Ross’s college football guide: Week 1
The anticipation leading up to Week 1 is one of my favorite things about the college football season! Here’s my picks for what to watch this week.
Archives: VT
ESPN on Shaka Smart and James Johnson
This morning’s headlining article over at the ESPN NCAA basketball section features both Shaka Smart (along with a giant picture of Coach Smart) and James Johnson. The article looks at the sometimes confusing and unpredictable career paths of college basketball assistants. “This is one of those professions where you have to be an apprentice for […]
Hokies hire James Johnson, first thoughts
This past Tuesday, Virginia Tech fired head basketball coach Seth Greenberg in an abrupt and blunt press conference. Of the many reasons Athletic Director Jim Weaver mentioned for giving Greenberg the boot one was the high rate of assistant turnover in the basketball program: all three of Greenberg’s assistants had left following the 2011-12 season, […]
Virginia Tech fires basketball coach Seth Greenberg, possible replacements are…familiar
Yesterday, in a surprise press conference, Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver announced that he had fired head men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Greenberg had been the Hokies’ head coach since the 2003 season, presiding over Tech’s transition from the Big East to the ACC. He was by no means unsuccessful,1 but the lack of […]
The best basketball programs in the Commonwealth are in the CAA (sorry UVA & VT)
On Monday, VCU’s basketball coach Coach Shaka Smart made national headlines when he said that, as far as basketball goes, “the best programs in the state are in the CAA, and it’s not even close.” Is it true?
