Virginia Tech tips their season off Friday night in Cassell Coliseum, hoping to build off a successful 2016 campaign where they gained national traction. With a solid recruiting class under his wing, Buzz Williams should have the talent necessary to make a second consecutive NCAA tournament appearance.
The Hokies had just one appearance in the AP Top 25 last season, but garnered sixteen Top 25 votes in the preseason poll. CBS Sports went as far to say that Virginia Tech would be the best college basketball team in the commonwealth, not UVA (take that, Hoos). Expectations are heightened for the 2017 season, and it will be exciting to see if the team can deliver.