds UNC ASHEVILLE 11* 0-3-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-2-4 2 0 0 2 0 0 Season 8 at Boston College (1-26-08) UNC GREENSBORO 20* 1-6-17 0-0-0 1-2-50 1-1-2 2 0 0 3 0 3 Career 10 vs. Coppin State (11-10-06) G. WASHINGTON 18* 0-2-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-3-4 1 1 0 2 1 0 ACC 8 vs. BC (2-21-07), at BC (1-26-08) Old Dominion 23* 1-4-25 0-0-0 0-0-00 3-0-3 1 0 0 0 0 2 Assists LIBERTY 7* 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Season 1, three times, last vs. Md. (1-12-08) Wake Forest 7* 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career 2 vs. Coppin State (11-10-06) Hofstra + 13* 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 2 0 0 1 0 0 St. John’s + 25 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-3-4 2 0 3 7 0 0 ACC 1 vs. UVa (2-10-07), Md. (1-12-08) Richmond 4 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Blocks CHARLESTON STHRN. 20 4-5-80 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-5-7 1 1 0 4 0 8 Season 7 at St. John’s (12-29-07) MARYLAND 18* 1-4-25 0-0-0 1-2-50 3-2-5 3 1 1 1 0 3 Career 7 at St. John’s (12-29-07) Virginia 13 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-3-5 1 0 0 1 0 2 ACC 4, three times, last at UNC (2-16-08) Georgia Tech 17* 1-2-50 0-0-0 1-4-25 2-1-3 2 0 0 1 0 3 Steals DUKE 11 2-3-67 0-0-0 0-1-00 1-1-2 1 0 0 3 0 4 Season 1 vs. GWU (12-9-07), Miami (2-9-08) Boston College 21* 3-4-75 0-0-0 1-3-33 4-4-8 1 0 1 1 0 7 Career 2 vs. NC State (3-10-07) FLORIDA STATE 9* 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 3 0 2 0 0 2 ACC 1, five times, last vs. Miami (2-9-08) VIRGINIA 1 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 NC State 10* 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-1-2 2 0 0 1 0 2 Miscellaneous 2007-08 career MIAMI 12 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-2-3 1 0 1 1 1 0 6+ Scoring Games 4 9 North Carolina 11 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 2 0 0 4 0 0 6+ Rebounding Games 3 12 Maryland 9 0-4-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6+ Pts./Rebs. Games 3 6 GEORGIA TECH 6 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-2-3 3 0 2 1 0 2 BOSTON COLLEGE 11 2-3-67 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-3-5 0 0 0 0 0 4 Double-doubles 0 0 WAKE FOREST ------DID NOT PLAY------2+ Blocks 10 18 Clemson 3 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Games Led VT In Rebounding 0 5 Miami $ 8 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-2-4 0 0 2 0 0 0 North Carolina $ 7 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 2 0 0 0 0 2

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Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 05-06 27-5 196-7.3 15-37-.405 0-0-.000 6-9-.667 21-20 41-1.5 0-16 14 0 36-1.3 06-07 33-6 423-12.8 41-72-.569 0-0-.000 15-28-.536 41-55 96-2.9 3-18 33 6 97-2.9 07-08 31-16 390-12.6 29-68-.426 0-0-.000 6-16-.375 41-50 91-2.9 3-14 41 2 64-2.1 Total 91-27 1009-11.1 85-177-.480 0-0-.000 27-53-.509 103-125 228-2.5 6-48 88 8 197-2.2 A.D. VASSALLO Season/Career GAME Highs Junior • Guard/Forward • 6-6 • 215 Points Toa Baja, Puerto Rico Season 27 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Hargrave Military Academy #40 Career 29 at Wake Forest (1-28-06) ACC 29 at Wake Forest (1-28-06) 2007-08 Season Update: Earned All-ACC and ACC Tournament second-team honors ... Leads the Minutes Played team in scoring (16.6 ppg) and minutes played (34.7 mpg) ... Third in rebounding (4.8 rpg) ... Tied a Season 42 vs. Butler (11-23-07) career-high in FG attempts with 19 vs. UNC at the ACCs ... Tied a season-high with five assists vs. Miami Career 42 vs. Butler (11-23-07) ... Led Tech with 32 pts. total at the ACCs ... Scored at least 20 points for the ninth time this season at ACC 40 at UVa (1-16-08), GT (1-19-08) Clemson ... Scored his 1,000th point vs. GT ... Led team with a season-high 27 points off a career-high Field Goals Made 10 free-throws made in the contest ... Posted fourth career double-double at BC ... Led the squad in Season 9 vs. CSU (1-7-08), Miami (2-9-08) rebounding against both Duke and Georgia Tech with nine rebounds each ... Tied a career-high with Career 11 at Wake Forest (1-28-06) five made 3-pointers at UVa ... Named Aeropostale Holiday Festival MVP ... Recorded double-doubles ACC 11 at Wake Forest (1-28-06) at WF and BC ... The 11 rebounds in both games are a career high ... Posted a career-high three blocks Field Goal Attempts against Liberty. Season 19 vs. North Carolina (3-15-08) Career 19 at WF (1-28-06), vs. UNC (3-15-08) 2006-07: Appeared in all 34 games, starting 11 times ... Fourth on the team in scoring (11.1 ppg.) ACC 19 at WF (1-28-06), vs. UNC (3-15-08) and rebounding (4.0 rpg) ... 2005-06: Played in all 30 games as a freshman and started 10 times ... 3-PT Field Goals Made Honorable mention ACC All-Freshman selection ... Twice named ACC Rookie of the Week ... Fifth in Season 5 at Virginia (1-16-08) scoring (6.9 ppg) and first in free throw percentage (78.1%) ... Started eight of the final 11 games. Career 5 vs. West Fla. (11-06), at UVa (1-16-08) ACC 5 at Virginia (1-16-08) Notables: Will play the two-guard spot ... Originally from Puerto Rico, but played high school and 3-PT Field Goal Attempts prep basketball in Virginia ... Played for the national team at the Under-21 World Championships in Season 11 at Virginia (1-16-08) Argentina prior to his freshman season, averaging 8.6 ppg and shooting .412 from three-point range Career 11 vs. WF (3-9-07), at UVa (1-16-08) ... Played for Hargrave Military Academy during the 2004-05 season ... Second-leading scorer for the ACC 11 at Virginia (1-16-08) Tigers, who went 28-1 overall and advanced to the prep school national championship game ... Led Faith Christian Academy in scoring each of his three years in Hurt, Va. ... Also lettered in there Free Throws Made ... Personal: Angel D. Vassallo Colon ... Born April 2, 1986, in Arecibo, P.R. ... Son of Daniel Vassallo and Season 10 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Maria Colon ... Father played 17 seasons in the Puerto Rico Professional League, where he is one of the Career 10 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) all-time leading scorers ... Has an older brother, Alexis ... Majoring in sociology. ACC 10 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Free Throw Attempts Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 11 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) ELON 36* 4-8-50 2-4-50 7-10-70 0-4-4 1 0 4 2 1 17 Career 11 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Eastern Washington % 35* 4-9-44 3-6-50 0-0-00 0-2-2 3 4 1 0 1 11 ACC 11 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Butler % 42* 7-16-44 3-6-50 2-2-100 1-1-2 3 4 3 0 2 19 Rebounds Gonzaga % 38* 7-16-44 4-8-50 2-2-100 0-2-2 0 1 5 0 0 20 Season 11 at WF (12-23-07), at BC (1-26-08) Penn State & 34* 4-12-33 0-5-00 2-2-100 0-3-3 1 0 2 1 0 10 Career 11 at WF (12-23-07), at BC (1-26-08) UNC ASHEVILLE 36* 6-16-38 3-5-60 2-3-67 2-3-5 1 3 1 1 2 17 ACC 11 at WF (12-23-07), at BC (1-26-08) UNC GREENSBORO 31* 4-16-25 2-7-29 0-0-00 0-2-2 0 1 0 1 0 10 G. WASHINGTON 27* 7-12-58 4-7-57 0-0-00 0-5-5 3 3 4 1 0 18 Assists Old Dominion 33* 6-9-67 4-5-80 4-4-100 0-3-3 3 1 3 0 0 20 Season 5, three times, last vs. Miami (3-14-08) LIBERTY 38* 3-12-25 2-9-22 5-6-83 0-3-3 2 3 1 3 1 13 Career 7 at Virginia (2-11-06) Wake Forest 34* 7-13-54 2-7-29 3-4-75 0-11-11 2 3 7 0 1 19 ACC 7 at Virginia (2-11-06) Hofstra + 31* 6-10-60 3-5-60 2-3-67 0-3-3 2 5 3 0 2 17 Blocks St. John’s + 32* 5-12-42 2-4-50 4-4-100 2-5-7 2 1 2 0 1 16 Season 3 vs. Liberty (12-19-07) Richmond 32* 3-12-25 0-4-00 2-3-67 2-3-5 1 1 3 0 1 8 Career 3 vs. Liberty (12-19-07) CHARLESTON STHRN. 31* 9-18-50 3-10-30 0-0-00 1-4-5 1 1 2 0 1 21 MARYLAND 26* 5-11-45 3-4-75 3-4-75 3-5-8 3 0 1 0 0 16 ACC 2 vs. WF (12-17-06), BC (2-26-08) Virginia 40* 7-16-44 5-11-45 3-4-75 0-5-5 3 1 3 0 0 22 Steals Georgia Tech 40* 3-10-30 0-5-00 4-8-50 3-6-9 3 1 7 0 0 10 Season 2, five times, last vs. UNC (3-15-08) DUKE 38* 7-16-44 2-6-33 0-1-00 1-8-9 2 0 3 1 0 16 Career 4 at Wake Forest (1-28-06) Boston College 38* 5-16-31 0-4-00 4-7-57 3-8-11 4 0 1 0 1 14 ACC 4 at Wake Forest (1-28-06) FLORIDA STATE 36* 6-12-50 4-8-50 6-8-75 0-4-4 2 1 3 1 2 22 VIRGINIA 27* 5-9-56 3-5-60 1-2-50 0-2-2 4 1 1 1 0 14 NC State 36* 7-14-50 2-5-40 0-0-00 1-4-5 3 2 3 1 1 16 Miscellaneous 2007-08 career MIAMI 37* 9-15-60 4-7-57 2-2-100 0-2-2 3 3 3 0 1 24 10+ Scoring Games 30 55 North Carolina 28* 3-13-23 0-5-00 2-2-100 1-2-3 3 1 4 1 1 8 20+ Scoring Games 9 13 Maryland 38* 5-11-45 3-7-43 6-7-86 0-3-3 3 2 3 0 0 19 5+ Rebounding Games 16 32 GEORGIA TECH 38* 8-14-57 1-4-25 10-11-91 0-5-5 1 2 0 0 0 27 10+ Rebounding Games 2 4 BOSTON COLLEGE 32* 5-12-42 2-4-50 0-0-00 2-2-4 2 2 4 2 0 12 Double-doubles 2 4 WAKE FOREST 33* 5-14-36 3-6-50 7-8-88 3-3-6 3 4 1 0 0 20 Games Led VT In Scoring 18 25 Clemson 39* 8-14-57 3-4-75 4-6-67 0-7-7 5 5 4 0 1 23 Miami $ 38* 7-14-50 1-5-20 0-0-00 0-5-5 0 5 0 0 1 15 Games Led VT In Rebounding 3 9 North Carolina $ 37* 6-19-32 1-8-13 4-4-100 1-3-4 3 2 3 0 2 17 Games Led VT In Assists 5 8 3+ 3FG Made Games 16 30 % - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 05-06 30-10 498-16.6 74-170-.435 33-94-.351 25-32-.781 20-54 74-2.5 27-28 7 15 206-6.9 06-07 34-11 860-25.3 127-288-.441 66-159-.415 56-72-.778 21-115 136-4.0 30-44 10 15 376-11.1 07-08 32-32 1111-34.7 183-421-.435 74-190-.389 91-117-.778 26-128 154-4.8 63-85 16 23 531-16.6 Total 96-53 2469-25.7 384-879-.437 173-443-.391 172-221-.778 67-297 364-3.8 120-157 33 53 1113-11.6 Terrance vinson Season/Career GAME Highs r-Sophomore • Forward • 6-9 • 220 Points Valdosta, Ga. • Lowndes H.S. Season 2 vs. UNC Greensboro (12-4-07) #15 Career 4 vs. Morgan State (11-25-05) ACC 0 2007-08 Season Update: Played a career-high six minutes against Charleston Southern ... Also Minutes Played posted a career-high three rebounds and his first career assist in the game ... Recorded his first Season 6 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) rebound of the season against Hofstra .. Posted his first basket and block against UNC Greensboro Career 9 vs. Morgan State (11-25-05) during three minutes on the court ... Made his first appearance of the season against UNC Asheville ACC 4 vs. Md. (1-12-08), at UNC (2-16-08) ... Missed the trip to Alaska due to the passing of his father. Field Goals Made Season 1 vs. UNC Greensboro (12-4-07) 2006-07: Out for a portion of the schedule due to knee surgery ... Appeared in three games ... Career 2 vs. Morgan State (11-25-05) Played one minute against Virginia ... Logged three minutes against NC State ... Played one minute ACC 0 in the ACC Tournament opener against Wake Forest ... 2005-06: Appeared in just six games as Field Goal Attempts Season 3 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) a freshman, playing a total of 21 minutes .... Redshirted the season with back problems ... Set Career 3 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) three career-highs against Morgan State ... Played nine minutes, scored four points and added ACC 1 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) two rebounds. 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 0 Notables: Workman-like forward who will battle for significant playing time this season ... Should Career 0 help the team rebound and play post defense ... Signed with the Hokies in fall 2004 ... Has three ACC 0 seasons of eligibility remaining ... Lowndes H.S.’s most improved and best rebounder as a junior ... 3-PT Field Goal Attempts Region player of the year and all-state selection as a senior ... Played in Georgia North-South game Season 0 ... Averaged 15 points, 15 rebounds, four blocked shots and 1.5 steals as a senior ... Personal: Career 0 Terrance Demitrius Vinson ... Born Sept. 20, 1985, in Thomasville, Ga. ... Son of Inez Walker and ACC 0 Tony Vinson ... Has two younger brothers ... Majoring in environmental policy and planning.. Free Throws Made Season 0 Career 0 Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts ACC 0 ELON ------DID NOT PLAY------Free Throw Attempts Eastern Washington % ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 Butler % ------DID NOT PLAY------Career 0 Gonzaga % ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Penn State & ------DID NOT PLAY------UNC ASHEVILLE 1 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rebounds UNC GREENSBORO 3 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Season 3 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) G. WASHINGTON 4 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Career 3 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) Old Dominion ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 1 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) LIBERTY ------DID NOT PLAY------Assists Wake Forest ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 1 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) Hofstra + 4 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 3 0 1 1 0 0 Career 1 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) St. John’s + ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Richmond ------DID NOT PLAY------Blocks CHARLESTON STHRN. 6 0-3-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Season 1 vs. UNCG (12-4), vs. Hofstra (12-28-07) MARYLAND 4 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Career 1, three times, last vs. Hof. (12-28-07) Virginia ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Georgia Tech ------DID NOT PLAY------Steals DUKE ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 Boston College ------DID NOT PLAY------FLORIDA STATE ------DID NOT PLAY------Career 0 VIRGINIA ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 NC State ------DID NOT PLAY------MIAMI ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina 4 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Maryland ------DID NOT PLAY------GEORGIA TECH 1 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BOSTON COLLEGE 3 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 WAKE FOREST ------DID NOT PLAY------Clemson ------DID NOT PLAY------Miami $ ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina $ ------DID NOT PLAY------

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 05-06 6-0 21-3.5 2-4-.500 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 2-3 5-0.8 0-2 1 0 4-0.7 06-07 3-0 5-1.7 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0-0.0 07-08 9-0 30-3.3 1-5-.200 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 1-4 5-0.6 1-2 2 0 2-0.3 Total 18-0 56-3.1 3-9-.333 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 3-7 10-0.6 1-4 3 0 6-0.3 Lewis witcher Season/Career GAME Highs Sophomore • Forward • 6-9 • 228 Points Rocky Mount, Va. Season 11 vs. UNC Asheville (12-1-07) Franklin County H.S. #21 Career 11 vs. UNC Asheville (12-1-07) ACC 10 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) 2007-08 Season Update: Started six of the last seven games ... Posted a career ACC game-high Minutes Played four blocks vs. Boston College after making a career ACC game-high four field goals vs. Georgia Season 22 vs. UNC Asheville (12-1-07) Tech ... Tied a season-high in rebounds with five at Maryland ... Recorded a career ACC game- Career 30 vs. Iowa (11-29-06) high 10 points against Virginia at home ... Made a career-high four free throws vs. UVa ... Posted a ACC 25 vs. Wake Forest (12-17-06) career-high two assists against Maryland ... Made his fourth start of the year against Charleston Field Goals Made Southern ... Recorded a career-high two steals in the game ... Scored a career-high 11 points during Season 5 vs. UNC Asheville (12-1-07) a season-high 22 minutes against UNC Asheville ... Made his first start of the season against Butler, Career 5 vs. UNC Asheville (12-1-07) recording five rebounds. ACC 4 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Field Goal Attempts 2006-07: Appeared in 30 games, starting 20 times as a freshman ... Averaged 2.9 points and 2.6 Season 6, three times, last vs. GT (2-23-08) rebounds per game ... Fourth on the team in offensive rebounds, with 40. Career 7 vs. Coppin State (11-10-06) ACC 6 vs. UVa (2-2-08), GT (2-23-08) Notables: Started at the four-spot last season and will see significant minutes in the post again 3-PT Field Goals Made this season ... Can shoot from 17 feet and in ... First local scholarship signee for Seth Greenberg ... Season 0 Outstanding student ... Averaged 18.3 points and 12.5 rebounds per game with 110 blocked shots Career 0 as a senior ... Played in the Virginia H.S. Coaches Association East-West All-Star game ... Nominated ACC 0 for the McDonald’s All-American game ... Was named The Roanoke Times Timesland Player of 3-PT Field Goal Attempts the Year as a junior and senior ... First-team VHSL AAA All-State as a senior ... Second-team AAA Season 0 All-State selection by the AP as a junior ... Was the Western Valley District Player of the Year as a Career 0 junior and senior ... Averaged 17.3 ppg and 11.3 rpg as a junior ... Ranked the #21 power forward ACC 0 nationally by Rivals.com and #70 nationally overall by Youth Prep Stars, #123 overall nationally by Free Throws Made Season 4 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) Hoop Alliance ... 2002-03 National English Merit Scholar ... Member of the National Honor Society Career 4 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) ... Personal: John Lewis Witcher II ... Born Nov. 18, 1987, in Roanoke, Va. ... Son of John and Velma ACC 4 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) Witcher ... Has one older sister ... Majoring in accounting. Free Throw Attempts Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 4 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) ELON 15 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 3 1 1 1 0 0 Career 6 vs. Appalachian State (12-11-06) Eastern Washington % 8 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 ACC 4 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) Butler % 17* 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-1-00 3-2-5 1 0 0 1 0 2 Rebounds Gonzaga % 21 1-4-25 0-0-0 0-0-00 3-0-3 4 0 1 2 0 2 Season 5, four times, last vs. BC (2-26-08) Penn State & 15 0-2-00 0-0-0 1-2-50 2-1-3 0 1 0 0 0 1 Career 6 at North Carolina (2-13-07) UNC ASHEVILLE 22 5-5-100 0-0-0 1-1-100 3-2-5 1 0 2 0 0 11 ACC 6 at North Carolina (2-13-07) UNC GREENSBORO 17 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-1-3 3 0 1 1 1 2 Assists G. WASHINGTON 17 2-3-66 0-0-0 0-2-00 2-1-3 1 1 1 0 0 4 Old Dominion 14 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-3-4 2 0 0 0 0 2 Season 2 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) LIBERTY 13 0-1-00 0-0-0 2-2-100 1-0-1 2 0 0 0 0 2 Career 2 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) Wake Forest 11 2-3-67 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 4 ACC 2 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) Hofstra + 4 2-2-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 4 0 1 0 0 4 Blocks St. John’s + 15* 2-6-33 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 3 0 0 0 0 4 Season 4 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) Richmond 18* 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-2-2 0 0 2 2 0 2 Career 5 vs. Iowa (11-29-06) CHARLESTON STHRN. 13* 0-2-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 ACC 4 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) MARYLAND 4 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 Steals Virginia 4 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season 2 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) Georgia Tech 5 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 2 0 1 1 1 0 Career 2 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) DUKE 3 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston College 5 1-2-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 ACC 1, seven times, last at CU (3-9-08) FLORIDA STATE 9 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-1-2 1 0 1 2 0 0 VIRGINIA 15 3-6-50 0-0-0 4-4-100 4-0-4 1 0 0 0 1 10 Miscellaneous 2007-08 career NC State 12 0-2-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5+ Scoring Games 5 12 MIAMI 3 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10+ Scoring Games 2 3 North Carolina 6 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5+ Rebounding Games 4 9 Maryland 18* 1-2-50 0-0-0 1-2-50 2-3-5 2 0 1 0 0 3 5+ Pts/Rebs Games 2 5 GEORGIA TECH 16* 4-6-67 0-0-0 0-0-00 3-1-4 3 0 0 0 0 8 Games Led VT In Rebounding 0 1 BOSTON COLLEGE 21* 2-3-67 0-0-0 2-2-100 1-4-5 1 0 2 4 1 6 2+ Blocks Games 4 5 WAKE FOREST 17 3-3-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-2-3 3 0 0 1 1 6 2+ Assists Games 1 1 Clemson 19* 1-3-33 0-0-0 2-3-67 1-2-3 1 0 1 0 1 4 Miami $ 5* 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2+ Steals Games 1 1 North Carolina $ 14* 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-1-2 2 0 0 0 0 2

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 06-07 30-20 394-13.1 36-80-.450 0-0-.000 15-30-.500 40-39 79-2.6 2-11 12 8 87-2.9 07-08 32-10 396-12.4 34-65-.523 0-0-.000 13-19-.684 36-32 68-2.1 5-17 15 8 81-2.5 Total 62-30 790-12.7 70-145-.483 0-0-.000 28-49-.571 76-71 147-2.4 7-28 27 16 168-2.7 jeff allen Season GAME Highs Freshman • Forward • 6-7 • 258 Points Washington, D.C. Season 21 vs. Butler (11-23-07) Hargrave Military Academy #0 ACC 17 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Earned All-ACC Freshman and honorable mention All-Defensive Season 39 vs. Butler (11-23-07), Miami (2-9-08) honors ... Leads the team in rebounding (7.9 rpg) and steals (62, 2.1 spg) ... Broke the school ACC 39 vs. Miami (2-9-08) freshman record for steals at Clemson ... Guard Dell Curry (1982-83) recorded 58 as a freshman ... Field Goals Made Second in blocks (35, 1.2 bpg) ... Third in scoring (12.2 ppg) ... Became just one of three Hokies (J. Season 10 vs. Butler (11-23-07) Gordon, A.D. Vassallo) to record a double-double in the ACC Tournament against Miami ... Posted ACC 7 vs. Md. (1-12-08), Miami (2-9-08) a career-high four blocks at Clemson ... Posted a career-high six steals at NC State ... Served a Field Goal Attempts two-game suspension against Duke and BC ... Made the game-winning free throw vs. Maryland ... Season 18 vs. Butler (11-23-07) Named ACC Freshman of the Week for the second time that week (last vs. Elon, 11-9-07) ... Posted ACC 15 at Maryland (2-20-08) a career-high three assists to lead Tech for the first time ever in the category against St. John’s ... 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 1, four times, last vs. WF (3-4-08) Had a career-high 16 rebounds against ODU ... Named to the Great Alaska Shootout and Holiday ACC 1, three times, last vs. WF (3-4-08) Festival all-tournament teams ... Scored a season-high 21 points against Butler. 3-PT Field Goal Attempts Season 3 vs. Georgia Tech (2-26-08) Notables: Played as a postgraduate at Hargrave Military Academy after playing his senior season ACC 3 vs. Georgia Tech (2-26-08) at Oak Hill Academy ... Played as a sophomore and junior at DeMatha High School ... Team’s MVP at Free Throws Made all three schools ... Honorable mention Washington Post All-Metro player as a junior ... Averaged a Season 5 vs. Hofstra (12-28-07), at GT (1-19-08) double-double as a sophomore and a junior, including 11 points and 13 rebounds per game as a ACC 5 at Georgia Tech (1-19-08) junior ... He averaged 14.3 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 63.8 percent from Free Throw Attempts the field as a senior at Oak Hill ... Oak Hill was 40-1 overall and ranked second nationally by USA Season 10 vs. Hofstra (12-28-07) Today ... Rated as the #1 prep player in the country last season at Hargrave ... Averaged 21 points, ACC 8 vs. Virginia (2-2-08) 6.1 assists, six rebounds and three steals at Hargrave ... Personal: Jeffery E. Allen ... Born June 12, Rebounds 1987 in Washington, D.C. ... Son of Michelle Warren and Jeffery Allen ... Oldest of three children. Season 16 at Old Dominion (12-16-07) ACC 14 at Maryland (2-20-08) Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 3, three times, last vs. BC (2-26-08) ELON 31* 7-11-64 1-2-50 4-6-67 2-8-10 3 2 0 2 4 19 ACC 3 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) Eastern Washington % 26* 5-9-56 0-1-00 2-4-50 2-6-8 3 2 3 0 2 12 Blocks Butler % 39* 10-18-56 0-0-00 1-2-50 4-5-9 3 1 2 1 2 21 Season 4 at Clemson (3-9-08) Gonzaga % 17* 3-7-43 0-1-00 0-1-00 1-0-1 5 0 4 0 1 6 ACC 4 at Clemson (3-9-08) Penn State & 34* 7-13-54 0-0-00 4-4-100 4-10-14 4 0 4 0 1 18 Steals UNC ASHEVILLE 21* 1-6-17 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-2-2 4 1 4 2 2 2 Season 6 at NC State (2-5-08) UNC GREENSBORO 22* 8-13-62 0-0-00 0-1-00 5-7-12 4 0 2 1 2 16 ACC 6 at NC State (2-5-08) G. WASHINGTON 30* 5-11-45 0-1-00 0-0-00 3-7-10 1 0 2 1 3 10 Old Dominion 27* 5-11-45 0-0-00 3-3-100 3-13-16 4 0 3 1 1 13 LIBERTY 29* 3-4-75 0-0-00 4-4-100 1-4-5 3 1 2 3 1 10 Wake Forest 27* 6-10-60 0-0-00 4-4-100 3-3-6 2 1 2 0 2 16 Miscellaneous 2007-08 Hofstra + 31* 6-8-75 0-0-00 5-10-50 2-7-9 1 2 1 1 1 17 10+ Scoring Games 24 St. John’s + 18* 2-8-25 0-0-00 4-6-67 2-2-4 4 3 4 0 3 8 20+ Scoring Games 1 Richmond 35* 4-8-50 0-0-00 3-4-75 2-4-6 4 1 6 0 3 11 10+ Rebounding Games 11 CHARLESTON STHRN. 25* 5-10-50 0-1-00 0-0-00 3-7-10 1 3 2 2 2 10 Double-doubles 10 MARYLAND 36* 7-14-50 0-0-00 3-6-50 1-8-9 3 1 4 3 5 17 Games Led VT In Scoring 7 Virginia 28* 4-10-40 0-1-00 3-5-60 2-6-8 3 0 3 1 1 11 Games Led VT In Rebounding 16 Georgia Tech 24* 4-8-50 0-0-00 5-7-71 1-5-6 5 0 3 0 2 13 Games Led VT In Assists 1 DUKE ------DID NOT PLAY------Boston College ------DID NOT PLAY------3+ Steals Games 8 FLORIDA STATE 20 3-5-60 0-0-00 1-3-33 2-3-5 2 0 4 1 2 7 3+ Blocks Games 4 VIRGINIA 28* 4-6-67 0-0-00 4-8-50 1-5-6 3 0 2 1 1 12 3+ Assists Games 3 NC State 32* 6-11-55 0-0-00 3-4-75 1-2-3 4 0 3 0 6 15 MIAMI 39* 7-8-88 1-2-50 1-2-50 1-6-7 3 0 2 1 3 16 North Carolina 28* 2-8-25 0-1-00 2-4-50 2-5-7 4 0 6 1 1 6 Maryland 30* 6-15-40 0-1-00 2-6-33 4-10-14 3 2 1 3 3 14 GEORGIA TECH 21* 2-9-22 1-3-33 4-4-100 2-1-3 4 1 2 0 1 9 BOSTON COLLEGE 27* 5-14-36 0-0-00 3-3-100 1-9-10 3 3 1 2 2 13 WAKE FOREST 22* 6-8-75 1-1-100 0-0-00 2-3-5 4 1 0 1 1 13 Clemson 28* 5-11-45 0-0-00 1-4-25 5-7-12 3 1 2 4 2 11 Miami $ 33* 5-12-42 0-0-00 0-2-00 4-6-10 3 0 5 2 0 10 North Carolina $ 33* 3-12-25 0-0-00 3-5-60 2-9-11 2 0 3 1 2 9

