Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 1 HOKIE HOOPS Hokies Host Tigers in Regular Season Home Finale in Cassell Coliseum Virginia Tech Hokies (14-13, 4-10) vs. Clemson Tigers (16-11, 5-9) TONIGHT S CHECKLIST Virginia Tech leads the all-time series, 10-6, and defeated the Tigers, 75-74 in overtime in Clemson earlier this season. The Hokies defeated Florida State, 72-61, on Saturday night with Zabian Dowdell led the Hokies with 20 points in the win. This is the Hokies last home game of the regular season. Tonight, Virginia Tech honors senior basketball players Allen Calloway, Shawn Harris and Bob Ritchie. 2006 Senior Night About Tonight s Game The Hokies are 14-13 on the season and 4-10 in ACC play... Clemson is 16-11 overall and 5-9 in league action... This is the second meeting of the season between the two schools... VT won the first meeting, 75-74, in Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson on Feb. 8, 2006. Last Time Out: Virginia Tech 72, Florida State 61 The Hokies snapped a three-game skid and defeated Florida State, 72-61, in Cassell Coliseum on Saturday night... Tech got out to an early lead and trailed only briefly in the game... Zabian Dowdell led all scorers with 20 points, while Jamon Gordon scored 15 points... Coleman Collins had 13 points and Deron Washington added 12 points and nine rebounds in the win... Tech outrebounded the Seminoles, 33-28 and hit 15 of 20 from the free throw line in the win. Finishing Up Strong The Hokies conclude a two-game homestand tonight against Clemson... In its two previous seasons under Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech has each season won its final two home games of the regular season... All four of those games were conference games (West Virginia and Rutgers as a BIG EAST member in the 2003-04 season and Maryland and Miami last season as an ACC member). Well Done, Seniors Tonight marks the final regular season home game for the Hokies and as such, is Senior Night in Cassell Coliseum... Tonight, in pre-game ceremonies, we will honor seniors Allen Calloway, Shawn Harris and Bob Ritchie, for their contributions to the Virginia Tech men s basketball program... Most importantly, all three will graduate this year... We will also recognize student trainer Shannon Carneal and student managers Julieanna McGuire, Scott Jester and Blair Ross. Congratulation, Seniors! TECH S PROBABLES F 13 Deron Washington So. 6-7 New Orleans, La. 10.7 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 1.6 spg F 3 Shawn Harris Sr. 6-4 Ettrick, Va. 1.8 ppg, 0.5 rpg, 0.1 apg C 33 Coleman Collins Jr. 6-9 Stone Mountain, Ga. 15.3 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 1.2 bspg G 1 Zabian Dowdell Jr. 6-3 Pahokee, Fla. 15.4 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.4 apg, 2.3 spg G 22 Jamon Gordon Jr. 6-3 Jacksonville, Fla. 11.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.5 apg. 2.1 spg GAME #28 Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Cassell Coliseum (9,847) Blacksburg, Va. 7 p.m. Series vs. CU: VT, 10-6 Series Streak: VT, one Last Meeting vs. CU: VT, 75-74, OT, 2-8-06 Live Stats: hokiesports.com Television: none Radio: Virginia Tech/ISP Network XM Channel 191 www.hokiesports.com 2005-06 SCHEDULE & RESULTS (14-13, 4-10 ACC) Nov. 4 Univ. of Saskatchewan (Exhibition) 90-42 W Nov. 10 RADFORD# 80-50 W Nov. 12 BOWLING GREEN# 71-72 L Nov. 13 WESTERN CAROLINA# 54-40 W Nov. 18 MOUNT ST. MARY S 74-62 W Nov. 21 MARSHALL 71-54 W Nov. 25 MORGAN STATE 77-49 W Nov. 28 at Ohio State^ 56-69 L Dec. 4 at #1 Duke* 75-77 L Dec. 7 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 94-66 W Dec. 10 ST. JOHN S 73-64 W Dec. 17 vs. Stanford! 59-52 W Dec. 27 WILLIAM & MARY 74-64 W Dec. 30 at Old Dominion 55-58 L Jan. 2 at James Madison 77-58 W Jan. 7 at Florida State* 68-74 L Jan. 10 #20 NORTH CAROLINA* 61-64 L Jan. 15 VIRGINIA* 49-54 L Jan. 21 at #22 Maryland* 72-81 L Jan. 26 #2 DUKE* 67-80 L Jan. 28 at Wake Forest* 76-70 W Jan. 31 GEORGIA TECH* 63-62 W Feb. 4 #15/14 BOSTON COLL.* 73-74 L Feb. 8 at Clemson* (OT) 75-74 W Feb. 11 at Virginia* (OT) 77-81 L Feb. 18 #21/18 NC STATE* 64-70 L Feb. 22 at Miami* 59-70 L Feb. 25 FLORIDA STATE* 72-61 W March 1 CLEMSON* 7 p.m. March 4 at Boston College* Noon RJ * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games ^ - ACC/Big Ten Challenge # - NABC Classic, Blacksburg, Va.! - Las Vegas Showdown, Las Vegas, Nev. (Dec. 17 game is actually at 12:30 a.m. EST Dec. 18)
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 2 The Series vs. Clemson This is the 17th meeting between the Hokies and the Tigers and Virginia Tech leads the all-time series, 10-6... The series began in 1925, with Tech winning in Clemson, 27-13... The teams only played twice between 1925 and 1965 Tech won the last meeting, 75-74, in overtime in Clemson on Feb. 8... Tech leads the series, 6-1, in Cassell Colisem, including a 59-57 win last season... The Hokies lead the ACC series, 2-1... Seth Greenberg is 2-1 against the Tigers. Hold That Tiger Virginia Tech has played three ACC games against Clemson and the outcome of each game went down to the buzzer, and in one case, beyond... Tech won its first ACC game on Jan. 15, 2005, when Carlos Dixon stole a Clemson pass and dunked in the game winning bucket with 6.9 seconds remaining to give Tech a 59-57 victory... The second game was won by Clemson on a dunk at the buzzer by Sharrod Ford, giving the Tigers a 66-64 home win... A replay showed the dunk had occurred prior to the final horn... In this season s first meeting at Clemson, Zabian Dowdell hit a three-pointer with 4.9 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime, where the Hokies fought off a couple of Tiger shots in the final seconds for Tech s 75-74 overtime win. Keeping It Close The largest margin of defeat for the Hokies this season is a pair of 13-point losses, one at current #9/8 Ohio State and one in Blacksburg to current #1/1 Duke... Tech is one of just three ACC schools that have not been defeated by at least 15 points in a game...duke and North Carolina are the other two. Getting Better at the Line Coleman Collins is shooting 67.7% from the free throw line this season... That improves to 73.8% from the line in ACC games... Over the last four games, Collins is 14 of 17 from the line, for 82.4%. Margin of Victory Virginia Tech s 72-61 victory against Florida State on Saturday night is the Hokies second-largest margin of victory in their two seasons of ACC play... Only Tech s 71-58 victory over Miami last season was by a greater margin. Setting a New Mark In the win at Clemson, the Hokies recorded a total of 21 steals in the contest... The 21 steals breaks the old school record of 19 steals, set on three different occasions, most recently on Nov. 29, 1999 in a home win over UNC Asheville... The previous high for the Hokies in an ACC game was 14, set in last season s home win over Clemson on Jan. 15, 2005... Against Clemson, Zabian Dowdell led the Hokies with five steals, the third time in the last nine games that he has tied his career-high in steals. The Art of the Take-Away In the loss to #21/18 NC State last Saturday, Jamon Gordon recorded a new season team-high with six steals... Last season, Gordon had a seven-steal game and a six-steal game... He now has five career games with six or more steals... The six steals in the NC State game is his high in conference action and ties Carlos Dixon s school record for steals in an ACC game by a Hokie... His career high is eight steals against William & Mary in his freshman season. 400 For Zabian In the win over Florida State, Zabian Dowdell scored his 400th point of the season... He is the first Hokie to score 400 points-or-more in consecutive seasons since Bryant Matthews pulled off the feat in the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. There s No Defense For This In the last five games, Virginia Tech s opponents are shooting 68 of 82 from the free throw line, good for 82.9%... In the last four games, Tech s opponents are 54-67 (80.6%), up from Tech s opponents average of 72.8% this season. By the Slighest of Margins The three-game run the Hokies were in earlier this month of one-point games was the first time since March 22-25, 1973, that the Hokies had played three consecutive one-point games... Those previous three games came in the final three games (all victories) of the 1973 NIT, when Tech defeated Notre Dame, 92-91, in overtime in Madison Square Garden to win the championship... The Hokies have played four one-point games this season and this is the first time since 1983-84 season that Tech has played four one-point games in a single season... The game that broke the one-point game streak was an overtime loss at Virginia. Bursting at the Seams In the win over Florida State, the Hokies broke last season s all-time attendance mark of 150,490... This season, Tech has distributed 156,126 tickets... Last year s mark surpassed the all-time season attendance mark in the 1987-88 season of 122,757... Tech is averaging 9,758 at home this season. Even More Junior post player Coleman Collins has already scored 352 points this season, 34 points more than his career high of 318 points last season as a sophomore... His 28 blocked shots this season surpasses his previous high of 25 blocked shots last season... He is shooting 52.4% from the field this season, higher than his previous high of 47.3% as a freshman... This despite missing four games to personal reasons. Take Care, Jamon In the last 11 games, Jamon Gordon has 47 assists and 28 turnovers. Working Overtime The win at Clemson was the Hokies first overtime game of the season and first-ever in an ACC game The Hokies followed that with the 81-77 overtime loss at Virginia... Prior to the Clemson game, Tech s last overtime game was a 94-92 loss to Old Dominion in Cassell Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2003... Tech is now 1-2 in overtime games under Seth Greenberg... Tech s previous conference overtime game was a 92-81 loss at Villanova in the 2002-2003 season, when Tech was a member of the BIG EAST Conference This was the first time since Jan. 2 and 7, 1993 that the Hokies have played back-to-back overtime games and the first time since Jan. 16 and 19, 1960, that the Hokies have played backto-back road overtime games. A New High Jamon Gordon s 16 rebounds in the win at Clemson is a new career-high for the guard, surpassing his old high of 14 at Wake Forest on Jan. 28... It is the most rebounds by a Hokie since Coleman Collins had 18 rebounds in the win over #7/8 Duke on Feb. 17, 2005 in Cassell Coliseum... A check of Virginia Tech records shows that the last guard with more than 16 rebounds was Bucky Keller, who had 21 points and 17 rebounds against Richmond on Dec. 7, 1960 in War Memorial Hall.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 3 Coleman, Zabian & Jamon Strong In the Middle Coleman Collins is rapidly becoming one of the top big men in the Atlantic Coast Conference... The 6-9 junior post player from Stone Mountain, Ga., entered the 2005-06 season averaging 10.2 points and 5.5 rebounds per game... Following his 13-point effort in the win over Florida State, Collins is averaging team-highs with 15.3 points and 7.0 rebounds per game this season... His Coleman Collins career averages have risen to 11.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game... Collins did not have a career double-double until his 14 point/18 rebound performance in the win over #7 Duke on Feb. 17, 2005... Since that game, he has registered 10 doubledoubles in the last 29 games that he has played... Last season, following surgery to remove a quarter-sized cyst from his left foot on Dec. 12, Collins averaged 12.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, up from his pre-surgery average of 8.3 points and 3.9 rebounds per game... Beginning with his 18 rebounds in the win over #7 Duke on Feb. 17, he has grabbed 234 rebounds in the 30 games in which he has played. Coleman Collins set a then career-best with 22 points in the loss to Bowling Green and tied his career-high with five blocks in the same game... He set a new career-high with 25 points in the loss at #1 Duke and bettered that with 32 points in the win at James Madison. Jamon Gordon is fifth in career assists and sixth in career steals at Virginia Tech. Coleman Collins has never fouled out of a game at Virginia Tech. Jamon Gordon recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win over Western Carolina and has added three more double-doubles since then... He is the only current Hokie with career double-figure highs in points, rebounds and assists. Scoring Up a Storm Zabian Dowdell caught fire for the Hokies during the 2004-05 ACC slate and hasn t cooled off since... Dowdell scored double figures in all 16 ACC regular season conference games and averaged 16.2 points per game in league play... He extended the double figure ACC game streak earlier this season, when he scored 15 points in the loss at #1 Duke... The fewest points he has scored in a conference regular season game was the 11 points he scored in the win over #7 Duke last season, but his three-point field goal in the final 16 seconds was the winning margin for the Hokies... He had four 20-+ point performances in league games last year and registered his career-high of 23 points in the win at Miami... He is the only Hokie that has played for Tech since 2000 to score at least 300 points in each of his first two seasons... Dowdell had extended his regular season doublefigure scoring streak to 24 straight games, hitting double figures in the first 10 games this season, before being held to nine points in the win against Stanford... For calendar 2005, Dowdell averaged 15.6 points per game in the 29 games he played. Coleman Collins recorded consecutive double-doubles with 14 points and 14 rebounds in both the win over Morgan State and the loss at Ohio State. He matched that feat with consecutive doubledoubles in the wins over Stanford and William & Mary. Important Numbers Here are some important numbers on the Tech juniors to keep in mind as we go through the 2005-06 season. Coleman Collins Points... 861 Rebounds... 438 Assists... 51 Steals... 41 Blocked Shots... 64 Zabian Dowdell Points... 1,148 Rebounds... 265 Assists... 262 Steals... 163 Blocked Shots... 14 Jamon Gordon Points... 850 Rebounds... 414 Assists... 349 Steals... 191 Blocked Shots... 57 Tech s Very Own Robin Hood Jamon Gordon has become quite accomplished at taking from the opponent and giving to the Hokies in his two-plus seasons in Blacksburg... The junior guard led the BIG EAST Conference in steals as a freshman and was second in steals as a sophomore in his inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference... Last season, Gordon was seventh in the ACC in assists and led the Hokies with 120 assists... Only Anthony Harris of Miami had more assists last season among returning players and Gordon is the leader among returning players in steals... Gordon was seventh in assist/turnover ratio and is third among ACC returners this season in that catagory... Last season, Gordon had eight games of six-or-more assists and nine games of four-or-more steals... He is currently sixth in career steals at Virginia Tech and, in the win over Georgia Tech, moved into fifth place in career assists at Virginia Tech. Coleman Collins, Zabian Dowdell and Jamon Gordon currently have 2,863 career points and 1,117 career rebounds.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 4 Missed It By That Much In Virginia Tech s 10 conference losses this season, the Hokies have lost by an average of 6.0 points per game... Tech s overall average margin of defeat is 5.9 points per game. Picking Up the Pace Entering the Georgia Tech game, freshman A.D. Vassallo had 12 assists in the first 20 games of the season... In the following six games, Vassallo surpassed that total with 14 assists... He had a career-high seven assists in the overtime loss at Virginia... He enters tonight s game with 26 assists. One of The Best When looking at the total game, Jamon Gordon has become, perhaps, the most complete player in the ACC... The junior guard from Jacksonville, Fla., has had a seven-game stretch that few have seen from a point guard in the ACC... Beginning with the Hokies win at Wake Forest, Gordon is averaging 14.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.1 steals and 3.9 assists per game... He has two doubledoubles, both on the road in that span and has individual road game totals of 14 rebounds at Wake Forest and 16 rebounds at Clemson In the overtime loss at Virginia, Gordon set a new careerhigh with 24 points... Add to that, he has more steals (26) than turnovers (19) over that time. Vassallo Earns Second ACC Award Virginia Tech freshman forward A.D. Vassallo was named the ACC Rookie of the Week for the second consecutive week on Feb. 6... Vassallo scored 13 points in the win over Georgia Tech and 14 points in the loss to #15 Boston College... Vassallo is the first Hokie to earn ACC Rookie of the Week honors from the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association since Tech joined the league before last season... The last Hokie to earn conference rookie of the week honors was Coleman Collins in 2004, when the Hokies were members of the BIG EAST Conference. Hitting the Mark Seth Greenberg won his 250th game as a collegiate head coach in the Hokies 94-66 win over North Carolina A&T on Dec. 7... Greenberg has a career record of 258-211 (.550) in 16 seasons as a collegiate head coach and he is 45-41 (.523) in three seasons at Virginia Tech. Cleaning the Glass Virginia Tech grabbed 40 rebounds in the win at Wake Forest... It was the Hokies third-highest total of the season and the highest of the season in an ACC game... Wake Forest led the ACC in rebounding margin and defensive rebounds and Virginia Tech was 12th in rebounding margin entering the contest... Tech also grabbed 40 rebounds in the loss to #21/18 NC State. Kings of Our Cassell Virginia Tech was 13-3 last season in Cassell Coliseum and was 11-4 in Seth Greenberg s first year at the helm of the Hokies... The combined 24 home victories was the most in a two-year span for Tech since the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons, when Tech won 24 games combined... With its 10 wins at home this season, the 34 home wins for Tech in the last three seasons is the most in three consecutive seasons since Tech had 34 wins in the 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97 season... The last time Tech had more than 34 wins in the consecutive seasons was 36 wins in the 1983-84, 1984-85 and 1985-86 seasons. Jamon s Grand Game In his post-game comments following the Hokies win at Wake Forest, head coach Seth Greenberg spoke of Jamon Gordon s will to win... Gordon registered his signature game in the win... Gordon scored 21 points for his sixth career 20-plus point game as a Hokie and set a then career-high with 14 rebounds... Add in his three steals, three assists and two blocked shots, and it is obvious his influence on the outcome of the contest... One thing that was not in the final box score was the fact that Gordon also, at times, was matched up with Wake s 6-11 center, Kyle Visser in man-to-man defense... In the win over Georgia Tech, Gordon proved that scoring was not the only source of value to a team... Although he only scored three points, Gordon led the Hokies with seven assists, while committing only one turnover... He also led the Hokies with six rebounds in his 30 minutes of action. Defending Our Cassell The Hokies are now 10-6 in Cassell Coliseum this season... The win over Florida State guarantees the Hokies will have a winning record in the arena this season... In its 44 previous seasons in Cassell Coliseum, Tech has had just one break-even home season and one losing season. A Road High The 76 points Virginia Tech scored in the win at Wake Forest is the most points by the Hokies in a road ACC game... The total is the third-highest point total by the Hokies in any ACC game. What A.D. Did On the surface, A.D. Vassallo s 29- point, 10 rebound performance in the win at Wake Forest was quite remarkable... But upon further study, it becomes even more exceptional... The 29 points is the most by a Virginia Tech freshman since Dale Solomon scored 33 points on Dec. 16, 1978 at Old Dominion... Take into account that time frame includes the freshman seasons of Dell Curry, Bimbo Coles, Bryant Matthews, Bobby Beecher, Carlos Dixon and the three juniors on this season s team... The last time a freshman scored 29-or-more points in an ACC game was Chris Paul of Wake Forest, who scored 30 points against Maryland in the 2004 ACC Tournament... Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina has since surpassed Vassallo s total of 29 points in a game. Welcome Back, Deron Starting forward Deron Washington returned from his one game suspension in the win over Georgia Tech and picked up his share of the load in the win... Washington, the Hokies tallest starter in the game at 6-7, scored 21 points, including the game-winning free throw in the final second of action... He also led the Hokies with six rebounds... Washington played 35 minutes in the game... The 21 points is Washington s career-high in an ACC game, bettering his previous mark of 14 points... It is also his second-highest point total of the season. Close Calls The Hokies are 4-10 in the ACC this season and have been close at the end of eight of the 10 losses... The 10 losses, five on the road and five at home, are by a total of 60 points, or 6.0 points per loss... The 13-point loss to #2 Duke is the largest margin in conference action this season... In Virginia Tech s 13 losses this season, the average margin of defeat is 5.9 points per loss, including the 13-point loss at Ohio State.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 5 Collins Returns Coleman Collins returned to the Hokies for the Boston College game... The junior post player had missed the previous two games to be with his ailing father... He scored seven points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in 27 minutes of action off the bench for the Hokies against the Eagles... In the win at Clemson, Collins scored 16 points off the bench for the Hokies and he had six points in the overtime loss at Virginia... Collins made his first start since returning in the loss to #21/18 NC State, recording his seventh double-double of the season, just five days after his father passed away on Monday morning... Collins left immediately following the NC State game and returned to Georgia for his father s memorial service, but rejoined the team in Miami... Collins scored 10 points off the bench for the Hokies in the loss at Miami and returned to the starting line-up in the home win over Florida State, scoring 13 points. Taking Better Care During Virginia Tech s last nine games, the Hokies have forced their opponents into 145 turnovers, while committing just 93 turnovers... In those nine games, Tech has committed doubledigit turnovers in just four games... In the wins at Wake Forest and at home over Georgia Tech, the Hokies were outrebounded, 79-66, and outshot from the field in both games... Tech forced more turnovers in the second half of the Wake Forest and Georgia Tech (19) than the Hokies committed in the entirity of both of those games (16). Keeping the Score Down Virginia Tech allowed Western Carolina just 40 points in the game on Nov. 13... That is the lowest point total the Hokies have allowed an opponent under Seth Greenberg... The previous low was the 49 points allowed to New Hampshire in Greenberg s first game as the Hokie head coach and the 49 points allowed to West Virginia in Cassell Coliseum near the end of the 2003-04 season... The last time Tech held an opponent to 40-or-fewer points in a game was a 65-40 win over South Florida on Feb. 19, 1994 in Tampa (That was prior to Greenberg taking the head coaching job at USF)... The 54 points Tech scored in winning the WCU game is the fewest for Tech in a victory since that West Virginia game, when Tech defeated WVU, 53-49 on Feb. 28, 2004. Krabbendam, Vinson Out Virginia Tech will play the remainder of the season without a pair of injured players... Sophomore center Robert Krabbendam and freshman forward Terrance Vinson will both seek medical redshirts this season... Krabbendam has not played this season following knee surgery and Vinson has been unable to practice or play since early December due to a back injury. Small Streaks Virginia Tech has had two, four-game winning streaks this season, the third straight season that has happened... Tech had not had a single season with two, four-game streaks since the 1995-96 season... That was the final season of the last time Tech had won four straight twice in a season for three consecutive seasons. Short-Handed in Winston-Salem Virginia Tech was without the services of three regulars for the win at Wake Forest... Starting center Coleman Collins returned home to be with his ailing father, starting forward Deron Washington was suspended for the game and guard Shawn Harris was attending the funeral of his grandmother... The game was the first game Washington has not started since arriving at Virginia Tech last season... Also, center Robert Krabbendam and forward Terrance Vinson are redshirting this season due to injurues... The Hokies dressed just six scholarship players, plus walk-on Chris Tucker and walk-ons Marcus Travis and Bob Ritchie. More About Tech vs. the Best The loss at #1 Duke was Tech s first game of the season against a nationallyranked team and Tech is 0-6 against nationally-ranked teams this season... With wins at #12/15 Georgia Tech and at home over #7/8 Duke, Virginia Tech was 2-4 against nationally-ranked teams last season... Tech is 3-14 against nationallyranked teams under Seth Greenberg... Three of Virginia Tech s eight conference losses a year ago were to teams ranked in the top 10 in the national polls, as well two of its six conference losses this season... Tech was 2-3 against ranked ACC teams last season... Virginia Tech was a combined 5-4 against teams in the NIT... Combined with the Hokies 4-5 record against teams in the NCAA Tournament, the Hokies were 9-9 against teams in the post-season last year. Deron Charges by Game Radford... 4 Bowling Green... 1 Western Carolina... 2 Mount St. Mary s... 1 Marshall... 5 Morgan State... 1 at Ohio State... 2 at Duke... 3 North Carolina A&T... 1 St. John s... 2 vs. Stanford... 2 William & Mary... 2 at ODU... 2 at JMU... 0 at Florida State... 0 North Carolina... 1 Virginia... 0 at Maryland... 1 Duke... 0 at Wake Forest...DNP Georgia Tech... 1 Boston College... 1 at Clemson... 1 at Virginia... 1 NC State... 0 at Miami... 2 Florida State... 3 Totals... 39 Tech Dunks by Game Radford... 7 Bowling Green... 1 Western Carolina... 2 Mount St. Mary s... 3 Marshall... 2 Morgan State... 6 at Ohio State... 3 at Duke... 4 North Carolina A&T... 5 St. John s... 7 vs. Stanford... 3 William & Mary... 5 at ODU... 3 at JMU... 6 at Florida State... 2 North Carolina... 2 Virginia... 2 at Maryland... 1 Duke... 3 at Wake Forest... 1 Georgia Tech... 2 Boston College... 1 at Clemson... 1 at Virginia... 1 NC State... 2 at Miami... 0 Florida State... 3 Totals... 75 Zabian Dowdell has set a new personal season-high with 63 steals this season.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 6 2004-05 In Review Greenberg Named Coach of the Year Seth Greenberg was named the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, in a vote by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association... Now in his third season as the Hokies mentor, Greenberg led Virginia Tech to a fourthplace finish in the ACC last season and a berth in the NIT. We Were Honored Three Hokie players were honored by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association in their annual post-season ACC awards following the 2004-05 season... Zabian Dowdell was honorable mention All-ACC and Deron Washington was named to the ACC All- Freshman team... Jamon Gordon was named to the ACC All-Defensive team. Winning Notes Last year, Virginia Tech won 16 games in a season for the first time since a 16-15 record in the 1999-2000 season, the team s final year in the Atlantic 10 Conference... The last time Tech won more than 16 games in a season was the 1995-96 season, when Tech was 23-6 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament... Seth Greenberg won 31 games in his first two seasons at Virginia Tech... The last Hokie coach to win 31 games in his first two seasons was Charlie Moir, who won 38 games in the 1976-77 and 1977-78 seasons. Jamon Gordon Starting a Winning Tradition With the win over Maryland to end last year s regular season, the Hokies finished the 2004-05 regular season 15-12 overall and 8-8 in the ACC... Coupled with Tech s 14-13 regular season in Seth Greenberg s first year as head coach, it marked the first time since the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons that Tech has had consecutive winning regular seasons. ACC s Finest Virginia Tech was 2-2 last season against ACC Champion Duke and runner-up Georgia Tech... Add in Tech s record against semifinalist NC State and North Carolina and the Hokies were a combined 3-4 against the final four of the ACC last season. Top Five The crowd of 20,301 to see the Hokies and Georgia Tech play in the quarterfinals of the 2005 ACC Tournament was the fourth-largest crowd ever to see the Hokies play a game... It was the largest non-regular season crowd for the Hokies. First Year in the ACC Last season, Virginia Tech won four straight ACC contests... The first ACC expansion team, Georgia Tech, did not win four straight regular season conference games until the 1985-86 season, its seventh season in the ACC... The second ACC expansion team, Florida State, did not win four straight conference regular season games until its fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh ACC games in its first season, 1991-92... Last season s other expansion team, Miami, won three consecutive regular season ACC games earlier in the season, but did not win four straight ACC games... Only Florida State s 11-5 conference mark in 1991-92 is better than Tech s 8-8 mark among ACC expansion teams. Solid Debut Deron Washington was fourth among ACC freshmen in scoring (7.9 ppg) last season... He was third in rebounding (4.6 rpg) and minutes played (24.1 mpg). On the Air Radio Virginia Tech/ISP Radio Network Bill Roth & Mike Burnop Zabian Dowdell Chris Tucker
ACC Information Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 7 A Warm Welcome Virginia Tech welcomed the 1995 NIT Championship team back to campus for the home game against St. John s on Dec. 10... The Hokies defeated Marquette, 65-64, in overtime to win the school s second NIT title... Former head coach Bill Foster, along with members of his staff and former players held a reunion in Blacksburg that weekend... The team was honored at halftime of the St. John s game. 2005-06 ACC Standings (as of Feb. 27, 2006) Team Conf. Overall Duke 14-0 27-1 North Carolina 10-4 19-6 NC State 10-5 21-7 Boston College 9-5 22-6 Florida State 7-7 17-8 Virginia 7-7 14-11 Miami 7-7 15-12 Maryland 6-8 16-11 Clemson 5-9 16-11 VIRGINIA TECH 4-10 14-13 Georgia Tech 4-11 11-15 Wake Forest 2-12 14-14 Deron Washington Virginia Tech is the only ACC team with three players in the top 10 in minutes played. INDIVIDUALS Scoring Zabian Dowdell 14th 15.4 Coleman Collins 16th 15.3 Rebounding Coleman Collins 9th 7.0 Jamon Gordon 19th 6.0 Field Goal Percentage Coleman Collins 7th.524 Assists Jamon Gordon 3rd 4.52 Steals Zabian Dowdell 2nd 2.33 Jamon Gordon 3rd 2.15 Assist/TO Ratio Jamon Gordon 1st 2.10 Offensive Rebounds Coleman Collins 8th 2.90 ACColades The ACC is 119-30 against non-conference foes this season (.799)... The ACC won the Big Ten/ACC Challenge for the seventh time in seven years, winning six of the 11 games... Coleman Collins is tied for fifth in the ACC in double-doubles this season, with seven... Zabian Dowdell s 1,148 career points is 11th-best among active ACC players and third-best among ACC juniors... Jamon Gordon s 349 career assists is second-best among active ACC players and tops among active juniors... Collins has 10 games of 10-or-more rebounds this season, sixth-best in the ACC... Gordon has three games of 10-or-more rebounds this season, best among ACC point guards... Virginia Tech s 84 starts among its juniors is tops of any class in the ACC... Twenty-one times this season, an ACC player has played acomplete game; seven of those have been Hokies... Dowdell has acheived the feat three times. Hokie junior post player Coleman Collins is on track to graduate in May, 2006 at the age of 19 years old and after just three seasons at Virginia Tech. Hokies in ACC Stats TEAM Scoring Offense Scoring Defense Scoring Margin Free Throw Percentages Field Goal Percentages Field Goal % Defense 3-pt. FG Percentage 3-pt. FG% Defense Rebounding Margin Blocked Shots Assists Steals Turnover Margin Assist/TO Ratio Offensive Rebounds Defensive Rebounds 3-pt. FG Made 11th 1st 8th 11th 9th 7th 11th 5th 12th 8th 10th 4th 1st 4th 9th 12th 12th Stats are for all games played as of 2-27-06 Jamon Gordon leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in assist/turnover ratio. Virginia Tech leads the ACC in turnover margin and scoring defense. Jamon Gordon leads the ACC in assist/turnover ratio in all games, while Zabian Dowdell is second in that catagory in conference games. Virginia Tech was 6-2 against ACC competition in Cassell Coliseum in the 2004-05 season.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 8 Hitting the Marks In the loss at #22 Maryland, junior guard Zabian Dowdell became the 35th player in Virginia Tech history to score 1,000 career points... Dowdell led the Hokies in scoring with 21 points... He currently has 1,148 career points and is averaging 13.5 points per game in his career... He passed Brian Chase into 28th place in career scoring at Tech in the loss at Miami... He joins former teammates Bryant Matthews and Carlos Dixon on the list... Dixon was the most recent Hokie player to reach the mark... Dixon scored his 1,000th career point on Dec. 8, 2004 in a loss at St. John s... Dixon finished his career 16th on the alltime list at 1,348 career points. Wrapping Up the FSU Win Tech is now 16-21 all-time against the Seminoles... Tech hit 15 of 20 free throw attempts... Tech forced FSU into 20 turnovers... The Hokies trailed for just 1:34 in the contest... Aside from their starting front line, the remaining Florida State players combined for 11 for 35 from the field (31.4%)... Tech outrebounded the Seminoles, 33-29. Short Turnarounds The win at Wake Forest was the Hokies second game in 40 hours... Tech lost to #2 Duke, 80-67, in Blacksburg on Thursday night before traveling to Winston-Salem on Friday for the game on Saturday... Playing on short rest is not new to the Hokies... Tech opened the season with three games in four days, when the Hokies hosted the NABC Classic in Cassell Coliseum... Tech won the opener against Radford, before falling to Bowling Green two days later... Tech rounded out the classic with a win over Western Carolina... Last season, the Hokies played on one day s rest twice, going 3-1 in those games, including wins over Duke and Miami in another Thursday-Saturday situation... Tech played both of those games in Cassell Coliseum and the Miami game was a night game. Seth Likes the Cassell Seth Greenberg is a combined 34-13 as a head coach in Cassell Coliseum, good for a winning percentage of.723... Tech played its first six games of the regular season in Cassell Coliseum and is 10-6 in the Cassell this season. Ranked Teams in 2005-06 The Hokies are 0-6 against nationallyranked teams so far this season, but that record could use a little closer examination, including the one-point loss to #15/14 Boston College, when the Hokies missed a three-pointer at the buzzer... The first loss was at #1 Duke, 77-75, on a halfcourt, last-second shot by Sean Dockery... The second loss was at home, 64-61, to #20 North Carolina, the defending national champions, loss number-three was a #22 Maryland, 81-72 and the fourth loss was at home to #2 Duke, 80-67... Tech never trailed by more than four points in the second half of the North Carolina game, or by more than five points in the entire game and the Hokies missed a last-second attempt to tie the game... In the loss to #21/18 NC State, the Hokies cut a 22-point second half deficit to just two points with 20 seconds remaining... NC State made nine of 10 free throws in the final minute of action. Left is Right in the Hokie Backcourt The starting Virginia Tech backcourt of sophomores Zabian Dowdell and Jamon Gordon are both left-handed. Downing Ranked Teams With the win over #7/8 Duke last season, the Hokies defeated a top 10 team for the first time since Feb. 1, 1986, when the Hokies downed #2 Memphis, 76-72, in Cassell Coliseum... The win, paired with the win at #12/15 Georgia Tech on Jan. 22, marks just the second time in history that the Hokies have defeated two nationally-ranked teams in the same season... The only other time was the 1981-82 season, when Tech defeated #12 Louisville, 75-74, in overtime in Cassell Coliseum on Jan. 9, 1982 and then, two weeks later, won at #17 Louisville, 78-76 on Jan. 23... The 70-69 win at #12/15 Georgia Tech on Jan. 22, 2005 was the Hokies first win on the homecourt of a nationally-ranked team since Tech defeated #17 Louisville, 78-76, on Jan. 23, 1982 in Freedom Hall... It was the Hokies first win against a nationally-ranked team away from Cassell Coliseum since Dec. 28, 1995, when the #21 Hokies defeated #22 Virginia, 72-64, in the Roanoke Civic Center... It was Tech s first win against a team ranked #12 or higher since Feb. 1, 1986, when Tech defeated #2 Memphis, 76-72, in Cassell Coliseum. The Hokies Under Seth Greenberg VT outrebounds opponent...20-10 Opponent outrebounds VT...22-28 Rebounds are equal...3-3 VT leads at the half...25-4 VT trails at the half...18-35 Game is tied at the half...2-2 VT shoots 50% or better...14-1 VT outshoots opponent...33-6 Opponent outshoots VT...12-35 VT holds opp. under 40%...20-3 VT scores 100+ points...1-0 VT scores 90-99 points...1-1 VT scores 80-89 points...7-0 VT scores 70-79 points...20-8 VT scores 60-69 points...11-20 VT scores less than 60 points...5-12 Opponent scores 100+ points...0-1 Opponent scores 90-99 points...0-1 Opponent scores 80-89 points...0-11 Opponent scores 70-79 points...6-18 Opponent scores 60-69 points...15-7 Opp. scores less than 60 points...24-3 VT in games 5-or-fewer points...14-12 VT at home...34-13 VT on the road...9-23 VT at a neutral site...2-5 Overtime games...1-2 VT against conference foes...20-29 VT on television...19-31 VT vs. ranked teams...3-14 Always Trust People Over 30 Coleman Collins registered a new career-high when he scored 32 points in the win at James Madison on Jan. 2. It was the first time a Hokie had scored 30-or-more points in a game since Bryant Matthews scored 33 points against Miami on Jan. 17, 2004 in Cassell Coliseum Collins is the only current Hokie with a 30-point game to his credit. Tucker Time Chris Tucker has seen his playing time significantly increase this season... The walk-on junior forward played a total of 162 minutes all of last season... He has already played 250 minutes this season, including a career-high 28 minutes in the win at Wake Forest and has already scored more points than all of last season... In the win at Wake Forest, along with his minutes played, Tucker also set a new career-high with seven rebounds. Vs. The Old North State Virginia Tech junior Jamon Gordon has played seven games against schools from the state of North Carolina this season... In those games, the Hokie point guard has averaged 12.