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Mark Berman back here at Cassell Coliseum, where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team woke up in the second half and beat Liberty 58-46.

"I'm not going to spend very much time watching this tape because I don't think we're going to play another team that's going to play that way," coach Seth Greenberg said. "We weren't very good."

Tech trailed 23-21 after a first half that was played at Liberty's slow pace. Tech picked up the tempo in the second half, scoring the first eight points of the half and leading the rest of the way.

"We kind of played our game in the second half, made them react to us," Malcolm Delaney said. "The first half, we (were) kind of reacting to them."

"Their style of play slowed us down and we just got real lax," Deron Washington (17 points) said. "It seemed like we were out there just to be out there. They weren't really moving and we weren't really running the floor at all when we got the ball. ... The second half, we just came out with a lot more energy."

Liberty started four guards and played a deliberate pace on offense and used a zone defense to stay in the game.

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The Virginia men's basketball team shakes off some early doldrums to defeat Hampton 79-65 and raise its record to 8-2. Five scholarship players were injured and unable to play but coach Dave Leitao was enthused about the performance of young frontcourt players Mike Scott (15 points, six rebounds), Jerome Meyinsse (nine points and nine rebounds) and Jamil Tucker (eight points and six rebounds). Meyinsse, who had played 33 minutes all season, was on the floor for 22 minutes Wednesday night.

Mark Berman here at Cassell Coliseum, where after an ugly first half, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team trails Liberty 23-21.
Tech continues to be a lousy first-half team.
Liberty, coming off a 73-70 loss at Campbell, did not impress in this half. LU shot 42.9 percent from the field and committed nine turnovers.
Tech, coming off a 72-69 loss at ODU, also was unimpressive. Tech shot 36.4 percent from the field in the half and also has nine turnovers.
Deron Washington has nine points and two turnovers. A.D. Vassallo has eight points, two 3-pointers and two blocks.
Kyle Ohman has eight points for Liberty.
The Flames have outrebounded Tech 14-12.

GIRLS 200 FREE

1:57.50 – Lauren Hines (Hidden Valley)
1:58.63 – Miriam McGeath (Patrick Henry)
2:00.59 – Grace Aheron (Patrick Henry)
2:01.59 – Devin Henry (Hidden Valley)
2:01.70 – Lauren Gray (Hidden Valley)
2:01.75 – Ali Horn (Cave Spring)
2:04.18 – Victoria Mesner (Northside)
2:06.30 – Jill Bair (Hidden Valley)
2:06.59 – Katie Campbell (Hidden Valley)
2:07.55 – Mary Anne Hart (Patrick Henry)

GIRLS 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

2:10.28 – Susanna White (Jefferson Forest)
2:11.86 – Miriam McGeath (Patrick Henry)
2:12.16 – Ali Horn (Cave Spring)
2:13.11 – Grace Aheron (Patrick Henry)
2:16.41 – Lauren Hines (Hidden Valley)
2:17.67 – Devin Henry (Hidden Valley)
2:17.99 – Sara Goforth (Auburn)
2:19.03 – Katie Campbell (Hidden Valley)
2:19.60 – Lauren Gray (Hidden Valley)
2:20.09 – Allison Martin (Patrick Henry)

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When is a "dream job" really a dream job? West Virginia fans are asking themselves that question today after Mountaineer coach Rich Rodriguez bolted Morgantown for Ann Arbor on Sunday after a 10-minute meeting with his former players. The 44-year-old Rodriguez spent seven seasons guiding the Mountaineers to national prominence. Now, he's leaving his alma mater and his home state, and taking his unconventional schemes to help a different team win a national title. It's a bitter pill to swallow for WVU fans used to hearing Rodriguez publicly profess on numerous occasions that coaching the Mountaineers was his "dream job." Seems that Rodriguez has redefined the palette of his vivid dream to include a more prominent color. Yes, the palette still contains a vivid base of blue and gold, but now there's an accent: a seductive shade of green. -- Mark Shaver

Back here at Old Dominion, where Virginia Tech lost to the Monarchs 72-69 in front of a loud, sellout crowd at Ted Constant Center.

