2020-21 Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Game Notes Game Info On the Call Schedule Monday, Dec. 21 | 8 p.m. ET | Game 8 Jay Alter (PxP) NOVEMEBER Cassell Coliseum | Blacksburg, Va. Dan Bonner (Analyst) 25 RADFORD (ACCNX) W, 77-62 28 VS. TEMPLE (ESPNEWS)1 CANCELED 29 VS. NO. 3/3 VILLANOVA (ESPNU)1 W, 81-73 (OT) 1 INFORMATION AT THE RIM 29 VS. USF (ESPN2) W, 76-58 [RV/RV] Virginia Tech • Coming off its 40-point win Saturday, the DECEMBER Virginia Tech men's basketball team will take 3 VMI (ACCN) W, 64-57 Hokies 2 on Longwood Monday in Cassell Coliseum at 8 8 PENN STATE (ESPNU) L, 75-55 15 NO. 24/rv CLEMSON* (ACCN) W, 66-60 Record..................................................... 6-1, 1-0 ACC p.m. ET on ACC Network. 19 COPPIN STATE (RSN) W, 97-57 Starters R/L .............................................................3/2 • The Hokies will go up against the Lancers for 21 LONGWOOD (ACCN) 8 P.M. Head Coach ...........................................Mike Young the first time in nine years, with last playing 29 MIAMI (FLA.)* (ACCN) 6 P.M. Record at School (Years) ..................22-17 (2nd) them on Jan. 22, 2011, a 70-52 win. (More on page 5) • Tech, which is 3-0 in the all-time series with JANUARY Longwood, has played all of its games in 2 AT NO. 17/16 VIRGINIA* (AccN) 4 P.M. Longwood Blacksburg, with the first one being played in 6 AT NO. 23/22 LOUISVILLE* (AccN) 6:30 P.M. Lancers 2008 and the second being in 2009. 10 NOTRE DAME* (ACCN) 6 P.M. • The Hokies' average margin of victory has 12 NO. 21/23 DUKE* (ESPN/2/U) 7 P.M. Record..........................................1-6, 0-2 Big South been 25.0 points. 17 AT WAKE FOREST* (AccN) 6 P.M. Starters R/L .............................................................2/3 • Tech coach Mike Young has never faced 20 BOSTON COLLEGE* (ACCN) 7 P.M. Head Coach .......................................... Griff Aldrich Longwood in his 19 years of coaching or 23 AT [RV/--] SYRACUSE* (RSN) NOON Record at School (Years) ...................31-42 (3rd) Longwood coach Griff Aldrich. 27 AT NOTRE DAME* (RSN) 7 P.M. 30 NO. 17/16 VIRGINIA* (ACCN) 6 P.M. NUMBERS TO KNOW WHO TO WATCH FEBRUARY • Pouring in five • The Hokies had two 3 AT PItt* (RSN) 7 P.M. 3-pointers on his way players make five 3s versus 6 AT MIAMI (FLA.)* (RSN) NOON to a 18 points, Nahiem Coppin State, with Nahiem 9 NO. 15/15 FLORIDA STATE* (ACCN) 8:30 P.M. Alleyne tied his most Alleyne and Jalen Cone do- 13 NO. 23/22 LOUISVILLE* (ESPN/2) NOON made shots from ing so. Only four high-ma- 16 AT NO. 22/21 NORTH CAROLINA* (ESPN/2) 7 P.M. downtown, which he jors have had two players 20 AT NO. 15/15 FLORIDA STATE* (ESPN2) NOON 4 has done three times. do so in a game this year. 23 GEORGIA TECH* (RSN) 7 P.M. • The Georgia native 27 WAKE FOREST* (ACCN) NOON also tied a season- • For the fifth straight high four rebounds MARCH season, Tech has started and chipped in two 6 AT NC STATE* (RSN) 2 P.M. 3 the season 6-1. The last assists. 9-13 VS. TBA (TBA) TBA time that didn't happen was back in the 2015-16 • With 11 of his 12 * ACC GAME | AP POLL RANKING/COACHES POLL RANKING 5 season, when the team field-goal attempts started out 3-2. coming from beyond 1 - AIR FORCE RESERVE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME SHOOTOUT TIP-OFF the arc, Jalen Cone TOURNAMENT (UNCASVILLE, CONN.) made them count by 2 - ACC/B1G CHALLENGE (BLACKSBURG, VA.) • Tech had eight players making five triples. 3 - ACC TOURNAMENT (GREENSBORO, N.C.) make a 3-pointer in its last • Turning in a season- game, a first in the Mike high 18 points, the Young era, topping the VIRGINIA TECH CONTACT INFO guard also distributed Lance Dozier | Phone: (507) 993-1898 | Email: [email protected] previous high of seven it well, too, dishing Assistant Director, Strategic Communications 8 which came against Dela- out a season-high four Matt Johnson | Phone: (336) 692-2690 | Email: [email protected] ware St. last November. assists. Student Assistant, Strategic Communications PROJECTED STARTERS (Based off last game) LAST TIME OUT # Name P R A B S • Tech, which was in a shooting slump from Social 3 Wabissa Bede (G) 6.0 2.4 2.6 0.3 0.6 downtown, got its A-game together against 4 Nahiem Alleyne (G) 12.3 2.0 1.1 0.0 0.3 Coppin State and hit 20 triples to win by 40. 