Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, July 27, 1990                   TAG: 9007270626
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

TECH OPENS AGAINST VMI IN BASKETBALL

The basketball game is the same day the Hokies' football team plays host to Virginia at Lane Stadium. The football game begins at 1 p.m. and the basketball game follows at 5 p.m.

The Hokies will play Virginia in basketball on Jan. 23 at Richmond Coliseum.

Coach Frankie Allen's Hokies are scheduled to play 27 regular-season games, then serve as host to the Metro Conference Championship Tournament for the first time at the Roanoke Civic Center from March 7-9.

Virginia Tech's 1990-91 basketball schedule:

Nov. 13 - Marathon Oil (exhibition); 21 - Swedish National Team at Salem (exhibition); 24 - VMI; 28 - James Madison.

Dec. 1 - William and Mary; 8 - at Old Dominion; 11 - at Virginia Commonwealth; 22 - at George Washington; 28-29 - Times-Dispatch tournament at Richmond (VCU, Old Dominion and Richmond).

Jan. 3 - at Marshall; 5 - Memphis State; 10 - Tulane; 12 - Southern Mississippi; 16 - at South Carolina; 19 - at Cincinnati; 23 - Virginia at Richmond; 26 - Florida State; 30 - at Louisville.

Feb. 2 - at West Virginia; 4 - Richmond; 7 - at Southern Mississippi; 9 - at Tulane; 13 - Louisville; 16 - Cincinnati; 19 - Maryland; 23 - at Florida State; 27 - South Carolina.

March 2 - at Memphis State; 7-9 - Metro Conference Tournament at Roanoke Civic Center. - Staff report