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 3.0 steals per game.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 9 Nationally Known - UPDATE In NCAA national stats for games through Feb. 6, 2006, Virginia Tech is fourth nationally in fewest turnovers per game and 26th in steals per game... Zabian Dowdell is 35th nationally in steals per game. Doubling Doubles In the win over Morgan State and the loss at Ohio State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Coleman Collins recorded back-to-back double-doubles... He matched that feat with double-doubles in the wins over Stanford and William & Mary The last Hokie to boast consecutive double-doubles was Bryant Matthews, who managed the feat against Providence and Georgetown on Feb. 4 and 11, 2004 Both games were played in Cassell Coliseum Collins entered the 2005-06 season with three career double-doubles, he has seven double-doubles this season. A Second Note on Doubles With Coleman Collins double-double in the loss to #21/18 NC State, that brings the Hokies 2005-06 season total to 13 double-doubles Tech recorded three double-doubles all of last season, all three by Collins... This is the first season since the 2002-03 season that more than one Hokie had a doubledouble in a season... Jamon Gordon, A.D. Vassallo and Deron Washington also have double-doubles this season. Yet Another Double-Double Note Coleman Collins and Jamon Gordon s double-doubles in the win over North Carolina A&T was the first time since the 2002-03 season that two Hokies recorded double-doubles in the same game... In that season, the feat was accomplished three times, most recently on March 8, 2003, when Terry Taylor (16 points/10 rebounds) and Bryant Matthews (24 points/10 rebounds) accomplished the feat... Gordon and A.D. Vassallo each recorded doubledoubles in the win at Wake Forest. Finishing Strong So far this season, the Hokies are outscoring their opponents by an average of 36.9-31.6 points in the second half of games... In ACC games this season, Tech is outscoring its opponents, 35.6-32.6. Jamon Gordon reached 800 career points and 400 career rebounds in the overtime loss at Virginia. All-Time Scoring Here is a list of the names Zabian Dowdell is approaching on the list of all-time leading scorers in Virginia Tech history. Career Points 26 Rolan Roberts 1169 27. Dick Sayre 1165 28. Zabian Dowdell 1148 29. Brian Chase 1115 30. Jay Purcell 1075 31. Marshall Ashford 1058 The Cassell Guard Virginia Tech junior Zabian Dowdell has played 16 games in Cassell Coliseum this season... He has scored in double figures in all 16 games and his 25 points vs. North Carolina A&T is the high point total in the arena this season... Dowdell is averaging 16.3 points per game in Cassell. Dunk You Very Much Virginia Tech opened the 2005-06 season above the rim... The Hokies recorded seven dunks in the win over Radford, including three by Coleman Collins... Tech had just one dunk, by Deron Washington, in the second game and Washington had both of the Hokies dunks in the win over Western Carolina... Washington had a pair of dunks in the win over Mount St. Mary s and added six dunks in the win over Morgan State... So far this season, the Hokies have 78 dunks in 27 games, including six second-half dunks in the win at JMU. Virginia Tech Streaks Total Home Road Neutral Overall Won 1 Won 1 Lost 2 Won 1 ACC* Won 1 Won 1 Lost 2 --- Non-Conference Season Won 1 Won 7 Won1 Won 1 * - regular season games only Compare & Contrast VT... CU 69.1... Points... 74.0 64.8... Points Allowed... 67.3 45.1%... FG%... 44.0% 42.9%... FG% Defense... 44.4% 32.5%... 3FG%... 30.9% 33.9%... 3FG% Defense... 34.6% 65.9%... FT%... 60.7% 32.0... Rebounds... 37.0-2.7...Rebound Margin... +1.0 13.0...Assists... 14.3 11.3... Turnovers... 16.1 9.2... Steals... 11.1 4.1...Blocks... 4.9 Gimme That! In the loss at Ohio State, Jamon Gordon entered the top ten in career steals at Virginia Tech... In the win at Wake Forest, teammate Zabian Dowdell joined him... Here is a list of how he stands on the list... They joins former teammates Bryant Matthews and Carlos Dixon on the list. Career Steals 5. Reggie Steppe... 197 6. Jamon Gordon... 191 7. Bryant Matthews... 184 8. Carlos Dixon... 183 9. Zabian Dowdell... 163 10. Bobby Beecher... 146 Jamon s Season So Far Entering tonights game, Jamon Gordon has 161 rebounds, 13 more than all of last season... He has 122 assists, two more than all of last season... He has 55 made free throws, 15 more than his career-high last season. Longest winning streak this season 4 11/13-25 & 12/7-12/27 Longest losing streak this season 5 1/7-1/26 2005-06 Starters Washington, Collins, Gordon, Dowdell, Sailes... 8-3 Washington, Diakite, Gordon, Dowdell, Sailes... 2-0 Washington, Vassallo, Gordon, Dowdell, Witherspoon... 2-2 Vassallo, Diakite, Gordon, Dowdell, Witherspoon... 1-0 Washington, Collins, Gordon, Dowdell, Vassallo... 1-2 Washington, Diakite, Collins, Sailes, Harris... 0-1 Washington, Diakite, Witherspoon, Vassallo, Sailes... 0-1 Washington, Collins, Gordon, Dowdell, Witherspoon... 0-4
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 10 Points for Pondering Led VT in Scoring: Dowdell (9),Collins (8), Washington (4), Gordon (3), Witherspoon (2), Vassallo (2), Sailes (1) Double Figure Scoring Games: Dowdell (25), Collins (19), Gordon (16), Washington (14), Vassallo (8), Witherspoon (6), Sailes (4), Diakite (1) 30-point Games: Collins (1) 20-29-point Games: Dowdell (5), Collins (4), Gordon (3), Washington (2), Vassallo (1) Led VT in Rebounding: Collins (11), Gordon (9), Washington (7), Dowdell (5), Vassallo (1) Double Figure Rebounding Games: Collins (7), Gordon (3), Washington (2), Vassallo (1) Led VT in Assists: Gordon (16), Dowdell (10), Sailes (5), Vassallo (1) Double Figure Assist Games: Gordon (2) Double-Doubles: Collins (7), Gordon (4), Washington (1), Vassallo (1) Most Points in a Half: 49 (2nd vs. NC A&T) Fewest Points in a Half: 19 (1st at ODU) Most Points Allowed in a Half: 48 (1st vs. BC) Fewest Points Allowed in a Half: 17 (2nd vs. WCU and 1st vs. Morgan State) Largest Lead: 33 pts. (72-39 vs. Morgan State) Largest Deficit: 22 pts. (26-48 at Ohio State & 25-47 vs. NC State) Largest Margin of Victory: 30 pts. (80-50 vs. Radford) Largest Margin of Defeat: 13 pts. (56-69 at Ohio State & 67-80 vs. Duke) Largest Deficit Overcome in a Victory: 12 pts. (15-27 vs. Stanford, 35-47 at Wake Forest & 20-32 at Clemson) Largest Lead Lost in a Loss: 10 pts. (19-9 vs. UNC) Largest Halftime Lead: 18 pts. (46-28 vs. William & Mary) Largest Halftime Deficit: 21 pts. (25-46 at Ohio State) Average Margin of Victory: 13.8 Average Margin of Defeat: 5.9 Take This! In the win over North Carolina A&T, Jamon Gordon entered the top ten in career assists at Virginia Tech... Here is how he stands on the list. TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES VIRGINIA TECH Points 32 Coleman Collins at James Madison 29 A.D. Vassallo at Wake Forest 25 Coleman Collins at Duke 25 Zabian Dowdell vs. North Carolina A&T 24 Deron Washington vs. Mount St. Mary s 24 Jamon Gordon at Virginia 22 Coleman Collins vs. Bowling Green 21 Coleman Collins vs. St. John s 21 Coleman Collins vs. William & Mary 21 Zabian Dowdell at Maryland 21 Zabian Dowdell vs. Duke 21 Jamon Gordon at Wake Forest 21 Deron Washington vs. Georgia Tech 21 Jamon Gordon at Clemson 20 Zabian Dowdell vs. Boston College 20 Zabian Dowdell vs. Florida State Rebounds 16 Jamon Gordon at Clemson 14 Coleman Collins vs. Morgan State 14 Coleman Collins at Ohio State 14 Coleman Collins vs. North Carolina A&T 14 Jamon Gordon at Wake Forest 12 Coleman Collins vs. Stanford 11 Coleman Collins vs. William & Mary 11 Deron Washington at ODU 11 Coleman Collins vs. NC State 10 Jamon Gordon vs. Western Carolina 10 Deron Washington vs. Mount St. Mary s 10 Coleman Collins vs. Duke 10 A.D. Vassallo at Wake Forest Assists 11 Jamon Gordon vs. North Carolina A&T 10 Jamon Gordon at James Madison 8 Jamon Gordon vs. Radford 7 Zabian Dowdell vs. Bowling Green 7 Jamon Gordon vs. Marshall 7 Jamon Gordon vs. Georgia Tech 7 A.D. Vassallo at Virginia 6 Markus Sailes vs. William & Mary 6 Jamon Gordon at Florida State 6 Zabian Dowdell at Maryland 6 Jamon Gordon vs. Boston College 6 Zabian Dowdell at Clemson Steals 6 Jamon Gordon vs. NC State 5 Zabian Dowdell vs. Virginia 5 Zabian Dowdell vs. Boston College 5 Zabian Dowdell at Clemson 4 11 times OPPONENTS Points 29 Guillermo Diaz, Miami 26 Cameron Bennerman, NC State 26 Jared Dudley, Boston College (H) 24 Shelden Williams, Duke (H) 24 J.J. Redick, Duke (H) 23 Nik Caner-Medley, Maryland 23 Trent Strickland, Wake Forest 23 Sean Singletary, Virginia (A) 22 Whit Holcomb-Faye, Radford 21 Martin Samarco, Bowling Green 21 Shelden Williams, Duke (A) 21 Demetrius Guions, North Carolina A&T 21 Al Thornton, Florida State (A) 21 Chris McCray, Maryland 21 Ra Sean Dickey, Georgia Tech 20 Corey Cofield, William & Mary 20 Tyler Hansbrough, UNC Rebounds 19 Shelden Williams, Duke (A) 15 Shelden Williams, Duke (H) 14 Jeremis Smith, Georgia Tech 13 Akin Akingbala, Clemson (A) 12 Al Thornton, Florida State (A) 11 Travis Aikens, Marshall 10 Matt Haryasz, Stanford Assists 12 J.R. Reynolds, Virginia (A) 8 Drew Williamson, ODU 8 D.J. Strawberry, Maryland 7 John Floyd, Bowling Green 6 Eugene Lawrence, St. John s 6 Bobby Frasor, UNC 6 Sean Singletary, Virginia (H) 6 Harvey Hale, Wake Forest 6 Cliff Hammonds, Clemson (A) Steals 6 Sean Dockery, Duke (A) 5 Isaiah Swann, Florida State (H) 4 David Berghoefer, Western Carolina 3 Sylvester Mayes, Ohio State 3 Adam Payton, William & Mary 3 Alexander Johnson, Florida State (A) 3 Vernon Hamilton, Clemson (A) Blocks 6 Arnaud Dahi, ODU 6 Cedric Simmons, NC State 5 Shelden Williams, Duke (A) 4 Kyle Visser, Wake Forest Career Assists 3. Dell Curry... 407 4. Jay Purcell... 369 5. Jamon Gordon... 349 6. Brendan Dunlap... 329 Coleman Collins grabbed his 400th career rebound in the loss to #2 Duke. Blocks 5 Coleman Collins vs. Bowling Green 5 Deron Washington vs. Mount St. Mary s 5 Cheick Diakite vs. Marshall 4 Coleman Collins at James Madison 3 Jamon Gordon vs. Bowling Green 3 Deron Washington vs. Marshall 3 Coleman Collins at Miami Special thanks to Virginia Tech athletics webmaster Damian Salas for his invaluable assistance in researching information for game notes.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 11 Clamping Down, Defensively During Virginia Tech's last 427 games, opposing teams have shot 50% or better just 77 times (.180)... During that span, Tech has held its opponents to less than 40% 162 times (.379, including six games last season and eight games this season... Radford shot just 30.8% from the field and just 25% in the second half, Western Carolina shot 36.8% and just 30.0% in the second half, Mount St. Mary s shot 37.3% from the field, Marshall shot 34.0% from the field and North Carolina A&T shot just 34.4%... Tech held Stanford to just 39.0% from the field and held ODU to just 31.6% from the floor... JMU shot 36.8% from the floor. Collins vs. Duke Virginia Tech junior Coleman Collins has played four games against Duke in his career... Duke was ranked no lower than #7 in any of the three games... Collins is averaging 15.8 points and 11.0 rebounds in the four games and has recorded two of his nine career doubledoubles against the Blue Devils. Stop, Thief! - UPDATE In the loss to Virginia, Zabian Dowdell set a personal career-high and team, season-high with five steals in the game... He matched that total in the loss to #15/14 Boston College and in the win at Clemson... He is third in the ACC in steals this season and has moved into ninth place in career steals at Virginia Tech... He is 35th nationally in steals per game... His team-high mark was eclipsed by Jamon Gordon s six steals in the loss to #21/18 NC State. Tough Stretch Earlier this season, Virginia Tech had a four-game stretch that saw the Hokies play three nationally-ranked teams, plus in-state rival, Virginia... The loss to #15 Boston College was Tech s fifth game this season against schools ranked in the top 25, all against ACC opposition... Tech s opponent in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Ohio State, was not ranked at the time, but is now ranked 12th nationally. Hot Hands The Hokies are shooting 45.1% from the field this season, up from 42.7% last season... Tech shot 41.1% from the field in Seth Greenberg s first season in Blacksburg... Tech has not shot 45% from the floor for a season since the 1995-96 season, when the Hokies shot 45.7% from the floor. High Points In the win over North Carolina A&T, the Hokies scored a season-high 94 points... It is the second-highest point total for the Hokies under Seth Greenberg and the most since Tech scored 102 points in the win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Nov. 23, 2004, the second game of last season. Non-Conference in the Cassell The William & Mary game was the final non-conference home game of the season for the Hokies... Tech is 8-1 on the season in Cassell out of conference... Last season, Tech was 7-1 in Cassell in non-conference games (including the NIT win over Temple) and 6-1 in Seth Greenberg s first season in Blacksburg... The Hokies are a combined 21-3 (.875) in Cassell Coliseum against nonconference teams under Greenberg... The Hokies wrapped up non-conference play with a 10-3 record... This is the first time since Tech won 10 non-conference games in the 1995-96 season that the Hokies have reached double figures in non-conference wins. Lights, Camera, Hokies This season, the Hokies are scheduled to make 18 regular season television appearances... Last year, the Hokies made 17 regular season television appearances and three more in the post-season... Tech is 6-10 on television this season... Tech was 9-11 on television last season and is 19-31 on television under Seth Greenberg... Tech is scheduled to make eight national television appearances during the regular season, up from four last year... Beginning with the game at ODU and ending with the win over Georgia Tech, the Hokies played nine consecutive televised games... Tonight s game is not televised, but the regular season finale at Boston College will be televised by Raycom/Jefferson Pilot... All games in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament games will be televised. More Interest In the NCAA s annual survey of Division I attendance, the Hokies finished the 2004-05 season with the largest increase in attendance in the country... Tech ended the 2003-04 season with the sixth-greatest increase in home attendance... Tech averaged 9,406 per game, up from 6,342 the previous season, for an increase of 3,064 per game... Tech is averaging 9,758 in Cassell Coliseum this season. Close Games With the overtime loss at Virginia, the Hokies are 14-12 under Seth Greenberg in games that were decided in overtime or by five-or-fewer points... Tech is 2-7 in such games this season, with eight games being decided in the final seconds of action of those games... Tech was 5-3 in such games last season after finishing 7-2 the previous year. Tough Defense, Stingy Offense The Hokies are forcing their opponents into 16.6 turnovers per game... Tech averages just 11.3 turnovers per game and is fourth nationally in fewest turnovers per game. Collins Scoring Mark Coleman Collins set a new careerhigh with 32 points in the win at James Madison... It was the third time this season that he set a new personal best in single-game scoring... He had 22 points against Bowling Green and 25 points in the loss at #1 Duke... The 25 points was tied for the most by a Hokie this season and, at the time, the most by a Hokie since Carlos Dixon scored 25 points at Clemson on March 1, 2005... Collins 25 points in the Duke game was the career-high for all current Hokies until Zabian Dowdell scored a career-high 25 points in the win over North Carolina A&T. Calloway Update Senior post player Allen Calloway was diagnosed with alveolar soft part sarcoma, a soft tissue cancer and is undergoing treatment... He has been with the team for all but one game this season. An Explanation Virginia Tech s game against Stanford in Las Vegas tipped-off at 9:30 p.m. PST on ESPN... When allowing for the three-hour time difference between East Coast and West Coast time, the game tipped-off at 12:30 a.m. EST on Dec. 18... For statistical purposes, the game will be listed as being played on Saturday, Dec. 17. VT by Months (Under Seth Greenberg) 03-04 04-05 05-06 Total Nov. 2-1 3-0 5-2 10-3 Dec. 5-3 3-5 4-2 12-10 Jan. 1-6 5-2 3-5 9-13 Feb. 4-3 3-4 1-4 8-11 March 3-1 2-3?-? 5-4 Total 15-14 16-14 13-13 44-37