22 Keve Aluma (F) 14.9 7.1 1.1 0.7 0.6 • The Hokies had a balanced attack 23 Tyrece Radford (G) 10.7 5.1 2.3 0.6 0.6 offensively, with 10 players scoring, including 25 Justyn Mutts (F) 5.7 5.6 2.3 1.0 0.4 four in double figures. @HokiesMBB @HokiesMBB /HokieSports Key Information Game 8 - Longwood AP Top 25 Poll - Week 4 GENERAL INFOrmATION Dec. 14 | Opponents in italics University Name ..................................................................................................................................................Virginia Tech # Team (1st place) Record Points Location ..............................................................................................................................................................Blacksburg, Va. 1 Gonzaga (54) 3-0 1541 Founded ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1872 2 Baylor (7) 4-0 1491 Enrollment .........................................................................................................................................................................36,000 3 Iowa (1) 6-0 1427 4 Michigan State 6-0 1307 President ...................................................................................................................................................... Dr. Timothy Sands 5 Kansas 6-1 1289 Director of Athletics ..........................................................................................................................................Whit Babcock 6 Houston 4-0 1169 Nickname ...........................................................................................................................................................................Hokies 7 Villanova 5-1 1163 Mascot ..........................................................................................................................................................................Hokie Bird 8 West Virginia 6-1 1113 Colors ..........................................................................................................................Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange 9 Creighton 4-1 1037 Affilliation .........................................................................................................................................................NCAA Division I 10 Tennessee 2-0 941 Conference...........................................................................................................................................................Atlantic Coast 11 Texas 5-1 873 12 Wisconsin 4-1 846 Home Court ...................................................................................................................................................Cassell Coliseum 13 Illinois 4-2 742 Capacity ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8,925 14 Texas Tech 6-1 669 15 Florida State 3-0 619 INFOrmATION 16 Missouri 5-0 491 2019-20 Record ..................................................................................................................................................................16-16 17 Virginia 3-1 456 Conference Record/Finish .................................................................................................................7-13 (T-10th in ACC) 18 San Diego State 5-0 455 Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................................................................................................................3/2 19 Rutgers 4-0 396 Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................................................................................................................6/4 20 Ohio State 5-0 392 Newcomers .........................................................9 (4 freshmen, 3 grad transfers, 2 sit-out transfers now eligible) 21 Duke 2-2 345 22 North Carolina 4-2 328 STAFF 23 Louisville 4-0 164 Head Coach ............................................................................................................... Mike Young (Emery & Henry, 1986) 24 Clemson 5-0 156 Virginia Tech Record/Years ........................................................................................................... 22-17 / Second season 25 Michigan 6-0 142 Overall Record/Years ....................................................................................................................321-261 / Entering 19th Receiving Votes: Richmond 140, Saint Louis 121, Virginia Tech Associate Head Coach ......................................................................................................Chester Frazier (Illinois, 2009) 115, Xavier 55, Oklahoma State 48, Oregon 31, Indiana 22, Flor- ida 18, Arizona State 13, UCLA 9, UConn 7, Arizona 5, Syracuse 4, Assistant Coach .......................................................................................................... Christian Webster (Harvard, 2013) Georgia 4, Arkansas 4, SMU 1, Minnesota 1 Assistant Coach ................................................................................................................... Kevin Giltner (Wofford, 2012) Chief of Staff ..........................................................................................