In six years in the ACC, Virginia Tech fans have yet to fully embrace the ACC
Tournament, one of the crown jewels of college athletics. It's an exciting,
one-of-a-kind event, but Hokie fans don't attend in large numbers, and VT has
even had trouble selling their full ticket allotment in some years. The reasons
why are multi-faceted, and boil down to one thing: Tech's history with
conference tournaments is long and ugly, in many ways.
At other schools that have been in the ACC for decades, tickets to the ACC
Tournament are coveted. Donors who pony up big bucks aren't even on the
distribution list for tickets, and tickets are often hard to come by, especially
when the tourney is in Greensboro or Charlotte and the North Carolina schools
are good.