BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team opens ACC play at the Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum on Tuesday afternoon, as it hosts Notre Dame. The game will tip-off at 1 p.m. and will be shown on ESPNU.
GAME INFORMATION
#10/10 Virginia Tech vs. Notre Dame
Jan. 1, 2019, 1 p.m.
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 137 XM: 193 Internet: 955
BROADCAST: ESPNU/ESPN app
Kevin Brown & Jordan Cornette
About Today's Game
The Hokies enter the game 11-1 on the season and the Fighting Irish are 10-3 this season … This is the ACC opener for both teams … The Hokies are ranked 10th in the AP poll and the USA Today Coaches poll.
Last Time Out: VT 85, UMES 40
The Hokies closed out the non-conference schedule with an 85-40 win over Maryland Eastern Shore in Cassell Coliseum on Friday night … Ahmed Hill led four Hokies in double figures with 20 points … Wabissa Bede scored a career-high 14 points, Kerry Blackshear Jr., added 15 points and P.J. Horne scored 11 points … Tech played without leading scorer Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who sprained his right ankle in practice during the week.
Vs. Notre Dame
The Hokies are 2-8 all-time against Notre Dame … Tech is 0-4 in Blacksburg against the Fighting Irish … The two teams split the two games played last season; Tech won in South Bend in the regular season and lost to Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn … Tech is 1-4 against Notre Dame in ACC regular season play … Tech won the first meeting between the two schools, a 92-91 overtime win in the championship game of the 1973 NIT in Madison Square Garden, the first of two Virginia Tech NIT Championships.
Home Streak
Virginia Tech has won 24 consecutive home non-conference regular season games, setting a new school record … The old mark of 23 consecutive home non-conference regular season games was set twice, once between Jan. 29, 1981 and Jan. 7, 1984 and the other between Nov. 13, 2005 and Nov. 26, 2009.
Happy New Year!
The Hokies open the 2018-19 ACC schedule today against Notre Dame … This is just the third game the Hokies have ever played on Jan. 1 and the first since playing the Naval Training Station on Jan. 1, 1942 in Norfolk … This will be the Hokies' first-ever home game on New Years Day and first ACC game (or any conference game) on Jan. 1.
