They include Shawn Moore, DeAngelo Hall, Ryan Zimmerman, Bob Rotanz and Jimmye Laycock.
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The transfer portal keeps turning
Who’s going where among college basketball teams. Plus, college baseball and softball news.
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Virginia Tech’s Mike Young looks to an improved lineup for next season
The men’s basketball coach says defense was a problem this year, when Tech failed to make the NCAA field and was booted early from the NIT.
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College coaches on the move
New VCU coach figured in one of the NCAA’s best-known upsets.
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Virginia Tech’s first women’s basketball coach will be watching – from Hawaii
John Wetzel retired from the NBA and returned to Virginia Tech to finish his degree. Then he got recruited to coach the school’s first women’s basketball team.
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Roanoke official will be part of NCAA men’s Final Four crew
Roger Ayers worked the Sweet 16. He doesn’t know yet what his role in Houston will be. Plus more college sports news.
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Former NBA player J.J. Redick voted Roanoke’s best basketball player
The vote was a snap poll at the Roanoke Valley Sports Club. George Lynch, of the University of North Carolina, finished second.
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Martinsville man once played on a national championship basketball team
Bill Price played for the Grand Canyon University team that won the NAIA championship in 1978. This year, the Lopes have made the NCAA March Madness field.
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Pulaski coaching legend Joel Hicks left his mark on more than the record book
Pulaski County will pay its respects to Hicks in a memorial service Saturday on the football field that bears his name. Here’s how he’s remembered.
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Former Rockingham County star, who holds VHSL scoring record, enters transfer portal
Tyler Nickel has been mentioned as a possible Virginia Tech recruit. Former UVa player Justin McKoy enters transfer portal for second time.
