Game Thread: Men's Basketball vs. VCU 12/21 @ 5:30pm EST

[hokiegrad]

Next up: VCU in Richmond

 

[NickVT10]

I may try and go to this game

 

[ACC_HOKIES]

I may try and go to this game

You should! VT isn't selling them, but I think tickets are still available. They start out pretty cheap on the balcony. I'm actually sitting in the JMU club seats, hopefully avoiding the VCU bandwagon.

 

[vtfan15]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mane I miss my coach <a href="https://twitter.com/SethOnHoops">@SethOnHoops</a></p>&mdash; Cadarian Raines #4 (@Raines_4VT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Raines_4VT/statuses/411547581181730816">December 13, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[Ragingcroc]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mane I miss my coach <a href="https://twitter.com/SethOnHoops">@SethOnHoops</a></p>&mdash; Cadarian Raines #4 (@Raines_4VT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Raines_4VT/statuses/411547581181730816">December 13, 2013</a></blockquote>
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We really need more CRaines when the offense bogs down. JVZ has been lights out on defense but isn't good at creating his own offense and bobbles passes a lot. Imo, I just don't see a point in playing TT at this point. He's seemed pretty lost on both sides of the ball.

 

[hokiehi21]

Seen VCU play 4 or 5 times this year. Definitely not as good as they were in previous years, VT can take them. Just not sure how having 13 days between games will effect the Hokies.

 

[hokiehi21]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mane I miss my coach <a href="https://twitter.com/SethOnHoops">@SethOnHoops</a></p>&mdash; Cadarian Raines #4 (@Raines_4VT) <a href="https://twitter.com/Raines_4VT/statuses/411547581181730816">December 13, 2013</a></blockquote>
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looks like he deleted this tweet. weird.

 

[Ragingcroc]

Seen VCU play 4 or 5 times this year. Definitely not as good as they were in previous years, VT can take them. Just not sure how having 13 days between games will effect the Hokies.

I am not too sure. The thing that worries me is not whether VCU is better or worse is that we won't be able to handle the pressure. Teams that are a lot less talented than we are have pressed us this year and caused tons of issues. Everytime we have faced pressure we have dribbled into double teams, picked the ball up too soon, and thrown the ball up for grabs. VCU will feast on turnovers if we don't get better against the press. Adam Smith is probably the best on the team at breaking the press but he's a bit of a defensive liability.

 

[HoHumHokie]

 

[vtfan15]

 

[wildturkey]

Seriously, fire everyone involved with strength and conditioning at VT. It is beyond absurd the amount of nagging injuries this program has.

 

[Ragingcroc]

 

[757Hokie83]

Seriously, fire everyone involved with strength and conditioning at VT. It is beyond absurd the amount of nagging injuries this program has.

agreed. every team gets the injury bug, but VT seems to have the injury chronic debilitating disease

 

[Ragingcroc]

Welp, this first half went a lot worse than I thought it would. We didn't play defense, made basket = full court pressure, then compounding it by dribbling the basketball into double teams and picking the ball up too soon. Plus giving up like 4545040 offensive rebounds.

 

[hokiehi21]

Tech lost by 30? Come on man. They had 13 days to prepare. Inexcuseable effort and execution.

 

[wildturkey]

Not only did we lose by 30, I'm fairly certain VCU scored 30 straight points. The game was a complete obliteration; exactly how I thought it would go. We struggle with even a little bit of defensive pressure, what did you think was going to happen going against a team that plays defense at 1000% all the time?

 

[hokiehi21]

i didnt think it was possible for one team to score 30 straight points in basketball

 

[Ragingcroc]

Really annoyed we keep putting Beyers and Johnston in over Raines.

 

[hokiegrad]

There's got to be something still going on there.

 

[vtfan15]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Rankin leaves Hokie hoops team: Junior guard will continue to attend Virginia Tech <a href="http://t.co/EFllrPU38J">http://t.co/EFllrPU38J</a></p>&mdash; VT Men's Basketball (@VT_MBBall) <a href="https://twitter.com/VT_MBBall/statuses/416640243769831424">December 27, 2013</a></blockquote>
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