This game was going to be a challenge for the Hokies, the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (Chattanooga from now on) is coached by Shawn Poppie who was Kenny Brooks’ assistant and then associate head coach for Brooks’ entire tenure at Tech, up until Poppie was hired as Head Coach for Chattanooga. That means Poppie not only coached most of the players on the floor for Tech, he knew all of Brooks’ offensive and defensive plays. When that happens, the game changes to either pure talent, or changing things up enough to be unpredictable for the game. Either way contests like this often settle into defensive struggles and that talent thing just looms like a buzzard over a bad smell.
Virginia Tech Hokies Advance to the 2nd Round, Win over UT-Chattanooga: 58-33
