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CASSELL COLISEUM HOME OF THE HOKIES! CASSELL COLISEUM 154 Cassell Coliseum was packed to the rafters last January when the Hokies beat the No. 1-ranked Tar Heels, 94-88. Cassell Coliseum provides Virginia Tech basketball with one of the greatest home courts in the nation. Winning has been the norm in the facility since its opening in 1961. Now in its 47th year of existence, Cassell is perhaps even more exciting today than ever in its history. The 2005-06 season saw a record 165,973 fans pack the building. A facility long known as one of the great home-court advantages in college basketball, “The Cassell” now gives Tech opponents one of the most difficult environments in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The 2006-07 season witnessed many outstanding games, but two contests will rank among the most memorable in school history. On Jan. 13, 2007, the Hokies defeated top-ranked North Carolina, 94-88, in front of another full house in the Cassell. And just eight days later, the Hokies downed #22 Maryland, 67-64, in overtime. That game was played in front of 8,500 fans, mostly students, who braved an ice storm to make Cassell Coliseum the tough home court that it has come to be. Cassell enjoyed a renaissance of sorts during the 2003-04 season, but truly came to life during the 2004-05 season. The Hokies finished the season 13-3 in the coliseum, and saw all eight ACC games sellout. Tech’s 13 home wins that season were the most since 1994-95 and tied for the fourth-most home victories for a Virginia Tech team in Cassell Coliseum history. That excitement was added to in the 2005-06 season, when the Hokies finished 10-7 in the building and saw 14 sellouts, including all eight home ACC games. The 2006-07 season also witnessed all eight conference games as sellouts. Since opening, the coliseum has attracted nearly four million fans for men’s basketball. Tech finished sixth nationally in Division I in increased attendance during the 2003-04 season, drawing 95,136 for the season, about one-third more than the season before. And Hokie fans improved upon that. Virginia Tech led the nation in increased attendance during the 2004-05 season, averaging 9,406 per game, the largest average attendance in Cassell Coliseum history. That record was broken again in 2005-06, as the Hokies averaged 9,764 per game and once again in the 2006-07 season, at 9,822 per game. Cassell Coliseum is constantly undergoing improvements. Seven years ago, new stateof-the-art video screens were added and five years ago, each seat in the arena was refinished to a natural wood look. Prior to the 2002-03 season, the athletics department 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 V I R G I N I A T E C H M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L
completed step one of a three-step process to renovate and improve the ambulatory of the coliseum. New video screens were added in the concourse, as well as a new design to the court, reflecting the Hokies’ entrance into the ACC. Last off-season, the north and south ambulatories were upgraded to blend with the work done on the east and west ambulatories prior to the 2004-05 season. Restoration and sealing of the exterior concrete walls and buttresses of Cassell Coliseum took place in 1997. Roof repair was completed in the fall of 1996, with replacement of the roof surface and installation of structural access to the heating and lighting systems as well as installation of steel beams in the top of the arena. The men’s basketball team was given a gift from Pat and Sandy Cupp of Blacksburg, Va., to renovate the men’s basketball locker room, which is now the Bill Foster Basketball Suite, named after one of Tech’s most successful men’s basketball coaches. Entering the 2007-2008 season, the Hokies have won 456 out of 591 games played in Cassell, for a winning percentage of .772. During the 1994-95 season, Cassell was the site of high excitement as the Hokies hosted two National Invitation Tournament games, en route to the championship. The Hokies beat Clemson in a first-round game at the Coliseum, then scored an emotional 64-61 third-round win over New Mexico State, turning the arena into a madhouse. Tech continued its strong home showings in the NIT in 2005, as the Hokies defeated Temple, 60-50, in front of more than 9,100 fans in “The Cassell”. The first basketball game played in the Coliseum was on January 3, 1962, as the Hokies routed Alabama, 91-67. The nearcapacity crowd had to sit on the concrete floor to watch the initiation of the new building because the seats had not arrived. There have been four perfect season records for the Hokies in Cassell: two 10-0 years (1961-62 and 1965-66), an 11-0 campaign (1972-73) and a 14-0 season (1975-76). The Hokies have lost only one game on their home court in 11 other years, including 13-1 records in 1977-78 and 1987- 88. In-state rivals have had little success playing the Hokies in Cassell, winning only 14 of 120 visits. Tech was 3-0 against Commonwealth of Virginia opponents last season. On September 17, 1977, Virginia Tech officials and friends dedicated the Coliseum in honor of the late Stuart K. Cassell. Adjacent to Cassell Coliseum is the Jamerson Athletic Center. Completed in 1982 and dedicated in the fall of 1983, and named in honor of J.E. Jamerson and his son, William E. Jamerson, owners of the firm that built the building. The complex contains administrative and coaching offices, athletic department accounting and business offices, team and coaches’ meeting rooms, the Jim “Bulldog” Haren Weight Room and the Gordon D. Bowman Memorial Club Room on the top floor for Hokie Club members. Prior to the 1988-89 season, a modern, spring-loaded playing floor was installed in the Coliseum. During the fall of 1989, the facility was upgraded with an improved lighting system in the arena. Construction for the main portion of the Coliseum began in 1961. It was completed in December 1964, at a cost of $2.7 million. Built by T.C. Brittain and Company of Decatur, Ga., it houses a 10,052-seat basketball arena, locker rooms, two auxiliary gymnasiums, offices and other athletic facilities. Although capacity crowds are a frequent occurrence in Cassell Coliseum, the largest crowd ever recorded was an overflow of 11,500 for Purdue on December 3, 1966. YEAR-BY-YEAR IN CASSELL COLISEUM Season Record Attendance 1961-62.................10-0................................68,000 62-63.......................7-3.................................76,000 63-64......................10-2................................72,000 64-65.......................9-3.................................73,000 65-66......................10-0................................69,000 66-67......................11-1................................85,000 67-68.......................8-1.................................55,500 68-69.......................9-1.................................62,000 69-70.......................7-3.................................64,000 70-71.......................9-1.................................71,500 71-72.......................9-1.................................55,000 72-73......................11-0................................84,300 73-74......................10-2............................. 