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Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 07-08 30-29 841-28.0 146-298-.490 4-16-.250 69-112-.616 68-170 238-7.9 26-82 35 62 365-12.2 terrell bell Season GAME Highs Freshman • Guard/Forward • 6-6 • 191 Points Stone Mountain, Ga. • Stone Mountain H.S. Season 9 vs. Duke (1-24-08) #1 ACC 9 vs. Duke (1-24-08) Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Had a career night against Duke, playing a career-high 23 minutes Season 23 vs. Duke (1-24-08) while scoring nine points, posting five rebounds and tying a career-high in steals with two ... Tied ACC 23 vs. Duke (1-24-08) a personal best with two steals against Charleston Southern ... Contributed defensively against Field Goals Made Wake Forest, recording a steal, a rebound and a block in six minutes of play ... Posted a career-high Season 3 vs. Duke (1-24-08) three assists against Liberty ... Scored six points against George Washington and UNC Asheville ACC 3 vs. Duke (1-24-08) ... Also recorded his first career steal and assist against the UNC Asheville Bulldogs ... Made his Field Goal Attempts first career shot, a 3-pointer, at Penn State ... Recorded his first career block against the Nittany Season 4, three times, last vs. BC (2-26-08) Lions also ... Made his first appearance of the season at the Great Alaska Shootout against Eastern ACC 4 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) Washington ... Posted two rebounds against Gonzaga. 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 1, four times, last at UVa (1-16-08) ACC 1 at Virginia (1-16-08) Notables: Athletic wing player who will challenge for immediate playing time ... Has the potential 3-PT Field Goal Attempts to be one of the best defensive players ever at Tech ... Long, quick and active player who needs Season 4 vs. UNC Greensboro (12-4-07) to work on his perimeter skills ... District Player of the Year as a senior at Stone Mountain H.S. ... ACC 3 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) All-State selection as a senior ... Averaged 15.2 points per game as a senior ... Personal: Terrell Free Throws Made D’Anthony Bell ... Born January 15, 1989, in Decater, Ga. ... Son of Tyra Majors. Season 3, three times, last vs. FSU (1-29-08) ACC 3 vs. Duke (1-24-08), FSU (1-29-08) Free Throw Attempts Season 5 vs. Duke (1-24-08) ACC 5 vs. Duke (1-24-08) Rebounds Season 5 vs. Duke (1-24-08) ACC 5 vs. Duke (1-24-08) Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 3 vs. Lib. (12-19-07), at BC (1-26-08) ELON ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 3 at Boston College (1-26-08) Eastern Washington % 5 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Blocks Butler % 3 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Season 2 at Penn State (11-28-07) Gonzaga % 8 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ACC 1 at WF (12-19-07), GT (1-19-08) Penn State & 5 1-1-100 1-1-100 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 Steals UNC ASHEVILLE 6 2-2-100 0-0-00 2-2-100 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 1 6 Season 2, three times, last vs. Duke (1-24-08) UNC GREENSBORO 15 1-4-25 1-4-25 0-0-00 1-2-3 1 2 0 0 2 3 ACC 2 vs. Duke (1-24-08) G. WASHINGTON 10 2-2-100 1-1-100 1-2-50 1-0-1 1 1 0 0 0 6 Old Dominion 8 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-0-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 LIBERTY 8 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 2 3 0 0 0 0 Wake Forest 6 0-0-00 0-0-00 2-2-100 0-1-1 0 0 1 1 1 2 Miscellaneous 2007-08 Hofstra + 13 1-2-50 0-1-00 3-4-75 0-1-1 3 0 2 0 1 5 5+ Scoring Games 6 St. John’s + 4 0-1-00 0-1-00 1-2-50 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3+ Rebounding Games 5 Richmond 4 0-2-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2+ Assists Games 4 CHARLESTON STHRN. 7 2-3-67 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 0 1 1 0 2 4 2+ Blocks Games 1 MARYLAND 2 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2+ Steals Games 3 Virginia 7 2-4-50 1-2-50 0-0-00 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 Georgia Tech 5 1-2-50 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-0-1 1 0 0 1 0 2 DUKE 23 3-3-100 0-0-00 3-5-60 3-2-5 3 2 1 0 2 9 Boston College 10 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-2-50 2-1-3 5 3 1 0 0 1 FLORIDA STATE 7 1-2-50 0-0-00 3-4-75 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 5 VIRGINIA 5 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 NC State 6 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 MIAMI 4 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 North Carolina 10 1-2-50 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Maryland 1 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GEORGIA TECH 4 1-1-100 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 2 BOSTON COLLEGE 8 0-4-00 0-3-00 0-0-00 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 WAKE FOREST 2 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Clemson 3 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miami $ 3 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 North Carolina $ ------DID NOT PLAY------

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 07-08 30-0 202-6.7 18-41-.439 4-20-.200 16-23-.696 15-16 31-1.0 15-13 4 10 56-1.9 malcolm delaney Season GAME Highs Freshman • Guard • 6-2 • 175 Points Baltimore, Md. • Towson Catholic H.S. Season 20 vs. North Carolina (2-16-08) #23 ACC 20 vs. North Carolina (2-16-08) Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Earned ACC Tournament second-team honors after scoring 15 points Season 40 at Virginia (1-16-08) against both Miami and UNC ... The 15 pts. are the most scored by a Hokie freshman at the ACCs ... ACC 40 at Virginia (1-16-08) Second on the team in assists (97, 3.0 apg) ... Fourth in scoring (9.1 ppg) and minutes played (27.2) Field Goals Made ... Tied for fifth in rebounding (2.9 rpg) ... Has started the last 21 games ... Posted a career-high eight Season 6 vs. Eastern Washington (11-21-07) rebounds vs. Boston College ... Made a career-high 13 free throws vs. Georgia Tech ... Had a career- ACC 5, three times, last vs. UNC (3-15-08) high 20 pts. and tied a career high in steals (4) at UNC ... Made the game-tying 3-pointer with 52 Field Goal Attempts seconds remaining against Md. at home ... Posted a career-high eight assists against Charleston Season 11 at Old Dominion (12-16-07) Southern ... Had a career-high two blocks against Hofstra ... Posted a career-high four steals at WF ACC 10, four times, last vs. WF (3-4-08) ... Both he and Washington had a team-leading four rebounds against Gonzaga ... Led the team 3-PT Field Goals Made with 18 points, including four 3-pointers, against EWU for the victory. Season 4 vs. EWU (11-21-07), vs. UM (3-14-08) ACC 4 vs. Miami (3-14-08) Notables: Talented combo guard who will see immediate action in the back court as a freshman 3-PT Field Goal Attempts ... Solid defensive player who can run the point or play the wing ... Outstanding shooter with Season 6 vs. EWU (11-21-07), at UNC (2-16-08) unlimited range ... Sees the floor well and knows how to feed the post ... Averaged 20 points, four ACC 6 at North Carolina (2-16-08) rebounds and four steals as a senior at Towson Catholic H.S. ... Played in the Nike All-American Free Throws Made All-Star game ... Co-MVP of the Spaulding Hoopball Classic ... EA Sport second-team All-American Season 13 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) ... Charm City Classic MVP ... Capitol Classic All-Tournament team ... Baltimore Catholic League ACC 13 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) Player of the Year ... Baltimore Sun Metro Player of the Year ... Baltimore Examiner Player of the Free Throw Attempts Year ... Gatorade Player of the Year/Mr. Maryland ... All-County selection as a senior ... Three-time Season 18 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) All-League selection ... Led team to the Baltimore Catholic League and MIAA Championships as ACC 18 vs. Georgia Tech (2-23-08) a senior ... Scored 2,112 career points ... Personal: Malcolm Hakeem Delaney ... Born April 11, Rebounds Season 8 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) 1989, in Baltimore, Md. ... Son of Vincent and Patricia Delaney ... One older brother, Vincent, played ACC 8 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) football at Stonehill College ... Father played basketball at Vorhees College. Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 8 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) ELON 19 1-2-50 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-2-2 3 3 2 0 0 2 ACC 6 at UVa (1-16-08), vs. UNC (3-15-08) Eastern Washington % 28 6-9-67 4-6-67 2-2-100 0-4-4 2 2 3 0 1 18 Blocks Butler % 25 4-8-50 0-3-00 0-0-00 1-3-4 3 3 1 1 0 8 Season 2 vs. Hofstra (12-28-07) Gonzaga % 24 3-7-43 2-4-50 2-4-50 1-3-4 1 3 3 0 2 10 ACC 0 Penn State & 28 2-7-29 0-4-00 0-0-00 1-1-2 3 4 2 0 0 4 Steals UNC ASHEVILLE 26 1-4-25 1-2-50 2-4-50 0-4-4 1 3 2 0 0 5 Season 4 at WF (12-23-07), UNC (2-16-08) UNC GREENSBORO 22 3-6-50 3-4-75 0-0-00 1-1-2 2 3 2 0 0 9 ACC 4 at WF (12-23-07), UNC (2-16-08) G. WASHINGTON 16 0-5-00 0-2-00 0-0-00 1-1-2 2 5 2 1 1 4 Old Dominion 28 4-11-36 2-5-40 7-8-88 2-2-4 3 2 3 0 0 17 LIBERTY 21 3-5-60 2-3-67 1-1-100 0-4-4 4 2 1 0 0 9 Wake Forest 32 0-5-00 0-2-00 8-8-100 0-2-2 3 3 2 0 4 8 Miscellaneous 2007-08 Hofstra + 26* 3-6-50 1-2-50 2-3-67 0-2-2 2 6 2 2 2 9 10+ Scoring Games 12 St. John’s + 28* 1-3-33 1-2-50 2-2-100 0-1-1 3 2 5 0 0 5 20+ Scoring Games 1 Richmond 29* 2-9-22 0-3-00 0-0-00 0-2-2 1 4 1 0 0 4 4+ Rebounding Games 13 CHARLESTON STHRN. 24* 0-3-00 0-2-00 5-6-83 0-3-3 2 8 1 0 0 5 4+Reb/10+ Pts Games 7 MARYLAND 29* 2-5-40 2-3-67 7-8-88 1-1-2 2 2 2 0 0 13 Double-doubles 0 Virginia 40* 3-10-30 1-3-33 1-2-50 0-5-5 3 6 1 0 0 8 Games Led VT In Scoring 3 Georgia Tech 28* 5-10-50 3-3-100 0-0-00 1-2-3 4 3 3 0 0 13 Games Led VT In Rebounding 1 DUKE 17* 1-6-17 0-2-00 2-2-100 0-0-0 5 0 4 0 0 4 Boston College 36* 4-8-50 2-4-50 3-4-75 1-1-2 4 2 0 0 0 13 Games Led VT In Assists 11 FLORIDA STATE 24* 4-6-67 1-2-50 4-4-100 1-2-3 5 3 1 0 2 13 2+ Steals Games 8 VIRGINIA 39* 3-9-33 0-4-00 4-4-100 3-2-5 5 1 2 0 0 10 4+ Assists Games 8 NC State 25* 1-5-20 0-4-00 2-2-100 0-1-1 1 3 6 0 1 4 2+ 3FG Made Games 11 MIAMI 32* 3-8-38 1-3-33 0-0-00 1-2-3 4 5 2 0 0 7 North Carolina 22* 4-10-40 3-6-50 9-11-82 2-0-2 4 0 2 0 4 20 Maryland 32* 4-7-57 0-1-00 1-1-100 0-2-2 2 0 5 0 0 9 GEORGIA TECH 28* 1-4-25 1-3-33 13-18-72 1-3-4 3 3 1 0 2 16 BOSTON COLLEGE 22* 4-7-57 0-3-00 0-0-00 0-8-8 2 3 2 0 2 8 WAKE FOREST 32* 3-10-30 1-5-20 1-2-50 3-1-4 1 3 1 0 0 8 Clemson 27* 1-7-14 1-3-33 0-0-00 0-0-0 3 1 2 0 0 3 Miami $ 32* 5-9-56 4-5-80 1-2-50 0-4-4 2 3 2 0 1 15 North Carolina $ 29* 5-6-83 2-3-67 3-4-75 0-4-4 2 6 2 0 3 15

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 07-08 32-21 870-27.2 86-217-.396 38-102-.373 82-103-.796 21-73 94-2.9 97-70 4 25 262-8.7 Dorenzo hudson Season GAME Highs Freshmen • Guard • 6-5 • 220 Points Charlotte, N.C. • Hargrave Military Academy Season 14 at Richmond (1-3-08) #2 ACC 13 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Posted a career-high five rebounds against Miami at the ACC Season 28 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) Tournament ... Made a strong contribution off the bench in the win at Maryland ... Scored seven ACC 28 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) points, while recording a steal and his second career block ... Made his second start of the season Field Goals Made against Duke ... Made his first career start at Virginia, recording a career-high three assists ... Posted Season 5 at WF (12-23-07), Rich. (1-3-08) a career-high 14 points against Richmond to lead Tech ... Also had his first career block in the ACC 5 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) game ... Recorded a career-high three steals with two assists against Hofstra ... Scored in double Field Goal Attempts digits (13 pts.) for the first time against Wake Forest ... Made his first basket against Liberty ... Made Season 10 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) a brief appearance on the court against Old Dominion in his first game as a Hokie ... Joined the ACC 10 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) basketball team for practice on Friday, Dec. 14. 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 3 at Richmond (1-3-08) ACC 2 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) 3-PT Field Goal Attempts Season 6 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) ACC 6 at Wake Forest (12-23-07) Free Throws Made Season 2 at Georgia Tech (1-19-08) ACC 2 at Georgia Tech (1-19-08) Free Throw Attempts Season 2, three times, last vs. BC (2-26-08) ACC 2, three times, last vs. BC (2-26-08) Rebounds Season 5 vs. Miami (3-14-08) ACC 5 vs. Miami (3-14-08) Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 3 at Virginia (1-12-08) ELON ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 3 at Virginia (1-12-08) Eastern Washington % ------DID NOT PLAY------Blocks Butler % ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 1 at Rich. (1-3-08), Md. (2-20-08) Gonzaga % ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 1 at Maryland (2-20-08) Penn State & ------DID NOT PLAY------Steals UNC ASHEVILLE ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 3 vs. Hofstra (12-28-07) UNC GREENSBORO ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 1 at WF (12-23-07), Md. (2-20-08) G. WASHINGTON ------DID NOT PLAY------Old Dominion 1 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LIBERTY 7 1-3-33 0-2-00 0-1-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Miscellaneous 2007-08 Wake Forest 28 5-10-50 2-6-33 1-2-50 0-1-1 3 1 3 0 1 13 6+ Scoring Games 7 Hofstra + 19 4-7-57 1-3-33 0-1-00 0-0-0 2 2 1 0 3 9 St. John’s + 13 3-6-50 0-0-00 0-1-00 2-1-3 2 0 1 0 0 6 10+ Scoring Games 2 Richmond 26 5-8-63 3-5-60 1-1-100 0-1-1 0 1 4 1 1 14 Games Led VT In Scoring 1 CHARLESTON STHRN. 13 1-5-20 0-3-00 1-1-100 0-1-1 1 1 2 0 0 3 3+ Rebounds 6 MARYLAND 10 1-5-20 0-3-00 0-0-00 1-1-2 0 0 1 0 0 2 2+ Assists 2 Virginia 20* 2-6-33 0-4-00 0-0-00 1-2-3 1 3 3 0 0 4 2+ Steals 1 Georgia Tech 14 2-3-67 0-1-00 2-2-100 0-2-2 0 1 0 0 0 6 2+ 3FG Made Games 2 DUKE 16* 0-2-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-2-3 2 0 1 0 0 0 Boston College 9 0-2-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FLORIDA STATE 8 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 10 0-2-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC State 7 0-2-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIAMI ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina 12 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 Maryland 21 3-8-38 1-4-25 0-0-00 2-1-3 1 1 1 1 1 7 GEORGIA TECH 11 1-3-33 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 BOSTON COLLEGE 9 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-2-50 2-0-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 WAKE FOREST 10 1-6-17 1-2-50 0-0-00 1-1-2 2 1 0 0 1 3 Clemson 11 4-8-50 1-2-50 0-0-00 1-2-3 1 0 1 0 0 9 Miami $ 13 0-3-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 North Carolina $ 5 1-3-33 1-2-50 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk ST TP-Avg. 07-08 23-2 293-12.7 34-95-.358 10-44-.227 6-11-.545 11-21 32-1.4 12-19 2 7 84-3.7 J.T. thompson Season GAME Highs Freshman • Forward • 6-6 • 224 Points Monroe, N.C. • Hope Christian School Season 14 at Boston College (1-26-08) #33 ACC 14 at Boston College (1-26-08) Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Fourth in rebounding (4.0 rpg) ... Fifth in scoring (5.3 ppg) ... Posted Season 35 at Boston College (1-26-08) double-figures in rebounds (10) for the second-time ever vs. Wake Forest ... Led Tech forthe ACC 35 at Boston College (1-26-08) first-time ever in points with 13 vs. Boston College ... Scored 13 points and added 8 rebounds Field Goals Made vs. Georgia Tech after missing the second Maryland game due to a left ankle sprain ... Made his Season 7 at Boston College (1-26-08) fifth career start at North Carolina, tying a career-high with two steals at North Carolina ... Posted ACC 7 at Boston College (1-26-08) a career-high two blocks against Virginia (h) and Boston College (a) ... Made a career-high seven Field Goal Attempts free throws off a career-high eight attempts against Florida State, scoring 11 pts. in the process ... Season 11 at Boston College (1-26-08) Recorded his first career double-double at Boston College with a career-high 14 pts. and 12 rebs. ACC 11 at Boston College (1-26-08) ... Led Tech in rebounds for the first time in that game ... Had a strong night against Duke in his first 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 0 career start ... Recorded 13 pts. and eight rebs. during the contest. ACC 0 3-PT Field Goal Attempts Notables: Will play at both forward positions this season ... Relentless runner and rebounder ... Season 1 at NC State (2-5-08) Will use his quickness and strength to compete ... Never signed a letter of intent with the Hokies, ACC 1 at NC State (2-5-08) but joined the program during the summer following his high school graduation ... Lettered as a Free Throws Made senior at Hope Christian ... Two-year letterwinner at Forest Hills H.S. ... Averaged 15 points per game Season 7 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) at Hope Christian as a senior ... Averaged 15 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks as a sophomore at ACC 7 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) Forest Hills and 17 points and nine rebounds as a junior ... Personal: Jeremy Kadeem Thompson ... Free Throw Attempts Born Jan. 7, 1989, in Monroe, N.C. ... Son of Mary Robinson ... Youngest of three children. Season 8 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) ACC 8 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) Rebounds Season 12 at Boston College (1-26-08) ACC 12 at Boston College (1-26-08) Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 1, 12 times, last vs. UNC (3-15-08) ELON 15 3-4-75 0-0-0 1-2-50 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 1 7 ACC 1, seven times, last vs. UNC (3-15-08) Eastern Washington % 17 0-1-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-4-4 3 0 2 0 0 0 Blocks Butler % 23 2-2-100 0-0-0 2-2-100 1-3-4 2 0 1 1 0 6 Season 2, three times, last vs. Miami (3-15-08) Gonzaga % 24 4-6-67 0-0-0 2-4-50 1-0-1 0 1 0 0 0 10 ACC 2, three times, last vs. Miami (3-15-08) Penn State & 10 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Steals UNC ASHEVILLE 18 0-3-00 0-0-0 2-2-100 4-2-6 3 1 3 1 0 2 Season 2, four times, last at UNC (2-16-08) UNC GREENSBORO 17 2-2-100 0-0-0 1-1-100 2-2-4 3 1 1 1 0 3 ACC 2, three times, last at UNC (2-16-08) G. WASHINGTON 11 2-2-100 0-0-0 0-3-00 0-3-3 1 1 0 0 1 4 Old Dominion 17 2-4-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-2-4 1 0 0 1 0 4 LIBERTY 3 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 2007-08 Wake Forest 12 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Hofstra + 13 0-2-00 0-0-0 4-6-67 3-2-5 2 0 1 0 0 4 10+ Scoring Games 8 St. John’s + 20 2-4-50 0-0-0 0-0-00 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 0 4 5+ Rebounding Games 12 Richmond 10 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10+ Rebounding Games 2 CHARLESTON STHRN. 13 2-5-40 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-2-2 1 1 1 0 2 4 5+ Reb/10+ Pts. Games 6 MARYLAND 2 0-0-00 0-0-0 0-0-00 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Double-doubles 1 Virginia 8 1-5-20 0-0-0 3-4-75 3-0-3 0 0 2 0 1 5 Games Led VT In Rebounding 2 Georgia Tech 6 0-1-00 0-0-0 1-2-50 0-1-1 0 0 1 0 1 1 Games Led VT In Scoring 1 DUKE 25* 6-8-75 0-0-0 1-3-33 2-6-8 3 0 2 1 0 13 2+ Blocks 3 Boston College 35* 7-11-64 0-0-0 0-2-00 6-6-12 4 1 1 2 1 14 2+ Steals 4 FLORIDA STATE 28* 2-3-67 0-0-0 7-8-88 1-4-5 1 1 0 0 1 11 VIRGINIA 27 3-5-60 0-0-0 0-0-00 2-5-7 3 0 1 2 1 6 NC State 25 5-9-56 0-1-0 0-0-00 3-2-5 5 0 1 1 2 10 MIAMI 15* 4-6-67 0-0-0 2-3-67 0-1-1 3 0 0 1 2 10 North Carolina 24* 1-8-13 0-0-0 2-2-100 2-0-2 3 1 2 1 2 4 Maryland ------DID NOT PLAY------GEORGIA TECH 25 5-9-56 0-0-0 3-6-50 5-3-8 3 0 2 1 0 13 BOSTON COLLEGE 18 5-8-63 0-0-0 3-6-50 2-3-5 0 0 0 0 1 13 WAKE FOREST 19 1-3-33 0-0-0 1-2-50 4-6-10 4 1 0 0 0 3 Clemson 21 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-00 3-3-6 4 1 1 1 1 2 Miami $ 31 3-7-43 0-0-0 0-0-00 5-2-7 2 1 1 2 0 6 North Carolina $ 26 0-2-00 0-0-0 4-4-100 1-6-7 1 1 0 1 1 4

