After a week off, the Virginia Tech men's basketball team hit the road for a crucial ACC game in Raleigh against North Carolina State. Badly in need of a road win over the Wolfpack to keep their NCAA Tournament realistic hopes alive, the Hokies failed to get the job done.
Virginia Tech dug itself another early hole that it was unable to climb out of. Trailing at the break by 12 points and despite cutting the deficit to three points in the second half, NC State recovered to post an 82-73 victory over the Hokies.