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Huddle up! Here’s a look back at this weekend on the gridiron, with three key takeaways from the state’s football scene.

(AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)ROANOKE, Va. – For the first time under head coach Kenny Brooks, the Virginia Tech Women’s basketball program is heading to the NCAA Tournament. Virginia Tech will enter the Tournament with an overall record of 14-9 and ACC record of 8-8. The Hokies reached the ACC Tournament quarterfinal against the eventual ACC Tournament Champion, North Carolina State. Virginia Tech will open play on Sunday, March 21, against 10-seed Marquette. AdThe NCAA Women’s Tournament will be played in San Antonio, Texas.

3 seed in the ACC Tournament (2007) and the first time they have been awarded a double bye, since the tourney expanded to 15 teams in 2014. 3 seed ties the highest Tech has ever been ranked in the ACC Tournament. Tech is 10-16 all-time in the ACC Tournament, including being 3-7 in Greensboro Coliseum, and is 1-1 as the No. AdThe 68th annual ACC Tournament will have all of its games nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ACC Network. The full 2021 New York Life ACC Tournament schedule:Tuesday, March 9First Round 2 p.m. - No.

Virginia Tech's Wabissa Bede (3) celebrates a score during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Saturday February 27 2021. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today that the Louisville at Virginia Tech men’s basketball game scheduled for Wednesday, March 3 has been canceled. The canceled game follows a contract tracing review within the Virginia Tech men’s basketball program. The team is adhering to the outlined protocols within the ACC Medical Advisory Group report, which is available on theACC.com (full report). AdThe full 2020-21 ACC men’s basketball schedule can be found on theACC.com.

Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young coaches from the bench in the second half of the Virginia Tech - Virginia Military Institute NCAA basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Thursday December 3 2020. Virginia Tech won the game 64-57. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)ROANOKE, Va. – On Saturday, the ACC announced that Tuesday’s Virginia Tech-North Carolina matchup has been postponed following a positive test coming from the Hokies program. Virginia Tech hasn’t played since Feb. 6 when it defeated Miami. According to the Hokies’ schedule, as of now, their next game would be on Feb. 20 against the previously mentioned Seminoles.

Virginia Tech's Keve Aluma (22) celebrates a score during the second half of the University of Virginia - Virginia Tech NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Saturday January 30 2021. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)BLACKSBURG, Va. – After turning in two double-doubles last week, Keve Aluma earned two prestigious awards on Monday, earning Jersey Mike’s Naismith Trophy Player of the Week and ACC Player of the Week. On the Women’s side of the ACC, Virginia Tech senior guard Aisha Sheppard has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, and Syracuse center Kamilla Cardoso is the ACC Freshman of the Week for the second consecutive week. 1/31/2021, UNC at VT, ACC women's basketball. On Sunday, the Alexandria, Virginia, native added 16 points and four assists, as Virginia Tech defeated North Carolina, 73-69.

Virginia Tech's Aisha Sheppard (2) shoots over Notre Dame's Abby Prohaska (12) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Thursday January 21 2021. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)Blacksburg, Va. – The Virginia Tech women of coach Kenny Brooks are clearly getting sick of this “close but no cigar” routine. Virginia Tech would storm back to get the game within 2 at 60-58 with more than a minute remaining, but couldn’t finish. We just have to find a way to win,” guard Aisha Sheppard says. The Virginia Tech women are back in action Sunday afternoon when they travel to NC State.

Virginia Tech's Jalen Cone 15 shoots a 3-pint basket in the first half of the Longwood - Virginia Tech NCAA basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Monday December 21 2020. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)BLACKSBURG, Va. – Jalen Cone scored 18 points off the bench to lead No. 24 Virginia Tech over Longwood 84-58. Keve Aluma added 14 points and Joe Bamisile finished with 11, leading a balanced Virginia Tech offense as 10 players scored. The Hokies, though, scored on their next 13 possessions to pull away.