Who better to start this series with than the Hokies own Malcolm Delaney? Delaney has been the spark this Virginia Tech basketball team has needed to advance this program to more of an elite level. Without his services over the past few years, the Hokies may not have even made the NIT.
Entering his senior year, Delaney should be the odds on favorite to win the ACC Player of the Year award. Of course, he’ll have some stiff competition from Kyle Singler at Duke as well as a few others but if he continues to improve his shooting he’ll be tough to beat.
A new weekly feature we here at VirginiaTechFan will bring you this fall is a look at each ACC matchup this week and our thoughts and prediction on each game. If anything, you’re welcome to use this feature as a guide to what to watch each weekend as your pass out on your couch from a beer and nacho coma.
The one bad thing about living in southwest Virginia is that this area really doesn’t produce that much top-tier talent. So when somebody in this area commits to a BCS level college, I do my best to spend a few Friday nights throughout the fall watching them perform on the field. Last night I journeyed out to Cave Spring to watch Michael Cole and the Knights battle the Golden Eagles of Staunton River.
Call me a “homer,” I don't care. To me, Tech just looks like the best team in the ACC this year. They start the season 6th in the Coaches Poll and 10th in the AP poll. The Hokies are the only ACC team in the top ten in either one of those polls. Tech returns a senior at quarterback in Tyrod Taylor, a game changer at running back in Ryan Williams, and last I checked Bud Foster is still coaching the defense. Combine all of that together and I would be shocked if the Hokies finished this season with anything less than 11 wins.
With less than two weeks until the Hokies take on the Broncos in D.C, it’s time to take a look at who has been a standout this summer for the Virginia Tech Hokies. The two-deep is all but finalized now with Logan Thomas taking over the number two quarterback job, J.R. Collins and James Gayle adding depth at defensive end, and Jacob Sykes emerging as the number four cornerback. All of those names you’ll see below.
