2008–09 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

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.

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

2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings

	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

Coaching staff

Seth Greenberg, head coach

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

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

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