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Virginia Tech travels to BYU on Friday night for a second round game in the 2016 NIT. The game, scheduled for a 9:30 p.m. EDT tip, will be played at the Marriott Center on the BYU campus and will be televised live on ESPNU.

About Tonight’s Game

The Hokies enter tonight’s game 20-14 overall and was 10-8 in ACC action … The Hokies are the third seed in this bracket ... BYU is the second seed ... The Cougars are 24-10 overall and were 13-5 in the West Coast Conference ... The winner of tonight’s game will play the winner of the Creighton - Wagner game.

Last Time Out: VT 86, Princeton 81, OT

The Hokies won an exciting opening-round contest, 86-81, in overtime against Princeton in Cassell Coliseum on Wednesday night ... Zach LeDay scored a career-high 29 points, to go along with 11 rebounds for his 11th double-double of the season ... Jalen Hudson had 28 points and Seth Allen came off the bench to score 10 points in the win.

The Series Against the Cougars

The Hokies are 0-3 against BYU all-time ... The Hokies had a home-and-home series with the Cougars in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons ... The most recent game was 97-71 BYU win in Salt Lake City on Dec. 29, 2012, in a game played at home arena of the NBA’s Utah Jazz ... Tech is 1-4 all-time against current members of the West Coast Conference.

Rise and Give Me 20

The Hokies are currently 20-14 on the season ... That marks the school’s first 20-win season since Tech was 22-12 in the 2010-11 season ... Tech won 20 total games in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons combined ... Tech will play its 35th game of the season tonight, matching the school record for games played in a season.

Radio

Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network

Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop

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Satellite: Sirius: 136 XM: 194

Digital: Hokies Xtra & TuneIn

Television/Internet

ESPNU

Mitch Holthus & Corey Williams

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