Virginia Tech has lost two consecutive games since beating #1 Duke, and they
are squarely on the bubble, which is par for the course at this point in the
season. The good news is that they have an opportunity to play their way into
the Big Dance with a good showing at the ACC Tournament later this week.
Unfortunately, conference tournaments haven’t been kind to the Hokies throughout
the years.

In 1979, Virginia Tech beat Cincinnati, #13 Louisville and Florida State on
three consecutive days to win the Metro Conference Tournament in Memphis. In
1984, they advanced to the finals before falling to #17 Memphis.

Since 1984, Virginia Tech has never won more than one game in a conference
tournament. Since then, they’ve been one-and-done on 12 occasions. The other
nine times they won their first tournament game, and were bounced in the second
game.

The Hokies aren’t known for their postseason basketball, and not just because
they don’t make the NCAA Tournament very often. They don’t make a lot of noise
in their conference tournaments either. Except for a couple of opening game wins
over Miami that were followed up by razor-thin losses to North Carolina,
Virginia Tech just hasn’t been a team to watch in conference tournaments.

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