Going into Sunday afternoon's non-conference game at home against Charlotte, the Hokies were an 18.5 favorite. It ended up being anything but a bye game.
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Early in the second half, Virginia Tech was up by 16 points before Charlotte made a huge comeback to cut the deficit to 60-59, but they were able to pick up stops defensively down the stretch and pull away for an eight-point win over the 49ers to improve to 4-0. Here are three observations from the victory at Cassell Coliseum.