2008–09 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

2008–09 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball
2008–09 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball
NIT, 2nd Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	19–15 (7–9 ACC)
Head coach	Seth Greenberg;
Assistant coaches	James Johnson; Ryan Odom; Stacey Palmore;
Home arena	Cassell Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2007–08 2009–10 →

2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 North Carolina	13	–	3	.813	34	–	4	.895
No. 6 Duke†	11	–	5	.688	30	–	7	.811
No. 12 Wake Forest	11	–	5	.688	24	–	7	.774
No. 16 Florida State	10	–	6	.625	25	–	10	.714
No. 24 Clemson	9	–	7	.563	23	–	9	.719
Boston College	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
Maryland	7	–	9	.438	21	–	14	.600
Virginia Tech	7	–	9	.438	19	–	15	.559
Miami (FL)	7	–	9	.438	19	–	13	.594
NC State	6	–	10	.375	16	–	14	.533
Virginia	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Georgia Tech	2	–	14	.125	12	–	19	.387

† 2009 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hokies lost Deron Washington off of their 2007–08 team, which finished as the fourth place team in the conference and lost to Ole Miss in the NIT quarterfinals.

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name	First year at VT
Head coach	Seth Greenberg	2003
Assistant coach	James Johnson	2007
Assistant coach	Ryan Odom	2003
Assistant coach	Stacey Palmore	2004
Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/

Roster[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No.	Position	Player
0	F	Jeff Allen
1	G/F	Terrell Bell
4	G	Evan Synstad
5	G	Dorenzo Hudson
10	G	Hank Thorns
11	F	Chris Panneton
14	F	Victor Davila
15	F	Terrance Vinson

No.	Position	Player
21	F	Lewis Witcher
23	G	Malcolm Delaney
32	G	Paul Debnam
33	F	J. T. Thompson
34	C	Cheick Diakite
40	G/F	A. D. Vassallo
42	C	Gene Swindle

Starters are indicated in bold

Schedule and results[edit]

Date	Opponent	Location	Result	Overall	Conf.
Regular Season
November 14, 2008	Gardner-Webb	Blacksburg, VA	W 65–62	1–0	0–0
November 17, 2008	Mount St. Mary's	Blacksburg, VA	W 62–57	2–0	0–0
November 20, 2008	Fairfield¹	San Juan, PR (O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off)	W 74–57	3–0	0–0
November 21, 2008	Xavier	San Juan, PR (O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off)	L 62–63 (OT)	3–1	0–0
November 23, 2008	Seton Hall	San Juan, PR (O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off)	L 73–77	3–2	0–0
November 26, 2008	Elon	Blacksburg, VA	W 76–67	4–2	0–0
December 1, 2008	Wisconsin	Blacksburg, VA (ACC–Big Ten Challenge)	L 72–74	4–3	0–0
December 7, 2008	Navy	Washington, DC (BB&T Classic)	W 79–70	5–3	0–0
December 9, 2008	Georgia	Athens, GA	L 66–67	5–4	0–0
December 14, 2008	Longwood	Blacksburg, VA	W 79–57	6–4	0–0
December 20, 2008	Columbia	Madison Square Garden, NY (ECAC Holiday Festival)	W 64–52	7–4	0–0
December 21, 2008	St. John's	Madison Square Garden, NY (ECAC Holiday Festival)	W 81–67	8–4	0–0
December 29, 2008	Charleston Southern	Charleston, SC	W 75–66	9–4	0–0
January 4, 2009	#5 Duke	Durham, NC	L 44–69	9–5	0–1
January 10, 2009	Virginia	Blacksburg, VA (Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry)	W 78–75	10–5	1–1
January 14, 2009	Richmond	Blacksburg, VA	W 62–48	11–5	1–1
January 17, 2009	Boston College	Blacksburg, VA	W 79–71	12–5	2–1
January 21, 2009	#1 Wake Forest	Winston-Salem, NC	W 78–71	13–5	3–1
January 25, 2009	Miami	Miami, FL	W 88–83 (OT)	14–5	4–1
January 29, 2009	#12 Clemson	Blacksburg, VA	L 82–86	14–6	4–2
January 31, 2009	Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	L 66–67	14–7	4–3
February 8, 2009	NC State	Blacksburg, VA	W 91–87 (OT)	15–7	5–3
February 11, 2009	Georgia Tech	Blacksburg, VA	W 76–71	16–7	6–3
February 14, 2009	Maryland	College Park, MD	L 73–83	16–8	6–4
February 18, 2009	Virginia	Charlottesville, VA (Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry)	L 61–75	16–9	6–5
February 21, 2009	Florida State	Blacksburg, VA	L 65–67	16–10	6–6
February 25, 2009	#12 Clemson	Clemson, SC	W 80–77	17–10	7–6
February 28, 2009	#7 Duke	Blacksburg, VA	L 65–72	17–11	7–7
March 4, 2009	#2 North Carolina	Blacksburg, VA	L 78–86	17–12	7–8
March 8, 2009	#24 Florida State	Tallahassee, FL	L 53–63	17–13	7–9
Conference games in bold*, rankings from the AP Poll at the time of the game

References[edit]

v t e Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball
Venues	War Memorial Gymnasium (1926–1961) Cassell Coliseum (1962–present)
Rivalries	Virginia
Culture & lore	HokieBird "Tech Triumph"
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24