105,000 74-75.......................8-3.................................91,600 75-76......................14-0............................. 107,200 76-77......................11-3............................. 100,754 77-78......................13-1................................93,833 78-79......................10-1................................86,972 79-80......................10-2............................. 102,806 80-81......................10-3................................90,075 81-82......................11-2................................94,719 82-83......................16-1............................. 112,539 83-84......................12-3............................. 118,853 84-85......................12-2............................. 115,054 85-86......................12-1............................. 109,836 86-87.......................8-4.................................66,827 87-88......................13-1............................. 122,757 88-89.......................6-6.................................94,532 89-90.......................9-5.............................. 100,153 90-91.......................7-5.................................70,668 91-92.......................8-4.................................55,380 92-93.......................8-7.................................66,483 93-94.......................9-3.................................74,622 94-95......................14-1................................93,622 95-96......................10-1................................91,933 96-97......................10-4................................66,800 97-98.......................8-6.................................72,742 98-99.......................8-6.................................56,559 99-00.......................9-4.................................52,547 00-01.......................6-9.................................67,619 01-02.......................9-6.................................52,511 02-03.......................8-7.................................63,167 03-04......................11-4................................95,136 04-05......................13-3............................. 150,490 05-06......................10-7............................. 165,973 06-07......................13-2............................. 147,330 Totals............ 456-135............... 3,992,392 CASSELL COLISEUM Cassell Coliseum, with its flying butrusses, begins its 47th season as the Hokies’ home court. 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 V I R G I N I A T E C H M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 155
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Coach Seth Greenberg Deron Washingt
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2007-2008 VIRGINIA TECH BASKETBALL
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TECH IN THE ACC THE NCAA’s TOP LE
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THE ACC TOURNAMENT IN THE LIMELIGHT
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NCAA TOURNAMENT TECH IN THE BIG DAN
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10 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8 V I R G I N I
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ACADEMICS AT TECH TRUE STUDENT-ATHL
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A NEW PRACTICE FACILITY BUILDING TH
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CASSELL EXCITEMENT LET’S GO! HOKI
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NATIONAL EXPOSURE GETTING NOTICED!
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FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL GETTING THERE IN
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THE TOTAL PERSON BUILDING THE MIND
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BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA COLLEGE TOWN,
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YES, VIRGINIA TECH! For all the rig
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A.D. VASSALLO Most consider Washing
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“This group of wing players has t
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The Hokies will once again face a c
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2007-2008 ROSTER AlphabeticaL No. N
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SETH GREENBERG HEAD COACH As he ent
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COACH SETH GREENBERG 40 the program
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A TALK WITH GREENBERG What did the
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STACEY PALMORE ASSISTANT COACH COAC
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BILL OLD DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPE
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RYAN DOWLEY CO-VIDEO COORDINATOR BE
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5 MARCUS TRAVIS 6-4 • 205 • Sen
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against Marshall, making one block
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Returning starter for the Hokies ..
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out a career-high seven assists and
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VINSON’S CAREER STATISTICS |----T
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Chipped in five points ... Nabbed f
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JEFF ALLEN 6-7 • 258 • Freshman
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THE ATLANTIC COAST THE ATLANTIC COA
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ACC TOURNAMENT Thursday, March 13 T
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ACC DIRECTORY ATLANTIC COAST CONFER
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TEAM STATISTICS 2006-2007 ACC STATI
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A.D. Vassallo The Hokies played a t
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2006-2007 RESULTS RECORD: OVERALL H
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2006-2007 GAME-BY-GAME GAME 1 GAME
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GAME 7 GAME 8 GAME 9 George Washing
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GAME 13 GAME 14 GAME 15 Marshall 59
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THE 2006-2007 SENIORS Markus Sailes
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OPPONENT QUICK FACTS Elon Location:
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