The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team picked up a big commitment from UNC Wilmington transfer guard Adam Smith on Wednesday, according to multiple media outlets.
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The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team will host Iowa on Nov. 27 and Virginia will visit Wisconsin on Nov. 28 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Virginia Tech spent about $20 million on football in 2010-11. At the same time, the Hokies ranked 8th in the 12-team ACC in men's basketball spending at $4.7 million.
New Virginia Tech basketball coach James Johnson added three assistant coaches Thursday, but is on the verge of losing his top recruit.
One has ties to Salem, another is a VMI Hall of Famer, and the third comes from Penn State
Forward Dorian Finney-Smith had a strong rookie year for the Virginia Tech basketball team, but his sophomore season most likely will be played in a different uniform.
Rustburg forward Marshall Wood met with new Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach James Johnson on Wednesday and re-affirmed his commitment to the Hokies, Red Devils coach Brantley Shields said. Wood, who signed with Tech in the fall, asked out of his letter of intent last week, and was granted his release to explore his options. But Johnson, who was Wood’s lead recruiter, talked him back into his commitment to the program.
James Johnson has been a head coach before. Well, sort of. The new Virginia Tech basketball coach filled in at Ferrum once while he was an assistant at his alma mater.
James Johnson, 40, was introduced as Virginia Tech’s head men’s basketball coach during a press conference Tuesday.
Virginia Tech introduced former assistant coach James Johnson as its new basketball coach on Tuesday.
Virginia Tech director of athletics Jim Weaver said last week he was displeased with all of the school’s men’s basketball assistants leaving en masse this offseason for comparable jobs at similar or smaller universities. It was one of the main reasons the Hokies decided to part ways with head coach Seth Greenberg after nine mostly-successful seasons.
James Johnson, who served as an assistant with the Hokies for five years before taking an assistant job at Clemson last month, was hired as Tech’s new head, media reports said.
A day after the surprising firing of Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech starts search for successor, while current players ponder their future.
Rustburg senior forward Marshall Wood, who signed to play basketball at Virginia Tech in the fall, plans to request his release from his letter of intent this week, Red Devils coach Brantley Shields said Tuesday.
The Twitter hashtag "#Hokies" was an easy way for criminals and spammers to target people looking for information on the Seth Greenberg firing news conference
Seth Greenberg doesn’t have to worry about hiring a new set of assistants after all. Virginia Tech fired its men’s basketball coach Monday.
Seth Greenberg himself was blindsided by his dismissal, even after a 16-17 season that saw the Hokies miss the postseason for the first time in six years.
Virginia Tech has fired basketball coach Seth Greenberg, athletic director Jim Weaver announced Monday.
The short spurts C.J. Barksdale got each time he stepped on the floor during Atlantic Coast Conference competition prepared him for the opportunities he’ll get to be on the floor in extended minutes as he continues to get acclimated with Division I play.
The turnover of assistant coaches for Virginia Tech's basketball program is continuing.
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