Wednesday night, Virginia Tech defeated NC State to get to 15-6 overall, and
5-3 in the ACC. That’s a good start in ACC play, and as usual Tech is chasing a
first round bye in the ACC Tournament. However, now they have to close in their
final eight conference games. That has been a problem at times in the past.

Believe it or not, but Virginia Tech has started 5-3 in the ACC every single
year except for one, the epic disaster that was the 2005-06 season. Tech has
been 5-3 after eight games on five occasions, and 6-2 once. They went to the
NCAA Tournament after starting 6-2, but they have never gone after starting 5-3.

You’ve heard the term “closing” thrown around a lot recently,
because of the discussions surrounding football recruiting. The basketball team
has had issues of its own over the second half of ACC play.

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