Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney could only shake his head at the Cassell Coliseum ceiling as his teammates tried to help him from the floor. Twenty feet away, Trevon Hughes was mobbed by Wisconsin players.

  Virginia lost at home to Liberty. Syracuse had just beaten Florida and Kansas back-to-back. There was no reason to think this game would be close.

  The Hokies bounced back after a pair of disappointing losses in Puerto Rico to win on the home floor.

The Hokies crashed the boards, out-rebounding Elon 42-27

The Spiders improved to 3-1

Maynor brought VCU back time after time against ECU, scoring 27 points in the second half and overtime period

  Liberty goes to Charlottesville and hands the Cavs a four point loss.

Chavis Holmes led seven players in double figures for Virginia Military Institue in its 133-72 victory against Stevenson on Thursday night.

There are times to get everybody involved and times to take over.  Eric Maynor knew that moment had arrived with a little more than seven minutes left in second half Wednesday night.

The Hokies arrived in San Juan on Tuesday afternoon. They open the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament there today with an 11 a.m. game against Fairfield

Monica Wright scored 35 points and Britnee Millner made a free throw with 6.4 seconds left to help No. 16 Virginia upset No. 5 Tennessee 83-82 Monday night

Who needs 7-footers, set plays, or any kind of real half-court offense?
On Sunday afternoon at John Paul Jones Arena, the Virginia men’s basketball team sure didn’t.

Cook tore her ACL during a workout

The Hornets struggled on the court and finished with a dismal 3-22 record last season.  Off the court, things were even worse. A plane crash on Nov. 21 severely injured starters Jason Early and Sean Sutherland. Early’s father, Brian, was killed in the accident.

The Hornets return all five starters and their key reserves from a team that finished tied for fourth with a 13-7 ODAC record (16-10 overall), despite the fact that they played only sophomores and freshmen.

North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough, the consensus national player of the year, has a stress reaction in his right shin and is out indefinitely, the school said last night.

Neither was allowed to participate when the Cavaliers began practicing Oct. 17, and they weren’t cleared until this week

University of Virginia women’s basketball player Paulisha Kellum, a junior guard will miss the 2008-09 season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee

The Spiders self-reported the violations, committed in 2007, and self-imposed recruiting restrictions for 2007-08 and 2008-09

Maynor earned player of the year honors last season, averaging 17.9 points and 5.5 assists while leading the Rams (24-8) to their second straight regular-season title

The Tar Heels received 15 of a possible 42 first-place votes

If it seemed odd that Liberty and UNC Asheville were opening the Big South basketball season Tuesday, Nov. 18, well ... it was. But there was a reason, and it was finally officially unveiled Wednesday. The Flames and Bulldogs will play a nationally televised game at noon as part of ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

Ben Eblen is rated the 17th-best point guard by Scout.com

The final of three VMI Q&As is with Keydets basketball coach Duggar Baucom

Less than a month before the start of the new school year, basketball player Will Harris is leaving the University of Virginia

Apparently, one trip to Tennessee this year was not enough for Debbie Ryan.  Just weeks after Ryan was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn., it was announced that the legendary coach will take the Virginia women’s basketball team back to the state for an early-season test this year against the two-time defending national champions.

The son of Tech legend Dell Curry helped coach the next generation of basketball stars in Salem.  Stephen led Davidson to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Tournament.

Virginia will play at Minnesota on Dec. 2 at 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2. Virginia Tech will host Wisconsin on Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.

When the first letter arrived in the mail, Ariana Moorer was floored with excitement.  To her disbelief, Virginia coach Debbie Ryan had a large interest in Moorer, a scrappy in-state point guard.

Ever since Virginia coach Dave Leitao came aboard over three years ago, he has run an offense that has been specifically designed to take advantage of his team’s greatest strength — its guards.  But with former All-ACC performers J.R. Reynolds and Sean Singletary no longer in the fold, times could be a changing.