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Virginia Tech opens with 69-55 win over Brown Eds: APNewsNow. Virginia Tech 69, Brown 55.

Two of the top three returning scorers in the ACC play in the same state. If you're thinking North Carolina, you're wrong.

The Virginia Tech men's basketball team thrilled fans by making the NCAA tournament in 2007 for the first time in 11 years.

You can almost see it - Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg sifting through his old stacks of yellowed and frayed notes from his college playing days in the 1970's at Fairleigh Dickinson.

Last November, Sylven Landesberg's stat line was borderline ridiculous. Playing in his very first college game, the New York City native had 28 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals in Virginia's sea-son-opening victory over VMI.

BLACKSBURG, VA. -- Persecution complexes are common around ACC basketball programs that lack fabled pedigrees, but Virginia Tech Coach Seth Greenberg is hoping to use his to motivate his team's play on the court.

Last season, the Hokies missed the NCAA tournament for the second straight year, in large part because of defensive breakdowns, particularly late in games. This season, Greenberg has stressed a return to a defense-first approach, playing with 'a chip' when the opponent has the ball.

D aven Harmeling eagerly anticipated his senior season at Washington State. He had been a contributor on back-to-back NCAA tournament teams and was part of the resurrection of Cougars basketball, first under coach Dick Bennett and then under his son and successor, Tony.

Virginia guard Sylven Landesberg voted for Wake Forest's Ish Smith as the ACC's fastest player.

Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg begins his seventh season as the head basketball coach in Blacksburg ... named the ACC Coach of the Year twice in the school's first five years in the league, Greenberg is 107-85 in his six seasons with the Hokies ... over the past three years, Tech is 26-22 in ACC regular season play and has averaged 20.7 wins per ...

If Jeff Allen has found a happy medium with his weight, he could make Virginia Tech basketball fans much happier this season.

Seth Greenberg walked into his first day on the job at Virginia Tech six seasons ago talking about how the Hokies needed to create a culture and identity to be successful.

North Carolina lost a bunch of pros from its national title team. Duke does not possess an excess supply of guards.

In our third preview of this yeara TMs ACC draft prospects we Virginia Techa TMs Malcolm Delaney , Marylanda TMs Greivis Vasquez , Wake Foresta TMs Ty Walker , Miamia TMs DeQuan Jones , and Duke captain Jon Scheyer .

We continue our 1-347 countdown. Today, it's teams ranked 51st through 100th. Beginning Thursday, teams in our top 50 will get full-fledged breakdowns.

It was the summer of 2007, and point guard Larry Bastfield knew things would be different for Towson Catholic in his senior year.

Giglio won't get down to NC State until tomorrow, but you should start reading his excellent "slow season" series today.

North Carolina sophomore Larry Drew II has a message for those who are thinking big when it comes to the 2009-10 ACC basketball season: "Don't underestimate the little guys." Five point guards from last year's All-ACC teams have moved on, leaving a surplus of post players eager to try to take center stage.

Virginia Tech has landed its second, and perhaps final, men's basketball commitment for the Class of 2010.

Scouting report for your team 2009-2010. - Scouting report for your team 2009-2010. Tennessee Vols.

Another one bites the dust - guard Elliot Williams is leaving Duke for family reasons .