Tobi Lawal drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 5:43 to play, Mylyjael Poteat dropped in a key layup in the final minute and Virginia Tech survived a second-half California flurry for a 71-68 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball win Saturday afternoon in Berkeley,

Virginia Tech Fire Ecology and Management Professor Adam Coates joined us Monday to talk about the California wildfires.

Lawal 2-2 3-4 8, Poteat 5-8 2-2 12, Johnson 5-7 1-1 11, Rechsteiner 5-9 0-0 12, Schutt 0-2 0-0 0, Young 6-11 1-1 14, Brown 2-6 2-5 6, Burnham 2-2 1-2 5, Wessler 1-2 1-2 3. Totals 28-49 11-17 71.

Two teams on opposite ends of the emotional spectrum go head-to-head Saturday afternoon when California hosts Virginia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play in Berkeley, Calif.

Percentages: FG .571, FT .647. 3-Point Goals: 4-8, .500 (Rechsteiner 2-3, Lawal 1-1, Young 1-2, Schutt 0-2). Team Rebounds: 1. Team Turnovers: 1.

January 12 - Tobi Lawal drilled a tie-breaking 3-pointer with 5:43 to play, Mylyjael Poteat dropped in a key layup in the final minute and Virginia Tech survived a second-half California flurry for a 71-68 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball win ...

Florida State starts a two-game West Coast trip on Wednesday. What do they need to do to extend their winning streak to three?

No. 20 NC State (15-4) beat Syracuse 74-66. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Sunday. No. 21 Michigan St. (16-3) did not play. Next: at No. 24 Michigan, Saturday. No. 22 California (17-3) at Stanford. Next: vs. No. 13 North Carolina, Thursday.

Florida State faces California. Our college basketball odds series has our Florida State California prediction, odds and pick for Wednesday.

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No. 1 UCLA (18-0) at Rutgers (8-11), 7 p.m. No. 3 Notre Dame (16-2) at Boston College (12-8), 7 p.m. No. 7 Texas (18-2) vs. No. 17 Tennessee (15-3), 8 p.m. No. 8 Maryland (16-2) at No. 12 Ohio St. (17-1), 6 p.m. No. 11 Kentucky (16-1) at Texas A&M (9-8), 7 p.m.

With a 1-6 record in the ACC, Virginia men’s basketball will be competing against Miami and a few other power-conference programs for top head coaching candidat