Unfortunately I couldn’t be on ESPN’s pre-NBA Draft Combine teleconference with Fran Fraschilla and Chad Ford today because I was busy interviewing a Hokies baseball player at the time, but when Fraschilla was asked about potential draft sleepers, he brought up Erick Green of the Hokies.

Iona has hired Virginia Tech assistant Billi Godsey as its new women’s basketball coach.

Erick Green has been invited to the annual NBA Draft combine, which will be held May 15-19 in Chicago.

Former Virginia Tech men’s basketball guard Robert Brown told the Birmingham News on Tuesday that he plans to transfer to Conference USA member UAB.

Virginia Tech coach Dennis Wolff said Monday he has hired Bett Shelby as an assistant coach.

Virginia Tech has announced which ACC men’s basketball teams it will host next season and which teams it will visit.

The Virginia Tech women’s basketball team has suffered three straight losing seasons, but coach Dennis Wolff hopes next year will yield better results.

Take one last-place team, subtract the nation’s leading scorer and toss in six freshmen. Add three formidable foes to the ACC schedule.

James Johnson stubbornly stuck to his plan to push the tempo and run the floor for much of his first season as the Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach, even with an unusually thin roster.

Virginia Tech’s Jarell Eddie had a nagging knee injury this season and had arthroscopic knee surgery today (Thursday) to take care of some loose cartilage.

James Johnson has signed up for a stiff early season test for his young basketball team, accepting an invitation to play in the Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic on Nov. 22-23 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., the Virginia Tech coach said Wednesday.

How did Erick Green celebrate being named an Associated Press All-American on Monday? He drove back to Virginia Tech from his family’s home in Northern Virginia and went to the weight room.

In November, Mark Byington had Thanksgiving dinner at his parents’ Salem home for the first time in years.

Virginia Tech guard Erick Green, whose senior season saw him win the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honor and lead the nation in scoring, has added another award, being named a third-team basketball All-American by the Associated Press.

Georgia Southern has named former Virginia Tech assistant Mark Byington as coach of the Eagles men’s basketball team.

Add another honor to Erick Green’s resume.

Virginia Tech assistant men’s basketball coach and Salem High School graduate Mark Byington will be named the head coach at Georgia Southern on Monday, the Savannah Morning News reported on its website Friday.

When Virginia Tech hired Coach James Johnson to replace Seth Greenberg last May, it hoped he would stabilize a men’s basketball program that has dealt with an increasing amount of attrition in recent years. But after watching forward Dorian Finney-Smith transfer to Florida and top recruit Montrezl Harrell renege on his commitment and go to Louisville last offseason, Johnson received some more sobering news last week.

robert brownVIRGINIA TECH BASKETBALL COACH JAMES JOHNSON terms Robert Brown’s decision to transfer “a surprise,” adding that he still believes in him. “He struggled a little bit this year,” Johnson says. “He fought hard. He’s very talented. We’re going to miss him. He was a talented guard who’s able to put the ball on the floor and score. He was up and down this year.” Berman has more here.