2020-21 Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Game Notes Game Info On the Call Schedule Sunday, Nov. 29 | 8 p.m. ET | Game 3 Jon Sciambi (PxP) NOVEMEBER Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville, Conn. Jon Crispin (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) 8 P.M. Virginia Tech • Wrapping up its stay in Bubbleville Sunday, DECEMBER the Virginia Tech men's basketball team will 3 VMI (ACCN) 8 P.M. Hokies 2 take on USF at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2. 8 PENN STATE (TBA) TBA 15 CLEMSON* (TBA) TBA 'Record .................................................... 2-0, 0-0 ACC • The Hokies will go up against the Bulls for 19 COPPIN STATE (TBA) TBA Starters R/L .............................................................3/2 the first time in 25 years, which was back when 21 LONGWOOD (ACCN) TBA Head Coach ...........................................Mike Young the two schools regularly competed against 29 MIAMI (FLA.)* (TBA) TBA Record at School (Years) ..................18-16 (2nd) one another as Metro Conference members. • Tech, which is 4-4 in the all-time series with JANUARY USF, has won three of the last four contests. 2 AT NO. 4/4 VIRGINIA* (TBA) TBA USF In the last meeting, the Hokies won 74-64 in 6 AT [RV/RV] LOUISVILLE* (AccN) TBA Bulls 1995 in Blacksburg. 10 NOTRE DAME* (TBA) TBA • Tech coach Mike Young is 0-3 against USF’s 12 NO. 9/8 DUKE* (TBA) TBA Record.......................................... 1-1, 0-0 American Brian Gregory, facing him when the two were 17 AT WAKE FOREST* (TBA) TBA Starters R/L .............................................................4/1 at Wofford and Dayton twice (2003, ’08) and 20 BOSTON COLLEGE* (TBA) TBA Head Coach .......................................Brian Gregory when Gregory was at Georgia Tech (2015), 23 AT [--/RV] SYRACUSE* (TBA) TBA Record at School (Years) ...................49-54 (4th) while never having faced USF his career. 27 AT NOTRE DAME* (TBA) TBA 30 NO. 4/4 VIRGINIA* (TBA) TBA NUMBERS TO KNOW WHO TO WATCH FEBRUARY • Keve Aluma, coming • There are only two teams 3 AT PItt* (TBA) TBA off a career-high 19 since '10 that have won a 6 AT MIAMI (FLA.)* (TBA) TBA points versus Radford game against a top-3 team 9 NO. 21/18 FLORIDA STATE* (TBA) TBA Wednesday, followed in their first six games of 13 [rv/rv] LOUISVILLE* (TBA) TBA suit with another the season in consecutive 16 AT NO. 16/16 NORTH CAROLINA* (TBA) TBA career night against years, with it being Tech 20 AT NO. 21/18 FLORIDA STATE* (TBA) TBA 2 No. 3 Villanova with a and Duke ('17, '18). 23 [--/rv] GEORGIA TECH* (TBA) TBA career-best 23 points. 27 WAKE FOREST* (TBA) TBA • He also pulled down • Only three players this eight rebounds and MARCH season have racked up 13 had two blocks and 6 AT NC STATE* (TBA) TBA 3 rebounds and dished out an assist. 9-13 VS. TBA (TBA) TBA five assists in a game, with Tyrece Radford accom- • Coming in off the * ACC GAME | AP POLL RANKING/COACHES POLL RANKING 3 plishing the feat last night bench, Nahiem Alleyne against No. 3 Villanova. poured in 20 points 1 - AIR FORCE RESERVE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME SHOOTOUT TIP-OFF thanks to hitting four TOURNAMENT (UNCASVILLE, CONN.) 3-pointers. 2 - ACC/B1G CHALLENGE (BLACKSBURG, VA.) • Over the last five sea- • Alleyne, who had 3 - ACC TOURNAMENT (GREENSBORO, N.C.) sons, only Tech, Duke, UNC two 20-point game and Kansas have the most last year, earned his wins against AP top-five VIRGINIA TECH CONTACT INFO first one against the Lance Dozier | Phone: (507) 993-1898 | Email: [email protected] teams, with all four squads 'Cats, as well as tallying Assistant Director, Strategic Communications 6 owning six games apiece one rebound and one Matt Johnson | Phone: (336) 692-2690 | Email: [email protected] since 2016. assist. Student Assistant, Strategic Communications PROJECTED STARTERS (Based off last game) LAST TIME OUT # Name P R A B S • Trailing by as many as 12 points in the Social 3 Wabissa Bede (G) 8.5 3.0 2.5 1.0 0.5 second half, the Hokies went on a 14-4 run to 4 Nahiem Alleyne (G) 17.0 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.5 get the game back in order and would go on 22 Keve Aluma (F) 21.0 5.5 1.5 2.0 0.0 to defeat third-ranked Villanova in OT, 71-63. 