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 12 Welcome Freshmen... Three freshmen have made their regular season Cassell Coliseum debuts this season... Forwards Cheick Diakite, A.D. Vassallo and Terrance Vinson are new to the Hokies this season... Vinson will miss the remainder of the 2005-06 season with a back injury and will seek a medical redshirt....and Next Year s Crop The Hokies have signed three players to National Letters Intent for next year... Jeff Allen, a 6-6, 220 lbs. forward from Washington, D.C., Nigel Munson, a 6-0, 160 lbs. point guard from Washington, D.C. and Lewis Witcher, a 6-8, 200 lbs. forward from Rocky Mount, Va. signed with the Hokies on Nov. 9. A Helping Hand Jamon Gordon s 11 assists in the win over North Carolina A&T is the most by a Hokie since Troy Manns dished out 12 assists against St. Bonaventure on Jan. 2, 1997... Gordon also recorded double figures in assists with 10 dishes in the win at JMU. The State We re In The overtime loss at Virginia was Virginia Tech s sixth game of the season against foes from the Commonwealth of Virginia... Tech is 404-297 (.576) alltime against schools from Virginia... The Hokies have played 13 schools from the state... The only state Division I schools that Tech has not played are Longwood, Norfolk State and Hampton... Tech holds winning records against nine of the schools and even records against two others... Tech is 9-7 against schools from Virginia under Seth Greenberg, including a 3-3 record this season. All-Time Numbers Virginia Tech is 1215-1026 all-time in men s basketball action, for a.542 winning percentage... This is Tech s 97th season of intercollegiate competition... The Georgia Tech win last season was the 2,200th game in Virginia Tech history. The Days of the Week (Under Seth Greenberg) Overall Conference Monday 4-1 0-0 Tuesday 5-5 0-5 Wednesday 11-6 8-3 Thursday 4-4 2-3 Friday 3-3 0-1 Saturday 15-17 9-12 Sunday 2-5 0-5 Totals 44-41 19-29 I ll Take That...Charge Deron Washington started the season where he left off last year... The sophomore forward drew a total of seven charges in the three-game NABC Classic, including four charges in the win over Radford... He has a season total of 39, including a total of five drawn fouls (both player control and off-ball) in the win over Marshall. Odds & Ends The win at JMU was the Hokies first win on an opponent s home floor since Feb. 2, 2005, when the Hokies defeated Miami, 73-63, in Coral Gables... The Hokies are 39-10 under Seth Greenberg when holding its opponents under 70 points and 29-9 when scoring 70-ormore points in a game... Tech is 8-2 against teams from Maryland under Greenberg and 3-0 against teams from West Virginia... Tech s 60.4% from the field in the season-opening win over Radford is the highest field goal percentage for the Hokies under Seth Greenberg...Tech opened ACC play on Dec. 4 at Duke The loss at Ohio State was the Hokies first loss on a Monday under Greenberg... Tech is 25-4 under Greenberg when leading at the half. Overcoming The largest deficit that the Hokies have overcome in an ACC game is 13 points (45-32 vs. NC State on Jan. 19, 2005)... The largest deficit the Hokies have overcome in a game this season is a 12-point lead by Stanford on Dec. 17, a 12-point lead by Wake Forest on Jan. 28 and a 12-point lead by Clemson on Feb. 8. The Scenario Watch Here s how it stands for the Hokies... Entering tonight s game, the Hokies are locked into either the 9th, 10th or 11th seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament... A win tonight would eliminate the possiblity of the 11th seed, as Tech holds the tiebreaker over Georgia Tech... If Tech loses both of its remaining games and Georgia Tech loses its final game at Clemson on Saturday, Virginia Tech would be the 10th seed... If Tech loses both of its remaining games and Georgia Tech wins at Clemson, Virginia Tech would be the 11th seed... If Virginia Tech wins tonight and loses Saturday at Boston College and Clemson loses to Georgia Tech on Saturday, Virginia Tech would be the ninth seed... If Virginia Tech wins both of its final two games, the Hokies would be the ninth seed. Tech Double-Doubles Coleman Collins (7) vs. Morgan State (14 pts./14 rebs.) at Ohio State (14 pts./14 rebs.) vs. NC A&T (17 pts./14 rebs.) vs. Stanford (16 pts./12 rebs.) vs. William & Mary (21 pts./11 rebs.) vs. Duke (13 pts./10 rebs.) vs. NC State (15 pts./11 rebs.) Jamon Gordon (4) vs. Western Carolina (11 pts./10* rebs.) vs. NC A&T (11 pts./11* rebs.) at Wake Forest (21 pts./14* rebs.) at Clemson (21 pts./16* rebs.) Deron Washington (1) vs. Mount St. Mary s (24* pts./10* rebs.) A.D. Vassallo (1) at Wake Forest (29* pts./10* rebs.) * - career highs Now Boarding Entering tonight s game, Jamon Gordon has 161 rebounds, one behind Coleman Collins team lead of 162... He is averaging 6.0 rebounds per game and trails just Collins (7.0 rpg) in rebounds per game... Since records were first kept, no true guard has ever led the Hokies in total rebounds or rebounds per game in a season. Not Junior Members Entering tonight s game, the trio of Coleman Collins, Zabian Dowdell and Jamon Gordon are the Hokies three leading scorers and have combined for 1,071 points this season... That accounts for 57.4% of the Hokies points this season... In ACC action, the trio has combined for 555 points, or 58.4% of the team s scoring in league games. What To Watch For, I With the regular season winding down, the following is a list of individual Virginia Tech milestones that Hokies are closing in on. Accomplishment...Need Points, ACC Season Zabian Dowdell... 35 Assists, ACC Season Jamon Gordon... 2 Zabian Dowdell... 3 What To Watch For, II With the regular season winding down, the following is a list of team Virginia Tech milestones that the Hokies are closing in on. Accomplishment...Need Points, ACC Season... 124 Assists, ACC Season... 27
In the Cassell The Hokies have a 442-131 overall record in Cassell Coliseum, good for a.771 winning percentage, including a 13-3 mark last season and a 10-6 mark this season... Tech defeated Providence, 69-64, on Feb. 23, 2003 for the Hokies 400th victory in the building... Tech defeated Rhode Island, 86-63, on Nov. 20, 2002, in its 500th game in the arena... Tech is now in its 44th season in Cassell... The first basketball game was played in the Coliseum on Jan. 3, 1962, with the Hokies routing Alabama, 91-67... On Sept. 17, 1977, Tech dedicated the Coliseum in honor of the late Stuart K. Cassell... Tech has had just one breakeven home season and one losing season in Cassell Coliseum... Tech can do no worse than break-even in the Cassell this season. Defending the Cassell Virginia Tech was 13-3 at home last season... The 13 wins in the Cassell was the most since Tech was 14-1 in the building in the 1994-95 season (Tech was 12-1 in regular season home games that season, 2-0 in NIT games)... Tech s last three conference losses in the Cassell have come to top 10 teams and the last five losses in the building have come to teams that played in the post-season that year (four NCAA tournament teams and one NIT team)... Tech has won 21 of it s last 26 games in Cassell... The nine-game winning streak before the loss to North Carolina last season was the longest home winning streak since Tech won 17 straight at home from 1994-96... Seth Greenberg is 13-8 (.619) in conference games in Cassell (both ACC and Big East). Home is Where the Games Are The Hokies played their first six games of the regular season in Cassell Coliseum... This is the first time since the 1918-19 season that Tech has opened the season with six consecutive home games, the most in school history... The last time that Tech opened with five consecutive home games was the 1944-45 season... The Hokies were 13-3 in Cassell Coliseum last season and are 10-6 in the Cassell this season. The Cassell Rocks! Better at Home Tech lost at Duke last season by 35 points (100-65) and defeated the Blue Devils in Cassell Coliseum by two points (67-65)... The 37-point differential is the greatest in a home-and-home series for the Hokies under Seth Greenberg and the most since the 2002-03 season, when there was a 44 point differential in the Tech-Providence series and a 39 point differential in the Tech-Connecticut series. Seeing the Hokies The attendance at the January 31, 2004 game in the Carrier Dome against Syracuse was 25,862, the largest crowd ever to see the Hokies play a basketball game... The previous record was 23,226 at the Carrier Dome on Jan. 26, 2002... Below are the top five attendances for a Virginia Tech men s basketball game, inclduing the Hokies game in the ACC Tournament this season against Georgia Tech. 25,862 Syracuse 1-31-04 Carrier Dome 23,226 Syracuse 1-26-02 Carrier Dome 22,101 North Carolina 1-21-95 Greensboro Coliseum 20,301 Georgia Tech 3-11-05 MCI Center 20,112 Georgia 12-16-95 Georgia Dome Virginia Tech has already set a new school mark for steals in an ACC season, with 137. Jamon Gordon has set a new Virginia Tech mark for individual steals in an ACC season, with 39. What s Up Next? The Hokies play their final regular season game on Saturday afternoon, as they travel to Chestnut Hill to face #12 Boston College... Tip-off will be at noon for the regionallytelevised game on Raycom/Jefferson Pilot. Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 13 Note to Media All 9,847 tickets available have been distributed for 12 of the 16 home games this season... 9,175 tickets were distributed for the Mount St. Mary s game, 9,321 were distributed for the Marshall game and 9,642 were distributed for the North Carolina A&T game. Attendance Figures Virginia Tech announces total tickets distributed at each home game... That number includes season tickets, individual game tickets and student tickets. VT vs. The States (UNDER SETH GREENBERG) OVERALL CONFERENCE CALIFORNIA 1-0 CONNECTICUT 0-1 0-1 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2-0 2-0 FLORIDA 4-4 3-4 GEORGIA 2-1 2-1 INDIANA 0-1 0-1 MARYLAND 8-2 1-2 MASSACHUSETTS 0-2 0-2 MICHIGAN 0-1 MISSISSIPPI 0-1 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1-0 NEW JERSEY 2-2 2-2 NEW YORK 2-2 1-1 NORTH CAROLINA 6-9 3-8 OHIO 0-3 PENNSYLVANIA 1-3 0-3 RHODE ISLAND 1-0 1-0 SOUTH CAROLINA 2-1 2-1 TENNESSEE 1-1 VIRGINIA 9-7 1-3 WEST VIRGINIA 3-0 2-0 TOTALS 45-41 20-29 VT vs. The Conferences ACC... 4-10 Big Ten (Ohio State)... 0-1 Big East (St. John s)... 1-0 Big South (Radford)... 1-0 Colonial (W&M, JMU, ODU)... 2-1 Conference USA (Marshall)... 1-0 MAC (Bowling Green)... 0-1 MEAC (Morgan State, NC A&T)... 2-0 NEC (Mt. St. Mary s)... 1-0 PAC 10 (Stanford)... 1-0 Southern (Western Carolina)... 1-0 Total... 14-13
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 14 Virginia Tech Media Services Press Services The Virginia Tech Sports Information Office will be available throughout the 2005-2006 basketball season to accommodate any media requests. Any additional questions should be directed to Bill Dyer, assistant sports information director and men s basketball contact at (540) 231-8852 and wdyer@vt.edu. Press Credentials Requests for press credentials are screened with care to ensure a working press row. Traditional print, television and radio (media agency) regularly assigned to cover Virginia Tech and the visiting school will receive first priority, as well as national news-gathering agencies. Credentials for on-line internet sites will be granted to Virginia Tech operated web sites, the visting team s official web site and the Atlantic Coast Conference s official web site. Requests should be made in writing on company letterhead at least 10 days prior to the game to guarantee consideration. Requests should be directed to Bill Dyer, assistant SID. All other qualifying credential requests and requests made the week of the game will be filled on a spaceavailable basis. Any abuse of a working credential will result in the media agency losing credential privileges. WHO TO CONTACT Request for Interviews Asst. Sports Information Director Bill Dyer (540) 231-8852 - office (540) 552-8461 - home (540) 998-5906 - cell wdyer@vt.edu Sports Information Intern Mike Cummings (540) 231-6892 - office mtc@vt.edu Requests for Photos Asst. Sports Information Director Dave Knachel (540) 231-1838 dknachel@vt.edu Interview Policy Virginia Tech s coaches and players will be available throughout the season for interviews for members of the news media. It is important, however, that all requests for player interviews be made through the Sports Information Office at (540) 231-6726. Please allow at least 24 hours notice for a request. Practices are generally closed this season. Media members wishing to attend practice should contact the Sports Information Office. The best way to reach Coach Seth Greenberg is through the Virginia Tech Men s Basketball Office at (540) 231-6725. Post Game Interviews Both head coaches will be brough to the interview room following the game. The visiting coach will go first in the interview room, followed by Seth Greenberg. The interview room is located in Room 309-B, down the hall from the media work room. Requested Virginia Tech players will be available to the media following each game in the lounge of the Bill Foster Basketball Suite on the second floor of Cassell Coliseum. Please contact the visiting SID with opponent player requests. ON THE INTERNET www.hokiesports.com The official Web site of Virginia Tech athletics is home to all the basketball knowledge you need. Schedules, results, rosters, bios, statistics, general releases and game notes can be found here and are always up to date. The Gameday section has live stats, radio and television coverage information and other pertinent information. This section is for home games only. hokiesports.com A media-only Web site is designed to make the media s job easier. Here you will find high-resolution, color mug shots of every Hokie basketball player and coach available to download. Please contact the SID Office for access to this media-only site www.theacc.com Updated standings, results, schedules, statistics and notes are on the site each week during the season. Our Name, Please When referring to Virginia Tech, we ask that you please leave it at that - Virginia Tech... Virginia Tech University is not now and never has been a name for the school... The official name of the university is Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University... VahTech, VPI, VPI&SU, VPI and SU and Va. Tech are also not recognized names and should not be used VT is acceptable as a shortended, agate form... When referring to the school by its nickname, please use Hokies... Your help in these matters is appreciated ACC Teleconference The teleconferences will start on Monday Jan. 9, and continue through Monday, March 6. There will be an instant replay of each teleconference on the Conference s internet site TheACC.com each Monday afternoon. Coaches Teleconference Seth Greenberg, Virginia Tech... 10:30 Oliver Purnell, Clemson... 10:40 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke... 10:50 Leonard Hamilton, Florida State... 11:00 Paul Hewitt, Georgia Tech... 11:10 Gary Williams, Maryland... 11:20 Frank Haith, Miami... 11:30 Roy Williams, North Carolina... 11:40 Herb Sendek, NC State... 11:50 Dave Leitao, Virginia... 12:00 Al Skinner, Boston College... 12:10 Skip Prosser, Wake Forest... 12:20 Phone Number: 913-981-5509 Pronunciation Guide Markus Sailes... Sales Jamon Gordon...ju-MON Zabian Dowdell......ZAY-be-un dow-dell Robert Krabbendam...... KROB-uhn-dahm Cassell Coliseum... Castle Deron Washington...duh-RON A.D. Vassallo... vuh-sigh-oh Cheick Diakite...sheck jha-key-tay Bill Dyer Men s Basketball SID
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 15 The Last Time That... Tech scored 100 points and won: 102-50 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, 11-23-04 Tech scored 100 points and lost: 106-113 OT vs. Virginia (at Richmond), 1-25-89 Tech played in overtime: 77-81 at Virginia, 2-11-06 Tech played in consecutive overtime games: 75-74 at Clemson, 2-8-06 & 77-81 at Virginia, 2-11-06 Tech played 2 OT: 84-75 vs. High Point, 12-30-00 Tech played 3 OT: 86-90 at WVU, 2-2-83 Tech scored 100+ points: 102-50 vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, 11-23-04 Tech scored 90-99 points: 94-66 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Tech scored 80-89 points: 80-50 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 Tech scored 70-79 points: 72-61 vs. Florida State, 2-25-06 Tech scored 60-69 points: 64-70 vs. NC State, 2-18-06 Tech scored 50-59 points: 59-70 at Miami, 2-22-06 Tech scored 40-49 points: 49-54 vs. Virginia, 1-15-06 Tech scored 30-39 points: 33-43 at East Carolina, 1966-67 season Tech scored 20-29 points: 27-40 at McGuire Gen., 1945-46 season Tech scored 10-19 points: 16-45 at Virginia, 1938-1939 season Tech scored less than 10 points: 7-31 at W&L, 1922-1923 season Coleman Collins Tech allowed 100+ points: 100-65 at Duke, 1-30-05 Tech allowed 90-99 points: 60-96 vs. Connecticut, 1-28-04 Tech allowed 80-89 points: 77-81 at Virginia, 2-11-06 Tech allowed 70-79 points: 59-70 at Miami, 2-22-06 Tech allowed 60-69 points: 72-61 vs. Florida State, 2-25-06 Tech allowed 50-59 points: 49-54 vs. Virginia, 1-15-06 Tech allowed 40-49 points: 77-49 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 Tech allowed 30-39 points: 50-32 at Fordham, 2-8-97 Tech allowed 20-29 points: 31-25 vs. Richmond, 1945-1946 season Tech allowed 10-19 points: 60-19 vs. Lynchburg College, 1945-1946 season Tech allowed less than 10 points: 28-9 vs. Hampden-Sydney, 1922-1923 season Largest margin of victory: 83 points vs. Randolph Macon Academy 87-4, 1910-11 season Last time two Tech players recorded double-doubles in a single game: A.D. Vassallo (29 points/10 rebounds) and Jamon Gordon (21 points/14 rebounds) at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Last time a Tech player had five or more steals: Jamon Gordon (6) vs. NC State, 2-18-06 Last time a Tech player had 10 or more assists in a game: Jamon Gordon (11) vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Last time two Tech players had double figures in rebounds: Jamon Gordon (14 rebounds) and A.D. Vassallo (10 rebounds) at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Last time two Tech players had five or more assists: Jamon Gordon (7) & Zabian Dowdell (5) at Maryland, 2-8-05 Last time two Tech players scored 20 or more points: A.D. Vassallo (29) & Jamon Gordon (21) at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Last time a Tech player scored 30-39 points in a game: 32, Coleman Collins at JMU, 1-2-06 Last time a Tech player scored 40-49 points in a game: 42, Bimbo Coles vs. Rutgers, 12-27-90 Last time a Tech player scored 50+ points in a game: 51, Bimbo Coles vs. Southern Miss., 2-6-88 Last time that Tech defeated a ranked opponent on the road: 70-69 at No. 12 Georgia Tech, 1-22-05 Last time that Tech defeated a ranked opponent at home: 67-65 vs. No. 7 Duke, 2-17-05 Last time a Tech player had consecutive double-doubles: Coleman Collins, vs. Stanford and William & Mary, 2005-06 season.
