The Virginia Tech Hokies are back in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth consecutive season. The Hokies take the court Friday in the East region as the No. 11 seed and face the sixth-seeded Texas Longhorns.
The Hokies are certainly underseeded, while some would contend the Longhorns may be overseeded. None of that matters now. Virginia Tech (23-12) enters Friday red hot, winning 13 out of their last 15 games. Four wins came last week when the Hokies powered through the rest of the ACC en route to winning the first ACC championship in school history.
To win the ACC Tournament, Tech defeated the top three seeds, including double-digit blowout wins over North Carolina and Duke in the semifinal and championship game, respectively.