For such a long time, Virginia could do no wrong, winning seven ACC games in
a row and moving from the bottom quarter of the ACC standings all the way up to
first place. But on Saturday in Cassell Coliseum, the Hoos ran into a buzz saw
and got smoked by a Hokie team that came to play. If you had told me before the
game that (a) Coleman Collins and Zabian Dowdell would score 11 total points;
(b) Virginia Tech would win by 27; or (c) both of the above, I never would have
picked (c). But it was that kind of day.
I’m really liking this ACC basketball. I like that as an observer, you
better watch, because you never know what you’re going to see. There was
nothing in the previous two weeks to indicate that the Hokies were going to
thump the Hoos like this. But alas, there you have it. Two minutes into Tech's
game with NC State ten days ago, you could tell the Hokies "didn’t have
it," and two minutes into this one, you knew the exact opposite.