Found December 29, 2011 on All Sports Discussion: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Author: @HokieGuru Our resident Virginia Tech Hokie expert @HokieGuru is back providing his insight into one of the Hokie’s athletic teams. It seems each year the Hokies are Selection Sunday’s most snake bit team team. This season the Hokies are hoping to avoid the dreaded bubble and @HokieGuru lets us know what Virginia Tech needs to do to get into the Big Dance. Enjoy! Good evening, Virginia Tech Hokies fans.  I’m sure we’re all getting fired up for the Sugar Bowl (and we need to win that big game vs. Michigan), but y’all need to know that Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s basketball is right around the corner.  Many of us hardcore Hokies (and ACC) men’s basketball fans know that Virginia Tech has been on the bubble four consecutive years in a row (and hasn’t made the NCAA tournament). Hokies need to change this pronto!!! So, we fast forward to this year, 2011-2012, and it’s déjà vu (stop me if you’ve seen this movie before); Virginia Tech is 10-3 right now with tw...
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