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Virginia Tech vs. Gardner-Webb Game Notes • Page 1 2008-09 Virginia Tech Basketball Game Notes Hokies open 2008-09 season in Cassell Game 1 Virginia Tech vs. Gardner-Webb Coliseum against Gardner-Webb (0-0) (0-0) Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 • 8:00 p.m. 2008-09 Schedule & Results Cassell Coliseum (9,847), Blacksburg, Va. (0-0, 0-0 ACC) Date Opponent Time TV Series vs. G-W: 1st meeting Series Streak: NA 11/14 GARDNER-WEBB 8 p.m. Last Meeting vs. the Bulldogs: NA 11/17 MOUNT ST. MARY’S 8 p.m. CSN Live Stats: Hokiesports.com Radio: Virginia Tech ISP Sports Network XM 192 TV: NA O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off 11/20 vs. Fairfield# 11 a.m. ESPNU 11/21 vs. Missouri/Xavier# TBA ESPNU Hokie Notables 11/23 Finals/Consolations# TBA ESPN2 Entering Tonight’s Game Hokie Checklist 11/26 ELON 7 p.m. This is the season opener for both Virginia Tech and 3 The Hokies open their Centennial Gardner-Webb. Season tonight. Big Ten/ACC Challenge 12/1 WISCONSIN% 7 p.m. ESPN2 Hokies in Season and Home Openers 3 This is the first-ever meeting in this series. Virginia Tech is 5-0 in season openers under Seth BB&T Classic - Verizon Center 12/7 vs. Navy^ 5 p.m. MASN Greenberg and the same 5-0 in home openers under 3 Tech has won all five season Greenberg ... The Hokies are 35-10 in season openers openers under Seth Greenberg. 12/9 at Georgia 7 p.m. RSN since the opening of Cassell Coliseum (this does not 12/14 LONGWOOD 2 p.m. 3 The Hokies return four starters include the season opener of the 1961-62 season, from last season’s 21-14 team. Aeropostale Holiday Festival - Madison Square Garden since Cassell opened in Jan. of that season, nor does 12/20 vs. Columbia$ 2 p.m. MSG 3 it include the season opener in the 2002-03 season A.D. Vassallo enters the season 12/21 vs. St. John’s/Marist$ noon/2 p.m. MSG that the Hokies lost to St. Bonaventure in the Paradise ranked 29th in career scoring at Jam, that was later vacated by St. Bonaventure due to Virginia Tech with 1,174 career 12/29 at Charleston Southern 7 p.m. RSN an ineligible player) ... The Hokies are 45-2 all-time in points. (at North Charleston Coliseum) home openers in Cassell Coliseum and won their first 1/4 at Duke* 7:45 p.m. FoxSN 1/10 VIRGINIA* 4 p.m. RSN 25 home openers in the arena before losing to James Madison, 70-67, in the home opener 1/14 RICHMOND 7 p.m. in 1986. 1/17 BOSTON COLLEGE* 4 p.m. ESPNU 1/21 at Wake Forest* 7 p.m. ESPN2 The Centennial Season 1/25 at Miami* 5:30 p.m. FoxSN This season marks the Centennial Season for Virginia Tech men’s 1/29 CLEMSON* 7 p.m. ESPN basketball ... On Friday, Jan. 22, 1909, the Hokies played their first- 1/31 at Boston College* 8 p.m. Raycom ever game, a 33-26 home win over Emory & Henry, in the “Dutch 2/8 NC STATE* 1:30 p.m. Raycom Barn” ... That facility burned down in the 1920’s ... Tech was 4-2 in 2/11 GEORGIA TECH* 7 p.m. ESPNU that inaugural season, winning the first four games ... Tech was a 2/14 at Maryland* 4 p.m. Raycom perfect 10-0 in its second season. 2/18 at Virginia* 8 p.m. Raycom 2/21 FLORIDA STATE* 8 p.m. RSN 2/25 at Clemson* 7:30 p.m. ESPN2 2/28 DUKE* 3:30 p.m. ABC 3/4 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. ESPN Hokie Probables 3/8 at Florida State* 2 p.m. Raycom F 40 A.D. Vassallo Sr. 6-6 Toa Baja, P.R. 3/12- ACC Tournament TBA TV 3/15 (Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga.) 2007-08 season 16.9 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.0 apg F 0 Jeff Allen So. 6-7 Washington, D.C. * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games 2007-08 season 11.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 2.1 spg # - O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off, San Juan, P.R. % - ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Blacksburg, Va. C 34 Cheick Diakite Sr. 6-9 Bamako, Mali ^ - BB&T Classic, Washington, D.C. 2007-08 season 1.