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 16 Head Coach Seth Greenberg After a first s e a s o n t h a t s aw him guide V i r g i n i a Tech to new heights in its quest to re-establish its place a m o n g collegiate basketball s elite and a second season that surpassed even the first year, Seth Greenberg is in his third season as the head coach of the Hokies. As promising as the 2003-04 season was, no one could expect the successes that the Hokies enjoyed this past year. Tech finished the 2004-05 season 16-14 overall and 8-8 in league play. The Hokies finished the regular season in fourth place in the league and earned a first-round bye in the ACC tournament. The Hokies also earned their first post-season bid since 1996, advancing to the second round of the NIT. Greenberg earned his first major honor at Virginia Tech in 2005, as he was named the ACC Coach of theyear by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. He was the fourth Hokie honored by the group for the team s play during Hokies inaugural ACC season. Zabian Dowdell was honorable mention All-ACC, Deron Washington was named to the ACC All- Freshman team and Jamon Gordon was named to the ACC Defensive team. He was also named the Coach of the Year in the Commonwealth of Virginia by the Richmond Times-Dispatch. A new era in Virginia Tech men s basketball began on April 3, 2003, as the Hokies introduced Greenberg as their 27th head coach. A proven program builder, an admired and innovative tactician and an experienced recruiter, Greenberg guides a Tech program that made tremendous strides in his first season and saw even more improvement this past season, its first in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Since coming to Virginia Tech, Coach Greenberg has been a tireless worker on behalf of the men s basketball program, Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Jim Weaver said. His ability to communicate with his players has seen them play very hard for forty minutes and produce results which have excited the Hokie Nation. I am proud that Seth is our head coach and believe our program is in very capable hands and headed in the right direction. Optimism was high as Greenberg began his tenure at Tech, but his first season in Blacksburg turned out, possibly, better than anyone could have hoped for. The Hokies played well throughout the season, despite being limited by injuries. And, most importantly, the team improved consistently throughout the year. The aggressive, up-tempo style that Greenberg installed in his first season with the Hokies has seen immediate dividends and has brought a renewed sense of excitement to Cassell Coliseum, as well as to the Hokie Nation. The Hokies led the BIG EAST Conference in steals, turnover margin and assist/turnover ratio in 2003-04 and led the ACC in turnover margin in 2004-05. When the team needed to step up, it did. The Hokies finished the 2003-04 season strong and with a 15-14 overall record and a best-ever 7-9 BIG EAST mark. The Hokies entered the BIG EAST Tournament as the eighth seed and defeated Rutgers, 61-58, in the first round before falling in the quarterfinals to nationallyranked Pittsburgh. Tech finished the regular season winning its last three games and last five home games. Picked to finish last in the league in the coaches preseason poll, the Hokies finished the regular season in eighth place. A proven recruiter, Greenberg has captured the excitement of the pending ACC move and continues to sign top recruiting classes. Perhaps the biggest influences seen in the program have been the work ethic and attention to detail that Greenberg and his staff have instilled. And when speaking of hard work, the principle begins at the top, Greenberg himself. Long hours of watching film, instructing players and program development, along with tireless work in promoting the program and university and being involved in the community have made Greenberg a popular face on the Blacksburg campus and in the Hokie Nation. Greenberg came to Virginia Tech from the University of South Florida, where he served as head coach for the previous seven seasons. At USF, Greenberg had a record of 108-100. Prior to USF, Greenberg was the head coach at Long Beach State University, where his overall record was 105-70. An important side note is that, following his initial seasons at LBSU, USF and Virginia Tech, Greenberg compiled a 210-148 record at the three schools, enteringthe 2005-06 season. During his time at Long Beach and USF, Greenberg s teams posted impressive records against major conference opponents. Included during his Long Beach State tenure were wins over four nationally ranked teams, including a 64-49 victory against then-no. 1 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse in 1992-93. At South Florida, his teams were 2-0 against Ohio State, had two wins over Texas, and won at Pittsburgh during the Panthers run to the Sweet 16 in the 2001-02 season. The Bulls defeated eventual Final Four team Wisconsin in the 1999-2000 season. At South Florida, Greenberg led the Bulls to two NIT appearances and victories in Conference USA play against nationallyranked opponents. the Bulls defeated BIG EAST member Providence and NCAA Tournament participants Memphis and East Tennessee State, plus NIT participants St. Louis and DePaul in his final season at USF. The Bulls led C-USA in field goal percentage defense, allowing opponents just 39.9 percent from the floor. USF was among the conference leaders in threepoint defense, blocked shots and steals. The Bulls also had the C-USA individual leader in assists. In just his second season at Virginia Tech, Greenberg has led the Hokies to a 70-69 win at #12 Georgia Tech and a 67-65 victory against #7 Duke in Cassell Coliseum. A 1978 graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson, Greenberg was a four-year letterwinner under head coach Al Lobalbo. His father, the late Ralph Greenberg, played at Long Island University under coaching legend Clair Bee, one of college basketball s alltime winningest coaches. Greenberg began his coaching career as an assistant at Columbia in 1978. He moved to Pittsburgh two years later where he made two trips to the NCAA Tournament in three years with the Panthers. He then spent the 1983-84 season at Virginia,
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson Game Notes Page 17 Head Coach Seth Greenberg helping the Cavs reach the Final Four before moving on to Miami as an assistant under future Virginia Tech head coach Bill Foster. There, he helped revive a program that had been dormant for a number of years. Greenberg first went to Long Beach as associate head coach under Joe Harrington and, three years later, replaced Harrington when he accepted the head coaching position at Colorado. In his six seasons at LBSU, Greenberg led the 49ers to two NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT appearance. He led LBSU to two Big West Conference championships and one Big West regular season title. While at LBSU, the 49ers defeated four nationally ranked teams. Greenberg also tutored two current NBA players Bryon Russell (Utah), and Lucious Harris (New Jersey) and former NBA player Juaquin Hawkins. When confronted by the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, Greenberg knew he had to get involved. Greenberg is serving as the chairman of the organizing committee of AllCoachesCare. com, a major on-line sports auction that is raising money for Habitat for Humanity and their efforts in helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast area. Working tirelessly, Greenberg helped the group acquire goods and services for the auction and also spent countless hours speaking on television, radio and to media members getting the word out about the auction. In the summer of 2004, Greenberg received a lofty honor, when he was inducted into the Five Star Basketball Camp s Hall of Fame. The honor, shared by some of the greatest coaches like Rick Pitino and Hubie Brown, was bestowed for the many years that Greenberg has been a part of the nation s top summer basketball camp, as an instuctor and guest speaker. Known as one of the more insightful and knowledgable coaches in the college game, Greenberg served as an analyst for College Sports Television s coverage of the NCAA Tournament each of the last two seasons and worked with Fox Sports Radio on their NCAA coverage. He is often a guest on national, regional and local sports talk shows, incuding ESPN Radio and the Jim Rome Show. Greenberg and his wife, Karen, are the parents of three daughters, Paige, 17, Ella, 14, and Jacqueline, 10. He is active in a number of organizations and causes, including the Great American Teach-In, the American Heart Association, Coaches vs. Cancer and the Boys and Girls Club. COACHING EXPERIENCE Head Coach, Virginia Tech, 2003-present 36-30 record (.545) Head Coach, University of South Florida, 1996-2003 108-100 record (.519) Head Coach, Long Beach State University, 1990-96 105-70 record (.600) Associate Head Coach, Long Beach State University, 1987-90 Assistant Coach, University of Miami, 1985-87 Assistant Coach, University of Virginia, 1983-84 Assistant Coach, University of Pittsburgh, 1980-83 Assistant Coach, Columbia University, 1978-80 POSTSEASON APPEARANCES NIT 1992, 2000, 2002 (Head Coach) 1988, 1990 (Assistant Coach) NCAA Tournament 1993, 1995 (Head Coach) 1981, 1982, 1984 Final Four (Assistant Coach) PERSONAL Born April 18, 1956, Plainview, N.Y High School John F. Kennedy 74 College Fairleigh Dickinson University 78 Family Wife Karen Daughters Paige (17), Ella (14) and Jacqueline (10) EDUCATION B.A., Broadcast Journalism, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1978 YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RESULTS Year School Record Accomplishments 2005-06 Virginia Tech 14-13 250th career victory 2004-05 Virginia Tech 16-14 8-8 in ACC, 12-3 at home, NIT first round victory, ACC Coach of the Year 2003-04 Virginia Tech 15-14 11-4 at home, most BIG EAST victories 2002-03 South Florida 15-14 13-2 home record 2001-02 South Florida 19-13 NIT; most wins since 91-92, 3rd-most in USF history 2000-01 South Florida 18-13 defeated No. 25 Texas 1999-00 South Florida 17-14 NIT; C-USA Co-Champs National Division 1998-99 South Florida 14-14 win at Texas; first ever win at Marquette 1997-98 South Florida 17-13 defeated No. 23 FSU 1996-97 South Florida 8-19 Top 25 recruiting class 1995-96 Long Beach 17-11 Big West Champs 1994-95 Long Beach 20-10 NCAA Tournament; Big West Tournament Champs 1993-94 Long Beach 17-10 Big West Runner-up 1992-93 Long Beach 22-10 NCAA Tournament; Big West Tourn. Champs; Two NBA picks 1991-92 Long Beach 18-12 NIT 1990-91 Long Beach 11-17 Top 20 recruiting class 16 seasons 258-211 6 postseason berths.550 winning percentage
Allen CALLOWAY 21 6-8 215 Senior Forward Danville, Va./Tunstall H.S. Coastal Christian Academy 2005-06: Played three minutes against Radford... Did not dress for the game against Bowling Green... Dressed but did not play against Western Carolina... Played four minutes against Mount St. Mary s, scoring his first points of the season... Has not played in the last 23 games CALLOWAY'S CAREER HIGHS Points... 9 at Georgetown, 3-6-04 Minutes...36 at Boston College, 2-25-04 FGM...4 vs. Miami, 3-5-03...4 vs. Morgan State, 12-1-03... 4 at Georgetown, 3-6-04 FGA...8 vs. Rutgers, 3-10-04 3FGM...1 vs. Rutgers, 3-10-04 3FGA...1 vs. Rutgers...1 vs. Pittsburgh, 3-11-04 FTM...4 vs. Villanova, 3-1-03 FTA...6 vs. New Hampshire, 11-22-03... 6 vs. Western Carolina, 11-25-03...6 vs. Boston College, 2-25-04 Rebounds...8 vs. New Hampshire, 11-22-03...8 at Rutgers, 2-15-04 Assists... 3 vs. UMES, 11-23-04... 3 vs. Mississippi St., 12-30-04 Blocks...5 vs. New Hampshire, 11-22-03 Steals...2 at W. Michigan, 12-21-02...2 vs. Florida State, 1-4-03...2 vs. Notre Dame, 1-20-04...2 vs. Rutgers, 3-10-04... 2 at VMI, 12-2-04 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 DID NOT PLAY WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 DID NOT PLAY MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 0 4 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 MARSHALL 11/21 DID NOT PLAY MORGAN STATE 11/25 DID NOT PLAY at Ohio State 11/28 DID NOT PLAY at Duke 12/4 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 DID NOT PLAY ST. JOHN S 12/10 DID NOT PLAY vs. Stanford 12/17 DID NOT PLAY WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 DID NOT PLAY at Old Dominion 12/30 DID NOT PLAY at James Madison 1/2 DID NOT PLAY at Florida State 1/7 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 DID NOT PLAY VIRGINIA 1/15 DID NOT PLAY at Maryland 1/21 DID NOT PLAY DUKE 1/26 DID NOT PLAY at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 DID NOT PLAY at Clemson 2/8 DID NOT PLAY at Virginia 2/11 DID NOT PLAY NC STATE 2/18 DID NOT PLAY at Miami 2/22 DID NOT PLAY FLORIDA STATE 2/25 DID NOT PLAY
Shawn HARRIS 3 6-4 220 Senior Guard Ettrick, Va./Matoaca H.S. Fork Union Military Academy 2005-06: Injured in fall practice, missed the first three games of the season... Played two minutes against Mount St. Mary s for first appearance of 2005-06 season... Played three minutes against Marshall... Scored first points of the season, shooting 1-for-3 from the field... Played two minutes against Morgan State... Did not play at Ohio State... Started and played 11 minutes at Duke... Shot 2-of-3 from the field, and 2-for-2 from the line for a season-high six points... Had a steal... Played 11 minutes and had a season-high eight points against North Carolina A&T... Shot 3-of-5 from the field and 2-for- 2 from the foul line... Grabbed his first offensive rebound of the year... Played six minutes against St. John s and scored two points... Added a rebound and a blocked shot...did not play against Stanford... Saw limited action against Willaim & Mary... Played seven minutes at Old Dominion, collecting a rebound, a steal and an assist... Saw limited action at James Madison... Made a pair of free throws in limited minutes at Florida State... Collected an assist in three minutes of action against North Carolina... Did not play against Virginia... Scored four points and grabbed a pair of rebounds at Maryland... Played two minutes at Miami... Did not play against Florida State HARRIS CAREER HIGHS Points... 15 at Seton Hall, 1-24-04 Minutes... 34 at West Virginia, 1-14-04 FGM... 5 at Seton Hall, 1-24-04... 5 vs. UMES, 11-23-04 FGA... 10 at Miami, 2-11-03...10 at Towson, 12-20-03 3FGM...4 vs Villanova, 3-1-03 3FGA...5 vs. Villanova, 3-1-03...5 vs. West Virgina, 2-28-04 FTM...5 at Towson, 12-20-03...5 at NC State, 2-26-05 FTA...10 at Towson, 12-20-03 Rebounds...6 vs. West Virginia, 2-28-04...6 at Duke, 1-30-05 Assists... 4 at Notre Dame, 2-22-03 Blocks... 1 vs. St. John s, 12-10-05 Steals...3 vs. Boston College, 1-29-03... 3 at Florida State, 1-8-05 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 DID NOT PLAY BOWLING GREEN 11/12 DID NOT PLAY WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 DID NOT PLAY MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 0 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 MARSHALL 11/21 0 3 1 3.333 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 2 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Ohio State 11/28 DID NOT PLAY at Duke 12/4 1 11 2 3.667 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 6 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 11 3 5.600 0 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 ST. JOHN S 12/10 0 6 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 vs. Stanford 12/17 DID NOT PLAY WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Old Dominion 12/30 0 7 0 3.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 at James Madison 1/2 0 8 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 at Florida State 1/7 0 6 0 0.000 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 0 3 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 1/15 DID NOT PLAY at Maryland 1/21 0 11 2 4.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 DUKE 1/26 DID NOT PLAY at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 DID NOT PLAY at Clemson 2/8 DID NOT PLAY at Virginia 2/11 DID NOT PLAY NC STATE 2/18 DID NOT PLAY at Miami 2/22 0 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 DID NOT PLAY
