With college football on pause, we take the opportunity to look at VT's divisional opposition this Spring:

Around the Coastal: Duke

Hokies had a visit canceled for later this month (see Gorney's thread below), so unless the emergency Dead Period ends as-scheduled, a decent chance he won't make it to Blacksburg before his choice.

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To Ohio State:

https://virginiatech.rivals.com/news/buckeyes-land-top-ohio-cornerback

There was never a whole lot of traction here, especially when the Buckeyes were already in the mix before the Hokies even showed attention. Certainly the Hokies shouldn't plan their recruiting around running scared from anyone, but there's also a balance of not throwing out offers where you'll have no chance to land a kid 1) wasting your time evaluating guys to issue lost-cause offers, and 2) making your serious targets think that a VT offer is no big deal because everybody has one.

Staff still trying to find that balance.

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6-4 Wichita State departure Jamarius Burton, a .381 three-point shooter. Without a waiver (or change to NCAA rules, which has been discussed), he'd have to sit a year before having two to play.

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I talked to a bunch of five- and four-star prospects about all the visits that were altered by the coronavirus pandemic and the NCAA's ban on trips until at least April 15:

https://n.rivals.com/news/top-prospects-detail-canceled-or-postponed-visits

Maybe explains the lazy 2nd half of the season

This pandemic is so, so much broader than sports, but when it (hopefully) all passes in several weeks, there will be effects felt.

Coronavirus: Effect on the Hokies

I would be surprised at this point - even if the virus is contained - if the league even considered trying to shoehorn spring sports into a smaller window.

ACC cancels winter and spring championships, Virginia Tech updates policies

Head-scratchingly light on realistic options here. Claeys will have to get to business soon.

Virginia Tech Hokies 2021 recruiting hotboard: Linebacker

That's almost certainly the end of the Hokies' postseason hopes:

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Assuming the top four in the league make the tournament, and the three postseason-eligible teams (i.e. not Georgia Tech) with winning records make the NIT, assuming that tournament goes on... I don't see many - if any - more teams making it, and the Hokies are almost certainly behind Miami in the pecking order, and maybe Clemson.

Including: Rayshard Ashby one of the country's top returning linebackers.

Three-point stance: Ashby among top returning LBs