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.2 bspg $ - Aeropostale Holiday Festival, New York, N.Y. G 23 Malcolm Delaney So. 6-3 Baltimore, Md. All times are EST and are subject to change 2007-08 season 9.6 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 3.1 apg G 5 Dorenzo Hudson So. 6-5 Marshville, N.C. 2007-08 season 3.5 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.5 apg hokiesports.com Virginia Tech vs. Gardner-Webb Game Notes • Page 2 Hokie Notes The Series vs. Gardner-Webb Lights, Camera, Hokies Double Your Pleasure This is the first-ever meeting between the Virginia Tech was 15-11 on television last Or today, even triple it ... Today is the two schools … This is the Bulldogs first game season and 15-10 the previous year ... Tech is first of two men’s/women’s doubleheaders as a member of the Big South Conference, 50-55 on television under Seth Greenberg in Cassell Coliseum ... Actually, its more of after previously being affliated with the ... The Hokies will make a school-record a tripleheader, since, prior to the women’s Atlantic Sun ... Tech is 76-15 all-time against minimum of 27 appearances this season and game with UNC Greenboro at 6 p.m., the schools currently in the Big South Conference made a then-school-record 26 television volleyball team will host ACC foe Boston ... This is the first of two games this season appearances last season ... The Hokies will College at 3 p.m. ... The second doubleheader against Big South schools (Charleston make their first television appearance of the will come on Dec. 14, when the women Southern on Dec. 29). season on Nov. 17, as the Hokies host Mount host JMU at 4 p.m., following the men game St. Mary’s on Comcast SportsNet ... All 16 ACC against Longwood at 2 p.m. Thompson Shelved for a While games this season will be televised, for the Forward J.T. Thompson first time since joining the league in 2004 ... Taking the Day Off will miss the next 4-6 Last season’s NIT win over Morgan State was The Hokies have earned a first-round bye weeks following surgery the Hokies’ first-ever appearance on ESPN in three of the four seasons since joining the this morning to correct an Classic. league in 2004 ... The only team to better that inguinal hernia. mark is North Carolina, which has had a bye Returning Scoring in all four seasons ... Duke and Boston College The Next Group The Hokies return 81.2 percent of their have each earned two first round byes over Virginia Tech announced scoring from last season to this season’s that stretch .. BC did not join the league until the signing of four players squad ... That number increases to 82.0 2005 ... In the 2004-05 season, with 11 teams, to national letters of intent J.T. Thompson percent for ACC games. there were five teams receiving byes, but Tech on Wednesday ... Joining the Hokies for the was the fourth seed that season. 2009-10 season will be Manny Atkins, a 6-7, In the Cassell 200 lbs. wing, Ben Boggs, a 6-4, 185 lbs. The Hokies have a 470-138 overall record Since Expansion guard, Erick Green, a 6-2, 180 lbs. guard and in Cassell Coliseum, good for a .773 winning Since the ACC expanded to include Virginia Cadarian Raines, a 6-8, 210 lbs. forward. percentage ... Tech was 14-3 in Cassell Tech and Miami in 2004 (and Boston College Coliseum during the 2007-08 season ... The joined in 2005), the Hokies have the fourth- A Homecoming for Hokies win over Florida State marked the Hokies’ most conference victories ... Tech is 31-33 in When Virginia Tech competes in the 600th game played in Cassell Coliseum ... that stretch ... Only North Carolina (51-13), O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Tech was 13-2 in the Cassell last season and Duke (46-18) and Maryland (33-31) have Rico Tip-Off, a pair of Hokies 6-2 in ACC games in Cassell a year ago ... more wins in that span ... Tech’s winning will be playing in front of Tech was 13-3 in the 2004-05 season and had percentage is fifth-best over that time (add the home crowd ... Senior a 10-7 mark in the 2005-06 season ... Tech Boston College to the previous three teams). A.D. Vassallo and freshman defeated Providence, 69-64, on Feb. 23, 2003, Victor Davila are both for the Hokies’ 400th victory in the building Hokies Led the Way natives of Puerto Rico ... ... Tech defeated Rhode Island, 86-63, on Nov. Perhaps the largest factor in the Hokies’ Vassallo is from Toa Baja, a 20, 2002, in its 500th game in the arena ... top-four finish in the ACC last season was city west of San Juan, site of Tech is now in its 45th season in Cassell ... the fact that Tech led the ACC in scoring Victor Davila the tournament ... Davila is The first basketball game was played in the defense ... Tech held opponents to 64.7 points from Canovanas, a city east of San Juan.