Deron Washington AD Vassallo Coach Seth Greenberg - HokieSports
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Ace Custis<br />
addresses the<br />
media following<br />
the Hokies’ win<br />
over Wisconsin-<br />
Green Bay in<br />
the 1996 NCAA<br />
Tournament.<br />
Allan Bristow and the<br />
Hokies are welcomed<br />
back to campus<br />
following their 1973<br />
NIT Championship.<br />
Blacksburg went wild as students and townspeople<br />
stormed the downtown area to hail their heroes.<br />
Tech reached the championship game by defeating<br />
Clemson, 62-54; Providence, 91-78; New Mexico State,<br />
64-61; and Canisius, 71-59. That Tech team finished with 25<br />
victories, the most in school history.<br />
The next season, Tech qualified for the NCAA<br />
Tournament. Drawing a disappointing ninth seed, Tech<br />
was placed in the same bracket with power-packed<br />
Kentucky.<br />
The Hokies beat Wisconsin-Green Bay in the first round<br />
in Dallas, Texas, 61-48, as Shawn Good led the way with 25<br />
points. The Hokies, however, lost in the second round to<br />
eventual national champion Kentucky, 84-60.<br />
That Tech team finished with a 23-6 record, one of the<br />
best marks in school history.<br />
In all, Tech has made 16 postseason appearances,<br />
compiling an overall record of 24-14.<br />
Tech’s NIT title in 1995 was the second for the Hokies.<br />
Tech also won the crown at Madison Square Garden in<br />
1973 in strikingly similar fashion.<br />
Tech guard Bobby Stevens hit a jumper at the buzzer in<br />
overtime to propel the Hokies to a 92-91 victory over the<br />
Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and the NIT title. The victory<br />
was a highlight of the championship series in which Tech<br />
won four games by a total of five points, including a firstround<br />
victory over nationally ranked New Mexico, 65-63,<br />
on national television.<br />
Tech’s first postseason appearance came in 1966, when<br />
the Hokies lost to Temple, 88-73, in the NIT’s opening<br />
round.<br />
A year later, Tech made its first NCAA Tournament<br />
appearance, advancing to the finals of the Mideast<br />
Regional with wins against Toledo and Indiana. The Hokies<br />
TECH IN POSTSEASON PLAY<br />
The Hokies had another successful trip to Broadway when they won the 1995 NIT at Madison Square Garden<br />
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