Late last Friday, I posted a rant about Virginia Tech's poor fan showing at the ACC tournament in Greensboro, noting
that VT had failed to sell out their full allotment of tournament tickets. While I'm disappointed that Hokie fans didn't
show a better appetite for tourney tickets and didn't show up in large numbers in Greensboro, the discussion that ensued
revealed that the Virginia Tech athletic department, in the person of the Hokie Club, learned a harsh lesson about
supply and demand – or lack thereof – with regards to basketball tickets. In their efforts to sell the tickets, the
Hokie Club made numerous mistakes along the way.


Once word got out that the Hokies hadn't sold through their allotment of tournament tickets, some spirited discussion
ensued on the TSL message boards, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch followed up with an article on the matter, giving Lu
Merritt, Virginia Tech's director of development for intercollegiate athletics, the chance to state the Hokie Club's
position.