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Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 07-08 31-5 558-18.0 63-121-.521 0-1-.000 39-62-.629 54-69 123-4.0 12-29 17 19 165-5.3 hank thorns Season GAME Highs Freshman • Guard • 5-9 • 140 Points Las Vegas, Nev. • Las Vegas Valley H.S. Season 15 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) #10 ACC 15 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: First on the team in assists (108, 3.5 apg) ... Four shy of the freshman Season 34 vs. Liberty (12-19-07) school record set by Bimbo Coles (1986-87) ... Second in steals (38) ... Sixth in scoring (4.8 ppg) ... ACC 33 vs. Duke (1-24-08) Recorded his 100th career assist vs. Wake Forest ... Posted a career-high seven assists vs. Boston Field Goals Made College ... Recorded a career-high six steals at Maryland ... Made his 12th and last start at home Season 5 vs. Eastern Washington (11-21-07) against UVa after starting the first 11 games of the year ... Scored a career-high 15 pts. against FSU ACC 3, three times, last vs. FSU (1-29-08) after making a career-high eight free throws in the game ... Scored nine of his 11 pts. in OT against Field Goal Attempts BC ... Posted a career-high five rebs. against Maryland ... Scored in double figures for the first time Season 9 vs. Md. (1-12-08), Duke (1-24-08) against Eastern Washington ... Started in his first career game as a Hokie against Elon, scoring four ACC 9 vs. Md. (1-12-08), Duke (1-24-08) pts. and adding four assists. 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 2, three times, last vs. CSU (1-7-08) ACC 1, eight times, last vs. Miami (3-15-08) Notables: Signed with the Hokies in June ... Will challenge for starting point guard spot this fall 3-PT Field Goal Attempts ... Quick guard who can get into the lane ... Outstanding leadership skills for a freshman ... Should Season 6 vs. Liberty (12-19-07) become a Cassell favorite with his high-energy personality ... Three-year letterwinner in basketball ACC 5 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) at Valley ... First-team All-State selection as a a junior and senior ... Led the city in scoring and was Free Throws Made second in rebounding as a senior, averaging 27.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game ... Las Vegas Season 8 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) Review-Journal’s Athlete of the Year in 2007 ... Also lettered three years in football as a quarterback, ACC 8 vs. Florida State (1-29-08) wide receiver and defensive back ... Personal: Henry Dennis Thorns Jr. ... Born January 11, 1989, Free Throw AttemptS in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Son of Henry Thorns and April Porter-Thorns ... Youngest of four children ... Season 12 vs. Florida State (1-12-08) Cousin, CJ Watson, plays for the World Champion San Antonio Spurs ... Father played football at ACC 12 vs. Florida State (1-12-08) UNLV and in the Canadian Football League ... Majoring in business management. Rebounds Season 5 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) ACC 5 vs. Maryland (1-12-08) Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 7 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) ELON 24* 2-5-40 0-0-00 0-2-00 0-0-0 0 4 0 0 0 4 ACC 7 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) Eastern Washington % 28* 5-6-83 2-3-67 2-3-67 0-0-0 1 2 2 0 1 14 Blocks Butler % 30* 3-4-75 2-2-100 0-0-00 0-3-3 2 3 2 0 0 8 Season 0 Gonzaga % 23* 1-4-25 1-4-25 0-0-00 0-2-2 2 3 0 0 0 3 ACC 0 Penn State & 24* 3-8-38 1-2-50 0-0-00 0-1-1 3 5 2 0 1 7 Steals UNC ASHEVILLE 24* 2-5-40 1-3-33 0-1-00 1-3-4 2 4 1 0 1 5 Season 6 at Maryland (2-20-08) UNC GREENSBORO 23* 2-6-33 1-2-50 2-3-67 2-1-3 2 6 2 0 1 7 ACC 6 at Maryland (2-20-08) G. WASHINGTON 28* 2-5-40 1-3-33 1-1-100 0-3-3 1 4 1 0 2 6 Old Dominion 11* 0-2-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 1 0 3 0 1 0 LIBERTY 34* 2-8-25 1-6-17 0-0-00 2-2-4 3 4 2 0 3 5 Wake Forest 8* 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Miscellaneous 2007-08 Hofstra + 13 1-4-25 0-2-00 0-0-00 0-3-3 0 3 0 0 1 2 6+ Scoring Games 12 St. John’s + 12 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-2-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 10+ Scoring Games 4 Richmond 11 0-0-00 0-0-00 0-0-00 1-2-3 2 1 1 0 0 0 4+ Rebounding Games 4 CHARLESTON STHRN. 16 4-6-67 2-4-50 0-0-00 0-1-1 1 3 1 0 1 10 4+ Assists Games 17 MARYLAND 29 3-9-33 1-5-20 0-1-00 3-2-5 3 4 2 0 3 7 Double-doubles 0 Virginia 27 1-6-17 0-4-00 0-0-00 1-3-4 2 1 3 0 1 2 Games Led VT In Scoring 0 Georgia Tech 27 2-4-50 1-2-50 2-2-100 1-1-2 4 5 4 0 2 7 Games Led VT In Assists 16 DUKE 33 2-9-22 0-3-00 2-2-100 0-1-1 3 4 5 0 3 6 Boston College 29 3-7-43 1-4-25 4-4-100 0-2-2 3 4 2 0 1 11 2+ Steals Games 9 FLORIDA STATE 24 3-4-75 1-1-100 8-12-67 1-1-2 3 3 2 0 0 15 2+ 3FG Made Games 3 VIRGINIA 30* 1-5-20 0-3-00 3-6-50 1-1-2 3 4 3 0 0 5 NC State 15 2-4-50 0-0-00 0-0-00 1-0-1 0 2 1 0 2 4 MIAMI 21 2-4-50 1-3-33 0-0-00 1-0-1 2 4 2 0 1 5 North Carolina 26 1-5-20 0-2-00 4-5-80 0-2-2 2 6 4 0 2 6 Maryland 19 1-2-50 1-1-100 2-4-50 0-3-3 2 4 0 0 6 5 GEORGIA TECH 17 1-5-20 1-1-100 0-0-00 1-1-2 1 3 0 0 0 3 BOSTON COLLEGE 16 0-3-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 1 7 4 0 1 0 WAKE FOREST 18 1-5-20 1-4-25 0-0-00 1-2-3 2 5 4 0 0 3 Clemson 24 1-4-25 0-1-00 0-0-00 1-2-3 2 4 7 0 1 2 Miami $ 16 1-2-50 1-1-100 0-0-00 0-0-0 0 2 2 0 0 3 North Carolina $ 13 0-1-00 0-1-00 0-0-00 0-1-1 2 2 3 0 2 0

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk Stl TP-Avg. 07-08 32-12 693-21.7 52-142-.366 21-69-.304 30-46-.652 18-48 66-2.1 108-66 0 38 155-4.8 thomas amalfe Season GAME Highs Freshman • Guard • 6-0 • 165 Points Mountainside, N.J. • Governor Livingston H.S. Season 0 #3 ACC 0 Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Made his first and only appearance in an ACC game at home vs. Boston Season 2, four times, last vs. CSU (1-7-08) College ... Made his first appearance of the season against UNC Greensboro. ACC 1 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) Field Goals Made Notables: Walk-on who will supply depth in the back court ... Joined the team at the beginning Season 0 of the fall semester ... Has a strong understanding for the game ... Good teammate who has a ACC 0 positive impact on the team ... Two-year letterwinner at Governor Livingston High School ... First- Field Goal Attempts team all-conference and all-area as a junior and senior ... Averaged 23.4 points, 3.5 rebounds, Season 1, three times, last vs. CSU (1-7-08) 4.4 assists and 2.3 steals per game as a senior ... Scored 20-points-or-more 17 times as a senior ACC 0 and scored in double-figures in all 22 games ... Personal: Thomas John Amalfe ... Born April 11, 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 0 1989, in Mountainside, N.J. ... Son of John and Patti Amalfe ... Middle of three sons ... Majoring in ACC 0 business. 3-PT Field Goal Attempts Season 1, three times, last vs. CSU (1-7-08) ACC 0 Free Throws Made Season 0 ACC 0 Free Throw Attempts Season 0 ACC 0 Rebounds Season 0 ACC 0 Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 0 ELON ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Eastern Washington % ------DID NOT PLAY------Blocks Butler % ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 Gonzaga % ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Penn State & ------DID NOT PLAY------Steals UNC ASHEVILLE ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 UNC GREENSBORO 2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ACC 0 G. WASHINGTON 2 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Old Dominion ------DID NOT PLAY------LIBERTY ------DID NOT PLAY------Wake Forest ------DID NOT PLAY------Hofstra + 2 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. John’s + ------DID NOT PLAY------Richmond ------DID NOT PLAY------CHARLESTON STHRN. 2 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MARYLAND ------DID NOT PLAY------Virginia ------DID NOT PLAY------Georgia Tech ------DID NOT PLAY------DUKE ------DID NOT PLAY------Boston College ------DID NOT PLAY------FLORIDA STATE ------DID NOT PLAY------VIRGINIA ------DID NOT PLAY------NC State ------DID NOT PLAY------MIAMI ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina ------DID NOT PLAY------Maryland ------DID NOT PLAY------GEORGIA TECH ------DID NOT PLAY------BOSTON COLLEGE 1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WAKE FOREST ------DID NOT PLAY------Clemson ------DID NOT PLAY------Miami $ ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina $ ------DID NOT PLAY------

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, $ - ACC Tournament

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk ST TP-Avg. 07-08 5-0 9-1.8 0-3-.000 0-3-.000 0-0-.000 0-0 0-0.0 0-0 0 0 0-0.0 Paul debnam Season GAME Highs Sophomore • Guard • 6-3 • 195 Points Farmville, Va. • Prince Edward County H.S. Season 4 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) #32 ACC 0 Minutes Played 2007-08 Season Update: Made his first and only appearance in an ACC game at home vs. Boston Season 2, three times, last vs. CSU (1-7-08) College ... Scored a career-high four points against Charleston Southern ... Also posted his first and ACC 1 vs. Boston College (2-26-08) second career rebounds in the game ... Recorded his first career steal against Hofstra ... Appeared Field Goals Made in his first game as a Hokie against UNC Greensboro ... Also made his first career basket against Season 2 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) the Spartans. ACC 0 Field Goal Attempts Notables: Walk-on who will supply depth in the back court ... Joined the team during preparations Season 2 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) for the Canada trip, but did not accompany the Hokies to Canada ... Was a member of the Hokie ACC 0 football team last year , playing flanker... Strong, physical guard who will be a valuable practice 3-PT Field Goals Made Season 0 player this season ... Three-year letterwinner at Prince Edward County High School ... Also lettered ACC 0 three years in football ... Co-region player of the year as a senior ... All-district selection as a senior 3-PT Field Goal Attempts ... Averaged 20 points and eight rebounds as a senior ... Personal: Paul Joshua Debnam ... Born Season 0 Oct. 13, 1987, in Bronx, N.Y. ... Son of Michelle and Larry Colbert ... Fourth of five children ... Majors ACC 0 in business management. Free Throws Made Season 0 ACC 0 Free Throw Attempts Season 0 ACC 0 Rebounds Season 2 vs. Charleston Southern (1-7-08) ACC 0 Assists Opponent Min FG-A-% 3FG-A-% FT-A-% O-D-T PF A TO Blk Stl Pts Season 0 ELON ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Eastern Washington % ------DID NOT PLAY------Blocks Butler % ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 0 Gonzaga % ------DID NOT PLAY------ACC 0 Penn State & ------DID NOT PLAY------Steals UNC ASHEVILLE ------DID NOT PLAY------Season 1 vs. Hofstra (12-28-07) UNC GREENSBORO 1 1-1-100 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ACC 0 G. WASHINGTON 2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Old Dominion ------DID NOT PLAY------LIBERTY ------DID NOT PLAY------Wake Forest ------DID NOT PLAY------Hofstra + 2 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 1 0 St. John’s + ------DID NOT PLAY------Richmond ------DID NOT PLAY------CHARLESTON STHRN. 2 2-2-100 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 MARYLAND ------DID NOT PLAY------Virginia ------DID NOT PLAY------Georgia Tech ------DID NOT PLAY------DUKE ------DID NOT PLAY------Boston College ------DID NOT PLAY------FLORIDA STATE ------DID NOT PLAY------VIRGINIA ------DID NOT PLAY------NC State ------DID NOT PLAY------MIAMI ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina ------DID NOT PLAY------Maryland ------DID NOT PLAY------GEORGIA TECH ------DID NOT PLAY------BOSTON COLLEGE 1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WAKE FOREST ------DID NOT PLAY------Clemson ------DID NOT PLAY------Miami $ ------DID NOT PLAY------North Carolina $ ------DID NOT PLAY------

% - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, & - Big 10/ACC Challenge, + - Aeropostale Holiday Festival

Year GP-GS Min-Avg. FGM-FGA-Pct. 3FG-FGA-Pct. FTM-FTA-Pct. Off.-Def. Reb-Avg. A-TO Blk ST TP-Avg. 07-08 5-0 8-1.6 3-3-1.000 0-0-.000 0-0-.000 2-0 2-0.4 0-1 0 1 6-1.2 game 1 game 2 game 3 Virginia Tech 69, Elon 64 Virginia Tech 69, Eastern Washington 52 Butler 84, Virginia Tech 78 (OT) Nov. 9, 2007 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Nov. 21, 2007 • 9:45 p.m. Nov. 23, 2007 • 5:30 p.m. Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Deron Washington and Jeff Allen recorded double- doubles, and the Hokies strung together enough free Virginia Tech used a balanced scoring attack and Virginia Tech fought back from an 11-point throws in the final minutes to hold off Elon 69-64 in large runs in both halves to defeat Eastern Washington, deficit in the second half to send the game into a non-conference game played Friday night at Cassell 69-52, in the first round of the Carrs/Safeway Great overtime, but #22/23 Butler outscored the Hokies, Coliseum. Alaska Shootout at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska, 16-10, in the extra session to claim an 84-78 victory The game marked the season opener for both on Wednesday night. in the first semifinal game of the 2007 Carrs/Safeway the Hokies and Elon. Tech improved to 5-0 in season The Hokies, now 2-0 overall, used a 17-3 run late Great Alaska Shootout on Friday night. openers under coach Seth Greenberg. in the first half to take a 30-18 lead into intermission. Butler led 30-28 at the intermission and The Hokies led by as many as 14 in the second Eastern Washington was able to cut the lead to 45-38 stretched that lead to 63-52 on a pair of free throws by Matt Howard with 9:03 remaining in regulation. The half and by nine with just over four minutes to go. with 11 minutes remaining, before the Hokies went on Hokies then cut the deficit back down to 68-66 on a But Tech’s poor free-throw shooting and the Phoenix’s 24-12 run to secure the win over EWU. lay-up by freshman Jeff Allen with 36 seconds left in barrage of 3-pointers - they hit four of their eight treys Freshman Malcolm Delaney came off the bench in the final 6:41 - made things tense at the end. the second half. and scored a career-high 18 points in just his second On the Bulldogs’ next possession, Allen got a Montell Watson canned back-to-back 3-pointers collegiate game. Delaney was six-of-nine from the floor, in the final 20 seconds, the last coming with 12 steal and scored on an assist from junior A.D. Vassallo including four-of-six from three point range to lead five and was fouled with 17 seconds remaining. Allen seconds remaining to cut the Tech lead to 65-64. But Hokies in double figures. the Hokies’ A.D. Vassallo hit two free throws with nine missed the free throw, but the Hokies thwarted a final Fellow freshman Hank Thorns also posted a attempt by Butler to send the game into overtime. seconds left to push the lead back to three, and on career-high with 14 points and freshman Jeff Allen In the extra period, Butler jumped out to an early Elon’s next possession, Watson tossed up an air ball scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds. Junior lead and the Hokies could get no closer than three on a 3-point attempt. The Phoenix fouled Allen with A.D. Vassallo added 11 points and four assists and points before the Bulldogs closed out the game. Butler, 1.3 ticks to go, and Allen made both free throws to senior Deron Washington scored 10 points in the ranked 22nd by the AP and 23rd by the ESPN/USA account for the final margin. victory. Today coaches poll, is now 5-0 on the season as the One of the biggest positives was the play of Trey Gross led Eastern Washington with 18 points Hokies fall to 2-1 overall. Allen, the 6-foot-7, 258-pound bull of a freshman from and Gary Gibson came off the bench to score 10 points Allen led the Hokies with a career-high 21 points Washington, D.C. He dominated inside for Tech, scoring for the Eagles. EWU is now 1-4 on the young season. and added nine rebounds. Vassallo added 19 points and 19 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in his debut. He The Hokies won the battle of the boards, 31- four assists and senior Deron Washington scored 14 hit 7-of-11 from the floor and 4-of-6 from the free- 24, and shot 51 percent from the floor in the game. points. Pete Campbell led all scorers with 26 points for throw line. He also dished out two assists, blocked two Tech was 10-of-20 from three-point range, including the Bulldogs. shots and had four steals in 31 minutes. five-of-seven in the second half. Tech’s defense held The Hokies outrebounded Butler, 35-31, and shot 52.5 percent from the field, including 60.7 percent Washington added 14 points and 11 rebounds, Eastern Washington to just 39.1 percent from the field, from the field in the second half. Butler, which set while Vassallo chipped in 17 points. The Hokies shot including 28 percent in the first half. a Great Alaska Shootout record with 17 three-point 46.9 percent from the floor and committed just eight This was the first time the Hokies had five double baskets on Wednesday night against Michigan, made turnovers. figures scorers in a game since Feb. 24, 2007, when The only negative was their free-throw shooting. 14 of 33 three-pointers tonight. Bulter also was 14-18 five scored in double figures in a 73-57, home win over from the line, compared to the Hokies’ eight of 12 from Tech made just 20-of-34 from the line. In the final Miami. seven minutes, they hit just 9-of-19. the charity stripe. Eastern Washington (1-4) #22/23 Butler (5-0) Elon (0-1) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Brunell, f 12 0-1 0-0 1 0 3 5 0 Betko, f 37 3-4 0-1 3 2 1 3 8 Atoyebi, f 33 5-7 0-0 6 0 4 4 10 Williams, f 40 4-10 1-5 6 2 0 2 9 Streicher, f 17 2-3 0-0 3 0 0 5 4 Constantine, f 28 3-6 0-2 10 0 0 4 6 DeLeon, g 22 2-6 0-0 3 2 4 1 5 Campbell, f 41 9-15 1-2 5 0 4 2 26 Waters, g 26 3-6 1-4 6 2 1 3 8 Stanojevic, g 17 1-4 0-0 1 1 1 2 3 Graves, g 43 5-17 3-4 2 6 1 2 17 Watson, g 35 7-17 0-0 3 3 2 4 18 Gross, g 35 5-7 5-5 0 2 0 2 18 Green, g 44 8-15 6-7 4 5 1 1 23 James, g 28 1-8 4-4 1 3 2 2 6 Hinton 23 0-4 2-2 1 2 1 3 2 Vanzant 18 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 Carter 13 0-1 3-4 1 0 0 2 3 Gibson 23 4-6 0-1 1 2 2 3 10 Hahn 7 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Long 18 4-7 0-0 3 2 0 1 11 Moore 28 2-8 1-4 6 0 1 1 5 Veasley 8 1-1 2-2 2 1 0 0 4 Grable 19 0-4 2-4 2 4 0 4 2 Team 5 1 Howard 10 0-2 2-2 0 0 2 5 2 Team 4 Totals 200 18-46 9-15 24 11 13 19 52 Team 8 1 Totals 200 23-56 10-18 36 14 10 24 64 Totals 225 28-60 14-18 31 15 10 19 84

Eastern Washington 18 34 — 52 Elon 29 35 — 64 Virginia Tech 30 39 — 69 Butler 30 38 16 — 84 Virginia Tech 37 32 — 69 Virginia Tech 28 40 10 — 78 VIRGINIA TECH (2-0) VIRGINIA TECH (1-0) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP VIRGINIA TECH (2-1) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 26 5-9 2-4 8 2 3 3 12 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 31 7-11 4-6 10 2 0 3 19 Washington, f 35 3-10 3-5 6 2 1 2 10 Allen, f 39 10-18 1-2 9 1 2 3 21 Washington, f 36 4-14 6-9 11 2 1 2 14 Diakite, c 18 2-4 0-0 5 0 0 1 4 Washington, f 40 5-11 3-5 5 2 3 5 14 Diakite, c 24 2-5 2-4 4 0 0 2 6 Vassallo, g 35 4-9 0-0 2 4 1 3 11 Witcher, f 17 1-2 0-1 5 0 0 1 2 Thorns, g 24 2-5 0-2 0 4 0 0 4 Thorns, g 28 5-6 2-3 0 2 2 1 14 Vassallo, g 42 7-16 2-2 2 4 3 2 19 Vassallo, g 36 4-8 7-10 4 0 4 1 17 Bell 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Thorns, g 30 3-4 0-0 3 3 2 3 8 Witcher 15 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 3 0 Witcher 8 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 4 0 Bell 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Delaney 19 1-2 0-1 2 3 2 3 2 Delaney 28 6-9 2-2 4 2 3 2 18 Delaney 25 4-8 0-0 4 3 1 3 8 Thompson 15 3-4 1-2 0 0 0 1 7 Thompson 17 0-1 0-0 4 0 2 3 0 Thompson 23 2-2 2-2 4 0 1 2 6 Team 5 Team 2 Diakite 6 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Totals 200 23-49 20-34 37 12 8 15 69 Totals 200 25-49 9-14 31 12 13 20 69 Team 2 Totals 225 32-61 8-12 35 13 13 20 78 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: Elon FG% 41.1 3FG% 32.0 FT% 55.6 EWU FG% 39.1 3FG% 36.8 FT% 52.9 PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 46.9 3FG% 30.0 FT% 58.8 VT FG% 51.0 3FG% 50.0 FT% 64.3 Butler FG% 46.7 3FG% 42.4 FT% 77.8 VT FG% 52.5 3FG% 50.0 FT% 66.7 3-POINTERS: Elon 8 (Watson 4, Long 3, Waters 1) 3-POINTERS: EWU 7 (Gross 3, Gibson 2) VT 3 (Vassallo 2, Allen 1) VT 10 (Delaney 4, Vassallo 3, Thorns 2) 3-POINTERS: Butler 14 (Campbell 7, Graves 4, Betko 2) BLOCKS: Elon 3 (Atoyebi 2, Constantine 1) BLOCKS: EWU 0 VT 6 (Vassallo 3, Thorns 2, Washington 1) VT 8 (Diakite 3, Vassallo, Allen 2, Witcher 1) VT 3 (Diakite 3) BLOCKS: Butler 2 (Campbell 1, Green 1) STEALS: Elon 1 (Carter 1) STEALS: EWU 6 (Gibson 2, Hinton 2) VT 5 (Allen, Wash., Witcher, Del., Thomp. 1) VT 6 (Allen 4, Vassallo, Thompson 1) VT 6 (Allen 2) STEALS: Butler 6 (Graves 2) OFFICIALS: Valentine, Ayers, Groover OFFICIALS: Dixon, Christman, Corson VT 4 (Allen 2, Vassallo 2) TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None OFFICIALS: Dixon, Christman, Hamilton ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 7,305 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 8,469 game 4 game 5 game 6 Gonzaga 82, Virginia Tech 64 Penn State 66, Virginia Tech 61 Virginia Tech 65, UNC Asheville 51 Nov. 24, 2007 • 6 p.m. Nov. 28, 2007 • 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1, 2007 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Anchorage, Alaska University Park, Pa. After suffering through a 5:28 scoring drought Gonzaga used a 14-6 run to open the second half Virginia Tech cut a 13-point second half lead to midway through the second half, the Virginia Tech to defeat Virginia Tech, 82-64, in the third place game one point, but was unable to complete the comeback men’s basketball team finished the game on a 24-7 run of the 2007 Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout at the and lost at Penn State, 66-61, in the Big Ten/ACC to knock off UNC Asheville by a score of 65-51 Saturday Sullivan Arena in Anchorage, Alaska Saturday night. Challenge on Wednesday night at the Bryce Jordan night at Cassell Coliseum in non-conference action. Gonzaga, now 5-1 on the season and ranked #14 Center in University Park, Pa. The Hokies were led by Deron Washington and A.D. in both the AP and ESPN/USA Today coaches’ polls, led Penn State led by as many as 13 points in the first Vassallo, each of whom scored 17 points apiece, and 41-33 at the intermission, after an 11-5 run to end the half before taking a 38-28 lead into the intermission. Lewis Witcher, who set a career high with 11. first half. The Nittany Lions stretched the lead back to 13 points After a fairly routine first half in which Tech built Twice, the Zags had a 16-point lead in the second on the first possession of the second half on a three- a 32-23 lead, Asheville came out of the locker room half before the Hokies closed to 61-51 on consecutive point basket by Danny Morrison. with a purpose, rattling off a 10-2 run by the 16:50 3-pointers by junior A.D. Vassallo and freshman Down 11 points with 16:25 remaining, Tech went mark to cut the lead to 1 at 34-33. Malcolm Delaney with 10:13 remaining, but could get on a 13-3 run over the next seven and a half minutes Vassallo stopped the bleeding by hitting a no closer. and cut the lead to 48-47 on a three-point basket 3-pointer at 15:38, in addition to a layup at 13:14, Virginia Tech falls to 2-2 on the season. Both by freshman Hank Thorns with 8:58 remaining in the following a pair of Sean Smith free throws for Asheville losses have come to nationally-ranked teams in the contest. The Hokies were able to keep the game within (6-2). It was then 39-35 in Tech’s favor, but that’s Alaska tournament. reach, but never took the lead after half time and lost, when the well ran dry for both squads. Vassallo led the Hokies with 20 points to lead 65-61. The Hokies wouldn’t score again until Hank Thorns’ four Hokies in double figures. Senior Deron Washington The Hokies, now 2-3 overall, were led by freshman layup at 7:46, but fortunately for them, Asheville went added 11 points and Delaney and freshman J.T. Jeff Allen, who recorded a double-double with 18 even longer without a field goal, managing just six free Thompson both came off the bench to score 10 points points and a career-high 14 rebounds. Senior Deron throws between the end of their opening run and a pair apiece. Matt Bouldin scored 20 points to lead the Washington added 12 points and junior A.D. Vassallo of Vincent James charity tosses that tied the game at Bulldogs. Gonzaga shot 54.7 percent from the field and scored 10 points. Washington recorded his 1,000th 41 with 7:21 remaining. 84.2 percent from the line. career point with his first basket of the game. Penn James snapped Asheville out of its slump at 6:55 Following Butler’s 81-71 victory over Texas Tech State, now 3-3 on the season, was led by Mike Walker, with a traditional three-point play to give the Bulldogs in the 30th annual championship game, the All- who scored 17 points. a brief 44-41 lead, but that’s when the Hokies woke up Tournament team was annoucned with Jeff Allen being Virginia Tech outrebounded the Nittany Lions, 36- to embark on an 18-2 run to build a 13-point cushion, the lone Hokie selected. 31, but Penn State hit seven three-pointers, compared 59-46, with 2:09 remaining. When all was said and to just two for the Hokies. Each team made 26 field done, Tech outscored the Bulldogs 24-7 over the last goals. Tech had a season-high 14 offensive rebounds in 6:44. the contest. The Hokies snapped a three-game skid to improve to 3-3 in their only home game since the season opener on Nov. 9th, and they all agreed that it was a good change of atmosphere after visiting Alaska and Penn State.

