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Virginia Tech Hokie Baseball Starts the Season with a Sweep of Willliam and Mary
Tech is 3-0 after an opening weekend sweep of the visiting William & Mary Tribe. Even with the Saturday Double Header filling the entire day at Atlantic Union Bank Park, the Hokies win 2 big wins and a close one from the visitors from Williamsburg. College baseball season starts a month and a half earlier […]
Virginia Tech Hokies Women’s Basketball Defeats Cal for a West Coast Sweep: 68-58
The NCAA Tournament Invitation Game is a critical factor in college basketball, and the Lady Hokies needed two Quad 1 Wins on their West coast trip. It’s a tough final three games and two road wins would put the Hokies at 20 games and lots of image points. They got them. How, is a ray […]
Virginia Tech suffers embarrassing home loss to Florida State 92-69
Virginia Tech’s NCAA Tournament hopes received a significant boost earlier this week with a 76-66 win at No. 20 Clemson. How would the Hokies respond to their biggest win of the season? On Saturday, the Hokies hosted Florida State in Blacksburg, and, despite going into halftime with a 42-39 lead, were steamrolled by the Seminoles […]
Virginia Tech vs. Florida State: How to watch, TV and odds
The Virginia Tech Hokies (17-8, 6-6) are back in Blacksburg for Saturday’s ACC clash against the Florida State Seminoles (11-13, 4-7). Saturday’s game will be the first for the Hokies against the new FSU coach, Luke Loucks. The legendary Leonard Hamilton retired after last season, and Loucks, a former Florida State guard who played for […]
Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Defeats Stanford 79-67 for their 19th Win
The “Third Quarter Rule” applied to the Lady Hokies in a big way as they pass Stanford with blazingly hot shooting and then held on to the lead until the final horn. Carys Baker shines with a season high 24 points. Five Hokies were in double figures; Carys, Kilah Freelon, Carleigh Wenzel, Mackie Nelson, and […]
Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball has a Tough Weekend. Loses Against Notre Dame and NC State
The long road trip to South Bend didn’t end happily for the Hokies, a rough 3rd quarter stall flipped a promising game to a road loss, and then their face-off against NC State in Cassell ran into a post and a 2nd quarter blender that ended the game by the half. The coaching staff and […]
Virginia Tech picks up huge road win over No. 20 Clemson 76-66
If you had told me that the Virginia Tech Hokies would’ve gone on the road, at No. 20 Clemson, defeat the Tigers by double digits when Amani Hansberry and Neoklis Avdalas scored a combined 15 points, I would’ve thought you were crazy. That’s precisely what happened on Wednesday night, when the Hokies shocked the Tigers […]
Virginia Tech vs. Clemson: How to watch, TV and odds
The Virginia Tech Hokies (16-8, 5-6) are back on the road Wednesday for a critical ACC game against the No. 20 Clemson Tigers (20-4, 10-1). Virginia Tech badly needs a win after losing two in a row and three of its last four. While the competition has been stiff, with losses against Louisville, Duke and […]
Virginia Tech softball: Hokies remain undefeated, move up in polls
The Virginia Tech Hokies opened the softball season at the Gamecock Invitational with five consecutive wins, including a pair of upset wins over No. 14 South Carolina, the host of the event. After going 3-0 over the first two days, the Hokies completed a sweep on Saturday, first defeating Binghamton 11-3 in six innings. After […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies fall to N.C. State 82-73
The Virginia Tech Hokies had the opportunity to add an impressive win on their resume Saturday, facing the red-hot N.C. State Wolfpack in Raleigh. Unfortunately, a slow start would prove too much to overcome for Tech, as State won 82-73. The Hokies were terrible in the first half, shooting just under 27% from the field, […]
Virginia Tech vs. N.C. State: How to watch, TV and odds
After a much-needed week off, the Virginia Tech Hokies (16-7, 5-5) are back on the hardwood for a noon tipoff Saturday in Raleigh against the North Carolina State Wolfpack (17-6, 8-2). This game kicks off a critical stretch for the Hokies, who will face the Wolfpack on Saturday, followed by games against No. 20 Clemson, […]
Virginia Tech softball: No. 21 Hokies open the season 3-0
It’s hard to believe, by looking outside, that it’s baseball and softball season. The East Coast has been pounded by winter weather and record-breaking cold over the past three weeks, but that hasn’t stopped the No. 21 Virginia Tech Hokies’ softball team. The Hokies opened the season on Thursday against the No. 14 South Carolina […]
Virginia Tech football: Brent Pry thrilled to be back in Blacksburg
When the Virginia Tech Hokies were on the verge of hiring former Penn State coach James Franklin in the fall, many wondered who he would hire as his defensive coordinator. A logical choice would’ve been former Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry. However, the Hokies fired Pry in September. Franklin and Pry go back a […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies have Neoklis Avdalas’ back despite struggles
