Colorado State crushes Hokies
Well, I wasn’t in Las Vegas to see this one: Colorado State crushed Virginia Tech 88-52.
It was the most lopsided loss for the Hokies since a 92-53 loss at UNC in 2007-08.
It was the most lopsided nonleague loss for the Hokies since a 101-52 loss at WVU in 1988-89.
It was the most points allowed by Tech since a 104-100 double OT loss to Maryland in 2009-10.
Erick Green had half of Tech’s points: 26. He had 10 baskets, one more than the rest of the team combined.
Green was 10 of 21 from the field, while the rest of the team was 9 of 32 combined (28 pct). Tech shot 35.8 pct from the field as a team.
Tech was just 8 of 16 from the free throw line. Tech had 32 rebounds to Colorado State’s 45.
Tech (9-3) was playing its second game in as many nights, and had just seven scholarship players.
Robert Brown had his 2nd straight bad game in Vegas, going 0 of 8 from the field and 0 of 2 from the free throw line with four fouls in 21 minutes.
Jarell Eddie was just 4 of 10 from the field for 10 points.
Cadarian Raines did not put two good games together. He was 1 of 2 from the field with four fouls in 21 minutes. He had four boards, one less than Green. He had 2 points.
C.J. Barksdale was 2 of 4 from the field with 4 points.
Marquis Rankin was 1 of 4 from the field for 3 points.
Joey van Zegeren made two free throws but did not attempt a basket.
Christian Beyer was 0 of 2 from the field.
Colorado State (10-2) shot 47.6 pct from the field.
CSU was 11 of 24 from 3-point range, while VT was 6 of 21. All 3 teams that beat VT had double figures in treys.
Four CSU players scored in double figures.
CSU was 17 of 27 from the charity stripe.
CSU led just 33-27 at the half but built a 54-31 lead with 12:51 left. The lead grew to 77-39 with 5:26 left.
December 24, 2012 - 2:05 AM
We are we knew we are!
Robert Brown layed another stinker of epic proportion!
I love it. What else did yall expect though after beating Bradley (who?) by one point in overtime. There are many teams as good or better than colorado state in the ACC so tech better get ready for a long season. Yes they had a good start due to subpar competition and weak scheduling, they had a couple upsets like teams are bound to have every now and then due to chance, but now they show that they are undermanned with only 7 scholarship players, they can’t play D, no one but green knows how to score, and greens high ppg is the result not really of him being so good, but that they run a freaking high paced run n gun offense, so anyone whos a halfway decent player should be putting up his number of points, especially against the weak competition tech has been facing. Anyway every week is proving that all of techs hype is probably for nothing
I guess the excuse for this season is we only have 7 scholarship players! Typical chokie fan: “We are still good we are 9-3 and can beat anybody as long as we try!!” Maybe the football team can help out with a win in their bowl game to soften the blow when the basketball team loses against any average team!
Keep letting them run JJ, and see what happens! Expectations were almost absolutely zero for Johnson’s first year so even with sub par competition I’m pleasantly surprised with 9-3 at this point. The Hokies are gonna take their lumps in the ACC for sure, but I bet they pull a couple of surprises along the way. They just run out of gas last night….Go Hokies!
Why is there so few players? And so few good consistent players? Doesn’t any body there know how to recruit? How many scholarships do they have to give out? Where is Perry and Al Young, Reggie Step, Dell Curry,
Phil Thineaman. You are a Big University. Quit shaming your selfs, the team, and Fans and the University. Get on the stick and do it quick.
Long, Long, time Fan. T.A. Houseman
There are 9 scholarship players on the roster, but Marshall Wood has a broken foot and missed the past two games, and Adam Smith is a transfer who must sit out this season under NCAA rules. They could have had 2 more scholarship players on the roster, but Dorian Finney-Smith transferred to Florida after Greenberg was fired and signee Montrezl Harrell got his release from his letter-of-intent after Greenberg was fired and is now playing for Louisville. You are allowed a maximum of 13 scholarship players under NCAA rules in men’s basketball, but Tech signed just two players last fall (Wood and Harrell) and added just one player in the spring (Smith, the transfer).