Virginia Tech Hokies NCAA Basketball News

Persecution complexes are common around Atlantic Coast Conference basketball programs that lack fabled pedigrees, but Virginia Tech Coach Seth Greenberg is hoping to use his to motivate his team's play on the court.

D aven Harmeling eagerly anticipated his senior season at Washington State. He had been a contributor on back-to-back NCAA tournament teams and was part of the resurrection of Cougars basketball, first under coach Dick Bennett and then under his son and successor, Tony.

Virginia guard Sylven Landesberg voted for Wake Forest's Ish Smith as the ACC's fastest player.

Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg begins his seventh season as the head basketball coach in Blacksburg ... named the ACC Coach of the Year twice in the school's first five years in the league, Greenberg is 107-85 in his six seasons with the Hokies ... over the past three years, Tech is 26-22 in ACC regular season play and has averaged 20.7 wins per ...

If Jeff Allen has found a happy medium with his weight, he could make Virginia Tech basketball fans much happier this season.

North Carolina lost a bunch of pros from its national title team. Duke does not possess an excess supply of guards.

Virginia Tech forward Allan Chaney had surgery on a torn labrum in his left shoulder on Friday.

In our third preview of this yeara TMs ACC draft prospects we Virginia Techa TMs Malcolm Delaney , Marylanda TMs Greivis Vasquez , Wake Foresta TMs Ty Walker , Miamia TMs DeQuan Jones , and Duke captain Jon Scheyer .

With basketball season officially under way, most of the attention is on the returning men's stars and highly touted recruits.

The Virginia Tech men's basketball team boasts a new practice facility, one of the best guards in the ACC and a very good power forward.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Freshman Manny Atkins heads a solid recruiting class for the Hokies and will be a great addition as a wingman.

Energy and effort are a given, Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg said, as the Hokies open preseason basketball practice.

Each year, Virginia Tech fans are treated to the intensity and competitiveness of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball inside Cassell Coliseum.

We continue our 1-347 countdown. Today, it's teams ranked 51st through 100th. Beginning Thursday, teams in our top 50 will get full-fledged breakdowns.

Location: Blacksburg, VA Why they'll make it: Juniors Jeff Allen, a forward, and Malcolm Delaney, a guard, are two of the most underrated players in the country.

It was the summer of 2007, and point guard Larry Bastfield knew things would be different for Towson Catholic in his senior year.

Giglio won't get down to NC State until tomorrow, but you should start reading his excellent "slow season" series today.

There are quite a few former Virginia Tech players participating in this week's NBA summer league in Las Vegas.

For the most part, the rosters are now set for next season in ACC basketball. Schedules should be released in a little over a month, and practices will be starting in mid-October. With that in mind, here is part II of a look at how the ACC sizes up on paper for the 2009-10 season.

Given that we're talking about a rising high school junior, place this in the for-what-it's-worth file: Robert Brown, a 6-foot-4 shooting guard from Clermont, Fla., committed earlier this week to Virginia Tech.