Deron Washington AD Vassallo Coach Seth Greenberg - HokieSports

The Hokies will once again face a challenging schedule. The nonconference
side of the slate will be very similar to the one from last year. A
Thanksgiving trip to the Great Alaska Shootout features a tournament with
a top field of opponents. The Hokies open with Eastern Washington and will
play either Michigan or Butler the second night, with Texas Tech, Gonzaga,
Western Kentucky and host Alaska-Anchorage on the other side; the GAS
should be a gas.
The Hokies will also play at Penn State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge and
in the prestigious Holiday Festival in Madison Square Garden against Hofstra
and either St. John’s or Marist. Road non-conference tilts at Richmond and
Old Dominion and home meetings with George Washington and Liberty
highlight the non-ACC slate.
“This is probably one of the toughest schedules in the history of Virginia
Tech basketball,” Greenberg said. “It does not lay out as well as I would like,
especially early in the season, following our home opener against Elon. We
have a long period of time prior to playing a cluster of games, starting with
the Great Alaska Shootout. Playing that many games in that amount of time
with such a young team concerns me because we will not have time to get
back in the gym and improve in areas between contests. Having said that,
this is the schedule that has been laid out to us and we need to prepare to
play a competitive schedule.”
Once again, the ACC should be, quite honestly, the best conference,
top-to-bottom, in the nation. No easy ones here. The Hokies open the ACC
schedule with an emotional game at Wake Forest in late December and
TERRANCE
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2007-2008 SCHEDULE
Day Date Opponent Time TV
Fri. Nov. 9 ELON 7 p.m.
Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout
Wed. Nov. 21 vs. Eastern Washington# 1:45 a.m.
Fri. Nov. 23 vs. Michigan/Butler# TBA
Sat. Nov. 24 Finals/Consolations# TBA
Big Ten/ACC Challenge
Wed. Nov. 28 at Penn State% 9:30 p.m. ESPN2
Sat. Dec. 1 UNC ASHEVILLE 4 p.m.
Tues. Dec. 4 UNC GREENSBORO 7 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 9 GEORGE WASHINGTON 5:30 p.m. FSN
Sun. Dec. 16 at Old Dominion 4 p.m.
Wed. Dec. 19 LIBERTY 7 p.m.
Sun. Dec. 23 at Wake Forest* 5:30 p.m. FSN
ECAC Holiday Festival - Madison Square Garden
Fri. Dec. 28 vs. Hofstra† 6:30 p.m. RSN
Sat. Dec. 29 vs. St. John’s/Marist† TBA RSN
Thurs. Jan. 3 at Richmond 7 p.m. CSTV
Mon. Jan. 7 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 7 p.m.
Sat. Jan. 12 MARYLAND* 2 p.m. RLF split
Wed. Jan. 16 at Virginia* 7 p.m. ESPNU
Sat. Jan. 19 at Georgia Tech* 1 p.m. RLF
Thurs. Jan. 24 DUKE* 7 p.m. ESPN
Sat. Jan. 26 at Boston College* 4 p.m. RLF
Tues. Jan. 29 FLORIDA STATE* 9 p.m. RSN
Sat. Feb. 2 VIRGINIA* 1 p.m. RLF split
Tues. Feb. 5 at NC State* 7 p.m. ESPNU
Sat. Feb. 9 MIAMI* 2 p.m.
Sat. Feb. 16 at North Carolina* 1 p.m. CBS
Wed. Feb. 20 at Maryland* 9 p.m. RLF split
Sat. Feb. 23 GEORGIA TECH* 2 p.m. RLF split
Tues. Feb. 26 BOSTON COLLEGE* 7 p.m. ESPNU
Tues. Mar. 4 WAKE FOREST* 7 p.m. RSN
Sun. Mar. 9 at Clemson* 1:30 p.m. RLF
Th.-Sun. Mar. 13-16 ACC Tournament$ TBA RLF/ESPN
* - Atlantic Coast Conference Games
# - Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, Anchorage, Alaska
% - ACC/Big Ten Challenge, University Park, Pa.
† - ECAC Holiday Festival, New York, N.Y.
$ - Charlotte Bobcats Arena, Charlotte, N.C.
All times are EST, and subject to change
FSN - Fox Sports Net
CSTV - College Sports Television
RLF - Raycom/Lincoln Finacial RSN - regional sports networks
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