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Virginia Tech Hokies – March Madness Team Predictions, Odds and Preview 2017

Virginia Tech Hokies – March Madness Team Predictions, Odds and Preview 2017


Virginia Tech Hokies (Overall: 22-10, Conf: 10-8)


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Team Strengths:

You can certainly count on the Hokies to score a ton of points, and in a very efficient way at that. They ranked ninth in both field-goal and three-point shooting percentages during the season, with five players having averaged double-digit scoring outputs – six if you count Chris Clarke (who we’ll get into further detail in the next segment).

Victories over Duke and inter-state rival Virginia from the regular season are also encouraging signs that Virginia Tech can slay some more beasts along its path in the Big Dance, which makes the team’s +20,000 odds of winning the national title this season all the more appealing.

Team Weaknesses:

As a team filled with upperclassmen, it’s quite ironic that the loss of sophomore guard Chris Clarke might very well unravel the Hokies. Clarke suffered a torn ACL in mid-February, and his services as the team’s top rebounder (7.3 boards per game this season before the injury) will sorely be missed.

Virginia Tech has a good number of veterans on its squad, but none of them have big-game experience in March Madness seeing that this is the team’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament in a decade. They got a bad draw from Selection Sunday by being pitted with eighth-seeded Wisconsin, which has four players that appeared in three Sweet 16 and two Final Four appearances over the last three seasons.

Team Stats:

CATEGORY STAT / G NCAA RANK
Points 79.2 39th
Rebounds 32.6 303rd
Assists 15.1 59th
Steals 4.0 345th
Blocks 2.8 234th
Field goal percentage 49.0 9th
Three-point percentage 40.3 9th
Free throw percentage 73.4 78th
Turnovers 12.1 86th

Starting Lineup:

 POSITION  NAME  PPG
F Zach LeDay 16.3
G Justin Bibbs 9.5
G Seth Allen 13.1
G Ahmed Hill 11.7
G Justin Robinson 10.3

Writer’s Prediction:

Virginia Tech (+20,000) fails to escape the first round of the tournament with a heartbreaking loss to Wisconsin.

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