Virginia Tech is headed to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row, and they’ll be going to Pittsburgh as an 8-seed. The Hokies will take on 9-seed Alabama on Thursday, March 15. 9:20 is the approximate tipoff time, and the game will be televised by TNT. The games in Virginia Tech’s bracket will be played in PPG Paints Arena.
The Virginia Tech-Alabama winner will play the winner of 1-seed Villanova vs. the winner of a play-in game that pits Radford against LIU-Brooklyn.
The back-to-back NCAA Tournament invitations for Virginia Tech are the first time the Hokies have accomplished that feat since 1985 and 1986.
Alabama is 19-15 overall and 8-10 in the SEC, finishing ninth in the 14-team conference. The Crimson Tide lost in the SEC semifinals to eventual SEC Tournament champion Kentucky, 86-63.
Alabama is led by freshman Collin Sexton, a 6-3 point guard who averages 19.0 points per game and shoots 44.4 percent from the field and 34.4 percent from three-point range. Sexton is a projected NBA lottery pick who is also Alabama’s top passer, with 110 assists for the season. Alabama’s top rebounder is 6-9, 232-pound forward Donta Hall, at 6.8 rebounds per game to go with 10.9 ppg (second on the team).
We’ll have a more thorough preview of the game against the Crimson Tide on Monday.
HTF does Alabama make it into the tourney with less than 20 wins and a losing record in the SEC?
Donta Hall did not play against Kentucky. If he’s back, that’ll make life a lot more difficult.
Found that out this morning. Sounds like it’s iffy that he’ll play, but we’ll see.
https://247sports.com/college/alabama/Bolt/Alabama-Crimson-Tide-Basketball-Avery-Johnson-provides-update-on-Donta-Hall-after-learning-NCAA-Tournament-fate-116128145
We need to build a 22-point lead in the 2nd half.
28 points actually
Time to put a whoopin’ on the Crimson Tide!
* No better way than to get rid of a bad taste in your mouth than to put a whoopin’ on Bama!!!
Let’s Go…Hokies!!!
BEAT Bama!!!
Really happy for Wilson to get his chance to play in the NCAA tournament
Good that it is in his backyard!
Me too. He has worked really hard this past season.