Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 12 No. 2 | October 2019

inside.hokiesports.com 21 What’sBuggingYou? 540-315-9735 | MyPMSI.com Official Pest Control Partner of the season preview men’s basketball to open a season—part of the league’s bringing attention to its fledgling ACC Network. Tech opens the season Nov. 5 at Clemson, plays four nonconference games at home, and then goes to Maui, Hawaii for the Maui Invitational where it squares off against Michigan State. The Hokies then return fromMaui and face Duke in Blacksburg on Dec. 6. In other words, the Hokies aren’t easing the season. Young’s goals for his teams aren’t measured in number of wins or tournament invitations. Like a lot of coaches, he takes a simpler, one- day-at-a-time approach. That will not change during his first season in Blacksburg, especially with such a young, inexperienced group. “It’ll be the same 10 years from now—to make this team, help this team be as good as we can possibly be,” Young said of his goals. “If we do that, that’s coaching. “It’s a mistake—I’ve never done it, will never do it—to say that I expect to do this, or expect to do that, or expect to make the NCAA Tournament. Get better. Get the foundation in place. Get a style of play in place that we can build upon as we go along. But the short answer—let’s take care of this team, and let’s make this team as good as we can possibly be. If we’ve done that, at the end of the year, sign me up.” Isaiah Wilkins played in 34 games and shot nearly 50 percent from the floor as a freshman, and Mike Young is expecting more from the young man this season.