The hype for Virginia Tech freshman guard Neoklis Avdalas reached epic proportions before he ever arrived in Blacksburg. It’s not often the Hokies land a five-star prospect — in any sport. Yet, here was Avdalas, the 6-foot-9 sensation from Greece, was bypassing a chance to picked in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft, […]
Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball Celebrates 50 Years with a Huge Win Over UVA: 76-64
The Lady Hokies have made it seven games in a row, with another quality win over archrivals the Lady Cavaliers in the first of two Commonwealth Clashes. It was another battle through 3 quarters and pull away in the 4th. This is How the Game Went… The Lady Hokies didn’t get chased off of the […]
Virginia Tech football: ESPN ranks top transfer portal classes, including Hokies
When James Franklin was hired as Virginia Tech’s new head coach in November, he had a lot of work in front of him. For one, Franklin hoped to have a strong finish to the 2026 recruiting class with only weeks until signing day. That’s what Franklin did, improving the Hokies from a class ranked in […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies fall to No. 4 Duke
The Virginia Tech Hokies have had some success against the Duke Blue Devils over the years in Blacksburg, so there was some excitement heading into Saturday’s game. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be as the No. 4 Blue Devils defeated the Hokies 72-58. Duke jumped ahead early and never trailed. After the game stayed within […]
Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Stays Out in Front of Pitt for the Win: 67-50
The Lady Hokies have put 6 W’s in a row on the scoreboard, and this last one wasn’t pretty, but it pushes their ACC record to 7-3. There are many ways to win a basketball game. Grabbing the lead, early and staying ahead in a close contest is certainly one of them. How the Hokies […]
Former Virginia Tech defensive coordinator heads back to the NFL
When former Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry hired Sam Siefkes as defensive coordinator last year, there was a lot of intrigue. Primarily because no one knew anything about Siefkes. A former defensive coordinator at Wisconsin-Platteville and Wofford, Siefkes had spent the previous four seasons working in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies defeat Georgia Tech 71-65
The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets arrived in Blacksburg Tuesday night needing an impressive win. They started out fast, too, as guard Kam Craft drilled three consecutive 3-pointers to quickly put the Yellow Jackets up 9-0. However, the Hokies responded, eventually taking control and winning 71-65. After the Jackets’ hot start, the Hokies went on their […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Good news on the horizon for the Hokies
The Virginia Tech Hokies haven’t had the best injury luck this season. Star forward Tobi Lawal injured his lower leg in late November and missed six weeks of action. When Lawal was injured, he was averaging a double-double and it also meant the Hokies would be without their best interior defender. Freshman center Antonio Dorn […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Bad start dooms Hokies in 85-71 loss at Louisville
If it wasn’t for bad luck, the Virginia Tech Hokies wouldn’t have any luck at all. Ahead of Saturday’s game at No. 23 Louisville, it was revealed that Cardinals star guard Mikel Brown Jr. was off the injury report and would play against the Hokies. Brown had been out with a back injury since December […]
Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball Blows by Wake Forest: 85-57
The Lady Hokies sure have the corner of the market on slow starts and fast finishes. It was a one-point half-time lead for the Hokies. Then Carleigh, Sophie, and Leila rained threes on the Lady Deacons. But first! We had to get a bit of a scare going. Big Change, Short Rest, A Bit Slow […]
Virginia Tech Women’s Basketball Pulls Off a Ten-Point Comeback. Beats Clemson: 71-68
It was the Carys and Carleigh masterpiece comeback of the season. The Hokies make up a 10-point deficit in the last five minutes of the game to score the final four points and beat the Clemson Lady Tigers 71-68. Both of them pass the 20-point mark and overcome a double-digit deficit in the final five […]
Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies pick up huge road win at Syracuse
Much to the chagrin of every Virginia Tech fan, the Hokies’ men’s basketball team likes to keep things interesting. They did it again on Wednesday night, thankfully, this time the Hokies prevailed, defeating Syracuse 76-74 on the road to improve to 15-5 on the season and 4-3 in ACC play. The Orange started the game […]
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