Virginia Tech males’s basketball has seen higher days. Within the third 12 months below Mike Younger, the Hokies carved out a good general 20-12 document, which is appropriate, admirable even. However such a document comes with caveats: They completed in a paltry seventh place within the ACC regular-season standings. I’m no bracketologist, however that’s in all probability not the way you need to enter March.
Thanks (or no thanks?) to their common 12 months foibles, Virginia Tech entered the ACC Event on the surface wanting in to March Insanity. Any early defeat would imply the Hokies have been all however definitely going to have a silent month.
That nightmare nearly grew to become a actuality within the second spherical towards Clemson (+5 favorites) on Wednesday evening. Virginia Tech confronted a 75-73 extra time deficit, and a bit of over six seconds to go the size of the courtroom, or their season’s over. Welp. Hokie followers ought to begin submitting out to beat the site visitors.
Not if Darius Maddox has something to say.
A game-winning three proper via the guts of fellow bubble Clemson, and a stoic stare down after virtually screaming, “Yep, I did that.”
Right here’s a few extra angles of this candy style of the insanity to return.
Virginia Tech survives to play No. 2 seeded Notre Dame on Thursday. One other tall order and one other win they in all probability should have. After Maddox’s heroics, you’d forgive them in the event that they felt invincible.
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