VIRGINIA TECH (2-2) VIRGINIA TECH (2-3) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP UNC Asheville (6-2) Allen, f 17 3-7 0-1 1 0 4 5 6 Allen, f 34 7-13 4-4 14 0 4 4 18 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Washington, f 33 4-8 3-4 4 2 3 3 11 Washington, f 35 6-12 0-1 3 4 3 4 12 Augst, f 32 4-6 3-3 7 2 1 2 12 Diakite, c 12 1-2 0-0 3 0 0 2 2 Diakite, c 15 3-5 0-0 7 0 0 1 6 James, f 32 3-12 3-3 3 1 2 4 9 Vassallo, g 38 7-16 2-2 2 1 5 0 20 Vassallo, g 34 4-12 2-2 3 0 2 1 10 Garland, g 37 2-10 2-2 3 4 3 3 7 Thorns, g 23 1-4 0-0 2 3 0 2 3 Thorns, g 24 3-8 0-0 1 5 2 3 7 Moles, g 26 0-3 0-0 5 0 4 5 0 Bell 8 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Bell 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 3 Smithson, g 39 4-14 0-0 3 2 2 2 11 Witcher 21 1-4 0-0 3 0 1 4 2 Witcher 15 0-2 1-2 3 1 0 0 1 Smith 14 2-4 2-2 0 0 1 1 8 Delaney 24 3-7 2-4 4 3 3 1 10 Delaney 28 2-7 0-0 2 4 2 3 4 Williams 18 2-4 0-0 6 0 1 1 4 Thompson 24 4-6 2-4 1 1 0 0 10 Thompson 10 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Stubbs 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1 3 Totals 200 24-55 9-15 24 10 16 17 64 Totals 200 26-60 7-9 36 14 15 17 61 Totals 200 17-53 10-10 28 9 17 18 51

Virginia Tech 33 31 — 64 Virginia Tech 28 33 — 61 UNC Asheville 23 28 — 51 Gonzaga 41 41 — 82 Penn State 38 28 — 66 Virginia Tech 32 33 — 65

#14/14 Gonzaga (5-1) Penn State (3-3) VIRGINIA TECH (3-3) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Kuso, f 29 8-12 3-4 10 0 3 4 19 Claxton, f 26 4-10 0-0 5 1 4 4 8 Allen, f 21 1-6 0-0 2 1 4 4 2 Pargo, g 39 4-10 2-3 5 13 2 1 10 Brooks, f 15 1-3 0-0 3 0 2 0 2 Washington, f 35 7-12 2-2 8 1 2 3 17 Bouldin, g 36 7-10 0-0 1 0 2 3 20 Jones, c 19 0-2 0-0 4 3 1 1 0 Diakite, c 11 0-3 0-0 4 0 0 2 0 Downs, g 27 2-3 2-2 4 3 1 3 6 Battle, g 35 4-9 0-0 3 3 1 0 9 Vassallo, g 36 6-16 2-3 5 3 1 1 17 Pendergraft, g 33 4-8 0-0 4 2 0 2 9 Morrissey, g 15 3-6 0-0 1 1 1 3 8 Thorns, g 24 2-5 0-1 4 4 1 2 5 Daye 13 4-9 4-4 4 1 1 3 13 Cornley 28 1-4 2-3 6 2 0 2 4 Bell 6 2-2 2-2 1 1 0 0 6 Sorenson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Walker 23 7-13 0-2 1 2 1 0 17 Vinson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Gurganious 11 0-0 3-4 1 0 2 0 3 Pringle 6 1-2 0-0 1 3 2 1 3 Witcher 22 5-5 1-1 5 0 2 1 11 Sacre 10 0-1 2-2 2 0 1 0 2 Jackson 16 2-3 5-6 4 2 0 1 9 Delaney 26 1-4 2-4 4 3 2 1 5 Brown 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Hassell 17 3-3 0-0 1 0 0 1 6 Thompson 18 0-3 2-2 6 1 3 3 2 Team 1 Team 2 1 Team 3 Totals 200 29-53 16-19 32 19 12 16 82 Totals 200 26-55 7-11 31 17 13 13 66 Totals 200 24-56 11-15 42 14 15 17 65

PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 43.6 3FG% 36.8 FT% 60.0 VT FG% 43.3 3FG% 15.4 FT% 77.8 UNCA FG% 32.1 3FG% 53.8 FT% 100.0 GU FG% 54.7 3FG% 53.3 FT% 84.2 PSU FG% 47.3 3FG% 35.0 FT% 63.6 VT FG% 42.9 3FG% 50.0 FT% 73.3

3-POINTERS: VT 7 (Vassallo 4, Delaney 2, Thorns 1) 3-POINTERS: VT 2 (Thorns, Bell 1) 3-POINTERS: UNCA 7 (Smithson 3, Smith 2) GU 8 (Bouldin 6, Pendergraft, Daye 1) PSU 7 (Walker 3, Morrissey 2) VT 6 (Vassallo 3, Wash., Thorns, Delaney 1) BLOCKS: VT 4 (Diakite 2, Witcher 2) BLOCKS: VT 3 (Bell 2, Vassallo 1) BLOCKS: UNCA 5 (James 3, Augst, Moles 1) GU 6 (Kuso 3, Daye 2, Downs 1) PSU 4 (Claxton, Brooks, Jones, Hassell 1) VT 7 (Allen 2, Diakite 2) STEALS: VT 4 (Delaney 2, Allen, Washington 1) STEALS: VT 5 (Washington 2, Allen, Thorns, Thomp. 1) STEALS: UNCA 6 (James 3, Augst 2, Garland 1) GU 5 (Pargo 4, Bouldin 1) PSU 6 (Cornley 3, Battle, Walker, Hassell 1) VT 6 (Allen 2, Vassallo 2, Thorns, Bell 1) OFFICIALS: Corson, Cota, Rastatter OFFICIALS: Hartzell, Higgins, Sanzere OFFICIALS: Wood, Ayers, Natili TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 8,576 ATTENDANCE: 9,368 ATTENDANCE: 9,847 game 7 gamegame 87 gamegame 97 Virginia Tech 67, UNC Greensboro 39 Virginia Tech 68, George Washington 36 Old Dominion 72, Virginia Tech 69 Dec. 4, 2007 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Dec. 9, 2007 • 5:30 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Dec. 16, 2007 • 4 p.m. • Norfolk, Va.

The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team jumped out The Hokies put on yet another defensive clinic, Virginia Tech cut a 12-point halftime deficit to two to an 11-0 lead to start the game and never trailed en holding George Washington to 25.9 percent shooting from points, but could not recapture the lead and lost 72-69 route to a 67-39 pounding of UNC Greensboro in a non- the floor and never trailing in a surprisingly easy 68-36 at Old Dominion on Sunday evening at the Ted Constant conference game played Tuesday night at Cassell Coliseum. drubbing of the Colonials in a non-conference game played Center in Norfolk. The win marked the Hokies’ second straight, as Sunday evening at Cassell Coliseum. ODU jumped out to a 14-point lead late in the Tech improved to 4-3 on the season. The Spartans, upset The win marked Tech’s third straight as the Hokies first period and led 45-33 at the half, before the Hokies winners over Tech’s ACC brethren, Georgia Tech, in the improved to 5-3 on the season and avenged last season’s went on an 8-0 run to open the second half. The Hokies season opener, fell to 3-3 on the young season. disappointing one-point loss at George Washington. continued the comeback, cutting the score to 71-69 on a Tech held UNC Greensboro to a paltry 26.5 percent The Hokies’ terrific defense enabled them to put three-point basket by junior A.D. Vassallo with 26 seconds shooting from the floor - the Hokies’ best defensive the game away in the final five minutes of the first half, remaining. After ODU made one of two free throws with performance of the season. The Spartans came into the closing the first 20 minutes with a 13-2 run to take a 30- 19 seconds to play, the Hokies missed a late shot. A game shooting 44.6 percent from the floor and nearly 40 14 lead into the locker room. George Washington, which desperation shot at the buzzer was off and the Monarchs percent from the 3-point arc. But they made just 1-of-18 did not make a field goal in the final six minutes of the held on for the 72-69 victory. from behind the arc and didn’t connect on a 3-pointer first half, made just five shots from the floor the entire The Hokies, now 5-4 overall, were led by Vassallo, until a little over five minutes remained in the game. half and shot only 18.5 percent. who scored 20 points. Freshman Malcolm Delaney scored But even more impressive was the Hokies’ defense on Things didn’t go much better in the second half for 17 points and freshman Jeff Allen recorded his third UNC Greensboro star Kyle Hines. For the most part, Tech the Colonials. Vassallo canned a 3-pointer at the 18:18 straight double-double with 13 points and a career-high doubled him every time he touched the ball in the post. mark, and that started a string of five consecutive made 16 rebounds. Senior Deron Washington added 11 points for Hines scored 15 points to lead the Spartans, extending his baskets for the Hokies, including two 3-pointers by the Hokies. streak of double-figure scoring games to 56 - the longest Vassallo. Tech opened the half with a 13-3 run, bolting out Old Dominion improves to 6-4 on the season. streak in Division I. But he made just 5-of-12 from the to a 43-19 lead and running away with things. Brandon Johnson led four Monarchs in double figures with floor. The 6-foot-6, 250-pounder came into the game The game marked the third consecutive in which 15 points. averaging nearly 18 points a game. the Hokies have held an opponent to under 33 percent The Hokies outrebounded the Monarchs, 45-25, Allen paced the Hokies with yet another double- shooting from the floor. The 36-point output marked the including a 17-5 advantage on the offensive boards. Tech double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 12 rebounds fewest points George Washington has scored in coach Karl tied a season-high with 16 turnovers in the game, while despite spending chunks of the game on the bench in foul Hobbs’ seven seasons as the Colonials’ head man. forcing ODU into 10 turnovers. trouble. The double-double marked Allen’s third of the Vassallo paced Tech with 18 points, hitting 7- season. Only one Tech player - Deron Washington - had of-12 from the floor, including four 3-pointers. Deron three double-doubles last season. Washington added 17 points and five rebounds, and The Hokies got 23 points, 14 rebounds and seven freshman Jeff Allen quietly put together his fourth double- assists from their bench as every player who dressed got double of the season - 10 points and 10 rebounds. No Tech to play. player had four double-doubles all of last season. UNC Greensboro (3-3) George Washington (3-4) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP VIRGINIA TECH (5-4) Stywall, f 25 1-4 4-6 7 0 1 0 6 Diggs, f 21 0-6 0-0 4 0 3 0 0 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Hines, f 33 5-12 5-6 8 0 4 3 15 Witherspoon, f 32 3-10 0-0 6 3 1 1 7 Allen, f 27 5-11 3-3 16 0 3 4 13 Johnson, g 31 2-5 0-0 6 1 2 2 4 Hollis, f 15 2-5 2-2 4 0 3 1 6 Washington, f 38 4-15 3-8 6 5 3 1 11 Koivisto, g 25 1-7 0-0 3 2 3 2 2 Alexander, g 25 0-2 0-0 5 0 5 4 0 Diakite, c 23 1-4 0-0 3 0 0 1 2 Oleksiak, g 18 1-4 2-4 2 2 1 1 4 Rice, g 24 3-11 0-0 1 0 1 0 8 Vassallo, g 33 6-9 4-4 3 1 3 3 20 Sellers 10 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Green 8 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Thorns, g 11 0-2 0-0 1 0 3 1 0 Clement 10 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Beatty 11 1-5 0-0 1 0 1 0 2 Bell 8 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Oliver 9 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 Del Favero 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Hudson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Toney 19 2-6 0-0 3 0 3 4 5 Lee 12 0-0 0-0 4 0 2 1 0 Witcher 14 1-1 0-0 4 0 0 2 2 Galic 11 1-3 1-2 2 1 2 1 3 Moore 28 5-9 0-0 2 0 1 4 13 Delaney 28 4-11 7-8 4 2 3 3 17 Brown 9 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 Opoku 11 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Thompson 17 2-4 0-0 4 0 0 1 4 Team 2 Wilmore 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Team 3 1 Totals 200 13-49 12-18 37 6 18 14 39 Laplante 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 23-58 17-23 45 9 16 16 69 Katuka 7 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 UNC Greensboro 14 25 — 39 Team 4 Virginia Tech 27 40 — 67 Totals 200 14-54 2-2 33 4 18 14 36 Virginia Tech 33 36 — 69 Old Dominion 45 27 — 72 VIRGINIA TECH (4-3) George Washington 14 22 — 36 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Virginia Tech 30 38 — 68 Allen, f 22 8-13 0-1 12 0 2 4 16 Old Dominion (6-4) Washington, f 24 4-5 0-0 1 2 1 3 8 VIRGINIA TECH (5-3) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Finney, f 30 4-7 2-2 2 2 1 3 10 Diakite, c 20 1-6 1-2 2 0 0 2 3 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Lee, f 31 5-11 0-1 4 2 2 4 10 Thorns, g 23 2-6 2-3 3 6 2 2 7 Allen, f 30 5-11 0-0 10 0 2 1 10 Harris, c 8 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 Vassallo, g 31 4-16 0-0 2 1 0 0 10 Washington, f 32 7-15 3-3 5 3 1 0 17 Johnson, g 31 6-11 3-4 5 9 3 3 15 Bell 15 1-4 0-0 3 2 0 1 3 Diakite, c 18 0-2 0-0 4 1 0 1 0 Henderson, g 23 3-6 0-0 1 2 1 3 8 Amalfe 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Thorns, g 28 2-5 1-1 3 4 1 1 6 Lidonde 15 4-5 0-0 1 0 1 1 12 Travis 3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 Vassallo, g 27 7-12 0-0 5 3 4 3 18 James 9 2-2 0-0 1 1 1 1 5 Vinson 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Bell 10 2-2 1-2 1 1 0 1 6 Hassell 21 1-3 0-1 1 1 0 4 2 Witcher 17 1-2 0-0 3 0 1 3 2 Amalfe 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Neely 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Delaney 22 3-6 0-0 2 3 2 2 9 Travis 3 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Carter 7 0-3 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 Debnam 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Vinson 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Adams 22 2-5 1-2 5 1 0 0 7 Thompson 17 2-2 1-1 4 1 1 3 5 Witcher 17 2-3 0-2 3 1 1 1 4 Team 3 Team 1 1 Delaney 16 0-5 0-0 2 5 2 2 0 Totals 200 28-57 6-10 25 19 10 22 72 Totals 200 28-62 4-7 35 16 10 20 67 Debnam 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Thompson 11 2-2 0-3 3 1 0 1 4 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: Team 5 VT FG% 39.7 3FG% 46.2 FT% 73.9 UNCG FG% 26.5 3FG% 5.6 FT% 66.7 Totals 200 28-59 5-11 41 19 11 14 68 ODU FG% 49.1 3FG% 52.6 FT% 60.0 VT FG% 45.2 3FG% 41.2 FT% 57.1 PERCENTAGES: 3-POINTERS: UNCG 1 (Toney 1) GW FG% 25.9 3FG% 24.0 FT% 100.0 3-POINTERS: VT 6 (Vassallo 4, Delaney 2) VT 7 (Delaney 3, Vassallo 2, Thorns, Bell 1) VT FG% 47.5 3FG% 38.9 FT% 45.5 ODU 10 (Lidonde 4, Henderson, Adams 2) BLOCKS: UNCG 4 (Hines 4) BLOCKS: VT 2 (Allen, Thompson 1) VT 8 (Diakite 3) 3-POINTERS: GW 6 (Moore 3, Rice 2); VT 7 (Vassallo 4) ODU 8 (Lee 4, Adams 2) STEALS: UNCG 2 (Hines, Oleksiak 1) BLOCKS: GW 4 (Opoku 2); VT 5 (Diakite 2) STEALS: VT 4 (Allen, Thorns, Washington, Bell 1) VT 7 (Allen, Bell 2) STEALS: GW 5; VT 9 (Allen 3, Thorns 2) ODU 9 (Finney, Johnson 4, Lee 1) OFFICIALS: Luckie, Nestor, Greene OFFICIALS: Hess, Kersey, Hull OFFICIALS: Hull, Eades, Heater TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 8,424 game 10 game 11 game 12 Virginia Tech 58, Liberty 46 Wake Forest 77, Virginia Tech 75 Virginia Tech 84, Hofstra 59 Dec. 19, 2007 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Dec. 23, 2007 • 5:30 p.m. Dec. 28, 2007 • 6:30 p.m. • New York, N.Y. Winston-Salem, N.C. Virginia Tech overcame a slow beginning by Virginia Tech used a stingy defense and hot using a 13-2 run to start the second half en route to a Wake Forest point guard Ishmael Smith canned shooting to defeat Hofstra, 84-59, in the opening game 58-46 victory over Liberty in a low-scoring, cold-shoot- a short jumper with less than a second to go, rallying of the 2007 Aeropostale Holiday Festival at Madison ing, non-conference affair Wednesday night at Cassell the Demon Deacons past Virginia Tech 77-75 in an Square Garden on Friday night in New York, N.Y. Coliseum. ACC game played at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial The Hokies jumped out to a 19-4 lead eight With the victory, Tech moved to 6-4 on the season Coliseum on Sunday evening in Winston-Salem, N.C. minutes into the game and never trailed en route to and won its 19th straight non-conference game at With the loss, the Hokies fell to 6-5 overall on the victory. Tech led 45-23 at the intermission and home - a streak that dates back to Nov. 12th, 2005 the season, 0-1 in the league. Wake improved to 8-3 increased that lead to as many as 33 points in the when the Hokies lost to Bowling Green. Liberty fell to overall, 1-0 in conference play. second half. The Hokies improve to 7-5 overall, while 5-6 overall on the season. The defeat was heartbreaking for Tech, which Hofstra falls to 2-7 on the season. The Hokies struggled the first 20 minutes, saw an eight-point lead evaporate in the final 1:22. Jeff Allen, A.D. Vassallo and Deron Washington shooting just 36.4 percent from the floor and turning Deron Washington had given the Hokies a 75-67 lead each scored 17 points for the Hokies. Malcolm Delaney, the ball over nine times against Liberty’s match-up after hitting the second of two free throws with 1:22 making his first collegiate start, scored nine points zone. As a result, they trailed 23-21 at the break. remaining. But Tech failed to score again, as Wake and dished out a career-high six assists in the win. The But in the second half, Tech’s Deron Washington Forest closed the game with a 10-0 run. Hokies played all 14 players on their bench. Charles started the run and then freshman Malcolm Delaney The Demon Deacons tied the game at 75 on a Jenkins scored 13 points and Darren Townes added 12 took over. The guard from Baltimore accounted for nine 3-pointer that Gary Clark banked in with 48.5 seconds points for the Pride. of the 13 points in that span, hitting two 3-pointers left in the game - his only basket of the game and Virginia Tech starters shot a combined 19-of-33 and converting a traditional 3-point play. The Hokies just his fourth 3-pointer of the season. On the Hokies’ from the floor, including five-of-nine from three-point opened a 34-25 lead and never trailed again. ensuing possession, Jeff Allen misfired with 23 seconds range. The 84 points by the Hokies is a season-high. Washington paced all scorers with 17 points, left, setting the stage for Smith’s heroics. The Hokies shot 56.3 percent from the field, hitting 6-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-6 from the Tech placed four players in double figures. A.D. including 61.5 percent in the first half. Tech also free-throw line. He also had seven rebounds. Delaney Vassallo led them with 19 points and 11 rebounds for dished out 20 assists on their 27 field goals, a season- finished with nine points on 3-of-5 from the floor, his third career double-double. Washington added 13 high in assists. The Hokies also blocked seven shots in including 2-of-3 from beyond the arc. Those two were points and tying a career high with 14 rebounds for the game. Tech held the Pride to just 34.3 percent from the only Hokies to shoot better than 50 percent as his sixth career double-double and his second of the the field, including just 31.3 percent in the first half. Tech finished the game at 39.1 percent as a team. A.D. season. Allen scored 16 and fellow freshman Dorenzo With the victory, the Hokies advance to the finals Vassallo added 13 points for the Hokies, but hit just Hudson came off the bench to score 13. of the tournament, against the winner of the night’s 3-of-12 from the floor. As a team, the Hokies certainly did enough to second game between Marist and St. John’s. Liberty got 14 points and five rebounds from Alex win the game. Tech out-rebounded the bigger Deacons McLean and 11 points from Anthony Smith. The Flames 39-32 and shot better from the floor. The Hokies also shot just 38.1 percent. buried a surprising 29-of-32 from beyond the free- VIRGINIA TECH (7-5, 0-1 ACC) throw line. However, 22 turnovers did not help matters, Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP including a costly one late, and a quick shot with Allen, f 31 6-8 5-10 9 2 1 1 17 plenty of time left on the shot clock in the final minute Washington, f 28 4-6 8-10 5 2 1 2 17 hurt as well. Diakite, c 13 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 Liberty (5-6) Delaney, g 26 3-6 2-3 2 6 2 2 9 Vassallo, g 31 6-10 2-3 3 5 3 2 17 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Bell 13 1-2 3-4 1 0 2 3 5 Porter, f 21 1-3 0-0 2 0 0 3 2 VIRGINIA TECH (6-5, 0-1 ACC) Hudson 19 4-7 0-1 0 2 1 2 9 Jenkins, g 37 0-8 4-4 5 1 0 1 4 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Amalfe 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, g 33 4-8 1-2 4 1 0 4 11 Allen, f 27 6-10 4-4 6 1 2 2 16 Travis 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 Ohman, g 36 3-8 0-0 6 1 1 3 8 Washington, f 35 1-7 11-12 14 1 4 3 13 Thorns 13 1-4 0-0 3 3 0 0 2 Bannister, g 33 2-4 2-2 3 5 9 4 7 Diakite, c 7 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Vinson 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 Anderson 11 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Thorns, g 8 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 1 0 Vassallo, g 34 7-13 3-4 11 3 7 2 19 Witcher 4 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 4 4 McLean 28 6-10 2-2 5 1 2 3 14 Debnam 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Monroe 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Bell 6 0-0 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 Hudson 28 5-10 1-2 1 1 3 3 13 Thompson 13 0-2 4-6 5 0 1 2 4 Team 1 Team 5 1 Totals 200 16-42 9-10 26 9 12 20 46 Witcher 11 2-3 0-0 2 0 0 1 4 Delaney 32 0-5 8-8 2 3 2 3 8 Totals 200 27-48 24-37 37 20 16 25 84 Thompson 12 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 1 0 Team 0 Virginia Tech 45 39 — 84 Liberty 23 23 — 46 Hofstra 23 36 — 59 Virginia Tech 21 37 — 58 Totals 200 21-48 29-32 39 10 22 16 75

Virginia Tech 36 39 — 75 Hofstra (2-7) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Wake Forest 45 32 — 77 VIRGINIA TECH (6-4) Lester, g 23 1-10 6-8 4 4 4 3 8 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Wake Forest (8-3, 1-0 ACC) Sestokas, g 32 1-9 0-0 3 0 1 2 3 Allen, f 29 3-4 4-4 5 1 2 3 10 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Jenkins, g 32 6-13 1-3 4 4 4 3 13 Washington, f 40 6-12 4-6 7 0 3 3 17 Johnson, f 25 5-9 2-2 2 2 1 5 13 Washington, f 26 1-6 1-4 10 2 2 4 3 Diakite, c 7 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 McFarland, c 18 5-7 0-0 7 0 1 4 10 Davis-Sabb, f 9 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 5 0 Thorns, g 34 2-8 0-0 4 4 2 3 5 Teague, g 33 6-15 2-6 4 0 1 1 15 Nee 1 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 Vassallo, g 38 3-12 5-6 3 3 1 2 13 Smith, g 34 7-14 2-3 3 3 1 2 18 Johnson, R. 7 2-2 0-1 2 0 0 2 4 Bell 8 0-1 0-0 1 3 0 2 0 Williams, g 24 2-7 0-0 3 2 1 5 5 Urbutis 10 3-6 1-1 2 0 4 0 7 Hudson 7 1-3 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 Clark 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Johnson, G. 22 0-5 3-4 1 2 4 2 3 Witcher 13 0-1 2-2 1 0 0 2 2 Hale 25 1-10 2-2 2 3 3 3 5 Townes 21 6-10 0-0 6 2 0 4 12 Delaney 21 3-5 1-1 4 2 1 4 9 Stanley 10 0-1 2-4 1 0 0 0 2 Vallins 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Thompson 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Skeen 14 2-3 0-1 2 0 2 0 4 Leonavicius 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Team 2 Weaver 14 1-2 0-0 5 0 1 1 2 Johnson, D. 13 3-6 0-0 4 0 0 2 6 Totals 200 18-46 16-20 29 13 11 19 58 Team 3 Team 4 Totals 200 30-70 10-18 32 10 11 21 77 Totals 200 23-67 12-23 43 14 21 27 59 PERCENTAGES: LU FG% 38,1 3FG% 29.4 FT% 90.0 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 56.3 3FG% 37.5 FT% 64.9 VT FG% 39.1 3FG% 26.1 FT% 80.0 VT FG% 43.8 3FG% 25.0 FT% 90.6 WF FG% 42.9 3FG% 25.0 FT% 55.6 HU FG% 34.3 3FG% 10.0 FT% 52.2 3-POINTERS: LU 5 (Ohman, Smith 2, Bannister 1) VT 6 (Vassallo, Delaney 2, Thorns, Wash. 1) 3-POINTERS: VT 4 (Vassallo, Hudson 2); WF 7 (Smith 2) 3-POINTERS: VT 6 (Vassallo 3, Wash., Delaney, Hud. 1) BLOCKS: LU 0 BLOCKS: VT 2 (Washington, Bell 1) HU 1 (Sestokas 1) VT 8 (Allen, Vassallo 3, Washington 2) WF 4 (Johnson 2, McFarland, Williams 1) BLOCKS: VT 7 (Delaney, Washington 2) STEALS: LU 3 (Jenkins 2, Smith 1) STEALS: VT 9 (Delaney 4, Allen 2) HU 3 (Washington 2, Townes 1) VT 5 (Thorns 3, Allen, Vassallo 1) WF 11 (Smith, Teague 3, Weaver, McFar. 2) STEALS: VT 11 (Hudson 3, Delaney, Vassallo 2) OFFICIALS: Kersey, Ayers, Natili OFFICIALS: Valentine, Clinton, Sirmons HU 4 (Lester, Jenkins, Wash., Johnson 1) TECHNICAL FOULS: Liberty - McLean, VT - none TECHNICAL FOULS: Virginia Tech - Team, WF - None OFFICIALS: Burr, Driscoll, Walton ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 13,874 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 8,914 gamegame 13 7 gamegame 14 7 gamegame 15 7 Virginia Tech 54, St. John’s 48 Richmond 52, Virginia Tech 49 Virginia Tech 79, Charleston Southern 49 Dec. 29, 2007 • 4 p.m. • New York, N.Y. Jan. 3, 2008 • 6 p.m. • Richmond, Va. Jan. 7, 2008 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va.

