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#16 Virginia Tech on the road at Pitt on Wednesday

Chris Graham
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Keve Aluma had a career-high 29 points for Virginia Tech in a 65-51 win over UVA on Saturday. Photo courtesy Atlantic Coast Conference.

Virginia Tech, coming off the high of its 65-51 win over ACC leader Virginia, begins a two-game road trip on Wednesday at Pitt.

The game, which begins at 7 p.m., will be broadcast on RSN, which for most in Virginia means MASN, and also means: not on the ACC Network.

Maybe the folks behind TacShaver and Tac Glasses will buy an ad or two on the MASN broadcast so that we know they’re still around.

You get Tom Werme and Mike Gminski on the call, which is a plus, because they’re good.

Tech (13-3, 7-2 ACC) is off to its best start in a million years, buoyed by the big win over Virginia, which was fueled by a 19-0 second half run.

Pitt (8-5, 4-4 ACC) is on a three-game losing streak, the last one the ugliest – an 84-58 loss to Notre Dame, which had just scored 51 in a loss to the Hokies mid-week.

The Panthers had been rolling, sitting at 8-2 overall and 4-1 in the ACC after a 79-73 win over Duke on Jan. 19.

Still have to account for 6’6” sophomore Justin Champagnie, who leads the ACC in scoring (20.1 ppg) and rebounding (12.1 rebs/g), and shoots 53.1 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from three-point range.

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Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019, and Team of Destiny: Inside Virginia Basketball’s Run to the 2019 National Championship, and The Worst Wrestling Pay-Per-View Ever, published in 2018. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].