Markus SAILES 24 6-5 210 R-Junior Guard Richmond, Va./Varina H.S. 2005-06: Played 29 minutes in season-opener against Radford... Scored 12 points on 4-for-5 shooting... Hit 3-of-4 free throws, grabbed three rebounds and added a pair of assists... Played 21 minutes off the bench against Bowling Green... Scored four points, hitting a three-point basket and connecting on 1-of-2 free throws... Also chipped in an assist and two steals... Started and played 31 minutes against Western Carolina... Scored a team-high 13 points, including 4-of-6 from the field... Hit 5-of-6 free throws... Grabbed four rebounds, chipped in two assists and two steals... Started and played 30 minutes against Mount St. Mary s, scoring two points... Also secured a pair of defenseive rebounds and added two assists... Started and played 34 minutes against Marshall... Scored six points on 3-for-6 shooting... Correlled four rebounds and a season-high three assists... Started and played 24 minutes against Morgan State... Scored two points and grabbed a pair of rebounds... Led the team with three steals... Started and played 24 minutes at Ohio State... Scored three points and dished out three assists... Led the team with three steals... Started and played 26 minutes at Duke... Scored two points and grabbed three boards... Added an assist, a block and a steal... Started and played seven minutes against North Carolina A&T... Scored two points and added an assist and a rebound... Left the game with an injury... Started and scored 11 points in 32 minutes against St. John s... Hit 3-of-4 from the field and 4-of-4 from the foul line... Collected three steals, a block and an assist... Scored 10 points and had six rebounds in the win over Stanford in Las Vegas... Also led the team with four assists... Played 32 minutes against William & Mary, scoring five points... Collected a season-high six assists with no turnovers... Also grabbed two rebounds and two steals... Recorded three rebounds and three assists in 20 minutes at Old Dominion... Scored three points and dished out four assists at Florida State... Hit one free throw and collected a rebound against North Carolina... Scored two points and grabbed three rebounds against Virginia... Scored four points and dished out two assists at Maryland... Played 20 minutes agaist Duke, collecting two steals and a rebound... Scored two points and grabbed three rebounds at Wake Forest... Also chipped in two steals... Played 16 minutes against Georgia Tech, collecting an assist and a steal... Scored four points and grabbed a rebound against Boston College... Played 17 minutes at Clemson, collecting three steals, a rebound and an assist... Saw limited action at Virginia... Played 17 minutes versus NC State, scoring two points.. Had five points and three assists at Miami... Played a season-high 36 minutes against Florida State, scoring six points and grabbing four boards SAILES CAREER HIGHS Points... 14 at West Virginia, 1-14-04 Minutes... 42 vs. Old Dominion, 12-4-03 FGM... 7 at West Virginia, 1-14-04 FGA...9 vs. Miami, 1-17-04 3FGM... 3 at Notre Dame, 2-22-03 3FGA...4 vs. Rutgers, 3-10-04 FTM... 5 vs. Western Carolina, 11-13-05 FTA...6 vs. Georgetown, 2-11-04... 6 vs. Western Carolina, 11-13-05 Rebounds...8 vs. Miami, 1-17-04 Assists...7 vs. VMI, 12-10-03 Blocks... 1, five times, most recently... vs. Duke, 1-26-06 Steals... 5 vs. St. John s, 2-21-04 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 29 4 5.800 1 1 1.000 3 4.750 1 2 3 2 0 2 3 0 4 13 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 0 21 1 1 1.000 1 1 1.000 1 2.500 0 4 4 5 1 1 0 0 2 4 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 1 31 4 6.667 0 1.000 5 6.833 1 3 4 2 0 2 3 0 2 13 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 1 30 1 2.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 MARSHALL 11/21 1 34 3 6.500 0 1.000 0 2.000 1 3 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 6 MORGAN STATE 11/25 1 24 1 4.250 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 at Ohio State 11/28 1 24 1 2.500 0 1.000 1 3.333 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 3 at Duke 12/4 1 26 1 3.333 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 3 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 2 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 1 7 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 ST. JOHN S 12/10 1 32 3 4.750 1 1 1.000 4 4 1.000 3 0 3 1 0 1 2 1 3 11 vs. Stanford 12/17 1 33 4 8.500 1 1 1.000 1 2.500 2 4 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 10 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 1 32 2 4.500 0 1.000 1 2.500 1 1 2 1 0 6 0 1 2 5 at Old Dominion 12/30 1 20 0 5.000 0 1.000 1 2.500 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 1 1 at James Madison 1/2 1 27 1 3.333 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 at Florida State 1/7 1 23 0 2.000 0 0.000 3 4.750 0 3 3 2 0 4 0 0 1 3 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 0 12 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 VIRGINIA 1/15 0 19 1 2.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 2 at Maryland 1/21 0 28 2 5.400 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 DUKE 1/26 0 20 0 2.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 at Wake Forest 1/28 0 16 1 2.500 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 0 16 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 0 11 2 3.667 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 at Clemson 2/8 0 17 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 at Virginia 2/11 0 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC STATE 2/18 0 17 1 3.333 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 at Miami 2/22 1 13 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 1 36 3 4.750 0 0.000 0 0.000 2 2 4 1 0 2 5 0 0 6
Coleman COLLINS 33 6-9 237 Junior Center/Forward Stone Mountain, Ga./Chamblee H.S. 2005-06: Started and played 28 minutes against Radford... Scored a team-high 17 points on 6-of-6 shooting from the field... Tied a career-high with three assists... Started and played 38 minutes against Bowling Green... Scored a career-high 22 points, shooting 8-for-14 from the field... Hit 6-of-9 free throws... Also added eight rebounds, including three offensive boards, two assists and tied a career-high with five blocked shots... Started and played 28 minutes against Western Carolina... Scored seven points, including 5-for-6 free throws... Added two rebounds, two blocks and an assist... Started and played 27 minutes... Recorded his third career double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds...he amassed 300 career rebounds in the contest... Also added two assists... Started and played 36 minutes at Ohio State... Tallied second straight double-double with 14 points and 14 rebounds... Eight of his 14 points came in the second half... Had a season-high 11 defensive rebounds... Added an assist, a block and a steal... Started and played a career-high 40 minutes at Duke... Also set career highs in points (25) and field goals (12)... Shot 12-for-17 from the field with eight rebounds... Recorded his third double-double of the year with 17 points and 14 rebounds against North Carolina A&T... Shot 7-of-15 from the field and 3-for-3 from the line... Added two blocks and a steal... Scored a game-high 21 points against St. John s... Shot 9-of-13 from the field... Recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the win over Stanford in Las Vegas... Recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 21 points and 11 rebounds against William and Mary... Shot 9-of-15 from the field... Also collected a pair of blocks... Scored 12 points with seven rebounds in 39 minutes against Old Dominion... Scored a careerhigh 32 points at JMU... Shot 13-for-18 from the field with six rebounds and four blocks... Scored 15 points in 37 minutes at Florida State... Set a season-high with seven points from the foul line... Scored seven points and grabbed three rebounds against North Carolina... Bounced back with 14 points and five rebounds against Virginia... Hit 6-of-8 free throw attempts... Scored 18 points and grabbed six boards at Maryland... Scored Tech s first 10 points of the contest... Was 4-for-4 from the foul line... Collected his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds against Duke... Came off the bench to score seven points and grab seven boards against Boston College... Added an assist and a block... Scored 16 points at Clemson... Shot 6-for-11 from the field... Also chipped in four rebounds, two assists and a career-high four steals... Scored six points and added two rebounds at Virginia... Recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds against NC State... Totaled 10 points and five rebounds at Miami in 30 minutes... Started and scored 13 points against Florida State... Shot 5-for- 6 from the foul line and added four rebounds COLLINS CAREER HIGHS Points... 32 at James Madison, 1-2-06 Minutes...40 at Duke, 12-4-05 FGM... 13 at James Madison, 1-2-06 FGA...18 vs. Duke, 2-17-05... 18 at James Madison, 1-2-06 3FGM...3 at Pittsburgh, 1-26-04 3FGA...4 at Pittsburgh, 1-26-04 FTM... 10 vs. NC State, 1-19-05 FTA...12 vs. Providence, 2-4-04 Rebounds...18 vs. Duke, 2-17-05 Assists...3 at Pittsburgh, 1-26-04...3 at Maryland, 2-8-05 Blocks...5 vs. Duke, 2-17-05...5 vs. Bowling Green, 11-12-05 Steals...4 at Clemson, 2-8-06 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 1 28 6 6 1.000 0 0.000 5 6.833 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 17 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 1 38 8 14.571 0 0.000 6 9.667 3 5 8 2 0 2 2 5 0 22 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 1 28 1 5.200 0 0.000 5 6.833 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 7 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 DID NOT PLAY MARSHALL 11/21 DID NOT PLAY MORGAN STATE 11/25 1 27 6 12.500 0 1.000 2 3.667 7 7 14 2 0 2 2 0 0 14 at Ohio State 11/28 1 36 6 16.375 0 0.000 2 4.500 3 11 14 4 0 1 1 1 1 14 at Duke 12/4 1 40 12 17.706 0 0.000 1 2.500 4 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 25 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 1 32 7 15.467 0 0.000 3 3 1.000 6 8 14 1 0 0 3 2 1 17 ST. JOHN S 12/10 1 37 9 13.692 0 0.000 3 6.500 0 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 21 vs. Stanford 12/17 1 35 7 13.538 0 0.000 2 5.400 6 6 12 3 0 0 1 1 0 16 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 1 38 9 15.600 0 0.000 3 8.375 6 5 11 2 0 1 2 2 0 21 at Old Dominion 12/30 1 39 4 10.400 0 0.000 4 7.571 2 5 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 12 at James Madison 1/2 1 36 13 18.722 0 0.000 6 9.667 2 4 6 2 0 0 0 4 1 32 at Florida State 1/7 1 37 4 6.667 0 0.000 7 9.778 1 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 15 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 1 33 2 5.400 0 0.000 3 4.750 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 7 VIRGINIA 1/15 1 39 4 11.364 0 0.000 6 8.750 2 3 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 14 at Maryland 1/21 1 34 7 16.438 0 0.000 4 4 1.000 2 4 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 18 DUKE 1/26 1 33 4 13.308 0 0.000 5 8.625 4 6 10 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 0 27 3 6.500 0 0.000 1 1 1.000 5 2 7 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 at Clemson 2/8 0 36 6 11.545 0 0.000 4 8.500 2 2 4 1 0 2 2 0 4 16 at Virginia 2/11 0 31 2 6.333 0 0.000 2 3.667 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 6 NC STATE 2/18 1 25 7 15.467 0 0.000 1 2.500 6 5 11 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 at Miami 2/22 0 30 2 4.500 0 0.000 6 6 1.000 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 3 2 10 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 1 31 4 7.571 0 0.000 5 6.833 0 4 4 3 0 1 3 1 0 13
Zabian DOWDELL 1 6-3 200 Junior Guard Pahokee, Fla./Pahokee H.S. 2005-06: Started at guard against Radford... Went 6-for-8 from the field and 3-of-4 from the foul line for 16 points... Had three assists and four steals... Started and played 38 minutes against Bowling Green... Scored 13 points, including 2-for-6 from three-point range... Dished out a team-high seven assists, and also chipped in four steals and three rebounds... Started and played 40 minutes against Western Carolina... Scored 10 points on 4-of-9 shooting... Added three rebounds, an assist and a steal... Started and played 30 minutes against Mount St. Mary s... Scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half... Shot a career-best 6-for-7 from the foul line... Added two assists, two rebounds and a steal... Started and played 24 minutes, mostly in the second half... Scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half... Went 6-for-12 from the field and 2-of-3 at the line... Matched a career-high with four steals... Started and played 30 minutes against Morgan State... Scored 13 points, which included a pair of three-pointers... Dished out a game-high five assists... Started and played 38 minutes against Ohio State... Scored a game-high 15 points... Hit 2-of-4 three-point attempts as well as five free throws... Added two assists and a steal... Came off the bench and played 31 minutes against Duke... Scored 15 points on 7-of-17 shooting... Added four rebounds and four assists... Scored a career-high 25 points against North Carolina A&T... Also set career highs in field goals made (9), three-point field goals made (7) and three-point field goals attempted (12)... Added four assists and three steals... Scored 18 points in 39 minutes against St. John s... Added five assists, four rebounds and a pair of steals... Shot 6-for-11 from the field and 4-for-5 from the line... Scored nine points and had two steals in the win over Stanford... Matched a season high with 40 minutes against William & Mary... Scored 18 points, shooting 4-of-8 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the line... Dished out five assists and collected three steals... Scored 18 points, including 10 in the second half at Old Dominion... Added a season-high six rebounds... Played 39 minutes at James Madison, collecting four assists and two steals... Scored 10 points in the final seven minutes for 18 at Florida State... Grabbed five rebounds and chipped in two steals... Scored 13 points and grabbed four boards against North Carolina... Scored a team-high 16 points against Virginia... Shot 4-of-5 from the foul line... Grabbed five rebounds and collected a career-high five steals... Scored 21 points and dished out six assists at Maryland... Hit eight of his final 12 shots... Had four rebounds and two steals... Scored 21 points against Duke... Hit a career-high 10 field goals... Also chipped in four assists and three steals... Scored 11 points and dished out four assists at Wake Forest... Did not commit a turnover... Scored 15 points against Georgia Tech... Also chipped in three assists, two rebounds and a steal... Scored 20 points against Boston College... Shot 3-of-6 from three-point range... Tied a career high with five steals and added three assists... Scored 19 points and tied a carrer high with 44 minutes at Clemson... Also matched a career high with five steals and dished out six assists... Hit 7-of-12 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range... Scored 10 points and added seven assists at Virginia... Chipped in five assists and a steal... Matched a career-high, playing 44 minutes... Totaled 10 points while dishing out five assists against NC State... Scored 15 points and had six rebounds at Miami... Scored 20 points and had five assists against Florida State... Shot 2-for-3 from three-point range... Chipped in five rebounds and four steals DOWDELL'S CAREER HIGHS Points... 25 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Minutes... 44 vs. Old Dominion, 12-4-03...44 at Clemson, 2-8-06...44 at Virginia, 2-11-06 FGM...10 vs. Duke, 1-26-06 FGA...19 vs. Notre Dame, 1-20-04...19 at Duke, 1-30-05...19 at Maryland, 1-23-06...19 vs. Boston College, 2-4-06 3FGM... 7 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 3FGA... 12 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 FTM...6 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 FTA...10 vs. Temple, 3-15-05 Rebounds...8 vs. West Virginia, 2-28-04 Assists...8 vs. Morgan State, 12-1-03 Blocks...2 vs. Bethune-Cookman, 1-12-05 Steals... 5 vs. Virginia, 1-15-06...5 vs. Boston College, 2-4-06...5 at Clemson, 2-8-06 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 1 34 6 8.750 1 3.333 3 4.750 0 1 1 3 0 3 3 0 4 16 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 1 38 4 14.286 2 6.333 3 6.500 0 3 3 2 0 7 2 0 4 13 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 1 40 4 9.444 1 3.333 1 2.500 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 1 10 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 1 30 5 14.357 2 8.250 6 7.857 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 18 MARSHALL 11/21 1 24 6 12.500 2 6.333 2 3.667 0 2 2 4 0 0 2 0 4 16 MORGAN STATE 11/25 1 30 5 11.455 2 3.667 1 3.333 0 2 2 0 0 5 2 0 1 13 at Ohio State 11/28 1 38 4 10.400 2 4.500 5 5 1.000 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 15 at Duke 12/4 0 31 7 17.412 1 5.200 0 0.000 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 15 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 1 31 9 14.643 7 12.583 0 1.000 0 1 1 3 0 4 4 0 3 25 ST. JOHN S 12/10 1 39 6 11.545 2 6.333 4 5.800 0 4 4 1 0 5 5 1 2 18 vs. Stanford 12/17 1 40 3 11.273 2 4.500 1 3.333 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 9 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 1 40 5 13.385 4 8.500 4 4 1.000 0 3 3 3 0 4 5 0 3 18 at Old Dominion 12/30 1 39 6 18.333 2 8.250 4 6.667 2 4 6 3 0 1 2 0 1 18 at James Madison 1/2 1 39 0 3.000 0 1.000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 2 0 4 2 1 2 2 at Florida State 1/7 1 31 5 11.455 3 6.500 5 6.833 0 5 5 4 0 1 6 0 2 18 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 1 38 6 16.375 0 4.000 1 2.500 0 4 4 4 0 2 2 0 2 13 VIRGINIA 1/15 1 38 5 15.333 2 8.250 4 5.800 3 2 5 0 0 3 1 0 5 16 at Maryland 1/21 1 39 8 19.421 1 7.143 4 6.667 0 4 4 3 0 6 2 0 2 21 DUKE 1/26 1 37 10 18.556 0 1.000 1 2.500 0 3 3 0 0 4 1 0 3 21 at Wake Forest 1/28 1 35 4 15.267 1 5.200 2 2 1.000 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 11 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 1 38 6 13.462 2 4.500 1 2.500 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 0 1 15 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 1 33 7 19.368 3 6.500 3 4.750 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 0 5 20 at Clemson 2/8 1 44 7 12.583 3 5.600 2 4.500 0 0 0 4 0 6 5 0 5 19 at Virginia 2/11 1 44 3 13.231 1 5.200 3 4.750 0 7 7 4 0 5 2 1 1 10 NC STATE 2/18 1 32 4 16.250 0 3.000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 5 0 1 1 10 at Miami 2/22 0 35 5 15.333 2 7.286 3 7.429 1 5 6 4 0 2 2 1 1 15 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 1 31 7 13.538 2 3.667 4 5.800 0 5 5 3 0 5 5 0 4 20
Jamon GORDON 22 6-3 200 Junior Guard Jacksonville, Fla./Andrew Jackson H.S. 2005-06: Scored 13 points in first game of the season against Radford... Went 4-for-8 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range... Grabbed eight boards and dished out eight assists... Added two blocks and a steal... Started and played 39 minutes against Bowling Green... Scored 12 points on 4-for-8 shooting from the field... Also tallied four assists, three blocks and a steal... Started and played 40 minutes against Western Carolina... Recorded a double-double with 11 points and a career-high 10 rebounds... Hit 6-of-8 free throws, and had four assists and two steals... Started and played 36 minutes against Mount St. Mary s... Scored two points on 2-of-2 from the foul line... Chipped in three boards, five assists and a blocked shot... Started and played 37 minutes against Marshall... Scored 15 points, including 3 three-point baskets... Had seven assists and no turnovers... Started and played 30 minutes against Morgan State... Scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field... Grabbed five boards and dished out four assists... Also recorded two blocks and a steal... Started and played 36 minutes against Ohio State... Scored seven points and grabbed three boards... Added three assists and two steals... Came off the bench and scored 11 points in 33 minutes at Duke... Shot 4-for-8 from the field... Chipped in five assists, four rebounds and two steals... Recorded his second career double-double with 11 points and 11 assists against North Carolina A&T... Set a career high with his 11 assists... Had just one turnover... Scored five points against St. John s in a season-low 24 minutes... Still managed four assists and four steals... Scored 12 points in the win over Stanford in Las Vegas... Also had four assists and four rebounds... Played 30 minutes against William & Mary, scoring eight points... Grabbed eight rebounds and added three assists and three steals... Scored a season-high 18 points, including 12 in the second half at Old Dominion... Scored 10 of his points in the final two minutes... Shot 8-for-11 from the field and grabbed seven boards... Scored seven points with seven rebounds and 10 assists at JMU... Marked the second time in in five rebounds and three steals... Scored 12 points and had four assists against North Carolina... Also grabbed six rebounds and collected three steals... Scored nine points and grabbed four rebounds against Virginia... Added three assists and two steals... Scored nine points in 14 minutes at Maryland... Scored eight points and grabbed eight rebounds against Duke... Also chipped in four assists and three steals... Tallied a season-high 21 points and a career-high 14 rebounds at Wake Forest... Third career double-double... Also had three assists and three steals... Collected seven assists with just one turnover against Georgia Tech... Also chipped in six rebounds and three points... Scored 14 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out six assists against Boston College... Shot 4-of-5 from the foul line... Scored 21 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds at Clemson... Third double-double of the season... Shot 9-of-15 from the field... Chipped in four assists and four steals... Scored a career-high 24 points at Virginia... Shot 10-of-19 from the field and 4-of-4 at the foul line... Added seven boards in a career-high 44 minutes... Had 11 points and six steals in 39 minutes against NC State... Had five points, four rebounds and three steals at Miami... Scored 15 points and chipped in four steals against Florida State... Added three assists GORDON S CAREER HIGHS Points...23 at Virginia, 2-11-06 Minutes...44 at Virginia, 2-11-06 FGM...10 at Virginia, 2-11-06 FGA... 21 vs. Old Dominion, 12-4-03 3FGM...4 vs. New Hampshire, 11-22-03... 