Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 10 No. 6 | June 2018

Get your Nike ® apparel at Tech Bookstore The best place for your gear 118 S. Main Street TechBookStore.com M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L ROBINSON JR • MANASSAS, VIRGINIA Justin T he Virginia Tech men’s basketball team featured a couple of steady seniors, a few talented freshmen and an important post player this past season. But the Hokies enjoyed another successful campaign in large part because of the consistent play of point guard Justin Robinson. The 6-foot-2 junior was one of just two players to start every game for a Tech squad that won 21 games and earned an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year. He now has started 75 consecutive games. Robinson led the Hokies in several statistical categories, including points (462), points per game (14.0), free-throw attempts (323), free-throw percentage (78.2), assists (185), steals (41) and minutes played (30.9). On 12 occasions this season, Robinson either led or tied for the team lead in scoring—all in ACC games in which he averaged a team-best 16.2 points per game. His best performance came in the Hokies’ home win over NC State when he scored a career-high 32 points, and three days later, he paced Tech with 20 points in its upset of then-No. 2 Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. Those two performances enabled him to become Tech’s first Naismith Player of the Week. Another memorable moment for Robinson came in the Hokies’ upset of then- No. 5 Duke at Cassell Coliseum. He scored 11 points and went over the 1,000-point plateau for his career. Robinson, who scored 19 points in the Hokies’ season-ending loss to Alabama in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, earned second- team All-ACC honors following the season. He returns next season to lead a veteran group that should be in contention for another NCAA Tournament bid yet again. 22 Inside Hokie Sports