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
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
Starters are indicated in bold
Schedule and results Date Opponent Location Result Overall Conf. November 14, 2008 Blacksburg, VA W 65–62 1–0 0–0 November 17, 2008 Blacksburg, VA W 62–57 2–0 0–0 November 20, 2008 1 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 San Juan, PR(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off) L 73–77 3–2 0–0 November 26, 2008 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 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 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, 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
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