Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball

Virginia Tech Hokies

2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

University

Virginia Tech

Conference

ACC

Location

Blacksburg, VA

Head coach

Buzz Williams (3rd year)

Arena

Cassell Coliseum
(Capacity: 10,052)

Nickname

Hokies

Student section

Cassell Guard

Colors

Chicago Maroon and Burnt Orange^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Alternate

NCAA Tournament Elite Eight

1967

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1967

NCAA Tournament appearances

1967, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2007

Conference tournament champions

1979

Conference regular season champions

1960, 1996

The Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team is a NCAA Division I college basketball team competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Home games are played at Cassell Coliseum, located on Virginia Tech's campus in Blacksburg. As of August 5, 2015 the floor is known as Virginia Tech Carilion Court.^[2] Buzz Williams has been the head coach since 2014.

The Hokies have made the NCAA Tournament 8 times, the most recent appearance coming in 2007.

History

Early years

The Hokies' first intercollegiate basketball game was played January 22, 1909, resulting in a 33–26 win over Emory & Henry College. During the 1909–10 campaign, the Hokies completed the only undefeated season in school history by posting an 11–0 mark.^[3]

From 1921 to 1965, Virginia Tech was a member of the Southern Conference.

In 1973, under coach Don DeVoe, Virginia Tech defeated Notre Dame to win the NIT.

Stability under Moir

In the 1970s and 80s, Virginia Tech saw its most sustained period of success under head coach Charles Moir. The Hokies appeared in four NCAA Tournaments in Moir's tenure as coach from 1976 to 1987. In 1978, Virginia Tech joined the Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference after many years of being an independent school. Moir coached 11 seasons and holds the all-time wins record at Virginia Tech with 213.^[4]

Changing conferences

Bill C. Foster took over as head coach in 1991.They won the 1995 National Invitation Tournament under Coach Foster.

The Hokies remained members of the Metro Conference until 1995 when they joined the Atlantic 10. In five years in the A-10, the Hokies won one regular season championship and appeared in the 1996 NCAA Tournament.

Foster was replaced by Bobby Hussey prior to the 1997–98 season. After two years, Hussey was replaced by Ricky Stokes.

From 2000 to 2004, the Hokies were members of the Big East.

Success under Greenberg

Virginia Tech saw a resurgence of its basketball program under coach Seth Greenberg who was hired prior to the 2003–04 season. In 2005, Virginia Tech joined the Atlantic Coast Conference.

During the 2006–07 season, Virginia Tech beat Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium and also beat top-ranked North Carolina in Blacksburg. The Hokies went on to beat fourth-ranked North Carolina in Chapel Hill that same season. The Hokies earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament that season as a #5 seed and beat Illinois before losing to Southern Illinois.

In January 2009, Virginia Tech beat #1 ranked Wake Forest, the last unbeaten team in Division I in the 2008–09 season, marking the Hokies fourth defeat of a top-ranked team.^[5] The Hokies finished the 2008–09 season with a record of 23–8 and were snubbed for the NCAA Tournament partially because they had one of the worst nonconference schedule strengths in recent memory.^[6]^[7] They received a bid to the NIT where they advanced to the third round before losing to Rhode Island. The following year Virginia Tech added another victory over a top-ranked team on February 26, 2011, when it beat #1 Duke, 64–60 in Cassell Coliseum. But, they again received a bid to the NIT, just missing out on the NCAA Tournament.

New Era

After a disappointing 2011–12 season and after nine seasons with a record of 170–123 at Virginia Tech, Greenberg was fired.^[8] James Johnson replaced him shortly thereafter. Greenberg has the second most wins all-time at Virginia Tech behind Moir.

The Hokies beat 15th ranked Oklahoma State on December 1, 2012. Star Erick Green led the team to its first nonconference home defeat of a ranked opponent since 1995 by scoring 28 points.^[9] After two seasons with a record of 22–41, Johnson was fired.

Virginia Tech hired Marquette head coach Buzz Williams as head basketball coach on March 24, 2014.^[10] Though the 2014–15 season was difficult, the 2015–16 team finished with a 20–15 record and advanced to the second round of the NIT.

Retired jerseys

The following players have had their jerseys retired by Virginia Tech.

Name	Number	Position	Career after Virginia Tech
Bimbo Coles	12	G	Made United States Olympic team in 1988. Selected in the second round of the 1990 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings. Played 14 NBA seasons.
Ace Custis	20	F	Currently an assistant coach at University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Dell Curry	30	G	Selected in the first round of the 1986 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz. Played 16 NBA seasons with five different teams.
Allan Bristow	44	F	Played in the NBA for ten years, was the third-ever head coach of the Charlotte Hornets franchise.