23 Tyrece Radford (G) 8.5 8.0 5.0 0.0 0.5 • Tech got it done on the glass, out- 25 Justyn Mutts (F) 7.0 5.0 2.5 0.0 1.0 rebounding the 'Cats by nine, 40-31. @HokiesMBB @HokiesMBB /HokieSports Key Information Game 2 - No. 3/3 Villanova AP Top 25 Poll - Preseason GENERAL INFOrmATION Nov. 9 | Opponents in italics University Name ..................................................................................................................................................Virginia Tech # Team (1st place) Record Points Location ..............................................................................................................................................................Blacksburg, Va. 1 Gonzaga (28) 0-0 1541 Founded ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1872 2 Baylor (24) 0-0 1540 Enrollment .........................................................................................................................................................................36,000 3 Villanova (11) 0-0 1501 4 Virginia (1) 0-0 1364 President ...................................................................................................................................................... Dr. Timothy Sands 5 Iowa 0-0 1273 Director of Athletics ..........................................................................................................................................Whit Babcock 6 Kansas 0-0 1221 Nickname ...........................................................................................................................................................................Hokies 7 Wisconsin 0-0 1150 Mascot ..........................................................................................................................................................................Hokie Bird 8 Illinois 0-0 1105 Colors ..........................................................................................................................Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange 9 Duke 0-0 1073 Affilliation .........................................................................................................................................................NCAA Division I 10 Kentucky 0-0 1038 Conference...........................................................................................................................................................Atlantic Coast 11 Creighton 0-0 922 12 Tennessee 0-0 919 Home Court ...................................................................................................................................................Cassell Coliseum 13 Michigan State 0-0 820 Capacity ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8,925 14 Texas Tech 0-0 790 15 West Virginia 0-0 651 INFOrmATION 16 North Carolina 0-0 465 2019-120 Record ................................................................................................................................................................16-16 17 Houston 0-0 438 Conference Record/Finish .................................................................................................................7-13 (T-10th in ACC) 18 Arizona State 0-0 402 Starters Returning/Lost ........................................................................................................................................................3/2 19 Texas 0-0 380 Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................................................................................................................6/4 20 Oregon 0-0 375 Newcomers .........................................................9 (4 freshmen, 3 grad transfers, 2 sit-out transfers now eligible) 21 Florida State 0-0 351 22 UCLA 0-0 336 STAFF 23 Ohio State 0-0 270 Head Coach ............................................................................................................... Mike Young (Emery & Henry, 1986) 24 Rutgers 0-0 190 Virginia Tech Record/Years ........................................................................................................... 18-16 / Second season 25 Michigan 0-0 160 Overall Record/Years ....................................................................................................................317-260 / Entering 19th Receiving Votes: LSU 146, Memphis 69, Florida 69, Alabama Associate Head Coach ......................................................................................................Chester Frazier (Illinois, 2009) 50, Indiana 48, Louisville 41, Richmond 40, Stanford 14, Provi- dence 9, Saint Louis 8, Auburn 8, UConn 6, San Diego St. 6, BYU Assistant Coach .......................................................................................................... Christian Webster (Harvard, 2013) 4, Loyola Chicago 3, Seton Hall 2, UNI 1, UNC Greensboro 1 Assistant Coach ................................................................................................................... Kevin Giltner (Wofford, 2012) Chief of Staff ..........................................................................................