The Virginia Tech Hokies return home to Cassell Coliseum for the first time since their New Year’s Eve upset of fifth-ranked Duke. Much has changed since the conclusion of that game, as the Hokies moved into the first week of the New Year ranked 21st in the country, which is the first time that Virginia Tech has graced the polls since 2010.
The fall from grace was swift in the first week of being ranked in nearly seven years, as the Hokies traveled on the road twice, only to get blown out by NC State 104-78, as well as lose handily to then-ranked number 12 Florida State, 93-78.