The Virginia Tech Hokies are set to play in their first ACC Tournament championship game since entering the conference back in 2004. The Hokies face top-seed Duke Saturday night in a rematch from December.
In that December meeting, the Blue Devils won, 76-65, but it was even closer than the final score indicates. The Hokies led at halftime, 36-32, before Duke’s size and depth wore Virginia Tech down in the final 20 minutes. Tech scored the first four points of the second half to take an eight-point lead, but the Blue Devils would outscore the Hokies 13-0 over the next five-and-a-half minutes to take a five-point lead.