Tech (5-4) never led. The Hokies did not play smart basketball. They shot 39.7 percent from the field, including 37.9 percent in the second half. They committed 16 turnovers, and that doesn't even count a few mental mistakes.

"The game came down to too many empty possessions for us -- and our inability to check people in the first half," coach Seth Greenberg said. "How do you learn to make good decisions? You make some bad ones, and hopefully you learn from them."

ODU, which shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, mproved to 6-4. The Monarchs had suffered double-digit losses to Clemson, North Carolina, Louisville and Georgetown.

It was the seventh time Tech lost to a team from the CAA, BIg South or MAC in Seth Greenberg's five seasons.

Deron Washington was just 4-of-15 from the field and 3-of-8 from the free-throw line. The rest of the team was 14-of-15 from the line. Both Washington and Malcolm Delaney made just one of two free throws in the closing minutes.

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It looks like Virginia Tech is going to lose to ODU for the third time in Seth Greenberg's five seasons with the Hokies.

Old Dominion leads 45-33 at halftime Sunday in men's basketball.

The Monarchs, playing in front of a loud, capacity, sellout crowd at the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk, was 7-of-8 from 3-point range in the first half.

ODU shot 60 percent from the field in the first half. So much for the good defense Tech has played in its current 3-game win streak.

ODU, which returns just two starters from last year's NCAA tournament team, jumped to a 24-14 lead wih 10:38 to go in the half.

Tech is shooting 41.4 percent from the field.

A.D. Vassallo has 12 points. Brandon Johnson of ODU has 10 points.

Be back with more after the game

FIRST QUARTER
Wisconsin-Whitewater -- Jones 1 run (Schlebler kick), 10:30. Drive: Six plays: 71 yards, 2:24. Wisconsin-Whitewater 7, Mount Union 0.

SECOND QUARTER
Wisconsin-Whitewater --FG Schebler 32, :02. Drive: Eight plays, 65 yards, 1:12. Wisconsin-Whitewater 10, Mount Union 0.

THIRD QUARTER
Wisconsin-Whitewater -- Sherman fumble recovery in end zone (Schebler kick), 11:05. Drive: 12 plays, 71 yards, 3:49. Wisconsin-Whitewater 17, Mount Union 0.

Mount Union -- Kmic 11 run (Zimmerman kick), 8:28. Drive: Six plays, 57 yards, 2:30. Wisconsin-Whitewater 17, Mount Union 7.

Mount Union -- Kmic 1 run (Zimmerman kick), 4:14. Drive: Eight plays, 19 yards, 3:53. Wisconsin-Whitewater 17, Mount Union 14.

FOURTH QUARTER
Wisconsin-Whitewater -- Beaver 13 run (Schebler kick), 6:11. Drive: Seven plays, 50 yards, 2:52. Wisconsin-Whitewater 24, Mount Union 14.

Mount Union -- Kmic 4 run (Zimmerman kick), 3:36. Drive: 10 plays, 71 yards, 2:29. Wisconsin-Water 24, Mount Union 21.

Virginia Tech fell to Wake Forest 2-0 in the NCAA men's soccer semifinals Friday night in Cary, N.C.
The Hokies, in the College Cup for the first time, allowed two second-half goals to Marcus Tracy.

An entertaining first half here at SAS Soccer Park ends with Virginia Tech tied with Wake Forest 0-0.

Each team had chances. The Hokies had the best one early in the half, as Patrick Nyarko took a long pass from the midfield and got between Wake goaltender Brian Edwards and the the net. Nyarko stumbled, however, and by the time he got his balance, the Wake keeper had gotten back in front of the net. Nyarko sent a pass to Robert Edmans on the left side and Edmans blasted it over with his left foot over the crossbar.

Edmans picked up a yellow card in the 34th minute, so he'll need to be careful in the second half. He, Nyarko and Ben Nason share the team lead in goals with seven apiece.

Excellent crowd on hand. Appears to be more Wake Forest fans than Tech -- which is to be expected since we're in Cary, North Carolina.

The winner of this national semifinal will face the winner of Ohio State-UMass on Sunday.

-Aaron McFarling