Virginia Tech used a tough defense to defeat St. Virginia Tech’s comeback attempt fell short and lost Playing at home for the first time since Dec. 19th, the John’s, 54-48, in the finals of the Aeropostale Holiday to Richmond, 52-49, in the Robins Center on Thursday Virginia Tech men’s basketball team showed a tremendous Festival at Madison Square Garden on Saturday afternoon night in Richmond, Va. The Hokies fall to 8-6 overall, while burst of energy, bolting out to a 16-0 lead and never in New York, N.Y. The Hokies improve to 8-5 overall, while the Spiders improve to 7-6 on the season. looking back in routing Charleston Southern University St. John’s falls to 6-5 on the season. The Hokies trailed, 25-21, at the intermission, but 79-49 in a non-conference game played Monday night at The Hokies held the Red Storm to 28.3 percent from opened the second half on a 10-2 run and took a four- Cassell Coliseum. the floor for the game. SJU hit just five-of-26 field goals point lead, 31-27, with 12:16 remaining on a jump shot With the win, the Hokies extended their streak of in the second half, for 19.2 percent. The Red Storm did by A.D. Vassallo. The game remained close throughout, but non-conference wins at Cassell Coliseum to 20 straight not hit a field goal in the second half until 9:12 remaining Richmond grabbed a 46-37 lead with six minutes left. Tech games. They moved to 9-6 overall on the season, while the in the contest. then fought back and tied the game, 48-48, with 1:41 left Buccaneers, members of the Big South, fell to 6-9. A.D. Vassallo led all scorers with 16 points and was in regulation on a pair of free throws by Jeff Allen. Tech took care of things on both ends of the court named the winner of the Lou Carnesecca Award, given to Kevin Anderson gave Richmond a 50-48 lead on a early in this one. A.D. Vassallo scored nine of the first 16 the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Carnesecca was tip-in with 26 seconds remaining. Deron Washington then points for the Hokies, and Tech’s defense, strong for the the long-time head coach at St. John’s and was present to hit one of two free throw attempts with nine seconds majority of the season, held Charleston Southern without present the MVP award to Vassallo and the championship remaining to cut the lead to one point. David Gonzalvez a point for the first 7:30 of the game. The Bucs finally got trophy to the Hokies. made two free throws to make the score 52-49 with 06.2 on the board when Omar Carter scored on a lay-up at the Deron Washington added 10 points for the Hokies and left on the clock. Malcolm Delaney missed a three-point 12:30 mark of the first half. Tech led by as many as 21 in also recorded three steals. Cheick Diakite blocked a career- attempt at the buzzer that would have tied the contest. the first half and by 16 at the break. high seven shots in the game for Tech. Anthony Mason Jr., Dorenzo Hudson came off the bench and scored a The second half was pretty much the same story for scored 12 points to lead the Red Storm. Washington and career-high 14 points to lead the Hokies and Allen scored the Hokies, though the Bucs cut the Tech lead to 13 on a Jeff Allen joined Vassallo on the all-tournament team. 11 points and grabbed six rebounds. Gonzalvez led all 3-pointer by Chris Moore with 13:52 left in the game. But The Hokies trailed 22-21 at the intermission, but scorers with 17 points and Kevin Smith added 13 points a 19-4 run after that, capped by a Vassallo 3-pointer, put opened the second half on an 11-2 run, punctuated by off the bench for the Spiders. the game away for the Hokies. a cutting lay-up by J.T. Thompson on a pass from Hank Tech outrebounded UR, 33-26, but turned the ball Vassallo led Tech with a game-high 21 points, hitting Thorns with 11:42 remaining in the game. Tech led, 47-40, over a season-high 24 times. Richmond outshot Tech, 39.6 9-of-18 from the floor, including three 3-pointers. Tech with 2:33 remaining, but SJU cut the deficit to three percent to 38.6 percent. Richmond also hit all seven of its placed four players in double figures, with Washington, points with 34 seconds remaining. Tech made six-of-eight free throw attempts. Hank Thorns and Jeff Allen adding 10 points each. free throws in the final half minute to secure the win. It marked just the second double-figure scoring game of the season for Thorns. Allen grabbed 10 rebounds as well for his sixth double-double of the season. Carter led the Buccaneers with 18 points. As a team, they shot just 32.2 percent from the floor, marking the ninth time this season the Hokies have held a foe to under 40 percent shooting from the floor. VIRGINIA TECH (8-5, 0-1 ACC) Charleston Southern (6-9) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP VIRGINIA TECH (8-6, 0-1 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 18 2-8 4-6 4 3 4 4 8 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Outen, f 24 2-7 0-0 3 0 3 4 4 Washington, f 33 3-8 4-7 8 1 3 0 10 Allen, f 35 4-8 3-4 6 1 6 4 11 Knysas, f 26 2-3 0-0 4 0 0 2 4 Witcher, f 15 2-6 0-0 1 0 0 3 4 Washington, f 31 1-3 5-8 9 5 6 5 8 Warren, g 31 2-11 0-0 2 3 2 0 6 Delaney, g 28 1-3 2-2 1 2 5 3 5 Witcher, f 18 1-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 Grier, g 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Vassallo, g 32 5-12 4-4 7 1 2 2 16 Delaney, g 29 2-9 0-0 2 4 1 1 4 Bailey, g 20 0-4 1-2 5 4 8 1 1 Bell 4 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 Vassallo, g 32 3-12 2-3 5 1 3 1 8 Moore 30 2-8 0-0 1 0 1 1 5 Hudson 13 3-6 0-1 3 0 1 2 6 Bell 4 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 Goods 14 1-2 0-0 7 0 1 1 3 Thorns 12 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 Hudson 26 5-8 1-1 1 1 4 0 14 Johnson 9 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 6 Thompson 20 2-4 0-0 2 0 1 2 4 Thorns 11 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 2 0 Duvall 16 1-3 0-1 3 1 2 1 2 Diakite 25 0-1 0-0 4 0 3 2 0 Thompson 10 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Carter 27 7-18 2-2 4 2 4 0 18 Team 6 Diakite 4 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 5 Totals 200 18-49 15-22 39 8 20 19 54 Team 1 1 Totals 200 19-59 3-5 34 10 23 12 49 Totals 200 17-44 11-16 33 13 24 13 49 Charleston Southern 24 25 — 49 Virginia Tech 21 33 — 54 Virginia Tech 40 39 — 79 St. John’s 22 26 — 48 Virginia Tech 21 28 — 49 Richmond 25 27 — 52 VIRGINIA TECH (9-6, 0-1 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP St. John’s (6-5) Allen, f 25 5-10 0-0 10 3 2 1 10 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Richmond (7-6) Washington, f 26 5-8 0-0 2 4 0 3 10 Mason, f 35 4-12 2-2 0 4 2 3 12 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Witcher, f 13 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Burrell, f 32 2-6 2-2 6 0 2 2 6 Moliva, f 16 0-4 0-0 4 0 0 1 0 Vassallo, g 31 9-18 0-0 5 1 2 1 21 Jasiulionis, c 22 3-5 0-0 0 0 1 2 6 Geriot, c 27 2-8 1-1 2 2 4 4 5 Delaney, g 24 0-3 5-6 3 8 1 2 5 Lawrence, g 32 2-10 5-6 8 4 4 4 10 Gonzalvez, g 37 5-11 4-4 3 4 3 2 17 Bell 7 2-3 0-0 1 1 1 0 4 Kennedy, g 24 1-3 0-0 4 1 6 2 2 Anderson, g 38 2-8 0-0 1 4 1 2 4 Hudson 13 1-5 1-1 1 1 2 1 3 Amalfe 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Boothe 8 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Butler, g 18 0-2 0-0 4 0 2 3 0 Travis 2 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Wright 14 1-7 4-4 0 0 0 1 7 Giddings 6 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 Thorns 16 4-6 0-0 1 3 1 1 10 Coker 7 0-2 1-2 5 0 1 2 1 Sylla 17 1-2 0-0 3 0 4 2 2 Vinson 6 0-3 0-0 3 1 0 1 0 Evans 10 1-3 0-2 2 0 0 1 2 Smith 28 6-6 0-0 5 5 1 1 13 Debnam 2 2-2 0-0 2 0 0 0 4 Horne 9 1-3 0-0 2 0 1 1 2 Hovde 2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Thompson 13 2-5 0-0 2 1 1 1 4 Thomas 7 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Harper 11 2-4 2-2 3 0 1 1 8 Diakite 20 4-5 0-0 7 1 0 1 8 Team 5 1 Team 1 Team 0 Totals 200 19-48 7-7 26 16 18 17 52 Totals 200 15-53 14-18 33 9 20 18 48 Totals 200 34-71 6-7 39 25 10 12 79

PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 38.6 3FG% 26.7 FT% 68.8 VT FG% 36.7 3FG% 42.9 FT% 68.2 CSU FG% 32.2 3FG% 32.0 FT% 60.0 SJU FG% 28.3 3FG% 26.7 FT% 77.8 UR FG% 39.6 3FG% 36.8 FT% 100.0 VT FG% 47.9 3FG% 20.8 FT% 85.7 3-POINTERS: VT 3 (Vassallo 2, Delaney 1) 3-POINTERS: VT 4 (Hudson 3, Washington 1) SJU 4 (Mason 2, Lawrence, Wright 1) UR 7 (Gonzalvez 3, Harper 2) 3-POINTERS: CSU 8 (Carver, Johnson, Warren 2) BLOCKS: VT 8 (Diakite 7, Washington 1) BLOCKS: VT 3 (Witcher 2, Hudson 1) VT 5 (Vassallo 3, Thorns 2) SJU 6 (Burrell 3, Kennedy 2, Jasiulionis 1) UR 3 (Smith, Moliva, Hovde 1) BLOCKS: CSU 4 (Knysas, Bailey, Goods, Carter 1) STEALS: VT 8 (Allen, Wash. 3, Vassallo, Thorns 1) STEALS: VT 7 (Allen 3, Washington 2) VT 6 (Diakite 4, Allen 2) SJU 7 (Lawrence 4, Mason 2, Horne 1) UR 13 (Anderson 6, Smith 2) STEALS: CSU 3 (Outen, Duvall, Carter 1) OFFICIALS: Corbett, Hess, Luckie OFFICIALS: Donato, Lindsay, Corbett VT 12 (Allen, Witch., Wash., Bell, Thomp. 2) TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None OFFICIALS: Kersey, Ayers, Hull ATTENDANCE: 6,818 ATTENDANCE: 4,840 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 game 16 game 17 game 18 Virginia Tech 67, Maryland 66 Virginia Tech 70, Virginia 69 (OT) Georgia Tech 81, Virginia Tech 70 Jan. 12, 2008 • 2 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Jan. 16, 2008 • 7 p.m. • Charlottesville, Va. Jan. 19, 2008 • 1 p.m. • Atlanta, Ga.

Jeff Allen canned a free throw with 12.4 seconds Deron Washington’s drive and lay-up at the buzzer Virginia Tech was able to fight back to tie the left and the Hokies survived as last-second Maryland enabled the Virginia Tech Hokies to capture a thrilling game after trailing by 16 points at the half, but were 3-point attempt to notch a hard-fought 67-66 Atlantic 70-69 overtime victory over in-state rival Virginia in an unable to hold on and fell to Georgia Tech, 81-70, in Coast Conference victory over the Terrapins at Cassell ACC game played Wednesday night in Charlottesville. Alexander Memorial Coliseum on Saturday afternoon in Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. With the win - the Hokies’ second straight one- Atlanta. With the win, Tech has now registered victories in point victory - Tech snapped a nine-game losing streak The Yellow Jackets took a 39-23 lead into four of its past five games, moving to 10-6 overall, 1-1 in Charlottesville. The Hokies hadn’t won in UVa’s intermission, but the Hokies tied the game, 55-55 on a in the league, on the season. Maryland (10-7, 1-1 ACC), house since 1968 - 40 years ago when Stan Kerrick’s three-pointer by Malcolm Delaney with 8:27 remaining played without starting guard Eric Hayes (injured ankle). three free throws in the final 20 seconds lifted the in the contest. Georgia Tech finished the game on a The Hokies trailed by five points with 1:45 left Hokies to an 84-82 victory. 26-15 run, led primarily by Matt Causey, who scored 18 after Maryland’s Bombale Osby made the first of two free- UVa held a 69-68 lead and actually had the ball, of his game-high 20 points in the second half. throw attempts. But Tech shut Maryland out the rest of but Cavaliers guard Calvin Baker missed a jumper with The Hokies, now 11-7 overall and 2-2 in ACC the game and scored the final six points. 48 seconds left and Tech got the rebound. Washington, action, placed four players in double-figures, led by With the score tied at 66, a wide-open Allen got not the greatest of 3-point shooters, took a 3 with Deron Washington’s 15 points. Malcolm Delaney and the ball in the post from teammate A.D. Vassallo, and 14 seconds left, but missed. A battle for the rebound Jeff Allen scored 13 points and A.D. Vassallo scored 10 Osby fouled him with 12.4 ticks to go to keep Allen from resulted in the ball eventually rolling out of bounds off points in the loss. scoring. Following a timeout, Allen - a 69.4 percent free- the hands of UVa’s Adrian Joseph. Georgia Tech, now 8-9 overall and 1-3 in league throw shooter coming into the game - made the first one Tech then ran an inbounds play and freshman play, was led by Causey’s 30 points. Anthony Morrow to give Tech a 67-66 lead, but missed the second. After a Hank Thorns nearly had the ball stripped, but it went added 17 points for the Yellow Jackets and Jeremis mad scramble for the rebound, the Terrapins got the ball out of bounds off UVa with four seconds remaining. Smith had 13 points and 10 rebounds. and called a timeout with nine seconds remaining. With no timeouts, Tech head coach Seth Greenberg The Hokies outrebounded Georgia Tech, 38-33. Terp point guard Greivis Vasquez brought the called out a play called ‘Stack.’ The shot set off a wild Virginia Tech committed 24 turnovers in the game, ball down the court, got a screen from James Gist, and celebration among Tech players, who rallied from a while forcing the Yellow Jackets into 24 turnovers. launched an off-balance 3-pointer that was heavily nine-point deficit with under 10 minutes remaining. There were a combined 56 personal fouls in the game. challenged by Tech’s Deron Washington. The ball bounced Both teams missed on chances to win the game The Hokies were 24 of 36 from the line and Georgia wildly off the rim and the Hokies pulled down the in regulation. Tech managed to tie the game on two Tech was 19 of 31 from the charity stripe. rebound as time expired, preserving the win. Jeff Allen free throws with 1:34 to go in regulation. The great defensive play capped a tremendousrally. Baker missed a jumper for UVa with 30 seconds left and Trailing 66-61, the Hokies cut the Maryland lead to 66- Tech’s Malcolm Delaney missed a hotly contested shot 63 on a short jumper by point guard Hank Thorns with with three ticks to go. 1:32 to go. After Gist missed a contested lay-up on the A.D. Vassallo paced the Hokies with 22 points, Terps’ next possession, the Hokies pushed the ball up hitting five 3-pointers. Washington and Allen finished the court and Thorns passed up a shot, making instead with 11 points each. Tech offset a poor shooting night a nice pass to Delaney, who drilled a 3-pointer from the (35.7 percent) by out-rebounding the Cavaliers 47-39. wing to tie the game with 52 seconds left. The Hokies also survived a huge night from UVa’s Sean Singletary, who scored a game-high 34 points. He tied a career-high with 10 rebounds and finished with VIRGINIA TECH (11-7, 2-2 ACC) Maryland (10-7, 0-2 ACC) his third career double-double. Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 24 4-8 5-7 6 0 3 5 13 Milbourne, f 23 2-6 1-1 4 1 1 3 6 VIRGINIA TECH (11-6, 2-1 ACC) Washington, f 34 3-11 9-11 8 2 3 4 15 Gist, f 34 6-15 3-4 7 0 3 4 16 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Diakite, c 17 1-2 1-4 3 0 0 2 3 Osby, f 34 4-6 6-10 12 1 4 5 14 Allen, f 28 4-10 3-5 8 0 3 3 11 Vassallo, g 40 3-10 4-8 9 1 7 3 10 Vasquez, g 38 2-14 6-6 7 3 6 3 10 Washington, f 38 4-11 2-6 4 1 0 4 11 Delaney, g 28 5-10 0-0 3 3 3 4 13 Tucker, g 32 1-3 0-0 1 6 1 2 2 Vassallo, g 40 7-16 3-4 5 1 3 3 22 Bell 5 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 1 2 Walker 2 1-1 2-2 1 0 0 0 4 Hudson, g 20 2-6 0-0 3 3 3 1 4 Hudson 14 2-3 2-2 2 1 0 0 6 Dupree 6 0-2 2-2 1 0 0 1 2 Delaney, g 40 3-10 1-2 5 6 1 3 8 Thorns 27 2-4 2-2 2 5 4 4 7 McAlpin 1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Bell 7 2-4 0-0 1 0 0 0 5 Witcher 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 Bowie 28 6-8 0-1 3 3 2 2 12 Thorns 27 1-6 0-0 4 1 3 2 2 Thompson 6 0-1 1-2 1 0 1 0 1 Neal 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Witcher 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Team 2 2 2 Team 1 Thompson 8 1-5 3-4 3 0 2 0 5 Totals 200 21-51 24-36 38 12 24 27 70 Totals 200 22-55 20-26 37 15 17 20 66 Diakite 13 1-1 0-0 5 0 0 1 2 Team 8 Maryland 33 33 — 66 Totals 200 25-70 12-21 47 12 15 17 70 Virginia Tech 23 47 — 70

Virginia Tech 27 40 — 67 Georgia Tech 39 42 — 81 Virginia Tech 34 29 7 — 70 Virginia 38 25 6 — 69 VIRGINIA TECH (10-6, 1-1 ACC) Georgia Tech (8-9, 1-3 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Virginia (10-5, 0-2 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 36 7-14 3-6 9 1 4 3 17 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Morrow, f 29 5-11 4-6 1 2 1 3 17 Washington, f 40- 1-8 6-7 7 1 2 2 9 Diane, f 38 3-10 2-5 9 2 3 4 8 Smith, f 31 4-7 5-7 10 0 3 3 13 Diakite, c 18 1-4 1-2 5 1 1 3 3 Joseph, f 39 4-13 0-0 8 0 1 1 11 Lawal, c 20 3-8 2-4 4 0 1 4 8 Vassallo, g 26 5-11 3-4 8 0 1 3 16 Scott, f 21 1-6 1-2 5 0 1 4 3 Miller, g 18 1-1 3-5 1 4 3 0 5 Delaney, g 29 2-5 7-8 2 2 2 2 13 Baker, g 33 2-8 0-1 0 3 2 0 5 Bell, g 26 1-3 0-0 0 3 2 5 2 Bell 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 Singletary, g 44 12-21 5-6 10 3 4 3 34 Clinch 23 0-2 0-1 2 1 3 4 0 Hudson 10 1-5 0-0 2 0 1 0 2 Jones 11 0-2 2-2 1 0 0 0 2 Causey 22 9-14 5-7 2 2 5 3 30 Thorns 29 3-9 0-1 5 4 2 3 7 Tucker 12 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 2 0 Storrs 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Vinson 4 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Pettinella 20 2-2 2-2 2 0 2 4 6 Peacock 19 0-4 0-0 4 2 2 4 0 Witcher 4 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 Tat 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Aminu 11 3-5 0-1 4 1 0 2 6 Thompson 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Meyinsse 4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 Team 5 1 Team 1 Team 0 Totals 200 26-55 19-31 33 15 21 29 81 Totals 200 20-57 20-28 40 11 16 18 67 Totals 200 24-63 12-18 39 9 14 20 69 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 41.2 3FG% 26.7 FT% 66.7 MD FG% 40.0 3FG% 16.7 FT% 76.9 VT FG% 35.7 3FG% 26.7 FT% 57.1 GT FG% 47.3 3FG% 47.6 FT% 61.3 VT FG% 35.1 3FG% 41.2 FT% 71.4 VA FG% 38.1 3FG% 36.0 FT% 66.7 3-POINTERS: VT 4 (Delaney 3, Thorns 1) 3-POINTERS: MD 2 (Milbourne, Gist 1) 3-POINTERS: VT 8 (Vassallo 5, Wash., Delaney, Bell 1) GT 10 (Causey 7, Morrow 3) VT 7 (Vassallo 3, Delan. 2, Thorns, Wash. 1) VA 9 (Singletary 5, Joseph 3, Baker 1) BLOCKS: VT 4 (Washington, Diakite, Bell, Witcher 1) BLOCKS: MD 6 (Gist 3, Osby 2, Vasquez 1) BLOCKS: VT 3 (Allen, Washington, Diakite 1) GT 3 (Lawal, Clinch, Peacock 1) VT 6 (Allen 3, Washington 2, Diakite 1) VA 2 (Tucker 2) STEALS: VT 6 (Allen, Thorns 2, Witcher, Thomp. 1) STEALS: MD 8 (Tucker 3, Osby, Vasquez 2) STEALS: VT 4 (Allen, Wash., Thorns, Thompson 1) GT 13 (Clinch 5, Lawal, Miller, Aminu 2) VT 10 (Allen 5, Thorns 3, Washington 2) VA 6 (Singletary 3, Baker 2, Joseph 1) OFFICIALS: Clinton, Kelly, Steed OFFICIALS: Eades, Natili, Nestor OFFICIALS: Burr, Kitts, Dorsey TECHNICAL FOULS: VT 2 - Allen, Team; GT - None TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 14,433 ATTENDANCE: 9,191 gamegame 19 7 gamegame 20 7 gamegame 21 7 Duke 81, Virginia Tech 64 Virginia Tech 81, Boston College 73 (OT) Virginia Tech 89, Florida State 80 Jan. 24, 2008 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Jan. 26, 2008 • 4 p.m. Jan. 29, 2008 • 9 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Chestnut Hill, Mass. Playing without suspended starter Jeff Allen, the The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team jumped out Virginia Tech men’s basketball team stayed with the Duke Virginia Tech used a balanced scoring attack and to a huge first-half lead and never looked back, leading Blue Devils for a little more than 20 minutes, but the efficient ball-handling to defeat Boston College, 81-73, in wire to wire en route to an 89-80 victory over Florida State nation’s No. 4-ranked team pulled away in the second overtime Saturday afternoon at the Conte Forum. in an ACC game played Tuesday night at Cassell Coliseum. half, knocking off the Hokies 81-64 in an ACC game played The Hokies, now 12-8 overall and 3-3 in ACC play, With the victory, the Hokies moved to 13-8 overall, Thursday night at Cassell Coliseum. took a 41-33 lead into the locker room at the half and led 4-3 in the ACC. Tech also took care of some personal The loss - Tech’s first at Cassell Coliseum this season by as many as 10 points in the second half, before Boston demons, having lost eight of the previous nine meetings - marked the Hokies’ second straight as they fell to 11-8 College tied the game, 55-55, with 7:54 remaining. The with the Seminoles, including three of four since the overall on the season, 2-3 in the ACC. Duke won for the game remained close throughout the end of regulation. Hokies joined the ACC. Florida State fell to 13-9 overall (2- sixth straight time, improving to 16-1 overall (4-0 ACC). Tech led 66-63 when Rakim Sanders hit a three-point field 5 ACC), and lost for the fifth time in the past six games. Duke grabbed an 11-point lead in the first half and goal with 3.6 seconds remaining to send the game into OT. Tech, which scored the most points in a game this appeared to be ready to run away with things, but the In the extra session, Hokie freshman guard Hank season, jumped out to a 19-4 lead from the onset and led Hokies responded with a run right before halftime. Over a Thorns keyed the Tech victory, scoring nine of his 11 by as many as 20 points in the first half before taking an 6:30 span, they outscored the Blue Devils 22-12 and cut points in OT. The Hokies struggled from the line in 18-point lead into the locker room. The Hokies shot nearly the lead to 39-38 on a dunk by freshman J.T. Thompson regulation, but hit all six free throw attempts in OT to 61 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes. with 52 seconds remaining in the half. A Taylor King secure the win. In the second half, the Hokies weren’t quite so hot 3-pointer with 38 seconds left enabled the Blue Devils to Deron Washington led five Hokies in double-figures from the floor. Instead they used some solid free-throw take a 42-38 lead at the break. with 19 points and added eight rebounds. A.D. Vassallo shooting, particularly down the stretch, to hold off the The Hokies got off on the right foot to start the and J.T. Thompson each scored 14 points. Both recorded Seminoles. Tech connected on 17-of-24 in the final 2:19 as second half, as A.D. Vassallo canned a 3-pointer on Tech’s double-doubles, with 11 and 12 rebounds respectively. Florida State started fouling to get back in the game. first possession. But Duke freshman Kyle Singler took over Thompson’s point and rebound totals represent career- FSU shaved Tech’s lead to five points, 83-78, on two and the Blue Devils never looked back. highs in both categories. Malcolm Delaney added 13 points free throws by Toney Douglas with 47.3 seconds to go. Singler scored nine of the Blue Devils’ next 11 points and Thorns recorded his 11 points. But they got no closer, as Tech made 6-of-8 from the free- as Duke pulled away. The Blue Devils’ defense, and some Boston College, now 12-6 overall (3-2 ACC), was led throw line in the waning moments to seal the game. The sloppy ball-handling by the Hokies, enabled them to by Tyrese Rice, who scored a game-high 27 points. Sanders Hokies connected on 35-of-47 from the line for the game. eventually open a 17-point lead. Tech got no closer than was the only other Eagle in double-figures, with 17 points. Tech placed five scorers in double figures, led by A.D. 14 points the final nine minutes of the game. The Hokies made just 16 of 29 free throw attempts, Vassallo’s 22 points. Vassallo had made just 3-of-15 from Tech only shot 41.1 percent from the floor for the but out rebounded BC, 51-42 and took a 20-14 advantage beyond the 3-point arc the past three games, but canned game, but the big thing that hurt was the turnovers. For on the offensive glass. Tech committed a season-low tying 4-of-8 from beyond the arc against FSU and 6-of-12 from the second straight game, the Hokies turned the ball over eight turnovers in the 45 minutes of action. the floor overall. Hank Thorns added 15 points, while more than 20 times, committing 22 against Duke. The Hokies were playing their second game without Deron Washington recorded his third double-double of The Hokies also hurt themselves at the free-throw starter Jeff Allen, who was serving a two-game suspension. the season and the seventh of his career with 14 points line. Tech made just 16-of-27 (59.3%) from the stripe. Thompson has started both of the games in place of and 10 boards. Malcolm Delaney had 13 points and J.T. Vassallo led Tech with 16 points and also grabbed a Allen and has taken full advantage of the opportunity. He Thompson had 11. team-high nine boards. Thompson - who got the start in entered Thursday night’s Duke game having scored just Florida State had four players in double figures, with place of Allen, who was suspended two games for bumping six points in the team’s first four ACC games and has set Jason Rich leading the charge with 22 points. an official in a loss Saturday at Georgia Tech - had a career highs in points and in rebounds in each of the last career-high 13 points and eight rebounds. two games. Florida State (13-9, 2-5 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP #4/#3 Duke (16-1, 4-0 ACC) Echefu, f 23 1-4 3-4 7 0 3 3 5 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP VIRGINIA TECH (12-8, 3-3 ACC) Reid, f 28 4-6 3-4 6 1 2 2 11 Singler, f 30 6-14 3-4 9 1 2 3 16 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Swann, g 25 3-5 0-0 1 1 6 5 8 Thomas, f 18 2-2 2-2 5 0 1 4 6 Thompson, f 35 7-11 0-2 12 1 1 4 14 Douglas, g 32 5-10 4-6 0 6 3 4 17 Paulus, g 29 3-9 3-3 2 3 0 1 10 Washington, f 42 8-19 3-7 8 2 1 2 19 Rich, g 34 8-12 2-2 3 1 3 4 22 Henderson, g 30 4-7 3-8 4 0 5 3 12 Diakite, c 21 3-4 1-3 8 0 1 1 7 DeMercy 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 2 0 Nelson, g 31 4-11 2-5 4 4 1 5 10 Vassallo, g 38 5-16 4-7 11 0 1 4 14 O’Donnell 0+ 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Smith 17 3-7 2-3 4 4 2 1 8 Delaney, g 36 4-8 3-4 2 2 0 4 13 Mims 34 5-11 5-6 3 4 2 4 17 McClure 6 2-3 0-0 1 1 0 3 4 Bell 10 0-1 1-2 3 3 1 5 1 Vaughn 8 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 King 14 3-5 0-0 3 1 0 1 9 Hudson 9 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Hoff 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 2 0 Scheyer 25 2-3 0-0 2 1 1 4 6 Thorns 29 3-7 4-4 2 4 2 3 11 Zitani 7 0-1 0-0 2 1 0 2 0 Team 2 Witcher 5 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Team 1 1 Totals 200 29-61 15-25 36 15 12 25 81 Team 5 1 Totals 200 26-51 17-22 24 15 22 29 80 Totals 225 31-70 16-29 51 12 8 24 81 Duke 42 39 — 81 Florida State 24 56 — 80 Virginia Tech 38 26 — 64 Virginia Tech 41 25 15 — 81 Virginia Tech 42 47 — 89 Virginia 33 33 7 — 73 VIRGINIA TECH (13-8, 4-3 ACC) VIRGINIA TECH (11-8, 2-3 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Boston College (12-6, 3-2 ACC) Thompson, f 28 2-3 7-8 5 1 0 1 11 Washington, f 34 2-9 8-13 7 3 6 5 12 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Washington, f 35 4-14 6-8 10 3 4 3 14 Thompson, f 25 6-8 1-3 8 0 2 3 13 Roche, f 11 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Diakite, c 9 1-1 0-0 0 0 2 3 2 Vassallo, g 38 7-16 0-1 9 0 3 2 16 Spears, f 34 3-10 1-1 10 1 1 3 7 Vassallo, g 36 6-12 6-8 4 1 3 2 22 Hudson, g 16 0-2 0-0 3 0 1 2 0 Blair, c 29 1-3 3-4 6 1 1 4 5 Delaney, g 24 4-6 4-4 3 3 1 5 13 Delaney, g 17 1-6 2-2 0 0 4 5 4 Rice, g 45 9-20 5-7 4 2 1 4 27 Allen 20 3-5 1-3 5 0 4 2 7 Bell 23 3-3 3-5 5 2 1 3 9 Sanders, g 32 5-17 6-11 9 2 3 5 17 Bell 7 1-2 3-4 0 0 0 2 5 Thorns 33 2-9 2-2 1 4 5 3 6 Paris 29 2-3 2-2 0 0 1 3 6 Hudson 8 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Witcher 3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 Raji 29 4-9 1-4 6 1 1 2 9 Thorns 24 3-4 8-12 2 3 2 3 15 Diakite 11 2-3 0-1 2 0 0 1 4 Oates 16 0-1 2-2 2 1 0 3 2 Witcher 9 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 1 0 Team 1 Team 3 Team 0 Totals 200 23-56 16-27 38 9 22 24 64 Totals 225 24-64 20-31 42 8 8 24 73 Totals 200 24-49 35-47 31 12 17 22 89

PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: DU FG% 47.5 3FG% 36.4 FT% 60.0 VT FG% 44.3 3FG% 18.8 FT% 55.2 FSU FG% 51.0 3FG% 57.9 FT% 77.3 VT FG% 41.1 3FG% 15.4 FT% 59.3 BC FG% 37.5 3FG% 33.3 FT% 64.5 VT FG% 49.0 3FG% 40.0 FT% 74.5 3-POINTERS: DU 8 (King 3, Scheyer 2) 3-POINTERS: VT 3 (Delaney 2, Thorns 1) VT 2 (Vassallo 2) BC 5 (Rice 4, Sanders 1) 3-POINTERS: FSU 11 (Rich 4, Douglas 3, Mims, Swann 2) BLOCKS: DU 4 (Singler 2, Thomas, Paulus 1) BLOCKS: VT 3 (Thompson 2, Diakite 1) VT 6 (Vassallo 4, Delaney, Thorns 1) VT 8 (Diakite, Wash., 3, Thomp., Vas. 1) BC 8 (Blair 6, Sanders, Oates 1) BLOCKS: FSU 1 (Echefu 1) STEALS: DU 11 (Nelson 3, Singler, Thomas 2) STEALS: VT 3 (Thompson, Vassallo, Thorns 1) VT 5 (Witcher 2, Wash., Vassallo, Allen 1) VT 5 (Thorns 3, Bell 2) BC 3 (Sanders 2, Oates 1) STEALS: FSU 7 (Douglas 3) OFFICIALS: Hess, Kersey, Maxwell OFFICIALS: Eades, Hull, Nestor VT 9 (Wash., Vassallo, Delaney, Allen 2) TECHNICAL FOULS: Duke - Nelson; VT - None TECHNICAL FOULS: None OFFICIALS: Wood, Sirmons, Heater ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 8,062 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 game 22 game 23 game 24 Virginia Tech 72, Virginia 65 (OT) NC State 73, Virginia Tech 63 Miami 74, Virginia Tech 71 Feb. 2, 2008 • 1 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. Feb. 5, 2008 • 7 p.m. • Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 9, 2008 • 2 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va.

For the second time this season, the Tech-UVa Cold shooting early in the game put the Hokies Virginia Tech tried to rally from a 10-point deficit men’s basketball game went into OT, and for the second behind from the onset, and despite cutting the lead to with just under four minutes to go in the game, but the time this season, the Hokies came away victorious. five late in the game, they never caught up, falling to NC Hokies’ Deron Washington misfired on an off-balance Tech outscored UVa 18-11 in the extra period, State 73-63 in an ACC contest played Tuesday night at 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have sent it to including a 10-of-16 performance from the free-throw the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. overtime and Tech ended up dropping a 74-71 decision line, on its way to a 72-65 win over the Cavaliers in an The loss snapped the Hokies’ three-game winning to Miami in an ACC game played Saturday afternoon at ACC game played Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum. streak and left them at 14-9 overall on the season, 5-4 Cassell Coliseum. The victory completed the season sweep and in the league. NC State knocked off Tech for the sixth With the loss, Tech fell to 14-10 (5-5 ACC). Miami marked Tech’s third straight win and its fifth in the past straight time in improving to 15-7 overall, 4-4 (ACC). snapped a three-game losing streak with the win, seven games. It puts the Hokies at 14-8 overall on the Tech came out cold from the start, hitting just one moving to 16-7 overall, 3-6 in the league. season, 5-3 in the ACC at the halfway point. UVa fell to of its first 11 shots from the floor. In contrast, the Wolf- Tech sliced that Miami lead down to two points 11-9, 1-6 in the league. pack drained six of its first 10 shots and Dennis Horner’s after a Hank Thorns lay-up with 3.6 seconds remaining. The Hokies got it going and continued their 3-pointer gave them a 13-2 lead eight minutes into the Washington then fouled Miami’s Jimmy Graham with succession in overtimes under Greenberg. Tech is 7-1 in game. Later in the first half, NC State went on an 11-0 2.4 seconds to go, sending Graham - a 53.1-percent ACC overtime games since joining the league and won its run and took a 19-point lead on Gavin Grant’s bucket with free-throw shooter to the line. Graham made one of two third overtime game of the season. 5:35 remaining. The Wolfpack led by 14 at the break. attempts to give Miami a 74-71 lead. Tech trailed by seven with under six minutes to go, The Hokies managed to rally in the second half, The Hokies then threw the ball the length of the but rallied down the stretch, thanks in large part to an 11- using some warmer shooting - they shot 51.6 percent court, but a Miami player knocked it out of bounds 2 run that ultimately helped the Hokies grab the lead, 52- in the final 20 minutes - to cut the lead to five points, with less than two seconds remaining. With a last 50, after Vassallo’s 3-pointer with 1:34 to go in regulation. 68-63, on a driving lay-up by Vassallo with 1:12 remain- chance, Thorns threw the ball inbounds to Washington, The Hokies then grabbed a 54-52 lead on two ing. But the Hokies never scored again. NC State’s J.J. who didn’t catch it cleanly and missed a prayer from incredible plays by Deron Washington. First, he ripped away Hickson canned two free throws with 52 seconds remain- the left wing as the final horn sounded. a rebound after UVa’s Sean Singletary missed a 3-pointer. ing to build the lead back to seven and the Wolfpack ul- Tech climbed back into this game in the second He then pushed the ball up the floor and tossed it ahead timately hit 3-of-4 from the line in the final 33 seconds half largely because of the play of junior forward A.D. to Vassallo, who missed a tough lay-up attempt. But to account for the final margin. Vassallo. Vassallo scored 19 of the Hokies’ final 27 Washington followed with a one-handed follow-up dunk that Tech placed four players in double figures, led points and hit seven of his final eight shots from the gave the Hokies the two-point lead with 13.9 seconds to go. by Vassallo’s 16 points. He hit 7-of-14 from the floor, floor. He finished with a game-high - and a season high Singletary, though, tied the game at 54 on two including 2-of-5 from beyond the 3-point arc. Jeff Allen for him - 24 points, hitting 9-of-15 from the floor and free throws with 7.9 ticks remaining. Tech had a chance added 15 points and Deron Washington finished with 4-of-7 from beyond the 3-point arc. to win it at the end of regulation, but J.T. Thompson and 12. J.T. Thompson scored 10 points and grabbed five Miami got a huge game from guard Jack McClinton, Malcolm Delaney both missed point-blank attempts at rebounds, tying Vassallo for team high in that category. who scored 19. He scored 15 in the second half and hit the buzzer following a Hank Thorns shot, thus sending Hickson, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound freshman, led the all three of his 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes. the game into overtime. Wolfpack with 21 points. He hit 4-of-6 from the floor and Tech actually made five more shots than Miami The Hokies dominated the overtime session, opening really hurt the Hokies at the free-throw line, knocking and the same number of 3-pointers. But the Hokies got OT with a 10-2 run. Singletary tried to keep the Cavs in it down 13-of-17. As a team, the Wolfpack hit 24-of-30 pounded on the boards 35-20. They also put Miami on - he scored 10 of their 11 points in OT - but Tech’s free- from the stripe, while Tech only got to the line 10 times, the free-throw line 25 times and the ‘Canes - shooting throw shooting staved off any hope of a UVa comeback. making seven of them. 71 percent from the stripe as a team - hit 21 of those attempts. Tech only got to the line 12 times. Virginia (11-9, 1-6 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Joseph, f 42 3-9 0-0 8 3 0 3 8 VIRGINIA TECH (14-9, 5-4 ACC) Miami (16-7, 3-6 ACC) Scott, f 28 2-5 5-7 3 0 3 3 9 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Baker, g 29 0-2 0-0 2 4 3 4 0 Allen, f 32 6-11 3-4 3 0 3 4 15 Collins, f 19 3-7 2-2 5 0 2 0 8 Diane, g 36 2-8 3-7 4 0 2 3 8 Washington, f 32 5-8 2-4 1 1 1 5 12 King, c 25 2-6 2-2 11 1 3 2 6 Singletary, g 37 6-15 11-14 5 2 3 4 26 Diakite, c 10 1-2 0-0 2 0 0 2 2 Hurdle, g 20 1-4 3-4 3 2 0 4 5 Jones 14 0-2 0-1 1 0 2 3 0 Vassallo, g 36 7-14 0-0 5 2 3 3 16 Dews, g 24 3-5 0-0 3 1 1 2 7 McClinton, g 34 6-13 4-5 1 1 4 1 19 Farrakhan 5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Delaney, g 25 1-5 2-2 1 3 6 1 4 Graham 18 0-2 3-4 7 1 3 3 3 Tucker 17 4-7 0-0 5 0 1 1 10 Bell 6 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Hudson 7 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Rios 18 4-7 3-4 0 1 2 1 14 Pettinella 15 2-3 0-0 1 0 1 5 4 Thorns 15 2-4 0-0 1 2 1 0 4 Asbury 24 3-4 4-4 3 0 1 0 10 Meyinsse 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 Witcher 12 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Hicks 18 1-3 0-0 1 0 2 4 2 Team 4 Thompson 25 5-9 0-0 5 0 1 5 10 Team 1 Totals 225 19-53 19-29 33 9 15 30 65 Team 3 Totals 200 23-51 21-25 35 7 18 17 74 Totals 200 27-57 7-10 23 9 15 21 63 Virginia 26 28 11 — 65 Miami 28 46 — 74 Virginia Tech 25 29 18 — 72 Virginia Tech 23 40 — 63 Virginia Tech 26 45 — 71 NC State 37 36 — 73 VIRGINIA TECH (14-8, 5-3 ACC) Virginia Tech (14-10, 5-5 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP NC State (15-7, 4-4 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 28 4-6 4-8 6 0 2 3 12 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 39 7-8 1-2 7 0 2 3 16 Washington, f 43 3-14 9-14 12 3 1 3 15 Hickson, f 35 4-6 13-17 4 2 3 2 21 Washington, f 37 3-9 3-5 2 4 3 4 9 Vassallo, g 27 5-9 1-2 2 1 1 4 14 Grant, f 34 4-9 3-3 4 2 6 3 11 Thompson, f 15 4-6 2-3 1 0 0 3 10 Thorns, g 30 1-5 3-6 2 4 3 3 5 McCauley, f 34 3-4 2-2 3 0 2 1 8 Vassallo, g 37 9-15 2-2 2 3 3 3 24 Delaney, g 39 3-9 4-4 5 1 2 5 10 Gonzalez, g 29 4-7 0-0 5 3 3 1 11 Delaney, g 32 3-8 0-0 3 5 2 4 7 Bell 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Fells, g 32 4-8 3-5 3 4 4 3 14 Bell 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Hudson 10 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Johnson 11 0-1 0-0 1 3 1 3 0 Thorns 21 2-4 0-0 1 4 2 2 5 Witcher 15 3-6 4-4 4 0 0 1 10 Smith 11 0-0 0-0 4 1 1 2 0 Witcher 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Thompson 27 3-5 0-0 7 0 1 3 6 Horner 14 2-4 3-3 2 0 1 0 8 Diakite 12 0-1 0-0 3 0 1 1 0 Diakite 1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 Team 2 1 Team 1 Team 4 Totals 200 21-39 24-30 28 15 22 15 73 Totals 200 28-51 8-12 20 16 14 21 71 Totals 225 22-56 25-38 43 9 12 24 72 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 47.4 3FG% 20.0 FT% 70.0 UM FG% 45.1 3FG% 43.8 FT% 84.0 VA FG% 35.8 3FG% 38.1 FT% 65.5 NCSU FG% 53.8 3FG% 46.7 FT% 80.0 VT FG% 54.9 3FG% 43.8 FT% 66.7 VT FG% 39.3 3FG% 21.4 FT% 65.8 3-POINTERS: VT 2 (Vassallo 2) 3-POINTERS: UM 7 (McClinton, Rios 3, Dews 1) 3-POINTERS: VA 8 (Singletary 3, Joseph, Tucker 2) NCSU 7 (Fells, Gonzalez 3, Horner 1) VT 7 (Vassallo 4, Delaney, Thorns, Allen 1) VT 3 (Vassallo 3) BLOCKS: VT 4 (Wash., Diakite, Vassallo, Thomp., 1) BLOCKS: UM 2 (Collins, King 1) BLOCKS: VA 2 (Joseph, Diane 1) NCSU 9 (Hickson, Fells, Horner 2) VT 3 (Allen, Thompson, Diakite 1) VT 4 (Thompson 2, Allen, Vassallo 1) STEALS: VT 13 (Allen 6, Thorns, Thompson 2) STEALS: UM 9 (Collins, Dews, Rios 2) STEALS: VA 5 (Joseph, Scott, Baker, Singl., Jones 1) NCSU 8 (Hickson, Fells 3) VT 8 (Allen 3, Thompson 2) VT 4 (Allen, Wash., Witcher, Thompson 1) OFFICIALS: Wood, Maxwell, Clinton OFFICIALS: Valentine, Nestor, Natili OFFICIALS: Luckie, Natili, Kelly TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 15,982 ATTENDANCE: 9,847 gamegame 25 7 gamegame 26 7 gamegame 27 7 North Carolina 92, Virginia Tech 53 Virginia Tech 69, Maryland 65 Virginia Tech 92, Georgia Tech 84 Feb. 16, 2008 • 1 p.m. • Chapel Hill, N.C. Feb. 20, 2008 • 9 p.m. • College Park, Md. Feb. 23, 2008 • 2 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va.

Rebounding and cold shooting turned out to be the The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team twice Playing at home for the first time in two weeks, the undoing of the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team as rallied from double-digit deficits and played near-flawless Virginia Tech men’s basketball team got a season-high 27 the Hokies got off to a terrible start and never recovered, basketball in the final five minutes to record a 69-65 upset points from forward A.D. Vassallo -including the 1,000th falling 92-53 to No. 5 North Carolina in an ACC game over Maryland in an ACC game played Wednesday night in point of his career - and used some impressive free-throw played Saturday afternoon at the Dean E. Smith Center. front of 17,950 fans at the Comcast Center. shooting to avenge an early-season loss to Georgia Tech, The loss marked the Hokies’ worst since joining the With the win, Tech snapped a three-game losing streak, knocking off the Yellow Jackets 92-84 in an ACC game ACC and the worst under head coach Seth Greenberg. Tech moving to 15-11 overall and an even 6-6 in the ACC. The played Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum. lost for the third straight time and saw its modest two- Hokies also won at Maryland for the first time since 1951 The victory marked the Hokies’ second in a row game winning streak over the Tar Heels come to an end. and they won their third ACC road game of the season. Only following their debacle exactly one week ago at UNC. The Hokies are now 14-11 overall (5-6 ACC) on the season. UNC (6) and Duke (4) have won more league road games. They moved to 16-11 (7-6 ACC), and more importantly, North Carolina moved to 24-2 overall (9-2 ACC). Maryland fell to 17-10 overall (7-5 ACC). The Terps clinched a winning season - the fourth in head coach Seth Nothing went right for the Hokies, who fell behind 6-0 had won 11 of their previous 14 games before Wed. night. Greenberg’s five years at Tech - which isn’t bad for a team and 10-3 right from the onset. They trailed by just seven, The Hokies trailed by as many as 14 in the first half picked to finish 10th in the ACC in the preseason poll. 16-9, after A.D. Vassallo made the second of back-to-back before using a 15-3 run to close the half and get back in In this one, the Hokies registered a season high in baskets with 13:44 remaining in the first half. But UNC the game. After playing poorly for most of the half, Tech points, but the game wasn’t pretty by any stretch, as both went on a 13-4 run after that to blow open the game and trailed only 31-29 at the break. teams played physical from the start, turning the game take a 29-13 lead. A 14-5 run to close the half gave UNC a Tech fell behind again early in the second half, as into a 2 1/2-hour free-throw shooting contest. The two 43-23 lead - Tech’s largest halftime deficit of the season. a 9-0 Maryland run gave the Terps a 43-32 lead with just teams combined for 60 fouls and 83 free-throw attempts. The smaller Hokies got pounded on the boards by a under 14 minutes to go. But again, the Hokies rallied. A In fact, the officiating crew called 20 fouls in the first 11 count of 30-11 in the first 20 minutes alone and shot only 21-8 run ended when A.D. Vassallo canned a 3-pointer minutes of the game. 25.9 percent from the floor. Ten turnovers also didn’t help. with 3:30 left for a 53-51 lead - the first lead of the game. The Hokies, who normally aren’t the strongest of free- For the game, Tech got out-rebounded 54-24 and Vassallo’s 3 came near the beginning of a stretch of throw shooting teams (67.9 percent coming in), drained shot 25.9 percent from the floor. The Hokies made seven perfect execution for the Hokies. Tech closed out the game 36-of-49 from the stripe - season highs in both categories baskets in each half. North Carolina came into the game by scoring on its final 13 possessions. The Hokies hit six - for a more-than-respectable 73.5 percent. Vassallo and leading the nation in rebounding margin at 11.4 per game. of their final eight shots from the floor - including 3-of-4 Malcolm Delaney combined to hit 23-of-29. Malcolm Delaney was the lone bright spot for the from beyond the 3-point arc - and drained 8-of-12 from The Hokies led the entire second half, but saw a nice Hokies. The freshman from Baltimore scored a career-high the free-throw line in the final 57.5 seconds. margin trimmed to three points, 70-67, on a basket by 20 points, hitting 4-of-10 from the floor, including three Vassallo, who hit two huge 3-pointers down the stretch, GT’s Maurice Miller with 6:31 left to play. But much like it 3-pointers. He also drained 9-of-11 from the free-throw led the Hokies with 19 points. But the man of the game was did in the Maryland game on Wed. night, VT responded by line and he had four steals. Allen, who recorded his first double-double (14 pts., 14 dominating the final five minutes of the game. rebs.) in an ACC game and his seventh total. He scored After Miller’s basket, the Hokies scored eight straight VIRGINIA TECH (14-11, 5-6 ACC) nine of those 14 in the second half. and used a 10-1 run to jump out to an 80-68 lead on Jeff Hank Thorns scored only five points, but he drilled a Allen’s two free throws with 4:01 remaining. The Hokies Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP huge 3-pointer with 2:14 left for a 58-54 lead, and he also didn’t score a field goal the final 4:54, but didn’t need to. Allen, f 28 2-8 2-4 7 0 6 4 6 finished with four assists and no turnovers in 19 minutes. Instead, they drained 14-of-16 from the free-throw line in Washington, f 26 2-7 2-4 3 2 1 3 7 More impressively, he recorded a career-high six steals in the final four minutes to keep the Yellow Jackets at bay. Thompson, f 24 1-8 2-2 2 1 2 3 4 pestering point guard Greivis Vasquez into a six-turnover Delaney, g 22 4-10 9-11 2 0 2 4 20 night (though Vasquez scored 25 points). Georgia Tech (11-14, 4-7 ACC) Vassallo, g 28 3-13 2-2 3 1 4 3 8 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Bell 10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 VIRGINIA TECH (15-11, 6-6 ACC) Bell, f 26 1-3 4-4 3 2 1 4 6 Hudson 12 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Lawal, f 21 1-5 2-4 3 1 3 3 4 Travis 3 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 Allen, f 30 6-15 2-6 14 2 1 3 14 Smith, f 21 5-6 5-7 2 0 1 4 15 Thorns 26 1-5 4-5 2 6 4 2 6 Witcher, f 18 1-2 1-2 5 0 1 2 3 Miller, g 31 7-13 13-14 4 5 2 1 29 Vinson 4 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Washington, f 32 4-10 3-4 7 5 3 3 12 Morrow, g 25 6-10 2-3 3 2 1 4 18 Witcher 6 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Delaney, g 32 4-7 1-1 2 0 5 2 9 Clinch 17 1-7 0-0 0 1 0 2 2 Diakite 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Vassallo, g 38 5-11 6-7 3 2 3 3 19 Causey 10 0-0 2-2 2 2 3 3 2 Storrs 12 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 5 0 Team 3 Bell 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Sheehan 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 200 14-54 21-28 24 11 21 27 53 Hudson 21 3-8 0-0 3 1 1 1 7 Peacock 9 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 3 2 Thorns 19 1-2 2-4 3 4 0 2 5 Aminu 23 3-7 0-0 6 0 1 5 6 Virginia Tech 23 30 — 53 Diakite 9 0-4 0-0 1 0 0 1 0 Team 3 North Carolina 43 49 — 92 Team 2 1 Totals 200 25-54 28-34 27 14 13 34 84 Totals 200 24-59 15-24 40 14 14 18 69 #5/5 North Carolina (24-2, 9-2 ACC) Georgia Tech 38 46 — 84 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Virginia Tech 29 40 — 69 Virginia Tech 42 50 — 92 Thompson, f 9 2-4 0-0 1 1 1 2 4 Maryland 31 34 — 65 Hansbrough, f 29 6-13 11-12 9 2 3 2 23 Ginyard, g 27 1-4 2-4 4 2 3 1 5 VIRGINIA TECH (16-11, 7-6 ACC) Maryland (17-10, 7-5 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Thomas, g 28 3-4 0-0 6 7 3 0 6 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 21 2-9 4-4 3 1 2 4 9 Ellington, g 22 7-9 2-2 5 4 2 4 19 Milbourne, f 35 3-6 1-3 4 1 2 5 8 Washington, f 33 2-4 6-10 9 2 3 5 10 Campbell 5 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 Gist, f 29 3-8 1-2 9 2 5 4 7 Witcher, f 16 4-6 0-0 4 0 0 3 8 Graves 10 4-5 0-0 2 1 0 0 10 Osby, f 28 8-12 2-5 4 4 1 2 18 Vassallo, g 38 8-14 10-11 5 2 0 1 27 Green 21 3-7 6-7 7 0 3 1 12 Hayes, g 34 2-8 2-2 3 3 2 3 7 Delaney, g 28 1-4 13-18 4 3 1 3 16 Tanner 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Vasquez, g 36 11-22 0-0 9 5 6 4 25 Bell 4 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 2 2 Wood 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Walker 10 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 3 0 Hudson 11 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 Wooten 3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Dupree 7 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 Thorns 17 1-5 0-0 2 3 0 1 3 Stepheson 21 5-11 1-4 9 0 1 4 11 McAlpin 4 0-0 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 Vinson 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Little 1 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Bowie 11 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 1 0 Thompson 25 5-9 3-6 8 0 2 3 13 Moody 3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Neal 6 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 Diakite 6 1-2 0-0 3 0 2 3 2 Copeland 15 1-1 0-0 4 2 1 1 2 Team 1 Team 3 Team 5 Totals 200 27-58 6-14 36 15 18 22 65 Totals 200 26-57 36-49 42 11 10 26 92 Totals 200 32-64 22-29 54 20 19 17 92 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 40.7 3FG% 35.3 FT% 62.5 GT FG% 46.3 3FG% 30.0 FT% 82.4 VT FG% 25.9 3FG% 22.2 FT% 75.0 MD FG% 46.6 3FG% 35.7 FT% 42.9 VT FG% 45.6 3FG% 33.3 FT% 73.5 UNC FG% 50.0 3FG% 42.9 FT% 75.9 3-POINTERS: VT 6 (Vassallo 3, Wash., Hudson, Thorns 1) 3-POINTERS: VT 4 (Delaney 3, Washington 1) 3-POINTERS: GT 6 (Morrow 4, Miller 2) MD 5 (Vasquez 3, Milbourne, Hayes 1) VT 4 (Allen, Vassallo, Delaney, Thorns 1) UNC 6 (Ellington 3, Graves 2, Ginyard 1) BLOCKS: VT 5 (Allen 3, Washington, Hudson 1) BLOCKS: GT 6 (Aminu 4, Clinch, Miller 1) BLOCKS: VT 7 (Diakite 4, Vass., Allen, Thomp. 1) MD 5 (Osby 3, Gist, Vasquez 1) VT 2 (Thompson, Diakite) UNC 7 (Copeland, Stepheson 2) STEALS: VT 11 (Thorns 6, Allen 3) STEALS: GT 5 (Bell 2, Smith, Miller, Sheehan 1) STEALS: VT 11 (Delaney 4, Thompson, Thorns 2) MD 7 (Vasquez 2) UNC 8 (Hasbrough 2) OFFICIALS: Hess, Maxwell, Heater VT 6 (Washington 3, Delaney 2, Allen 1) OFFICIALS: Hull, Dorsey, Perone TECHNICAL FOULS: Virginia Tech - Team; MD - None OFFICIALS: Luckie, Hess, Eades TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 20,890 ATTENDANCE: 17,950 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 game 28 game 29 game 30 Virginia Tech 67, Boston College 48 Virginia Tech 80, Wake Forest 58 Clemson 70, Virginia Tech 69 Feb. 26, 2008 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. March 4, 2008 • 7 p.m. • Blacksburg, Va. March 9, 2008 • 1:30 p.m. • Clemson, S.C.