Season-by-season results

Season	Head Coach	Overall	Conf.	Postseason	Notes
Independent
1908–09	R.M. Brown	4–2	–
1909–10	Branch Bocock	11–0	–
1910–11	Branch Bocock	11–1	–
1911–12	L.N. Keesling	6–3	–
1912–13	Houston Hughes	5–9	–
1913–14	Branch Bocock	14–5	–
1914–15	Branch Bocock	9–4	–
1915–16	Branch Bocock	12–3	–
1916–17	Harlan Sanborn	17–2	–
1917–18	Charles Bernier	15–5	–
1918–19	Charles Bernier	18–4	–
1919–20	Charles Bernier	14–4	–
1920–21	Monk Younger	19–5	–
Southern Conference
1921–22	Monk Younger	14–6	2–2
1922–23	Monk Younger 13–6	2–4	1–2
1923–24	B.C. Cubbage	5–13	0–4
1924–25	Buford Blair	6–9	1–4
1925–26	Buford Blair	3–10	2–5
1926–27	Puss Redd	6–8	2–6
1927–28	Bud Moore	5–11	3–7
1928–29	Red Randall	4–13	5–7
1929–30	Robert Warren	5–14	2–10
1930–31	Charles Rhodes	5–10	3–7
1931–32	George S. Gummy Proctor	8–9	2–8
1932–33	Mark Younger	5–10	3–7
1933–34	Mark Younger	1–15	1–10
1934–35	Mark Younger	3–16	1–11
1935–36	Mark Younger	5–16	1–9
1936–37	Mark Younger	6–11	4–9
1937–38	Mac McEver	6–8	4–5
1938–39	Mac McEver	3–14	2–10
1939–40	Mac McEver	4–15	1–9
1940–41	Mac McEver	8–13	4–8
1941–42	Mac McEver	10–10	4–8
1942–43	Mac McEver	7–7	3–6
1943–44	Mac McEver	11–4	4–1
1944–45	George S. Gummy Proctor	6–8	1–3
1945–46	George S. Gummy Proctor	11–8	7–3
1946–47	George S. Gummy Proctor	13–13	4–9
1947–48	Red Laird	14–9	7–5
1948–49	Red Laird	10–13	6–8
1949–50	Red Laird	16–9	9–5
1950–51	Red Laird	19–10	9–5
1951–52	Red Laird	4–16	3–10
1952–53	Red Laird	4–19	4–13
1953–54	Red Laird	3–24	3–13
1954–55	Red Laird	7–20	4–14
1955–56	Chuck Noe	14–11	10–7
1956–57	Chuck Noe	14–8	12–5
1957–58	Chuck Noe	11–8	10–5
1958–59	Chuck Noe	16–5	10–2
1959–60	Chuck Noe	20–6	12–1		Conference Regular Season Champions
1960–61	William Matthews	15–7	12–3
1961–62	William Mathews	19–6	9–3
1962–63	Howe Shannon	12–12	6–6
1963–64	Howe Shannon	16–7	7–3
1964–65	Howe Shannon	13–10	9–5
Independent
1965–66	Howe Shannon	19–5	–	NIT First Round
1966–67	Howe Shannon	20–7	–	NCAA Tournament Regional Final
1967–68	Howe Shannon	14–11	–
1968–69	Howe Shannon	14–12	–
1969–70	Howe Shannon	10–12	–
1970–71	Don DeVoe	14–11	–
1971–72	Don DeVoe	16–10	–
1972–73	Don DeVoe	22–5	–	NIT Champions
1973–74	Don DeVoe	13–13	–
1974–75	Don DeVoe	16–10	–
1975–76	Don DeVoe	21–7	–	NCAA Tournament First Round
1976–77	Charles Moir	19–10	–	NIT Second Round
1977–78	Charles Moir	19–8	–
Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference
1978–79	Charles Moir	22–9	4–6	NCAA Tournament Second Round	Conference Tournament Champions
1979–80	Charles Moir	21–8	8–4	NCAA Tournament Second Round
1980–81	Charles Moir	15–13	6–6
1981–82	Charles Moir	20–11	7–5	NIT Quarterfinals
1982–83	Charles Moir	23–11	7–5	NIT Second Round
1983–84	Charles Moir	22–13	8–6	NIT Third Place
1984–85	Charles Moir	20–9	10–4	NCAA Tournament First Round
1985–86	Charles Moir	22–9	7–5	NCAA Tournament First Round
1986–87	Charles Moir	10–18	5–7
1987–88	Frankie Allen	19–10	6–6
1988–89	Frankie Allen	11–17	2–10
1989–90	Frankie Allen	13–18	5–9
1990–91	Frankie Allen	13–16	6–8
1991–92	Bill C. Foster	10–18	3–9
1992–93	Bill C. Foster	10–18	1–11
1993–94	Bill C. Foster	18–10	6–6
1994–95	Bill C. Foster	25–10	6–6	NIT Champions
Atlantic 10 Conference
1995–96	Bill C. Foster	23–6	13–3	NCAA Tournament Second Round	A-10 Regular Season Champions
1996–97	Bill C. Foster	15–16	7–9
1997–98	Bobby Hussey	10–17	5–11
1998–99	Bobby Hussey	13–15	7–9
1999–2000	Ricky Stokes	16–15	8–8
Big East Conference
2000–01	Ricky Stokes	8–19	2–14
2001–02	Ricky Stokes	10–18	4–12
2002–03	Ricky Stokes	11–18	4–12
2003–04	Seth Greenberg	15–14	7–9
Atlantic Coast Conference
2004–05	Seth Greenberg	16–14	8–8	NIT Second Round
2005–06	Seth Greenberg	14–16	4–12
2006–07	Seth Greenberg	22–12	10–6	NCAA Second Round
2007–08	Seth Greenberg	21–14	9–7	NIT Quarterfinals
2008–09	Seth Greenberg	19–15	7–9	NIT Second Round
2009–10	Seth Greenberg	25–9	10–6	NIT Quarterfinals
2010–11	Seth Greenberg	22–12	9–7	NIT Quarterfinals
2011–12	Seth Greenberg	16–17	4–12
2012–13	James Johnson	13–19	4–14
2013–14	James Johnson	9–22	2–16
2014–15	Buzz Williams	11–22	2–16
2015–16	Buzz Williams	20–15	10–8	NIT Second Round

