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File 2008 Former Hidden Valley star Ben Boggs is one of four freshmen that will join the Virginia Tech basketball team this fall.

Scouting report for your team 2009-2010. - Scouting report for your team 2009-2010. Tennessee Vols.

While Virginia Commonwealth point guard Eric Maynor is projected to be selected in the first round of tonight's NBA draft, three other players with state connections likely will find themselves sweating through the late stages of the second round.

File January Tech's A.D. Vassallo, driving past Virginia's Mamadi Diane, is playing in a pro league in Puerto Rico while awaiting the NBA draft.

As much as Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg relishes having a few lightly recruited players turn into stars on his team, he'd like it even more if some of those players got a shot in the NBA .

In the good-news-bad-news department, there is this from Virginia Tech : Guard Hank Thorns , who had 15 starts in 65 games in the past two years, announced in May he was transferring, which means that one of the incoming freshmen, Erick Green or Ben Boggs, will pretty much have to contribute immediately.

By Patrick Stevens Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Article Greivis Vasquez couldn't secure a guarantee in the NBA Draft.

Last season, the ACC earned seven NCAA basketball bids on the strength, speed and leadership of its star ballhandlers.

According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune : "The Bulls began a busy week of draft workouts Monday at the Berto Center with Duke's Gerald Henderson, Arizona's Chase Budinger, USC's Taj Gibson, Maccabi Tel Aviv's Omri Casspi, Virginia Tech's A.D. Vassallo and Alabama Birmingham's Robert Vaden in for a spirited session.

As Bob Dylan once said, "The times, they are a-changing." On May 11, sophomore men's basketball player Hank Thorns announced he has been released from his scholarship and plans to transfer.

If East Coast basketball observers were unfamiliar with Dante' Holmes before, that likely changed on March 20.

The spring signing period is over, but there's still another three weeks under the deadline for underclassmen to pull out of the NBA draft.

Virginia Tech's basketball program lost a guard and added forward this week. Seeking a bigger role, guard Hank Thorns will transfer, according The Roanoke Times .

Published: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. Former Florida forward Allan Chaney confirmed Tuesday night that he's going to transfer to Virginia Tech.

May 11, 2009 Hokie Basketball: Point guard Hank Thorns announces transfer Last week Seth Greenberg lost assistant coach Stacy Palmore to Georgia, now point guard Hank Thorns has announced that he will transfer.

Virginia Tech backup guard Hank Thorns plans to transfer. The Hokies announced Thorns' intentions Monday.

A Photo courtesy Donnie Livengood - The three eighth-grade West Yadkin students who thought of and organized the various fund-raisers were Ashley Griffin, Ashton Hemric and Rebecca Riley.

Iowa's men's basketball team will host Virginia Tech on Dec. 1 as part of the 2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Iowa's basketball team will host Virginia Tech on Dec. 1 in the 2009 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Roanoke used to have an NBA Development League team called the Dazzle. Coleman Collins spent this season playing for an NBA Development League squad named the Mad Ants.