Hokies Seeded 4th in ACC Tournament

Two months ago, on January 8th, Virginia Tech stood at 6-6 overall and 0-2 in the ACC after losing to Florida State
in Tallahassee. If you had offered to bet someone that the Hokies would finish as the #4 seed in the ACC, earning a
first-round bye in the ACC tournament, you’d have found a lot of takers. And you’d have won a lot of money, because Wake
Forest’s last-second win over NC State Sunday night locked up the #4 seed for the Hokies in this weekend’s tournament.
VT will get to watch Thursday’s games, then will take on #5 seed Georgia Tech at 2:00 pm Friday in the second round.

Chris Paul’s running shot at the buzzer lifted Wake Forest to a 55-53 win over NC State in Raleigh Sunday night,
dropping the Wolfpack to a 7-9 ACC record and leaving VT and GT tied for fourth in the conference at 8-8. By virtue of
their 70-69 win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta on January 22nd, the Hokies win the tiebreaker with the Jackets and get the
higher seed. Not that it matters — the two teams possess the #4 and #5 seeds and would have played each other no matter
how the  tiebreakers had worked out.

Here are the final standings and seeds for the tourney:

The tournament takes place at the MCI Center in Washington, DC, starting Thursday, March 10th, and culminating in the
nationally-televised championship game at 1 pm on Sunday, March 13th.

Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Tech will be televised nationally on ESPN2, but will be blacked out in areas where Raycom/Jefferson
Pilot is also broadcasting the game. If you’re within Raycom/JP’s coverage area, you’ll watch the game on a local
affiliate; if you’re outside the area, you’ll watch the game on ESPN2.

We’ll return later this week with a game preview and roster card.