art in the park

Chris Graham: Dumb move, dumping Greenberg

All Seth Greenberg did in Blacksburg was win 58 percent of his games in nine seasons. Keep in mind that in the eight seasons prior to his arrival, Virginia Tech had won just 49 percent of its games, and that the program had gone a woeful 30-54 in the three seasons before Greenberg showed up [...]

Posted April 23, 2012  

Selection Sunday: What it all means

Virginia and Virginia Tech need to beef up their out-of-conference schedules OK, so ACC teams don’t get to play the likes of Georgia State in January and February. That said, the Committee has made it clear that it expects power-conference teams to play more challenging nonconference schedules than Seth Greenberg likes to put together. That [...]

Posted March 13, 2011  

Don't sleep on the Hokies – not yet

I’m among those surprised by the sleepy 5-4 start by Virginia Tech, considering the talent that Seth Greenberg has back (Malcolm Delaney, Jeff Allen, Dorenzo Hudson, Victor Davila) and the run that this group was able to make last year, when the Hokies were jobbed out of an NCAA Tournament bid after posting a 23-7 [...]

Posted December 16, 2010  

Greenberg: Oh, yeah, he’s gone

Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net    “I’m the coach at Virginia Tech.” That was Seth Greenberg’s answer over the weekend at the end of an interview on ESPN in which he was trying to sell his Virginia Tech team’s NCAA Tournament hopes to the world to a question about whatever interest he might have in [...]

Posted March 16, 2010  

Hokies roar back from 10 down, steal Cavs hearts, 76-71

   Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Everything is right with the world. Virginia is up 10 with 3:02 to go at home against its in-state ACC rival. One stop and one basket, maybe two, and the game is over, you’re 4-1 in the ACC, and who knows what happens from there? Here’s what happened from [...]

Posted January 28, 2010  

Greenberg: ‘We have a good basketball team that is getting better’

   Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Want evidence of how wild and wacky the ACC seems to be right now? Take Virginia Tech as a case in point. The Hokies looked like world-beaters for a half in Chapel Hill before falling apart in the second half of a 78-64 loss, then went out and ate [...]

Posted January 18, 2010  

Halfway there

Tech looks good in half vs. UNC, but second half shows Hokies still have work to do Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net For a half, Virginia Tech looked and played like a Top 10 team. But you have to play more than a half to win on the road in the ACC. “In the second [...]

Posted January 11, 2010  

Greenberg: ‘We’re still really trying to find ourselves’

12-1 Hokies getting ready for ACC opener with UNC Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Coaches of 12-1 teams talking about their teams “trying to find” themselves are almost always engaging in subterfuge. “I don’t want my team to think there as good as I think they are” might be what they’re really saying. That, or, [...]

Posted January 4, 2010  

Creampuffs, my …

Cut Seth Greenberg some slack on early-season schedule Column by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net I get tired of hearing how if you’re, say, Virginia Tech, you’d better put together a marquee nonconference schedule, because if you don’t, you know, you’re committing some grand sin. Case in point: an article by Roanoke Times Virginia Tech beat writer [...]

Posted December 29, 2009