11:42 PM ET SEATTLE — For the first time ever, “Enter Sandman” will play the Virginia Tech Hokies all the way to the Final Four. After beating the Ohio State Buckeyes 84-74 in Monday’s Seattle Region 3 final, the Hokies danced together at center court to the Metallica song that is the unofficial theme of the Virginia Tech athletic department, players and coaches celebrating an achievement that seemed unthinkable when coach Kenny Brooks arrived in Blacksburg in 2016 with the program having gone a decade without even making the NCAA tournament. “It took a leap of faith, a lot of hard work, a lot of coaches’ efforts, kids — these kids up here really changed the culture,” Brooks said afterward. “And it’s funny, because when I talked [in] my presser when [athletic director Whit Babcock] hired me, I got a little overzealous, and it was right after when Syracuse went…
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