define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); captain – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Mon, 21 Oct 2013 06:55:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Virginia Tech Turns Leadership Reins Over To Freshman http://rushthecourt.net/2013/10/21/hokies-turn-leadership-reins-over-to-freshman/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/10/21/hokies-turn-leadership-reins-over-to-freshman/#respond Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:45:05 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=99074

On October 17, Virginia Tech head coach James Johnson did something he’d never done in 22 years as either a head or assistant coach: He named a freshman his team captain. And this wasn’t one of those once-in-a-generation, program-altering freshman talents that was tapped to be the leader of a Hokies team in transition. This isn’t Carmelo Anthony at Syracuse, Kevin Durant at Texas, or even Andrew Wiggins at Kansas. “Hokies fans, we present to you 6’5” combo guard Ben Emelogu, a player who went largely unnoticed by the major programs at the national level!” While Johnson says he’s a player [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/10/21/hokies-turn-leadership-reins-over-to-freshman/feed/ 0