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2008–09 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NCAA team season

|mode=Basketball

|year=2008–09

|team=Virginia Tech Hokies

|image=Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg

|image_size=150

|conference=Atlantic Coast Conference

|division=

|short_conf=ACC

|CoachRank=

|APRank=

|record=19–15

|conf_record=7–9

|head_coach=Seth Greenberg

|asst_coach1=James Johnson

|asst_coach2=Ryan Odom

|asst_coach3=Stacey Palmore

|stadium=Cassell Coliseum

|champion=

|bowl=NIT

|bowl_result=2nd Round

}}

{{2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings}}

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

Image:Seth Greenberg.jpg, head coach]]

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! 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

colspan=4 | Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/mbasketball/players/

Roster

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{{Bt player|no=0|nat=United States|pos=F|year=So|name=Jeff Allen}}

{{Bt player|no=1|nat=United States|pos=G|pos2=F|year=So|name=Terrell Bell}}

{{Bt player|no=4|nat=United States|pos=G|year=So|name=Evan Synstad}}

{{Bt player|no=5|nat=United States|pos=G|year=So|name=Dorenzo Hudson}}

{{Bt player|no=10|nat=United States|pos=G|year=So|name=Hank Thorns}}

{{Bt player|no=11|nat=United States|pos=F|year=Fr|name=Chris Panneton}}

{{Bt player|no=14|nat=Puerto Rico|pos=F|year=Fr|name=Victor Davila}}

{{Bt player|no=15|nat=United States|pos=F|year=rs-Jr|name=Terrance Vinson}}

{{Bt mid}}

{{Bt player|no=21|nat=United States|pos=F|year=Jr|name=Lewis Witcher}}

{{Bt player|no=23|nat=United States|pos=G|year=So|name=Malcolm Delaney}}

{{Bt player|no=32|nat=United States|pos=G|year=Jr|name=Paul Debnam}}

{{Bt player|no=33|nat=United States|pos=F|year=So|name=J. T. Thompson}}

{{Bt player|no=34|nat=Mali|pos=C|year=Sr|name=Cheick Diakite}}

{{Bt player|no=40|nat=Puerto Rico|pos=G|pos2=F|year=Sr|name=A. D. Vassallo}}

{{Bt player|no=42|nat=United States|pos=C|year=Fr|name=Gene Swindle}}

{{Bt end}}

:Starters are indicated in bold

Schedule and results

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! Date !! Opponent !! Location !! Result !! Overall !! Conf.

colspan="7" | {{center|Regular Season}}
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| November 14, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs|school=Gardner-Webb University|title=Gardner-Webb}}Blacksburg, VAW 65–621–00–0
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| November 17, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Mount St. Mary's Mount|school=Mount St. Mary's University|title=Mount St. Mary's}}Blacksburg, VAW 62–572–00–0
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| November 20, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Fairfield Stags|school=Fairfield University|title=Fairfield}}1San Juan, PR
(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off)		W 74–573–00–0
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| November 21, 2008

XavierSan Juan, PR
(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off)		L 62–63 (OT)3–10–0
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| November 23, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Seton Hall Pirates|school=Seton Hall|title=Seton Hall}}San Juan, PR
(O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-off)		L 73–773–20–0
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| November 26, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Elon Phoenix|school=Elon University|title=Elon}}Blacksburg, VAW 76–674–20–0
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| December 1, 2008

WisconsinBlacksburg, VA
(ACC–Big Ten Challenge)		L 72–744–30–0
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| December 7, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Navy Midshipmen|school=United States Naval Academy|title=Navy}}Washington, DC
(BB&T Classic)		W 79–705–30–0
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| December 9, 2008

GeorgiaAthens, GAL 66–675–40–0
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| December 14, 2008

LongwoodBlacksburg, VAW 79–576–40–0
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| December 20, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Columbia Tigers|school=Columbia University|title=Columbia}}Madison Square Garden, NY
(ECAC Holiday Festival)		W 64–527–40–0
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| December 21, 2008

St. John'sMadison Square Garden, NY
(ECAC Holiday Festival)		W 81–678–40–0
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| December 29, 2008

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|sex=men|team=Charleston Southern Buccaneers|school=Charleston Southern University|title=Charleston Southern}}Charleston, SCW 75–669–40–0
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| January 4, 2009

#5 DukeDurham, NCL 44–699–50–1
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| January 10, 2009

VirginiaBlacksburg, VA
(Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry)		W 78–7510–51–1
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| January 14, 2009

RichmondBlacksburg, VAW 62–4811–51–1
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| January 17, 2009

Boston CollegeBlacksburg, VAW 79–7112–52–1
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| January 21, 2009

#1 Wake ForestWinston-Salem, NCW 78–7113–53–1
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| January 25, 2009

{{cbb link|year=2008–09|team=Miami Hurricanes|title=Miami}}Miami, FLW 88–83 (OT)14–54–1
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| January 29, 2009

#12 ClemsonBlacksburg, VAL 82–8614–64–2
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| January 31, 2009

Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, MAL 66–6714–74–3
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| February 8, 2009

NC StateBlacksburg, VAW 91–87 (OT)15–75–3
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| February 11, 2009

Georgia TechBlacksburg, VAW 76–7116–76–3
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| February 14, 2009

MarylandCollege Park, MDL 73–8316–86–4
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| February 18, 2009

VirginiaCharlottesville, VA
(Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry)		L 61–7516–96–5
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| February 21, 2009

Florida StateBlacksburg, VAL 65–6716–106–6
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| February 25, 2009

#12 ClemsonClemson, SCW 80–7717–107–6
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| February 28, 2009

#7 DukeBlacksburg, VAL 65–7217–117–7
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| March 4, 2009

#2 North CarolinaBlacksburg, VAL 78–8617–127–8
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| March 8, 2009

#24 Florida StateTallahassee, FLL 53–6317–137–9
colspan="7" | *Conference games in bold, rankings from the AP Poll at the time of the game

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