The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team played Tech head coach Seth Greenberg couldn’t have Virginia Tech and Clemson had played five times in arguably its best second half of the season, holding written a better script for Senior Night, as Deron men’s hoops since the Hokies entered the ACC and all Boston College to just nine field goals in the second half Washington played his best game of the season and five games had been decided by five points or less. and shooting better than 50 percent for most of the final seldom-used Marcus Travis made a contribution as well in The sixth meeting wasn’t any different. 20 minutes en route to an easy 67-48 victory over the the Hokies’ easy 80-58 steamrolling of Wake Forest in an Tech rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit Eagles in an ACC game played at Cassell Coliseum. ACC game played Tuesday night at Cassell Coliseum. to take a six-point lead in the final minutes, but the The win marked Tech’s third in a row, matching Tech continued its torrid play of late winning for Hokies couldn’t hold on to it, as CU’s Demontez Stitt its longest winning streak of the season. Tech improved the fourth straight time to improve to 18-11 overall, hit two free throws with 3.8 seconds remaining to lift to 17-11 (8-6 ACC) - and moved into sole possession of 9-6 in the ACC. The Hokies clinched at least a tie for the No. 24-ranked Tigers to a 70-69 victory over Tech fourth place in the ACC behind UNC, Duke and Clemson fourth place in the ACC standings and could receive a at Littlejohn Coliseum in the ACC regular-season finale. for the time being. Tech also recorded its third sweep of first-round ACC Tournament bye pending what Miami does The Hokies saw their four-game winning streak the season (Md. and UVa). in its final two games. Wake Forest lost for the fourth come to an end with the loss. Tech closed out the BC, meanwhile, continued its free fall, losing for straight time, falling to 16-12 overall, 6-9 in the ACC. regular season with an 18-12 overall record and a 9-7 the ninth time in the past 10 games. The Eagles fell to Looking fresh after a week off, Tech jumped out to mark in the ACC. Clemson improved to 22-8 (10-6 ACC). 13-13 overall, 4-9 in the league. a 17-3 lead and never looked back, bolting out to a 47- Deron Washington was in line to be the hero for After a lackluster first half in which neither team 26 halftime lead. The Hokies played a sensational first the Hokies after making two great plays in the final 30 did much offensively - Tech led 25-20 at the break - the half of basketball - arguably its best half this season. seconds. First, with Tech trailing 68-67, Washington Hokies busted the game wide open with an 18-4 run They shot 50 percent from the floor, while holding Wake stole the ball from Stitt, reaching around and knocking early in the second half that turned a 30-25 Tech lead to just 27.6 percent, and Tech dished out 15 assists on the ball away from him and into the arms of Jeff Allen into a 48-29 bulge. The Hokies never looked back after 19 baskets compared to just two turnovers. with 29 seconds remaining. that, leading by many as 26 points in the second half. The second half was an extension of the first, as Tech then called a timeout with 15.3 seconds to Tech broke open the game thanks largely to some the Hokies opened the final 20 minutes with a 15-6 run. go to set up a final play. A.D. Vassallo took a short shot hot shooting from A.D. Vassallo, who was held scoreless Malcolm Delaney’s basket with 14:36 remaining gave the in front of the basket that rimmed out, but Washington in the first half for the first time this season. Vassallo Hokies a 62-32 lead and Wake did not come closer than tipped it in with 9.1 seconds left to give the Hokies a scored nine of the Hokies’ 18 points in that run and 18 points the remainder of the game. 69-68 lead. finished with 12 for the game, continuing his streak of Washington scored a season-high 22 points on Stitt, though, pushed the ball up the court and scoring in double figures in every home game this season. 8-of-13 shooting from the floor and grabbed 13 rebounds drove into the lane. Vassallo reached in to try and stop The Hokies got a big game from Jeff Allen, who for his fifth double-double of the season, ninth total. the penetration and was whistled for his fifth foul, posted his eighth double-double (13 pts., 10 reb.) this Travis, the other senior on this year’s squad, got which sent Stitt to the line. A 78.3 percent free-throw season. Allen paced four Tech players in double figures. the first start of his career and actually scored the first shooter, the freshman from Matthews, N.C., made them But the story of the game was Tech’s defense. basket of the game to get both his teammates and the both to give the Tigers a 70-69 lead. Tyrese Rice, the ACC’s second-leading scorer at 20.6 crowd into it. Travis had two points, two steals, and Washington got the inbounds pass after Stitt’s points per game coming in, managed just 15 points. three assists in 12 solid minutes of action. final make and drove to just outside the 3-point line. BC’s 48 points were the fewest allowed by a Tech A.D. Vassallo added 20 points for the Hokies, while He launched an off-balance 3 for the win as the horn team in an ACC game since the Hokies joined the league. Jeff Allen contributed 13. Tech shot 45.3 percent from sounded, but the shot didn’t draw iron. That total also marked a season worst for the Eagles, as the floor and held Wake to just 34 percent. did their 31 percent shooting percentage. VIRGINIA TECH (18-12, 9-7 ACC) Boston College (13-13, 4-9 ACC) Wake Forest (16-12, 6-9 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 28 5-11 1-4 12 1 2 3 11 Raji, f 30 3-8 1-4 10 3 1 2 7 Johnson, f 16 1-6 1-1 4 1 0 1 3 Washington, f 25 4-10 7-9 8 1 2 4 15 Oates, f 18 0-5 1-2 4 0 1 1 1 McFarland, c 25 2-8 6-9 7 1 4 3 10 Witcher, f 19 1-3 2-3 3 0 1 1 4 Blair, c 14 0-4 0-0 3 0 0 1 0 Teague, g 38 6-10 10-10 4 0 1 0 25 Delaney, g 27 1-7 0-0 0 1 2 3 3 Rice, g 38 6-16 2-3 2 0 4 3 15 Smith, g 35 4-9 1-2 2 0 3 3 9 Vassallo, g 39 8-14 4-6 7 5 4 5 23 Sanders, g 33 5-11 0-0 3 2 2 2 13 Williams, g 15 1-5 0-0 2 1 0 0 2 Bell 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Paris 18 0-2 0-0 1 1 3 1 0 Clark 11 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 2 0 Hudson 11 4-8 0-0 3 0 1 1 9 Kaba 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Hale 18 1-5 0-0 1 1 1 3 2 Thorns 24 1-4 0-0 3 4 7 2 2 Spears 22 2-7 2-2 3 1 1 3 6 Stanley 10 1-2 0-2 3 0 0 1 2 Thompson 21 1-1 0-0 6 1 1 4 2 Southern 26 2-5 2-2 5 1 2 3 6 Lepore 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Diakite 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Team 2 Skeen 16 1-3 1-3 1 0 0 1 3 Team 4 Totals 200 18-58 8-13 33 8 14 16 48 Weaver 12 1-3 0-0 2 0 0 2 2 Totals 200 25-59 14-22 46 13 20 24 69 Hoekstra 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Boston College 20 28 — 48 Team 3 Virginia Tech 33 36 — 69 Virginia Tech 25 42 — 67 Totals 200 18-53 19-27 30 4 9 16 58 Clemson 40 30 — 70

VIRGINIA TECH (17-11, 8-6 ACC) Wake Forest 26 32 — 58 #24/RV Clemson (22-8, 10-6 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Virginia Tech 47 33 — 80 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 27 5-14 3-3 10 3 1 3 13 Perry, f 13 1-3 0-1 4 0 0 3 2 Washington, f 30 4-7 2-4 3 1 1 1 10 VIRGINIA TECH (18-11, 9-6 ACC) Mays, f 30 5-12 3-4 4 1 1 3 13 Witcher, f 21 2-3 2-2 5 0 2 1 6 Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Booker, c 12 1-3 0-2 1 2 2 4 2 Delaney, g 22 4-7 0-0 8 3 2 2 8 Allen, f 22 6-8 0-0 5 1 0 4 13 Morris, g 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 Vassallo, g 32 5-12 0-0 4 2 4 2 12 Washington, f 35 8-13 4-5 13 3 2 2 22 Hammonds, g 37 1-8 1-2 4 9 2 2 3 Bell 8 0-4 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 Vassallo, g 33 5-14 7-8 6 4 1 3 20 Rivers 29 4-12 0-0 8 1 2 3 9 Hudson 9 0-1 1-2 2 0 0 2 1 Travis, g 12 1-1 0-0 1 3 0 0 2 Stitt 28 4-7 4-6 2 2 4 1 12 Amalfe 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Delaney, g 32 3-10 1-2 4 3 1 1 8 Sykes 18 4-4 1-4 4 1 1 0 9 Travis 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Bell 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Potter 7 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 Thorns 16 0-3 0-0 1 7 4 1 0 Hudson 10 1-6 0-0 2 1 0 2 3 Oglesby 21 5-7 2-2 1 1 0 2 17 Vinson 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 Thorns 18 1-5 0-0 3 5 4 2 3 Grant 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 Debnam 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Witcher 17 3-3 0-0 3 0 0 3 6 Team 3 Thompson 18 5-8 3-6 5 0 0 0 13 Thompson 19 1-3 1-2 10 1 0 4 3 Totals 200 26-60 11-21 31 18 12 20 70 Diakite 11 2-3 0-0 5 0 0 0 4 Team 1 2 Team 4 Totals 200 29-64 13-17 48 21 10 21 80 PERCENTAGES: Totals 200 27-63 11-17 50 16 14 14 67 VT FG% 42.4 3FG% 41.7 FT% 63.6 PERCENTAGES: CU FG% 43.3 3FG% 33.3 FT% 52.4 PERCENTAGES: WF FG% 34.0 3FG% 25.0 FT% 70.4 BC FG% 31.0 3FG% 22.2 FT% 61.5 VT FG% 45.3 3FG% 40.9 FT% 76.5 3-POINTERS: VT 5 (Vassallo 3, Hudson, Delaney 1) VT FG% 42.9 3FG% 15.4 FT% 64.7 CU 7 (Oglesby 5, Potter, Rivers 1) 3-POINTERS: WF 3 (Teague 3) BLOCKS: VT 5 (Allen 4, Thompson 1) 3-POINTERS: BC 4 (Sanders 3, Rice 1); VT 2 (Vassallo 2) VT 9 (Vassallo 3, Washington 2) BLOCKS: BC 7 (Southern, Blair 3, Rice 1) BLOCKS: WF 7 (McFarland, Weaver 2) CU 8 (Perry, Mays 2) VT 8 (Witcher 4, Allen, Vassallo 2) VT 4 (Washington 2, Allen, Witcher 1) STEALS: VT 9 (Washington 3, Allen 2) STEALS: BC 7 (Raji, Sanders 2) STEALS: WF 3 (Hale 2, Clark 1) CU 9 (Oglesby 3, Rivers 2) VT 9 (Allen, Washington, Delaney 2) VT 5 (Travis 2, Allen, Hudson, Witcher 1) OFFICIALS: Maxwell, Nestor, Heater OFFICIALS: Valentine, Hess, Natili OFFICIALS: Hess, Sirmons, Cahill TECHNICAL FOULS: VT - None, CU - Rivers TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 9,847 ATTENDANCE: 10,000 gamegame 31 7 gamegame 32 7 Virginia Tech 63, Miami 49 North Carolina 68, Virginia Tech 66 March 14, 2008 • 2:30 p.m. March 15, 2008 • 1:30 p.m. ACC Tournament QF • Charlotte, N.C. ACC Tournament SF • Charlotte, N.C.

When Deron Washington picked up his second foul The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team got the better just six minutes into Tech’s ACC tournament quarterfinal of top-ranked North Carolina for nearly the entire contest, game, he admitted he felt a little trepidation at the but All-American Tyler Hansbrough canned a short baseline thought of any of his teammates trying to guard Miami’s jumper with less than a second to go to send the Hokies to Jack McClinton. Turns out, he had nothing to worry about. a heartbreaking 68-66 loss in an ACC tournament semifinal Washington’s teammates sent the Hokies into the at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. locker room with a halftime lead, and then Tech played The loss left the Hokies at 19-13 overall on the an outstanding final 10 minutes of the game en route to season, while North Carolina, which won the regular-season an impressive 63-49 victory over the Hurricanes in a game crown, moved to 31-2 overall. Tech lost to the Tar Heels by played Friday afternoon at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. 39 points on Feb. 16th in Chapel Hill. But this time around, The victory - Tech’s fifth in the past six games the Hokies only trailed for 1:32.8 and held UNC’s potent - avenged an earlier loss to UM and left Tech at 19-12 on offense to its second-lowest point total of the season. the season. It also marked Tech’s first victory of the year The Hokies did not trail in the second half until the over a team ranked in the top 50 of the all-important RPI. final eight-tenths of a second. With the game tied at 66, Miami went into the game ranked No. 26 in the RPI. Tech’s J.T. Thompson misfired on an open 12-foot jumper Tech had a simple formula for success against the with 28 seconds remaining that would have given the ‘Canes - defend and rebound. The Hokies, who led the ACC Hokies the lead. in scoring defense, gave up just 49 points, the second Instead, North Carolina coach Roy Williams called fewest they’ve given up in an ACC game ever, and Miami back-to-back timeouts with 21 seconds left. With four shot just 31.6 percent from the floor. seconds to go, Tar Heel point guard Ty Lawson drove into McClinton, a first-team All-ACC selection who scored the lane and threw up a shot that came up short. 19 in the teams’ first meeting, led Miami with 16 points. Tech’s A.D. Vassallo appeared to have the rebound, but But he hit just 4-of-17 from the floor, and Washington, Danny Green knocked it away. Hansbrough came up with it once he got back in the game, held McClinton to 2-of-9 on the baseline and got off a short jumper over the top of from the floor in the final 20 minutes. Hank Thorns. The shot hit nothing but the bottom of the net. The Hokies also destroyed Miami on the boards. Following a timeout after Hansbrough’s shot, Tech After being out-rebounded 35-20 in Blacksburg, Tech out- tried to get off a last-ditch attempt. But UNC’s Deon rebounded Miami 51-25 this time. Thompson tipped an inbounds pass by Tech’s Malcolm Since losing to North Carolina by 39 points on Feb. Delaney and the horn sounded. 16th, Tech has out-rebounded every single opponent - a Vassallo paced the Hokies with 17 points, while span of six - including five by double figures. Delaney added 15 and Deron Washington chipped in 14 This game was tight with less than 10 minutes to go, before fouling out with 1:28 left in the game. with Miami leading 42-41. But Malcolm Delaney’s 3-pointer Tech, though, shot just 39.7 percent from the floor, with 8:34 left started an 18-2 run for the Hokies, turning and for the first time since the last North Carolina game, that one-point deficit into a 15-point bulge. Miami got no the Hokies got out-rebounded 43-33. But they forced 17 closer than 12 the rest of the way. In the final 9:36, UM hit turnovers and held UNC to just 40 percent from the floor. just one FG from the floor and scored only seven points. Virginia Tech (19-13, 9-7 ACC) Miami (22-10, 8-8 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Allen, f 33 3-12 3-5 11 0 3 2 9 Collins, f 14 0-4 0-2 5 0 1 1 0 Washington, f 36 6-12 1-3 0 0 1 5 14 King, c 22 4-7 1-3 3 1 1 2 9 Witcher, f 14 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 2 2 Hurdle, g 21 0-6 0-0 2 1 1 3 0 Delaney, g 29 5-6 3-4 4 6 2 2 15 Dews, g 29 3-9 0-0 2 0 1 2 8 Vassallo, g 37 6-19 4-4 4 2 3 3 17 McClinton, g 33 4-17 5-5 1 4 1 1 16 Hudson 5 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 Graham 23 3-6 1-2 2 1 1 0 7 Thorns 13 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 2 0 Rios 14 0-1 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 Thompson 26 0-2 4-4 7 1 0 1 4 Asbury 23 3-5 0-0 5 2 1 1 6 Diakite 7 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 2 2 Hicks 21 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 3 Team 3 Team 3 1 Totals 200 23-58 15-20 33 11 12 19 66 Totals 200 18-57 7-12 25 11 10 11 49 (4) Virginia Tech 38 28 — 66 (5) Miami 23 26 — 49 (1) North Carolina 38 30 — 68 (4) Virginia Tech 27 36 — 63 #1/1 North Carolina (31-2, 14-2 ACC) VIRGINIA TECH (19-12, 9-7 ACC) Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Player MP FG FT R A T PF TP Thompson, f 16 0-5 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 Allen, f 33 5-12 0-2 10 0 5 3 10 Hansbrough, f 35 9-18 8-8 9 0 1 3 26 Washington, f 21 5-13 3-4 12 1 3 2 14 Ginyard, g 31 5-8 0-0 5 4 4 1 10 Witcher, c 5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 Lawson, g 24 1-7 2-2 3 1 4 2 5 Delaney, g 32 5-9 1-2 4 3 2 2 15 Ellington, g 35 5-12 2-4 8 2 0 2 15 Vassallo, g 38 7-14 0-0 5 5 0 0 15 Thomas 16 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 Bell 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Graves 10 1-3 0-1 2 0 0 2 2 Hudson 13 0-3 0-0 5 0 0 0 0 Green 19 2-4 3-3 2 0 2 3 8 Thorns 16 1-2 0-0 0 2 2 0 3 Stepheson 8 0-1 0-0 3 0 2 2 0 Thompson 31 3-7 0-0 7 1 1 2 6 Coepland 6 1-2 0-1 4 0 2 1 2 Diakite 8 0-1 0-0 4 0 2 0 0 Team 4 Team 4 1 Totals 200 24-60 15-19 43 7 17 19 68 Totals 200 26-61 4-8 51 12 17 12 63 PERCENTAGES: PERCENTAGES: VT FG% 39.7 3FG% 29.4 FT% 75.0 UM FG% 31.6 3FG% 28.6 FT% 58.3 UNC FG% 40.0 3FG% 35.7 FT% 78.9 VT FG% 42.6 3FG% 46.7 FT% 50.0 3-POINTERS: VT 5 (Delaney 2, Wash., Vass., Hudson 1) 3-POINTERS: UM 6 (McClinton 3, Dews 2, Hicks 1) UNC 5 (Ellington 3, Lawson, Green 1) VT 7 (Delaney 4, Vass., Wash., Thorns 1) BLOCKS: VT 4 (Washington 2, Allen, Thompson 1) BLOCKS: UM 4 (Collins, King, Graham, Asbury 1) UNC 6 (Thompson, Ellington 2) VT 4 (Allen, Thompson 2) STEALS: VT 12 (Del. 3, Allen, Wash., Vass., Thorns 2) STEALS: UM 5 (Hurdle, Dews 2, Asbury 1) UNC 9 (Ginyard, Hansbrough, Lawson 2) VT 3 (Washington, Delaney, Vassallo 1) OFFICIALS: Hess, Kersey, Maxwell OFFICIALS: Maxwell, Valentine, Hull TECHNICAL FOULS: VT - None, UNC - Ellington TECHNICAL FOULS: None ATTENDANCE: 20,035 ATTENDANCE: 20,035 Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Virginia Tech Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 15, 2008) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (19-13) (12-2) (4-8) (3-3) CONFERENCE...... (9-7) (6-2) (3-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-6) (6-0) (1-3) (3-3)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------40 A.D. Vassallo...... 32-32 1111 34.7 183-421 .435 74-190 .389 91-117 .778 26 128 154 4.8 72 1 63 85 16 23 531 16.6 13 Deron Washington... 32-32 1074 33.6 132-325 .406 14-60 .233 131-198 .662 63 145 208 6.5 96 6 71 72 22 33 409 12.8 00 Jeff Allen...... 30-29 841 28.0 146-298 .490 4-16 .250 69-112 .616 68 170 238 7.9 96 2 26 82 35 62 365 12.2 23 Malcolm Delaney.... 32-21 870 27.2 86-217 .396 38-102 .373 82-103 .796 21 73 94 2.9 87 3 97 70 4 25 292 9.1 33 J.T. Thompson...... 31-5 558 18.0 63-121 .521 0-1 .000 39-62 .629 54 69 123 4.0 57 1 12 29 17 19 165 5.3 10 Hank Thorns...... 32-12 693 21.7 52-142 .366 21-69 .304 30-46 .652 18 48 66 2.1 57 0 108 66 0 38 155 4.8 02 Hudson, Dorenzo.... 23-2 293 12.7 34-95 .358 10-44 .227 6-11 .545 11 21 32 1.4 23 0 12 19 2 7 84 3.7 21 Lewis Witcher...... 32-10 396 12.4 34-65 .523 0-0 .000 13-19 .684 36 32 68 2.1 52 0 5 17 15 8 81 2.5 34 Cheick Diakite..... 31-16 390 12.6 29-68 .426 0-0 .000 6-16 .375 41 50 91 2.9 41 0 3 14 41 2 64 2.1 01 Terrell Bell...... 30-0 202 6.7 18-41 .439 4-20 .200 16-23 .696 15 16 31 1.0 23 1 15 13 4 10 56 1.9 32 Paul Debnam...... 5-0 8 1.6 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 0 2 0.4 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 1.2 05 Marcus Travis...... 7-1 25 3.6 2-3 .667 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 6 6 0.9 2 0 6 1 0 3 5 0.7 15 Terrance Vinson.... 9-0 30 3.3 1-5 .200 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 0.6 10 0 1 2 2 0 2 0.2 03 Tom Amalfe...... 5-0 9 1.8 0-3 .000 0-3 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 41 48 89 2.8 2 10 ------Total...... 32 6500 783-1807 .433 166-507 .327 483-707 .683 397 810 1207 37.7 619 14 419 481 158 231 2215 69.2 Opponents...... 32 6500 720-1778 .405 209-601 .348 424-610 .695 321 736 1057 33.0 638 - 387 487 143 210 2073 64.8

