Hokies vs. Clemson

Tonight the Hokies face off against the Clemson Tigers and look to salvage what is left of this season. Although to most I don't think these last couple of games mean much but I believe that these can be important building blocks towards next year. Obviously every game is a chance to improve and this team needs as much improvement and experience as it can get heading in to next year. I think these next two games specifically and the tournament could be huge for this team as the competition in particular could be difficult for us and provide valuable experience. Clemson has always been tough and especially at Little John. Hopefully the Hokies come out hot tonight and if they play as hard as they have been they could pick up a huge win for this team, on the road, in a hostile environment. I haven't looked at the stats too much for this one but I would expect the big match ups to be: first, Erick Green vs. whoever is guarding him. Duke certainly showed what a team focused on shutting him down can do. But in that game the rest of the team stepped up and kept the game as close as they could. The next big match up would have to be Cadarian Raines vs. Devin Booker. Devin isn't quite as good as his brother, in my opinion, but he is still a very solid post player who can score and make it hard for us to score at the same time. Cadarian has been huge in the last few games after Vic Davila had to sit down due to injury and let's hope he can continue at his current pace. If it wasn't for his high level of play in the dook game I fear that would have have been a blow out. This should be another close one, as they all seem to be, and. hopefully the basketball gods smile on us a bit to push us over the edge. Go HOKIES!