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Virginia Tech is off to an early start in the 2009 men’s basketball recruiting class. Yesterday, 6-4, 185-pound guard Ben Boggs verbally committed to head coach Seth Greenberg, choosing the Hokies over offers from Davidson, James Madison, and William & Mary and interest from Michigan and UNC-Wilmington, among others.

An in-state star out of Hidden Valley High School (Roanoke, VA), Boggs is the first prospect to commit to Virginia Tech’s 2009 recruiting class.

“Virginia Tech offered a while back, when he was a freshman, so I think they have been the frontrunner all along,” Hidden Valley head coach Chris Morris said. “I think it just got to a point where a lot of things fell into place. His sister is going there now. Some other schools had offered, but they were not ACC-caliber and the ACC is where he wanted to play. I think it just got to a point where he wanted to get this thing out of the way.”

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