TEAM STATISTICS VT OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 2215 2073 11/09/07 ELON W 69-64 9847 Points per game...... 69.2 64.8 11/21/07 vs Eastern Washington W 69-52 7305 Scoring margin...... +4.4 - 11/23/07 vs Butler LOT 78-84 8469 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 783-1807 720-1778 11/24/07 vs Gonzaga L 64-82 8576 Field goal pct...... 433 .405 11/28/07 at Penn State L 61-66 9368 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 166-507 209-601 12/01/07 UNC ASHEVILLE W 65-51 9847 3-point FG pct...... 327 .348 12/04/07 UNC GREENSBORO W 67-39 9847 3-pt FG made per game. 5.2 6.5 12/09/07 GEORGE WASHINGTON W 68-36 9847 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 483-707 424-610 12-16-07 at Old Dominion L 69-72 8424 Free throw pct...... 683 .695 12/19/07 LIBERTY W 58-46 9847 REBOUNDS...... 1207 1057 *12/23/07 at Wake Forest L 75-77 13874 Rebounds per game..... 37.7 33.0 12-28-07 vs Hofstra Pride W 84-59 - Rebounding margin..... +4.7 - 12/29/07 at St. John's Red Storm W 54-48 6818 ASSISTS...... 419 387 1/3/08 at RICHMOND L 49-52 4840 Assists per game...... 13.1 12.1 01/07/08 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 79-49 9847 TURNOVERS...... 481 487 *01/12/08 MARYLAND W 67-66 9847 Turnovers per game.... 15.0 15.2 *01/16/08 at Virginia W OT 70-69 14433 Turnover margin...... +0.2 - *1/19/08 at Georgia Tech L 70-81 9191 Assist/turnover ratio. 0.9 0.8 *01/24/08 DUKE L 64-81 9847 STEALS...... 231 210 *1-26-08 at Boston College W OT 81-73 8062 Steals per game...... 7.2 6.6 *01/29/08 FLORIDA STATE W 89-80 9847 BLOCKS...... 158 143 *02/02/08 VIRGINIA W OT 72-65 9847 Blocks per game...... 4.9 4.5 *02/05/08 at NC State L 63-73 15982 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - *02/09/08 MIAMI L 71-74 9847 Home win streak...... 3 - *02/16/08 at North Carolina L 53-92 20890 ATTENDANCE...... 137858 204252 *2/20/08 at Maryland W 69-65 17950 Home games-Avg/Game... 14-9847 12-11653 *02/23/08 GEORGIA TECH W 92-84 9847 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 6-10737 *02/26/08 BOSTON COLLEGE W 67-48 9847 *03/04/08 WAKE FOREST W 80-58 9847 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total *3/9/08 at Clemson L 69-70 10000 ------03/14/08 vs Miami W 63-49 20035 Virginia Tech...... 1005 1160 50 - 2215 03/15/08 vs North Carolina L 66-68 20035 Opponents...... 973 1060 40 - 2073 Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Virginia Tech Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 09, 2008) Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (9-7) (6-2) (3-5) (0-0) CONFERENCE...... (9-7) (6-2) (3-5) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------40 A.D. Vassallo...... 16-16 560 35.0 95-210 .452 37-92 .402 55-74 .743 17 77 94 5.9 46 1 28 48 7 8 282 17.6 13 Deron Washington... 16-16 551 34.4 58-161 .360 6-31 .194 83-123 .675 32 84 116 7.3 53 3 35 37 13 17 205 12.8 00 Jeff Allen...... 14-13 390 27.9 67-137 .489 3-9 .333 36-60 .600 28 73 101 7.2 47 1 10 35 18 32 173 12.4 23 Malcolm Delaney.... 16-15 465 29.1 43-117 .368 16-51 .314 55-66 .833 14 32 46 2.9 51 3 38 36 0 15 157 9.8 33 J.T. Thompson...... 15-5 290 19.3 41-77 .532 0-1 .000 23-38 .605 34 39 73 4.9 35 1 5 16 10 13 105 7.0 10 Hank Thorns...... 16-2 363 22.7 24-76 .316 8-35 .229 25-36 .694 12 23 35 2.2 34 0 61 44 0 23 81 5.1 02 Hudson,Dorenzo..... 15-2 196 13.1 19-60 .317 5-28 .179 4-6 .667 9 13 22 1.5 18 0 8 11 1 3 47 3.1 21 Lewis Witcher...... 16-4 168 10.5 17-32 .531 0-0 .000 9-11 .818 15 18 33 2.1 19 0 2 7 8 5 43 2.7 34 Cheick Diakite..... 15-6 159 10.6 13-27 .481 0-0 .000 3-10 .300 19 20 39 2.6 21 0 1 8 14 1 29 1.9 01 Terrell Bell...... 16-0 103 6.4 9-21 .429 1-8 .125 9-13 .692 9 7 16 1.0 14 1 6 6 2 3 28 1.8 05 Marcus Travis...... 3-1 16 5.3 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 2 2 0.7 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0.7 03 Tom Amalfe...... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 15 Terrance Vinson.... 4-0 12 3.0 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 32 Paul Debnam...... 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 18 24 42 2.6 2 5 ------Total...... 16 3275 387-921 .420 76-256 .297 302-437 .691 207 413 620 38.8 344 10 198 254 73 122 1152 72.0 Opponents...... 16 3275 390-909 .429 105-293 .358 271-393 .690 153 397 550 34.4 355 - 197 245 81 120 1156 72.2

TEAM STATISTICS VT OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1152 1156 *12/23/07 at Wake Forest L 75-77 13874 Points per game...... 72.0 72.2 *01/12/08 MARYLAND W 67-66 9847 Scoring margin...... -0.2 - *01/16/08 at Virginia W OT 70-69 14433 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 387-921 390-909 *1/19/08 at Georgia Tech L 70-81 9191 Field goal pct...... 420 .429 *01/24/08 DUKE L 64-81 9847 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 76-256 105-293 *1-26-08 at Boston College W OT 81-73 8062 3-point FG pct...... 297 .358 *01/29/08 FLORIDA STATE W 89-80 9847 3-pt FG made per game. 4.8 6.6 *02/02/08 VIRGINIA W OT 72-65 9847 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 302-437 271-393 *02/05/08 at NC State L 63-73 15982 Free throw pct...... 691 .690 *02/09/08 MIAMI L 71-74 9847 REBOUNDS...... 620 550 *02/16/08 at North Carolina L 53-92 20890 Rebounds per game..... 38.8 34.4 *2/20/08 at Maryland W 69-65 17950 Rebounding margin..... +4.4 - *02/23/08 GEORGIA TECH W 92-84 9847 ASSISTS...... 198 197 *02/26/08 BOSTON COLLEGE W 67-48 9847 Assists per game...... 12.4 12.3 *03/04/08 WAKE FOREST W 80-58 9847 TURNOVERS...... 254 245 *3/9/08 at Clemson L 69-70 10000 Turnovers per game.... 15.9 15.3 Turnover margin...... -0.6 - Assist/turnover ratio. 0.8 0.8 STEALS...... 122 120 Steals per game...... 7.6 7.5 BLOCKS...... 73 81 Blocks per game...... 4.6 5.1 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 3 - ATTENDANCE...... 78776 110382 Home games-Avg/Game... 8-9847 8-13798 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 0-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total ------Virginia Tech...... 514 598 40 - 1152 Opponents...... 543 589 24 - 1156 Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Virginia Tech Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 15, 2008) ACC Tournament Game

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (1-1) (0-0) (0-0) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-1) (0-0) (0-0) (1-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------40 A.D. Vassallo...... 2-2 75 37.5 13-33 .394 2-13 .154 4-4 1.000 1 8 9 4.5 3 0 7 3 0 3 32 16.0 23 Malcolm Delaney.... 2-2 61 30.5 10-15 .667 6-8 .750 4-6 .667 0 8 8 4.0 4 0 9 4 0 4 30 15.0 13 Deron Washington... 2-2 57 28.5 11-25 .440 2-6 .333 4-7 .571 7 5 12 6.0 7 1 1 4 2 3 28 14.0 00 Jeff Allen...... 2-2 66 33.0 8-24 .333 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 6 15 21 10.5 5 0 0 8 3 2 19 9.5 33 J.T. Thompson...... 2-0 57 28.5 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 4-4 1.000 6 8 14 7.0 3 0 2 1 3 1 10 5.0 10 Hank Thorns...... 2-0 29 14.5 1-3 .333 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 2 0 4 5 0 2 3 1.5 02 Dorenzo Hudson..... 2-0 18 9.0 1-6 .167 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0 5 5 2.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.5 34 Cheick Diakite..... 2-0 15 7.5 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 2 5 2.5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1.0 21 Lewis Witcher...... 2-2 19 9.5 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 01 Terrell Bell...... 1-0 3 3.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 3 4 7 3.5 0 1 ------Total...... 2 400 49-119 .412 12-32 .375 19-28 .679 27 57 84 42.0 31 1 23 29 8 15 129 64.5 Opponents...... 2 400 42-117 .359 11-35 .314 22-31 .710 21 47 68 34.0 30 - 18 27 10 14 117 58.5

TEAM STATISTICS VT OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 129 117 03/14/08 vs Miami W 63-49 20035 Points per game...... 64.5 58.5 03/15/08 vs North Carolina L 66-68 20035 Scoring margin...... +6.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 49-119 42-117 Field goal pct...... 412 .359 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 12-32 11-35 3-point FG pct...... 375 .314 3-pt FG made per game. 6.0 5.5 FREE THROWS-ATT...... 19-28 22-31 Free throw pct...... 679 .710 REBOUNDS...... 84 68 Rebounds per game..... 42.0 34.0 Rebounding margin..... +8.0 - ASSISTS...... 23 18 Assists per game...... 11.5 9.0 TURNOVERS...... 29 27 Turnovers per game.... 14.5 13.5 Turnover margin...... -1.0 - Assist/turnover ratio. 0.8 0.7 STEALS...... 15 14 Steals per game...... 7.5 7.0 BLOCKS...... 8 10 Blocks per game...... 4.0 5.0 WINNING STREAK...... 0 - Home win streak...... 0 - ATTENDANCE...... 0 40070 Home games-Avg/Game... 0-0 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game. - 2-20035

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------Virginia Tech...... 65 64 - 129 Opponents...... 61 56 - 117 Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Virginia Tech Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Mar 15, 2008) All games

Opponent 1st 2nd Score Mar Total FG FG Pct 3-Pointers 3FG FreePct Throws FT Pct Rebounds Assist TOverlock BSteal Fouls ------/-- --/-- ---/------/------/------/------/------/------/------/------/--- --/---/-- ---/-- --/-- ELON...... 37/29 32/35 69-64 +5 23-49/23-56 .469/.411 3-10/ 8-25 .300/.320 20-34/10-18 .588/.556 37/36 +1 12/14 8/108/3 6/1 15/24 Eastern Washington...... 30/18 39/34 69-52 +17 25-49/18-46 .510/.391 10-20/ 7-19 .500/.368 9-14/ 9-17 .643/.529 31/24 +7 12/11 13/133/0 6/6 20/19 Butler...... 28/30 40/38 78-84 (6) 32-61/28-60 .525/.467 6-12/14-33 .500/.424 8-12/14-18 .667/.778 35/31 +4 13/15 13/105/2 4/6 20/19 Gonzaga...... 33/41 31/41 64-82 (18) 24-55/29-53 .436/.547 7-19/ 8-15 .368/.533 9-15/16-19 .600/.842 24/32 (8) 10/19 16/124/6 4/5 17/16 Penn State...... 28/38 33/28 61-66 (5) 26-60/26-55 .433/.473 2-13/ 7-20 .154/.350 7-9 / 7-11 .778/.636 36/31 +5 14/17 15/133/4 5/6 17/13 UNC ASHEVILLE...... 32/23 33/28 65-51 +14 24-56/17-53 .429/.321 6-12/ 7-13 .500/.538 11-15/10-10 .733/1000 42/28 +14 14/9 15/177/5 6/6 17/18 UNC GREENSBORO...... 27/14 40/25 67-39 +28 28-62/13-49 .452/.265 7-17/ 1-18 .412/.056 4-7 /12-18 .571/.667 35/37 (2) 16/6 10/188/4 7/2 20/14 GEORGE WASHINGTON...... 30/14 38/22 68-36 +32 28-59/14-54 .475/.259 7-18/ 6-25 .389/.240 5-11/ 2-2 .455/1000 41/33 +8 19/4 11/185/4 9/5 14/14 Old Dominion...... 33/45 36/27 69-72 (3) 23-58/28-57 .397/.491 6-13/10-19 .462/.526 17-23/ 6-10 .739/.600 45/25 +20 9/19 16/102/8 4/9 16/22 LIBERTY...... 21/23 37/23 58-46 +12 18-46/16-42 .391/.381 6-23/ 5-17 .261/.294 16-20/ 9-10 .800/.900 29/26 +3 13/9 11/128/0 5/3 19/20 Wake Forest...... 36/45 39/32 75-77 (2) 21-48/30-70 .438/.429 4-16/ 7-28 .250/.250 29-32/10-18 .906/.556 39/32 +7 10/10 22/112/4 9/11 16/21 Hofstra Pride...... 45/23 39/36 84-59 +25 27-48/23-67 .563/.343 6-16/ 1-10 .375/.100 24-37/12-23 .649/.522 37/43 (6) 20/14 16/217/3 11/4 25/27 St. John's Red Storm...... 21/22 33/26 54-48 +6 18-49/15-53 .367/.283 3-7 / 4-15 .429/.267 15-22/14-18 .682/.778 39/33 +6 8/9 20/208/6 8/7 19/18 RICHMOND...... 21/25 28/27 49-52 (3) 17-44/19-48 .386/.396 4-15/ 7-19 .267/.368 11-16/ 7-7 .688/1000 33/26 +7 13/16 24/183/3 7/13 13/17 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN...... 40/24 39/25 79-49 +30 34-71/19-59 .479/.322 5-24/ 8-25 .208/.320 6-7 / 3-5 .857/.600 39/34 +5 25/10 10/236/4 12/3 12/12 MARYLAND...... 27/33 40/33 67-66 +1 20-57/22-55 .351/.400 7-17/ 2-12 .412/.167 20-28/20-26 .714/.769 40/37 +3 11/15 16/176/6 10/8 18/20 Virginia...... 34/38 29/25 70-69 +1 25-70/24-63 .357/.381 8-30/ 9-25 .267/.360 12-21/12-18 .571/.667 47/39 +8 12/9 15/143/2 4/6 17/20 Georgia Tech...... 23/39 47/42 70-81 (11) 21-51/26-55 .412/.473 4-15/10-21 .267/.476 24-36/19-31 .667/.613 38/33 +5 12/15 24/214/3 6/13 27/29 DUKE...... 38/42 26/39 64-81 (17) 23-56/29-61 .411/.475 2-13/ 8-22 .154/.364 16-27/15-25 .593/.600 38/36 +2 9/15 22/128/4 5/11 24/25 Boston College...... 41/33 25/33 81-73 +8 31-70/24-64 .443/.375 3-16/ 5-15 .188/.333 16-29/20-31 .552/.645 51/42 +9 12/8 8/83/8 3/3 24/24 FLORIDA STATE...... 42/24 47/56 89-80 +9 24-49/26-51 .490/.510 6-15/11-19 .400/.579 35-47/17-22 .745/.773 31/24 +7 12/15 17/225/1 9/7 22/29 VIRGINIA...... 25/26 29/28 72-65 +7 22-56/19-53 .393/.358 3-14/ 8-21 .214/.381 25-38/19-29 .658/.655 43/33 +10 9/9 12/154/2 4/5 24/30 NC State...... 23/37 40/36 63-73 (10) 27-57/21-39 .474/.538 2-10/ 7-15 .200/.467 7-10/24-30 .700/.800 23/28 (5) 9/15 15/224/9 13/8 21/15 MIAMI...... 26/28 45/46 71-74 (3) 28-51/23-51 .549/.451 7-16/ 7-16 .438/.438 8-12/21-25 .667/.840 20/35 (15) 16/7 14/183/2 8/9 21/17 North Carolina...... 23/43 30/49 53-92 (39) 14-54/32-64 .259/.500 4-18/ 6-14 .222/.429 21-28/22-29 .750/.759 24/54 (30) 11/20 21/197/7 11/8 27/17 Maryland...... 29/31 40/34 69-65 +4 24-59/27-58 .407/.466 6-17/ 5-14 .353/.357 15-24/ 6-14 .625/.429 40/36 +4 14/15 14/185/5 11/7 18/22 GEORGIA TECH...... 42/38 50/46 92-84 +8 26-57/25-54 .456/.463 4-12/ 6-20 .333/.300 36-49/28-34 .735/.824 42/27 +15 11/14 10/132/6 6/5 26/34 BOSTON COLLEGE...... 25/20 42/28 67-48 +19 27-63/18-58 .429/.310 2-13/ 4-18 .154/.222 11-17/ 8-13 .647/.615 50/33 +17 16/8 14/148/7 9/7 14/16 WAKE FOREST...... 47/26 33/32 80-58 +22 29-64/18-53 .453/.340 9-22/ 3-12 .409/.250 13-17/19-27 .765/.704 48/30 +18 21/4 10/94/7 5/3 21/16 Clemson...... 33/40 36/30 69-70 (1) 25-59/26-60 .424/.433 5-12/ 7-21 .417/.333 14-22/11-21 .636/.524 46/31 +15 13/18 20/125/8 9/9 24/20 Miami...... 27/23 36/26 63-49 +14 26-61/18-57 .426/.316 7-15/ 6-21 .467/.286 4-8 / 7-12 .500/.583 51/25 +26 12/11 17/104/4 3/5 12/11 North Carolina...... 38/38 28/30 66-68 (2) 23-58/24-60 .397/.400 5-17/ 5-14 .294/.357 15-20/15-19 .750/.789 33/43 (10) 11/7 12/174/6 12/9 19/19

Note: Game totals are displayed in the formatOPPONENT TEAM/ for each category Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Virginia Tech Game-by-Game Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 15, 2008) All games

00 01 02 03 05 10 13 15 21 Opponent Date Score WL ALLEN,JEF BELL,TERR HUDSON,DO AMALFE,TO TRAVIS,MA THORNS,HA WASHINGTO VINSON,TE WITCHER,L ------ELON 11/09/07 69-64 W 19-10- 2 DNP DNP DNP DNP 4- 0- 4 14-11- 2 DNP 0- 1- 1 vs Eastern Washington 11/21/07 69-52 W 12- 8- 2 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP DNP 14- 0- 2 10- 6- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs Butler 11/23/07 78-84 OL 21- 9- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP DNP 8- 3- 3 14- 5- 2 DNP 2- 5- 0 vs Gonzaga 11/24/07 64-82 L 6- 1- 0 0- 2- 0 DNP DNP DNP 3- 2- 3 11- 4- 2 DNP 2- 3- 0 at Penn State 11/28/07 61-66 L 18-14- 0 3- 0- 0 DNP DNP DNP 7- 1- 5 12- 3- 4 DNP 1- 3- 1 UNC ASHEVILLE 12/01/07 65-51 W 2- 2- 1 6- 1- 1 DNP DNP DNP 5- 4- 4 17- 8- 1 0- 0- 0 11- 5- 0 UNC GREENSBORO 12/04/07 67-39 W 16-12- 0 3- 3- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 1 7- 3- 6 8- 1- 2 2- 0- 0 2- 3- 0 GEORGE WASHINGTON 12/09/07 68-36 W 10-10- 0 6- 1- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 3- 0- 0 6- 3- 4 17- 5- 3 0- 0- 0 4- 3- 1 at Old Dominion 12-16-07 69-72 L 13-16- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 1- 0 11- 6- 5 DNP 2- 4- 0 LIBERTY 12/19/07 58-46 W 10- 5- 1 0- 1- 3 2- 0- 0 DNP DNP 5- 4- 4 17- 7- 0 DNP 2- 1- 0 at Wake Forest 12/23/07 75-77 L 16- 6- 1 2- 1- 0 13- 1- 1 DNP DNP 0- 1- 1 13-14- 1 DNP 4- 2- 0 vs Hofstra Pride 12-28-07 84-59 W 17- 9- 2 5- 1- 0 9- 0- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 2- 3- 3 17- 5- 2 0- 1- 0 4- 1- 0 at St. John's Red Storm12/29/07 54-48 W 8- 4- 3 1- 1- 0 6- 3- 0 DNP DNP 0- 2- 1 10- 8- 1 DNP 4- 1- 0 at RICHMOND 1/3/08 49-52 L 11- 6- 1 0- 3- 0 14- 1- 1 DNP DNP 0- 3- 1 8- 9- 5 DNP 2- 2- 0 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 01/07/08 79-49 W 10-10- 3 4- 1- 1 3- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 1 10- 1- 3 10- 2- 4 0- 3- 1 0- 1- 0 MARYLAND 01/12/08 67-66 W 17- 9- 1 0- 0- 0 2- 2- 0 DNP DNP 7- 5- 4 9- 7- 1 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 2 at Virginia 01/16/08 70-69 WO 11- 8- 0 5- 1- 0 4- 3- 3 DNP DNP 2- 4- 1 11- 4- 1 DNP 0- 1- 0 at Georgia Tech 1/19/08 70-81 L 13- 6- 0 2- 1- 0 6- 2- 1 DNP DNP 7- 2- 5 15- 8- 2 DNP 0- 1- 0 DUKE 01/24/08 64-81 L DNP 9- 5- 2 0- 3- 0 DNP DNP 6- 1- 4 12- 7- 3 DNP 0- 2- 0 at Boston College 1-26-08 81-73 WO DNP 1- 3- 3 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 11- 2- 4 19- 8- 2 DNP 2- 0- 0 FLORIDA STATE 01/29/08 89-80 W 7- 5- 0 5- 0- 0 0- 0- 1 DNP DNP 15- 2- 3 14-10- 3 DNP 0- 2- 0 VIRGINIA 02/02/08 72-65 WO 12- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 5- 2- 4 15-12- 3 DNP 10- 4- 0 at NC State 02/05/08 63-73 L 15- 3- 0 0- 1- 1 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP 4- 1- 2 12- 1- 1 DNP 0- 1- 0 MIAMI 02/09/08 71-74 L 16- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 DNP DNP DNP 5- 1- 4 9- 2- 4 DNP 0- 0- 0 at North Carolina 02/16/08 53-92 L 6- 7- 0 2- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 DNP 0- 1- 1 6- 2- 6 7- 3- 2 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 at Maryland 2/20/08 69-65 W 14-14- 2 0- 0- 0 7- 3- 1 DNP DNP 5- 3- 4 12- 7- 5 DNP 3- 5- 0 GEORGIA TECH 02/23/08 92-84 W 9- 3- 1 2- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 DNP DNP 3- 2- 3 10- 9- 2 0- 0- 0 8- 4- 0 BOSTON COLLEGE 02/26/08 67-48 W 13-10- 3 0- 3- 0 1- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 7 10- 3- 1 0- 0- 0 6- 5- 0 WAKE FOREST 03/04/08 80-58 W 13- 5- 1 0- 0- 0 3- 2- 1 DNP 2- 1- 3 3- 3- 5 22-13- 3 DNP 6- 3- 0 at Clemson 3/9/08 69-70 L 11-12- 1 0- 0- 0 9- 3- 0 DNP DNP 2- 3- 4 15- 8- 1 DNP 4- 3- 0 vs Miami 03/14/08 63-49 W 10-10- 0 0- 0- 0 0- 5- 0 DNP DNP 3- 0- 2 14-12- 1 DNP 0- 0- 0 vs North Carolina 03/15/08 66-68 L 9-11- 0 DNP 3- 0- 0 DNP DNP 0- 1- 2 14- 0- 0 DNP 2- 2- 0

23 32 33 34 40 Opponent Date Score WL DELANEY,M DEBNAM,PA T. THOMPS DIAKITE,C D. VASSAL ------ELON 11/09/07 69-64 W 2- 2- 3 DNP 7- 0- 0 6- 4- 0 17- 4- 0 vs Eastern Washington 11/21/07 69-52 W 18- 4- 2 DNP 0- 4- 0 4- 5- 0 11- 2- 4 vs Butler 11/23/07 78-84 OL 8- 4- 3 DNP 6- 4- 0 0- 1- 0 19- 2- 4 vs Gonzaga 11/24/07 64-82 L 10- 4- 3 DNP 10- 1- 1 2- 3- 0 20- 2- 1 at Penn State 11/28/07 61-66 L 4- 2- 4 DNP 0- 0- 0 6- 7- 0 10- 3- 0 UNC ASHEVILLE 12/01/07 65-51 W 5- 4- 3 DNP 2- 6- 1 0- 4- 0 17- 5- 3 UNC GREENSBORO 12/04/07 67-39 W 9- 2- 3 2- 0- 0 5- 4- 1 3- 2- 0 10- 2- 1 GEORGE WASHINGTON 12/09/07 68-36 W 0- 2- 5 0- 0- 0 4- 3- 1 0- 4- 1 18- 5- 3 at Old Dominion 12-16-07 69-72 L 17- 4- 2 DNP 4- 4- 0 2- 3- 0 20- 3- 1 LIBERTY 12/19/07 58-46 W 9- 4- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 2- 0 13- 3- 3 at Wake Forest 12/23/07 75-77 L 8- 2- 3 DNP 0- 0- 0 0- 1- 0 19-11- 3 vs Hofstra Pride 12-28-07 84-59 W 9- 2- 6 0- 0- 0 4- 5- 0 0- 1- 0 17- 3- 5 at St. John's Red Storm12/29/07 54-48 W 5- 1- 2 DNP 4- 2- 0 0- 4- 0 16- 7- 1 at RICHMOND 1/3/08 49-52 L 4- 2- 4 DNP 0- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 8- 5- 1 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 01/07/08 79-49 W 5- 3- 8 4- 2- 0 4- 2- 1 8- 7- 1 21- 5- 1 MARYLAND 01/12/08 67-66 W 13- 2- 2 DNP 0- 0- 0 3- 5- 1 16- 8- 0 at Virginia 01/16/08 70-69 WO 8- 5- 6 DNP 5- 3- 0 2- 5- 0 22- 5- 1 at Georgia Tech 1/19/08 70-81 L 13- 3- 3 DNP 1- 1- 0 3- 3- 0 10- 9- 1 DUKE 01/24/08 64-81 L 4- 0- 0 DNP 13- 8- 0 4- 2- 0 16- 9- 0 at Boston College 1-26-08 81-73 WO 13- 2- 2 DNP 14-12- 1 7- 8- 0 14-11- 0 FLORIDA STATE 01/29/08 89-80 W 13- 3- 3 DNP 11- 5- 1 2- 0- 0 22- 4- 1 VIRGINIA 02/02/08 72-65 WO 10- 5- 1 DNP 6- 7- 0 0- 1- 0 14- 2- 1 at NC State 02/05/08 63-73 L 4- 1- 3 DNP 10- 5- 0 2- 2- 0 16- 5- 2 MIAMI 02/09/08 71-74 L 7- 3- 5 DNP 10- 1- 0 0- 3- 0 24- 2- 3 at North Carolina 02/16/08 53-92 L 20- 2- 0 DNP 4- 2- 1 0- 0- 0 8- 3- 1 at Maryland 2/20/08 69-65 W 9- 2- 0 DNP DNP 0- 1- 0 19- 3- 2 GEORGIA TECH 02/23/08 92-84 W 16- 4- 3 DNP 13- 8- 0 2- 3- 0 27- 5- 2 BOSTON COLLEGE 02/26/08 67-48 W 8- 8- 3 0- 0- 0 13- 5- 0 4- 5- 0 12- 4- 2 WAKE FOREST 03/04/08 80-58 W 8- 4- 3 DNP 3-10- 1 DNP 20- 6- 4 at Clemson 3/9/08 69-70 L 3- 0- 1 DNP 2- 6- 1 0- 0- 0 23- 7- 5 vs Miami 03/14/08 63-49 W 15- 4- 3 DNP 6- 7- 1 0- 4- 0 15- 5- 5 vs North Carolina 03/15/08 66-68 L 15- 4- 6 DNP 4- 7- 1 2- 1- 0 17- 4- 2