4 vs. William & Mary, 11-28-04 3FGA...7 vs. New Hampshire, 11-22-03...7 at Syracuse, 1-31-04 FTM...7 vs. Providence, 2-4-04 FTA...9 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Rebounds...16 at Clemson, 2-8-06 Assists... 11 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Blocks...4 vs. Bethune-Cookman, 1-12-05 Steals... 8 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 1 36 4 8.500 3 5.600 2 3.667 2 6 8 2 0 8 1 2 1 13 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 1 39 4 8.500 1 3.333 3 6.500 3 2 5 2 0 4 3 3 1 12 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 1 40 2 9.222 1 1 1.000 6 8.750 2 8 10 3 0 4 2 0 2 11 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 1 36 0 8.000 0 3.000 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 4 0 5 4 1 0 2 MARSHALL 11/21 1 37 5 7.714 3 4.750 2 2 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 15 MORGAN STATE 11/25 1 30 4 6.667 1 2.500 2 3.667 3 2 5 3 0 4 1 2 1 11 at Ohio State 11/28 1 36 3 9.333 0 3.000 1 2.500 2 1 3 2 0 3 3 0 2 7 at Duke 12/4 0 33 4 8.500 1 2.500 2 4.500 2 2 4 4 0 5 3 0 2 11 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 1 36 4 8.500 1 4.250 2 2 1.000 0 7 7 1 0 11 1 2 2 11 ST. JOHN S 12/10 1 24 2 7.286 1 2.500 0 0.000 1 2 3 4 0 4 0 1 4 5 vs. Stanford 12/17 1 36 5 15.333 1 6.167 1 1 1.000 1 3 4 4 0 4 1 0 0 12 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 1 30 4 6.667 0 0.000 0 2.000 1 7 8 4 0 3 3 0 3 8 at Old Dominion 12/30 1 40 8 11.727 1 2.500 1 2.500 1 6 7 3 0 1 5 1 0 18 at James Madison 1/2 1 35 3 5.600 0 1.000 1 2.500 1 6 7 2 0 10 1 0 3 7 at Florida State 1/7 1 35 3 7.429 1 4.250 2 2 1.000 0 5 5 4 0 6 5 0 3 9 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 1 32 5 11.455 0 0.000 2 3.667 3 3 6 3 0 4 1 0 3 12 VIRGINIA 1/15 1 39 4 8.500 1 4.250 0 2.000 1 3 4 2 0 3 1 0 2 9 at Maryland 1/21 1 14 3 6.500 0 0.000 3 4.750 0 3 3 4 0 1 1 0 0 9 DUKE 1/26 1 35 3 11.273 0 1.000 2 3.667 2 6 8 2 0 4 3 1 3 8 at Wake Forest 1/28 1 37 7 17.412 1 2.500 6 9.667 8 6 14 2 0 3 3 2 3 21 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 1 30 1 4.250 0 1.000 1 2.500 2 4 6 3 0 7 1 0 1 3 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 1 37 5 10.500 0 0.000 4 5.800 1 5 6 3 0 6 1 0 2 14 at Clemson 2/8 1 42 9 15.600 0 1.000 3 5.600 3 13 16 2 0 4 3 1 4 21 at Virginia 2/11 1 44 10 19.526 0 4.000 4 4 1.000 2 5 7 3 0 2 3 1 2 24 NC STATE 2/18 1 39 5 12.417 0 2.000 1 2.500 1 3 4 4 0 3 1 2 6 11 at Miami 2/22 0 38 2 6.333 1 2.500 0 0.000 0 4 4 3 0 3 5 0 3 5 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 1 36 5 12.417 0 1.000 5 7.714 1 0 1 3 0 3 2 1 4 15
Chris TUCKER 42 6-7 220 Junior Forward Fincastle, Va./Lord Botetourt H.S. Fork Union Military Academy 2005-06: Played nine minutes against Radford... Scored two points and grabbed three rebounds... Also added an assist and a blocked shot... Played 14 minutes against Bowling Green... Played seven minutes against Western Carolina, grabbing one rebound... Played 12 minutes against Mount St. Mary s, scoring two points... Wrestled down two boards and added an assist and a blocked shot... Had a career-high three steals... Played a career-high 23 minutes against Marshall... Scored a season-high six points... Added two rebounds, two steals and a block... Played seven minutes and scored two points against Morgan State... Hit two of two free throws... Also chipped in three rebounds and a steal... Played four minutes against Ohio State... Played 17 minutes at Duke... Scored two points and grabbed three rebounds... Also added a blocked shot... Played 12 minutes against North Carolina A&T, scoring four points... Matched a career high with three rebounds... Played 10 minutes against St. John s... Hit 1-of-2 free throws... Grabbed two rebounds... Played five minutest against William & Mary... Did not play at Old Dominion... Scored four points in eight minutes at James Madison... Also chipped in a pair of rebounds... Saw limited action at Florida State... Saw liminted action against North Carolina... Scored two points in eight minutes against Virginia... Scored five points and grabbed a career-high four rebounds at Maryland... Scored three points in 12 minutes against Duke... Played a career-high 28 minutes at Wake Forests... Grabbed a career-high seven rebounds and hit 1-of-2 free throws... Played 17 minutes against Georgia Tech, securing three rebounds... Saw limited time against Boston College... Saw limited action at Clemson... Had a pair of rebounds at UVa... Had one shot attempt in the loss to Miami... Grabbed a rebound against Florida State TUCKER S CAREER HIGHS Points... 7 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 Minutes...28 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 FGM... 2, five times, most recently...at Maryland, 1-23-06 FGA...7 vs. Marshall, 11-21-05 3FGM...1 at Virginia, 11-28-03... 1 at VMI, 12-4-04...1 vs. Duke, 1-26-06 3FGA... 2, five times, most recently... vs. Duke, 1-26-06 FTM... 5 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 FTA... 6 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 Rebounds...7 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Assists... 2 vs. UMES, 11-23-04...2 vs. Bethune-Cookman, 1-12-05 Blocks...2 vs. Bethune-Cookman, 1-12-05 Steals...3 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 9 1 2.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 3 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 0 14 0 2.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 0 7 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 0 12 1 2.500 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 2 MARSHALL 11/21 0 23 2 7.286 1 2.500 1 2.500 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 6 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 7 0 3.000 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 at Ohio State 11/28 0 4 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Duke 12/4 0 17 1 5.200 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 12 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 ST. JOHN S 12/10 0 10 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 vs. Stanford 12/17 0 10 1 3.333 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 0 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 at Old Dominion 12/30 DID NOT PLAY at James Madison 1/2 0 8 2 3.667 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 at Florida State 1/7 0 7 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 1/15 0 8 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 at Maryland 1/21 0 16 2 2 1.000 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 DUKE 1/26 0 12 1 3.333 1 2.500 0 2.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 at Wake Forest 1/28 1 28 0 4.000 0 1.000 1 2.500 3 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 0 17 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 0 4 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Clemson 2/8 0 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Virginia 2/11 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 NC STATE 2/18 DID NOT PLAY at Miami 2/22 0 5 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 0 7 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert KRABBENDAM 14 7-0 230 Sophomore Center Hoorn, the Netherlands/Copernicus S.S. 2005-06: Injured in fall practice... Will sit out the 2005-06 season. KRABBENDAM'S CAREER HIGHS Points... 6 vs UMES, 11-23-04 Minutes... 20 at St. John s, 12-8-04 FGM... 3 vs UMES, 11-23-04 FGA... 7 vs UMES, 11-23-04 3FGM... 0 3FGA... 1 vs UMES, 11-23-04... 1 at St. John s, 12-8-04... 1 vs James Madison, 12-11-04... 1 vs Western Michigan, 12-22-04 FTM... 2 vs Morgan State, 12-27-04 FTA... 2 vs Morgan State, 12-27-04 Rebounds... 5 vs Loyola, 11-19-04 Assists... 1 at Virginia, 2-12-05... 1 vs Georgia Tech, 3-11-05... 1 at Memphis, 3-19-05 Blocks... 1 at St. John s, 12-8-04... 1 vs James Madison, 12-11-04... 1 vs North Carolina, 12-19-04... 1 vs Georgia Tech, 3-11-05 Steals... 1 vs Loyola, 11-19-04... 1 vs UMES, 11-23-04... 1 vs North Carolina, 12-19-04... 1 vs Mississippi State, 12-30-04 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts
Deron WASHINGTON 13 6-7 195 Sophomore Guard/Forward New Orleans, La./National Christian Acad. 2005-06: Started and played 28 minutes against Radford... Scored seven points and grabbed six boards... Added an assist, a block and two steals... Started and played 24 minutes against Bowling Green... Scored 17 points, including 14 in the second half... Shot 5-of-7 from the field and 7-for-8 from the foul line... Secured three rebounds... Started and played 34 minutes against Western Carolina... Scored 10 points and grabbed four boards... Set a career-high with four steals... Started and played a career-high 40 minutes against Mount St. Mary s... Set or matched career-highs in six different categories... Tied a career high with 24 points on 8-of-10 shooting... Also added eight points from the foul line... Grabbed 10 rebounds to enjoy first career double-double... Set a career high with five blocked shots... Also added three steals and an assist... Started and played 36 minutes against Marshall... Scored a game-high 17 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the field... Grabbed six rebounds, and added three blocks, two assists and a steal... Started and played 29 minutes against Morgan State... Scored a game-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field... Hit 4-of-5 free throw attempts... Correlled three rebounds... Added two steals and an assist... Started and played 36 minutes at Ohio State... Scored nine points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field... Grabbed four rebounds and added a block and a steal... Started and played 28 minutes at Duke... Scored 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field... Was 2-for-2 from the free throw line... Grabbed six rebounds and added three assists, three steals and a block... Played 28 minutes against North Carolina A&T, scoring four points... Was 2-of-2 from the line with four rebounds and two steals... Scored 10 points against St. John s before fouling out... Added a pair of rebounds and assists... Had seven points and eight rebounds in the win over Stanford... Also blocked two shots... Scored 15 points in 36 minutes against William & Mary... Grabbed four rebounds and added a blocked shot... Amassed a careerhigh with 11 rebounds at Old Dominion... Scored four points and added two steals... Scored 19 points at JMU on 6-of-9 shooting from the field... Also hit 7-of-8 free throws and matched a season high with four steals... Scored two points and added an assist at Florida State... Scored 11 points and matched a career-high with four steals against North Carolina... Shot 4-of-8 from the field... Grabbed five boards and blocked two shots... Scored four points and grabbed five boards against Virginia... Scored nine points and grabbed seven rebounds at Maryland... Added a pair of steals... Scored 12 points and grabbed seven boards against Duke... Shot 6-for-10 from the field... Added two blocks... Did not play at Wake Forest... Scored 21 points against Georgia Tech, most points he s scored in an ACC game... 8-for-11 from the field, including 2-for-3 from beyond the three-point arc... Also chipped in six rebounds... Hit the game-winning free throw with less than one second remaining... Scored three points and grabbed five boards against Boston College... Scored 12 points and grabbed four rebounds at Clemson... Added three steals and two assists... Scored eight points and grabbed four rebounds at Virginia... Shot 4-of-5 from the field... Tallied nine points versus NC State... Played 33 minutes at Miami, scoring five points while grabbing four rebounds... WASHINGTON'S CAREER HIGHS Points... 24 vs UMES, 11-23-04...24 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-21-05 Minutes...40 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 FGM... 10 vs UMES, 11-23-04 FGA... 14 vs. Marshall, 11-21-05 3FGM... 2 vs. Georgia Tech, 1-31-06 3FGA... 3 vs. Georgia Tech, 1-31-06...3 at Clemson, 2-8-06 FTM... 8 vs Virginia, 1-27-05...8 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 FTA... 15 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 Rebounds... 11 at Old Dominion, 12-30-05 Assists... 4 at Miami, 2-2-05... 4 at Memphis, 3-19-05 Blocks... 5 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 Steals... 4 vs. Western Carolina, 11-13-05...4 at James Madison, 1-2-06...4 vs. North Carolina, 1-10-06 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 1 28 3 10.300 0 1.000 1 4.250 1 5 6 4 0 1 3 1 2 7 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 1 24 5 7.714 0 0.000 7 8.875 1 2 3 4 0 0 2 0 0 17 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 1 34 2 7.286 0 0.000 6 7.857 1 3 4 3 0 1 0 1 4 10 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 1 40 8 10.800 0 0.000 8 15.533 4 6 10 4 0 1 0 5 3 24 MARSHALL 11/21 1 36 7 14.500 0 2.000 3 4.750 2 4 6 3 0 2 0 3 1 17 MORGAN STATE 11/25 1 29 6 10.600 0 1.000 4 5.800 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 16 at Ohio State 11/28 1 36 4 6.667 0 0.000 1 2.500 0 4 4 4 0 0 2 1 1 9 at Duke 12/4 1 28 4 7.571 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 0 6 6 5 1 3 3 1 3 10 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 1 28 1 6.167 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 1 3 4 4 0 1 1 0 2 4 ST. JOHN S 12/10 1 29 5 11.455 0 1.000 0 3.000 0 2 2 5 1 2 1 1 0 10 vs. Stanford 12/17 1 30 2 5.400 0 0.000 3 4.750 4 4 8 3 0 1 1 2 1 7 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 1 36 6 13.462 0 0.000 3 5.600 2 2 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 15 at Old Dominion 12/30 1 36 1 6.167 0 1.000 2 5.400 3 8 11 4 0 0 3 1 2 4 at James Madison 1/2 1 29 6 9.667 0 0.000 7 8.875 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 4 19 at Florida State 1/7 1 30 0 3.000 0 2.000 2 2 1.000 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 1 32 4 8.500 1 1 1.000 2 2 1.000 3 2 5 4 0 2 4 2 4 11 VIRGINIA 1/15 1 29 1 5.200 0 1.000 2 5.400 4 1 5 5 1 0 3 0 1 4 at Maryland 1/21 1 36 4 9.444 0 2.000 1 2.500 2 5 7 4 0 0 3 1 2 9 DUKE 1/26 1 33 6 10.600 0 0.000 0 3.000 3 4 7 5 1 1 2 2 1 12 at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 1 35 8 11.727 2 3.667 3 8.375 2 4 6 3 0 1 1 1 1 21 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 1 28 1 2.500 1 2.500 0 0.000 1 4 5 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 at Clemson 2/8 1 35 5 12.419 1 3.333 1 2.500 1 3 4 3 0 2 2 0 3 12 at Virginia 2/11 1 22 4 5.800 0 0.000 0 0.000 3 1 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 8 NC STATE 2/18 1 27 4 9.444 0 2.000 1 2.500 2 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 9 at Miami 2/22 1 33 2 6.000 0 0.000 1 4.250 1 3 4 2 0 2 1 0 1 5 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 0 7 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wynton WITHERSPOON 11 6-7 185 Sophomore Guard/Forward Atlanta, Ga./Berkmar H.S. 2005-06: Injured in the fall, did not play in the first six games... Saw first action of the year with 14 minutes at Ohio State... Scored four points... Shot 2-for-2 from the field... Played eight minutes at Duke... Hit a key three-point basket to give Tech the lead just before halftime... Scored four points and added a rebound... Set career highs in points (11) and assists (5) against North Carolina A&T... Matched career highs in field goals (3) and blocks (2) as well... Played a season-high 19 minutes... Played 17 minutes against St. John s... Scored five points, shooting 3-for-4 from the free throw line... Added two assists and two rebounds... Saw limited action in the win over Stanford... Missed three straight games... Scored a career-high 19 points at Florida State... Shot 7-for-11 from the field, including 3-of-5 from three-point range... Grabbed three boards and chipped in a pair of assists... Started his first game of the season, scoring 17 points in 37 minutes... Matched a career-high with seven field goals... Grabbed three boards and collected a career-high three steals... Scored two points and had two steals against Virginia... Played 12 minutes at Maryland... Scored seven points in 18 minutes against Duke... Tallied 10 points and three rebounds at Wake Forest... Also collected three steals, two assists and a blocked shot... Scored 11 points against Georgia Tech... Grabbed three rebounds and chipped in a pair of steals... Scored 11 points against Boston College... Shot 5-of-9 from the field... Scored two points at Clemson... Scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds at Virginia... Added three assists, a block and a steal... Had six points and four rebounds against NC State... Played 11 minutes, scoring two points in the loss to Miami... Saw limited action against Florida State WITHERSPOON S CAREER HIGHS Points... 19 at Florida State, 1-7-06 Minutes... 37 vs. North Carolina, 1-10-06 FGM... 7 at Florida State, 1-7-06...7 vs. North Carolina, 1-10-06 FGA... 17 vs. North Carolina, 1-10-06 3FGM... 3 vs James Madison, 12-11-04... 3 at Florida State, 1-7-06 3FGA... 8 vs. North Carolina, 1-10-06 FTM... 4 vs UMES, 11-23-04...4 vs. Georgia Tech, 1-31-06 FTA... 6 vs UMES, 11-23-04 Rebounds... 6 vs UMES, 11-23-04 Assists... 5 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Blocks... 2 vs Mississippi State, 12-30-04...2 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Steals... 3 vs. North Carolina, 1-10-06... 3 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 DID NOT PLAY BOWLING GREEN 11/12 DID NOT PLAY WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 DID NOT PLAY MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 DID NOT PLAY MARSHALL 11/21 DID NOT PLAY MORGAN STATE 11/25 DID NOT PLAY at Ohio State 11/28 0 14 2 2.500 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 at Duke 12/4 0 8 1 2.500 1 2.500 1 2.500 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 19 3 13.231 2 7.286 3 4.750 2 1 3 2 0 5 0 2 1 11 ST. JOHN S 12/10 0 17 1 2.500 0 1.000 3 4.750 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 vs. Stanford 12/17 0 3 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 2.