Buzz Williams On Cassell Coliseum Atmosphere and the Hokies' February Schedule

The Hokies earned their sixth ACC victory of the season this afternoon with a 83-73 victory over Florida State. Following the win, Buzz Williams spoke candidly about the emerging atmosphere of Cassell Coliseum and went on to express his discontent with his team's February schedule. Williams' full quote is below.

"I think the best part of today was that our fans were rewarded again. Fourth sell-out. I think in some ways we're ahead of where anybody would have thought. But I would say if there's one category where we're further ahead than what anybody would have anticipated, it's the groundswell of support that our program (and) our kids are receiving. So in a selfish way, relative to the building of our program, I like it when the people that show up that are showing up for the first time wondering, 'Is this gonna be worth my time?' when they're rewarded. Not that winning necessarily is the reward, but when we play hard. When we play the game the right way. When the atmosphere during timeouts and halftime, I don't even know what all that is. I think that's big. Coming to Cassell needs to be something that everybody outside of Cassell goes, 'Man, it's hard to win.' Because that's a step in doing something. That's a step in becoming relevant. The next step is we got to win on the road...I know that comes across kind of arrogant. I've had nothing to do with that. That's the marketing, that's the associate and assistant AD's doing all the stuff to pump it all up. That's the students getting involved. That's the Cassell Guard. It's all those people, most of which I don't even know. But I know the ambiance changes. And I know the ambiance has continued to change in a positive way over the last couple of months. It's a shame that the league scheduled two home games for us in the month of February. But that's part of being last. You're gonna get the short end of the stick. I try to be so politically correct even though I have no politicalness in my body. Tired of being disrespected by those that are supposed to be justifiably fair. At some point, somebody needs to be the adult. So, they can fine me, Whit can tell me to be quiet, they're wrong. They're wrong. You don't play five games on the road, two games at home in a 27 day stretch. You don't do that. But that's what they assigned us. That, in some ways, makes it even sweeter."

The relevant portion of Virginia Tech's schedule is below.