Phew! VT Pulls It Out 

My Hokies played a horrible 32 minutes, followed by a pretty solid 8 minutes, to pull out a 54-52 victory over Illinois. I hope to hell they work on free throw shooting all evening.

The good news (besides the victory) is that they got a game under their belts and got a bad game out of their system. They'll need to bring it when they play the second round game against either Southern Illinois or Holy Cross.