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Virginia Tech Men's Basketball v. Syracuse- January 3rd, 2015

How is it already 2015?! 2014 flew by so fast but was filled with so many blessings I can't even keep up. One of them, a huge one, has been not only my admission into Virginia Tech, but also the opportunity to work for such an awesome media publication such as HokieSports. I hope that 2015 is just as wonderful as 2014 was to me.

Now, onto the fun part. Yesterday, I photographed VT (8-6, 0-1) men's basketball v. Syracuse (10-4, 1-0) for HokieSports.com. I saw Syracuse play last year at Duke after the overtime win at home a few weeks before. This was the game where Coach Boeheim ripped off his jacket and got ejected, resulting in memes and mockery for weeks after. Naturally, I was kind of hoping for the same kind of emotion, but saw it from our very own Buzz Williams.

Coming into Blacksburg, Syracuse was favored to win and proved why in the first half. With Virginia Tech lacking two inside men, Joey Van Zegeren and Jalen Hudson, Syracuse excelled in the paint with ease. At one point, Tech was down by 21 and closed the half 42-23.

However, that deficit was quickly made up and the Hokies got the score down to two twice in the second half. Let me tell you- between the emotion of the players, excitement of the crowd, and the dancing of Buzz Williams, Cassell Coliseum was a sight with under five minutes to go. When we were so close to tying, maybe even beating, an excellent team in the ACC, I knew exactly why I came to this school. The talent in the ACC is something else and to literally be right in the action is amazing. Unfortunately, we fell short of the win by two points but outscored Syracuse 43-26 in the second half, showing obvious improvement and most importantly, hope for games to come.