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 DID NOT PLAY at Old Dominion 12/30 DID NOT PLAY at James Madison 1/2 DID NOT PLAY at Florida State 1/7 0 25 7 11.636 3 5.600 2 2 1.000 2 1 3 3 0 2 3 0 1 19 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 1 37 7 17.412 2 8.250 1 5.200 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 17 VIRGINIA 1/15 1 21 1 7.143 0 5.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 2 at Maryland 1/21 1 12 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 DUKE 1/26 1 18 2 4.500 2 3.667 1 2.500 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 at Wake Forest 1/28 1 35 4 8.500 2 6.333 0 1.000 2 1 3 3 0 2 2 1 3 10 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 1 31 3 10.300 1 5.200 4 5.800 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 11 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 1 28 5 9.556 0 2.000 1 2.500 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 at Clemson 2/8 1 19 1 4.250 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 at Virginia 2/11 1 35 3 10.300 2 7.286 0 0.000 1 4 5 2 0 3 0 1 1 8 NC STATE 2/18 0 15 2 7.285 1 2.500 1 2.500 4 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 at Miami 2/22 1 11 1 2.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 0 5 0 2.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cheick DIAKITE 34 6-8 230 Freshman Forward Bamako, Mali/Bridgton Academy (Maine) 2005-06: Played 10 minutes in his first collegiate game against Radford... Grabbed a pair of defensive rebouds... Played two minutes against Bowling Green... Played eight minutes against Western Carolina... Collected four rebounds... Started first game at Tech against Mount St. Mary s and played a season-high 24 minutes... Easily achieved top numbers in points, minutes, rebounds and blocks... Had 11 points on 4-for-5 shooting from the field... Hit 3-of-4 free throws... Grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots... Started and played 19 minutes against Marshall... Scored two points and secured five rebounds... Blocked a career-high five shots... Played 13 minutes against Morgan State... Scored two points and added one rebound... Played four minutes at Ohio State... Converted an offensive rebound for a basket for his only two points... Grabbed two rebounds... Started and played two minutes at Duke... Played five minutes against North Carolina A&T... Grabbed three boards... Played three minutes against St. John s... Had a blocked shot... Saw limited action against William & Mary... Chipped in a defensive rebound at Old Dominion... Scored two points and grabbed two rebounds at James Madison... Saw limited action at Florida State... Played 10 minutes against North Carolina, collecting two boards and a blocked shot... Played four minutes against Virginia, collecting a blocked shot... Saw limited action at Maryland... Scored three points and grabbed two offensive rebounds against Duke... Scored two points in 12 minutes at Wake Forest... Did not play against Georgia Tech, Boston College or at Clemson... Scored two points and grabbed a rebound in two minutes of action at Virginia... Played 15 minutes against NC State, scoring four points and grabbing four rebounds... Started and played nine minutes in the loss to Miami... Had two points and two rebounds... Played nine minutes against Florida State, grabbed one rebound DIAKITE S CAREER HIGHS Points...11 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 Minutes...24 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 FGM...4 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 FGA...5 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05...5 vs. Marshall, 11-21-05...5 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 3FGM... 0 3FGA... 0 FTM...3 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 FTA...4 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 Rebounds...7 vs. Mount St. Mary s, 11-18-05 Assists... 0 Blocks...5 vs. Marshall, 11-21-05 Steals... 0 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 10 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 0 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 0 8 0 3.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 1 24 4 5.800 0 0.000 3 4.750 4 3 7 3 0 0 1 3 0 11 MARSHALL 11/21 1 19 1 5.200 0 0.000 0 0.000 4 1 5 4 0 0 0 5 0 2 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 13 1 5.200 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 at Ohio State 11/28 0 4 1 2.500 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 at Duke 12/4 1 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 ST. JOHN S 12/10 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 vs. Stanford 12//17 0 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Old Dominion 12/30 0 5 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 at James Madison 1/2 0 6 1 2.500 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 at Florida State 1/7 0 3 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 0 10 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1.000 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 VIRGINIA 1/15 0 4 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 at Maryland 1/21 0 3 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 DUKE 1/26 0 7 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 at Wake Forest 1/28 1 12 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 DID NOT PLAY at Clemson 2/8 DID NOT PLAY at Virginia 2/11 0 2 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 NC STATE 2/18 0 15 1 3.333 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 at Miami 2/22 1 9 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 0 9 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
A.D. VASSALLO 40 6-6 213 Freshman Guard/Forward Toa Baja, P.R./Faith Christian Academy Hargrave Military Academy 2005-06: Made his first career start against Radford... Scored seven points on 3-of-6 from the field... Hit 1-of-2 free throws... Grabbed three rebounds and added three assists... Started and played 22 minutes against Bowling Green... Scored three points, and added one rebound and one blocked shot... Played nine minutes against Western Carolina... Hit his first career three-pointer, and also tallied an offensive rebound... Came off the bench and scored 13 points in 22 minutes... Shot 4-for-9 from the field, including 3-of-6 from three-point range... Added three rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot... Came off the bench and played 20 minutes... Scored seven points and grabbed a pair of rebounds... Hit both free throw attempts... Added two rebounds, two steals and an assist... Played 17 minutes against Morgan State... Scored 12 points... Set a season-high with four three-pointers and matched a season-high with three rebounds... Shot 4-for-7 from beyond the three-point line... Played eight minutes at Ohio State... Scored two points... Added an assist and a blocked shot... Came off the bench and played four minutes at Duke... Played 13 minutes against North Carolina A&T... Scored 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field and 3-for-5 shooting from the foul line... Matched a season-high with three rebounds... Added two assists and a steal... Played three minutes against St. John s... Had one rebound... Scored three points in the win over Stanford... Scored seven points against William & Mary... Hit one of two three-point attempts and shot 4-of-4 from the foul line... Scored two points and added two rebounds at Old Dominion... Scored nine points at James Madison... Shot 4-for-7 from the field with three rebounds... Saw limited action at Florida State... Saw limited action against North Carolina... Saw limited action against Virginia... Scored two points at Maryland in seven minutes of action... Had a rebound in five minutes against Duke... Set career-highs in six categories at Wake Forest... Tallied first double-double with 29 points and 10 rebounds... Shot 11-for-19 from the field and chipped in four steals in 37 minutes of action... Shot 4-of-5 from threepoint range and 3-for-3 from the foul line... Scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds against Georiga Tech... Shot 3-of-7 from three-point range... Also chipped in two assists... Scored 14 points and grabbed four rebounds against Boston College... Shot 5-of-7 from the field, including 2-of-3 from three-point range... Added an assist and a steal... Scored five points and grabbed three boards at Clemson... Also chipped in two assists and two steals... Scored 19 points in a career-high 39 minutes at Virginia... Shot 8-for-15 from the field... Dished out a career-high 7 assists and grabbed five rebounds... Played 30 minutes against NC State, scoring seven points while grabbing six rebounds... Hit 6-11 from the field at Miami, scoring 15 points... Scored six points and grabbed four rebounds against Florida State... Hit 2-of-4 three point attempts VASSALLO S CAREER HIGHS Points...29 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Minutes...39 at Virginia, 2-11-06 FGM...11 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 FGA...19 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 3FGM...4 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05...4 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 3FGA...7 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05...7 vs. Georgia Tech, 1-31-06 FTM... 4 vs. William & Mary, 12-27-05 FTA... 5 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Rebounds...10 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 Assists...7 at Virginia, 2-11-06 Blocks... 1, six times, most recently...at Virginia, 2-11-06 Steals...4 at Wake Forest, 1-28-06 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 1 16 3 6.500 0 1.000 1 2.500 2 1 3 4 0 3 1 0 0 7 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 1 22 0 2.000 0 2.000 3 4.750 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 0 9 1 3.333 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 0 22 4 9.444 3 6.500 2 2 1.000 0 3 3 1 0 2 2 1 1 13 MARSHALL 11/21 0 20 2 7.286 1 6.167 2 2 1.000 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 0 2 7 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 17 4 7.571 4 7.571 0 0.000 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 12 at Ohio State 11/28 0 8 1 2.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 at Duke 12/4 0 4 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 13 3 5.600 1 3.333 3 5.600 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 10 ST. JOHN S 12/10 0 3 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 vs. Stanford 12/17 0 8 1 3.333 1 3.333 0 0.000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 0 17 1 3.333 1 2.500 4 4 1.000 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 at Old Dominion 12/30 0 14 1 5.200 0 4.000 0 1.000 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 at James Madison 1/2 0 11 4 7.571 1 4.250 0 1.000 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 at Florida State 1/7 0 3 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 0 0+ 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VIRGINIA 1/15 0 3 0 2.000 0 2.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Maryland 1/21 0 7 1 2.500 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 DUKE 1/26 0 5 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Wake Forest 1/28 1 37 11 19.579 4 5.800 3 3 1.000 4 6 10 4 0 0 0 0 4 29 GEORGIA TECH 1/31 1 33 5 17.294 3 7.429 0 0.000 1 5 6 4 0 2 2 1 0 13 BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 1 32 5 7.714 2 3.667 2 3.667 2 2 4 1 0 1 3 0 1 14 at Clemson 2/8 1 30 2 4.500 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 3 3 3 0 2 2 0 2 5 at Virginia 2/11 1 39 8 15.533 3 10.300 0 0.000 2 3 5 3 0 7 2 1 1 19 NC STATE 2/18 1 30 2 7.285 0 3.000 3 3 1.000 2 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 at Miami 2/22 1 24 6 11.545 3 6.500 0 0.000 1 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 15 FLORIDA STATE 2/25 0 17 2 5.400 2 4.500 0 0.000 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Terrance VINSON 15 6-8 210 Freshman Forward Valdosta, Ga./Lowndes H.S. 2005-06: Played two minutes against Radford... Collected first career rebound... Played two minutes against Bowling Green... Played three minutes against Western Carolina... Did not play against Mount St. Mary s... Played two minutes against Marshall... Grabbed a rebound and added a blocked shot... Set four season-highs against Morgan State... Played nine minutes, scored four points added two rebounds and two field goals made... Did not play at Ohio State or at Duke... Played three minutes against North Carolina A&T... Collected a defensive rebound... Will sit out the remainder of the 2005-06 season. VINSON S CAREER HIGHS Points...4 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 Minutes...9 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 FGM...2 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 FGA...2 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 3FGM... 0 3FGA... 0 FTM... 0 FTA... 0 Rebounds...2 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 Assists... 0 Blocks...1 vs. Marshall, 11-21-05 Steals... 0 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 2 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 0 2 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 DID NOT PLAY MARSHALL 11/21 0 2 0 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 9 2 2 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 at Ohio State 11/28 DID NOT PLAY at Duke 12/4 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST. JOHN S 12/10 DID NOT PLAY vs. Stanford 12/17 DID NOT PLAY WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 DID NOT PLAY at Old Dominion 12/30 DID NOT PLAY at James Madison 1/2 DID NOT PLAY at Florida State 1/7 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 DID NOT PLAY VIRGINIA 1/15 DID NOT PLAY at Maryland 1/21 DID NOT PLAY DUKE 1/26 DID NOT PLAY at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 DID NOT PLAY at Clemson 2/8 DID NOT PLAY at Virginia 2/11 DID NOT PLAY NC STATE 2/18 DID NOT PLAY at Miami 2/22 DID NOT PLAY FLORIDA STATE 2/25 DID NOT PLAY
Bob RITCHIE 25 6-5 190 Senior Guard/Forward Burke, Va./Lake Braddock H.S. 2005-06: Played two minutes against Radford... Scored a career-high four points on a field goal and two free throws... Did not play against Bowling Green, Western Carolina or Mount St. Mary s... Played in the final minute against Marshall... Played three minutes against Morgan State... Hit one-of-two free throws... Added an assist and a steal to match career highs... Did not play against Ohio State or at Duke... Played two minutes against North Carolina A&T, scoring two points... Did not play in the next four games... Played in the final minute at James Madison... Has not played in the last 13 games RITCHIE S CAREER HIGHS Points...5 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 Minutes...5 vs. VMI, 12-10-03 FGM...1 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 FGA... 2 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 3FGM... 0 3FGA...1 vs. VMI, 12-10-03 FTM...3 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 FTA...4 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 Rebounds...2 vs. VMI, 12-10-03... 2 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 Assists...1 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05...1 vs. VMI, 12-10-03... 1 vs. William & Mary, 12-23-03 Blocks... 0 Steals...1 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05...1 vs. UConn, 1-28-04... 1 vs. UMES, 11-23-04 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 2 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 3 4.750 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 DID NOT PLAY WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 DID NOT PLAY MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 DID NOT PLAY MARSHALL 11/21 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 3 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 2.500 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 at Ohio State 11/28 DID NOT PLAY at Duke 12/4 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 2 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ST. JOHN S 12/10 DID NOT PLAY vs. Stanford 12/17 DID NOT PLAY WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 DID NOT PLAY at Old Dominion 12/30 DID NOT PLAY at James Madison 1/2 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Florida State 1/7 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 DID NOT PLAY VIRGINIA 1/15 DID NOT PLAY at Maryland 1/21 DID NOT PLAY DUKE 1/26 DID NOT PLAY at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 DID NOT PLAY at Clemson 2/8 DID NOT PLAY at Virginia 2/11 DID NOT PLAY NC STATE 2/18 DID NOT PLAY at Miami 2/22 DID NOT PLAY FLORIDA STATE 2/25 DID NOT PLAY
Marcus TRAVIS 23 6-3 210 Junior Guard Blacksburg, Va./Blacksburg H.S. Oxnard JC 2005-06: Played three minutes against Radford... Hit the only shot he took for his first points in a Hokie uniform... Did not play against Bowling Green... Did not play against Western Carolina... Did not play against Mount St. Mary s... Played in the final minute against Marshall... Grabbed a defensive rebound... Played a career-high nine minutes against Morgan State... Did not play against Ohio State or at Duke... Played in the final minute against North Carolina A&T... Collected first career assist and first career steal... Did not play in the next four games... Saw limited action at James Madison... Has not played in the last 13 games TRAVIS CAREER HIGHS Points...2 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 Minutes...9 vs. Morgan State, 11-25-05 FGM...1 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 FGA...1 vs. Radford, 11-10-05 3FGM... 0 3FGA... 0 FTM... 0 FTA... 0 Rebounds...1 vs. Marshall, 11-21-05 Assists... 1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 Blocks... 0 Steals... 1 vs. North Carolina A&T, 12-7-05 TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Opponent Date GS Min FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts RADFORD 11/10 0 3 1 1 1.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 BOWLING GREEN 11/12 DID NOT PLAY WESTERN CAROLINA 11/13 DID NOT PLAY MOUNT ST. MARY S 11/18 DID NOT PLAY MARSHALL 11/21 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 MORGAN STATE 11/25 0 9 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Ohio State 11/28 DID NOT PLAY at Duke 12/4 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA A&T 12/7 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 ST. JOHN S 12/10 DID NOT PLAY vs. Stanford 12/17 DID NOT PLAY WILLIAM & MARY 12/27 DID NOT PLAY at Old Dominion 12/30 DID NOT PLAY at James Madison 1/2 0 1 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 at Florida State 1/7 DID NOT PLAY NORTH CAROLINA 1/10 DID NOT PLAY VIRGINIA 1/15 DID NOT PLAY at Maryland 1/21 DID NOT PLAY DUKE 1/26 DID NOT PLAY at Wake Forest 1/28 DID NOT PLAY GEORGIA TECH 1/31 DID NOT PLAY BOSTON COLLEGE 2/4 DID NOT PLAY at Clemson 2/8 DID NOT PLAY at Virginia 2/11 DID NOT PLAY NC STATE 2/18 DID NOT PLAY at Miami 2/22 DID NOT PLAY FLORIDA STATE 2/25 DID NOT PLAY