With their recent surge in popularity, the Virginian Tech basketball team is doing a great job of proving that basketball doesn’t have to be a boring sport. With the exception of the 2012-13 season, the Techs are the only team in the world to ever win a national title at a single site.
With their recent surge in popularity, the Virginian Tech basketball team is doing a great job of proving that basketball doesnt have to be a boring sport. With the exception of the 2012-13 season, the Techs are the only team in the world to ever win a national title at a single site.
As the Virginian Tech basketball team prepares to take on rival Virginia Commonwealth, they are preparing for the 2014 National Invitation Tournament. During this season they have taken on some of the best teams in the country, including some of the best players in college basketball. With this year’s team having great chemistry and a high level of talent, they should have a great chance.
This season, the Techs were the only team in the country to take on all eight teams in a single site, and the only team with two players averaging double doubles and a player with a double double for the first time. Of course, this is with the addition of junior forward Tony Harrison, who won the ACC Player of the Year at Duke last year.
Speaking of Duke, their current team has been taking the ACC by storm, and this year they are trying to repeat a run of two ACC titles and a Sweet 16 appearance. They are the most consistent team in the country, and their recent run of winning the ACC tournament is nothing to scoff at. They won at home and on the road in consecutive seasons, and their recent run of wins at home and on the road is nothing to scoff at, either.
And all this success is because of the coach Tony Harrison, who takes a very tough, smart, yet surprisingly gentle approach to the game. You see a great team with great players and you just know that winning is possible, but there’s no reason there shouldn’t be some adversity. In a win at home, Duke was able to keep pace with a very good team that was being beaten by other teams in the country.
Well, there are plenty of reasons why things can be challenging, but one of the most important ones is that theres always more than one way to win. When you’re in a situation where the opposition is more talented and has more experience, it becomes a lot easier to come through for your team. When you’re playing a team that’s at the top of their game, you can’t beat them on defense for long.
In Virginia Tech basketball games, there are sometimes three or four different ways a game can end. If youre a poor defender, you have a chance to win. If youre a poor shooter, you have a chance to rebound the ball. If youre a poor distributor, you have a chance to score. It doesn’t matter how you play your game, you are the best at it.
Youre the best at what? It doesnt matter what you play the game. You are the best at what your team is doing. Youre the best at what youre doing. But the most effective way to play the game is to play well enough to get the team into the winning position and then youre at your best again.
I like this quote from an article in “The New York Times” by David Leonhardt: “The best teams are not the most talented but the most motivated. They are the ones who have worked hard, they are the ones who have had a personal stake in their team’s success, they are the ones who have been through the fire.