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Black Diamond battle in Blacksburg

Since we’re talking a lot about Daryl Worley, let’s ask: Have you forgotten? Buzz Williams will be in the Cassell Coliseum today, of course, when No. 19 WVU and a changed Virginia Tech team square off in a renewed rivalry.

Among Virginia Tech’s top eight scorers, only two players — Justin Bibbs and Jalen Hudson — played in Morgantown on this date one year ago, an 82-51 win by West Virginia in front of 13,330 at the WVU Coliseum.

The Hokies (8-3) and No. 19 Mountaineers (10-1) meet again today (noon, ESPNU) in front of another packed arena, this time the Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg. The facility holds 9,847 and the game has been an announced sellout for a week.

“All I kept hearing is we don’t have Pitt, we don’t have a rivalry,” Huggins said. “I wanted to have somebody our fans related to and get excited about playing. We played [in Morgantown] at noon a year ago and had 13,000 people and they just sold it out at their place. I think there’s a lot of enthusiasm about these schools playing.”