Sunday Roundup:

As a Hokie, I'm really not sure how we were able to beat N.C. State. For 95 percent of the game, it seemed as though VT was doomed for another loss to N.C. State, the 7th in a row. I don't know what it is about the Wolfpack -- they just seem to play better against the Hokies. There was a key sequence near the end of the first half when N.C. State was up 6, there was a very questionable foul call against Malcolm Delaney and Seth Greenberg got T'ed up. Four free throws later, State was up 10 and ended up stretching the lead to 14 at halftime. From there it seemed the game was over.
But Tech eventually crept back in, and with the help of a lot of State turnovers and two missed free throws by Dennis Horner (86% coming in) sent the game to overtime. And once it got to overtime I think everyone knew Tech would win.
A big key for VT was the play of the non-Big Three. They only had 4 points outside of Delaney, Allen and Vassallo against BC, but JT Thompson, Dorenzo Hudson and Terrell Bell all played very good games to give them more scoring options. N.C. State desperately needs a true guard who can score. They need to be able to play Fells at the 3 where he can be much more effective and have a guard that can drive the lane and kick. Until Sidney Lowe can recruit some guards State will be mired to NIT-dom.

I didn't see much of the BC-Wake game, but it looked like Wake's offense was just on fire, especially in the second half. BC was actually up at halftime but Wake blew them out in the second, behind strong games from Teague and Aminu. That was a much more important game for Wake than for BC, and they played like it.

Georgia Tech continues to struggle, losing by 1 point at home to Maryland. They had several shots at the end because of poor Terp free throw shooting but couldn't get it in the basket. This Georgia Tech team just isn't any good -- they have a couple good big guys but not much else. And I don't see Maryland going anywhere either.

There are some big conference games coming up this week, including of course Carolina at Duke. Should be a great one!