Post season results

NCAA Tournament results

The Hokies have appeared in eight NCAA Tournaments. Their combined record is 6–8.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1967	First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	Toledo Indiana Dayton	W 82–76 W 79–70 L 66–71
1976	First Round	Western Michigan	L 67–77^OT
1979	First Round Second Round	Jacksonville Indiana State	W 70–53 L 69–86
1980	First Round Second Round	Western Kentucky Indiana	W 89–85 ^OT L 59–68
1985	First Round	Temple	L 57–60
1986	First Round	Villanova	L 62–71
1996	First Round Second Round	UW–Green Bay Kentucky	W 61–49 L 60–84
2007	First Round Second Round	Illinois Southern Illinois	W 54–52 L 48–63

NIT results

The Hokies have appeared in 13 National Invitation Tournaments. Their combined record is 25–11. They were NIT champions in 1973 and 1995.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1966	First Round	Temple	L 73–88
1973	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	New Mexico Fairfield Alabama Notre Dame	W 65–63 W 77–76 W 74–73 W 92–91
1977	First Round Quarterfinals	Georgetown Alabama	W 83–79 L 72–79
1982	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Fordham Mississippi Georgia	W 69–58 W 61–59 L 73–90
1983	First Round Second Round	William & Mary South Carolina	W 85–79 L 75–76
1984	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Third Place Game	Georgia Tech South Alabama Tennessee Michigan Louisiana-Lafayette	W 77–74 W 68–66 W 72–68 L 75–78 W 71–70
1995	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals	Clemson Providence New Mexico State Canisius Marquette	W 62–54 W 91–78 W 64–61 W 71–59 W 65–64
2005	First Round Second Round	Temple Memphis	W 60–50 L 62–83
2008	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Morgan State UAB Mississippi	W 94–62 W 75–49 L 72–81
2009	First Round Second Round	Duquesne Baylor	W 116–108^2OT L 66–84
2010	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Quinnipiac Connecticut Rhode Island	W 81–61 W 65–63 L 72–79
2011	First Round Second Round	Bethune-Cookman Wichita State	W 79–54 L 76–79^OT
2016	First Round Second Round	Princeton BYU	W 86–81^OT L 77–80

References

↑ "The Brand Guide: Virginia Tech Identity Standards and Style Guide" (PDF). Virginia Tech. 2015-02-01. p. 10. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
↑ http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2015/08/080515-development-cassellfloornamed.html
↑ https://www.unirel.vt.edu/history/athletics/mens_basketball.html
↑ "Men's Basketball | History of Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech". www.unirel.vt.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
↑ Last unbeaten team falls: Va. Tech halts No. 1 Wake Forest
↑ Trueblood, Matt. "Bracket Snubs: Five Teams Not Invited to the Big Dance". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
↑ "Virginia Tech learns its lesson". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
↑ "O'Neil: Virginia Tech parts ways with Greenberg after nine seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
↑ "VaTech vs Oklahoma St Men's Basketball". ESPN.
↑ http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10670062/new-virginia-tech-hokies-coach-buzz-williams-vows-awake-sleeping-giant

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Championships & awards	Regular season champions ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Rookie of the Year 50th Anniversary Team

Seasons	1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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