Things have been quiet for the Virginia Tech women's basketball team on the recruiting front when it comes to the Class of 2027. Head coach Megan Duffy has been busy putting together a roster for the 2026-27 season from retention and the Transfer Portal after there were some key players who left through the portal.
However, Duffy has picked up her first commit in the Class of 2027, and it's a rather big one, a four-star, Lillie Graves, from Indiana. A top 55 player, Graves averaged 19.1 points a game at McCutcheon High School. She is a 6-foot-1 guard/forward combo and is a very nice start to the rising senior class in recruiting for Duffy and her staff.
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— Lillie Graves (@lillie_graves12) June 25, 2026
Virginia Tech baseball transfer ends up in the ACC
It's been noted numerous times since the Hokies baseball season ended at the hands of UCLA in the Los Angeles Regional of the NCAA Tournament that the pitching staff It is going to go through a major turnover. Head coach John Szefc and his staff did a great job of retaining players and not having many position players bolt in the Transfer Portal. However, one pitcher who left is going to remain in the ACC.
Right-handed relief pitcher Preston Crowl, who was a vital piece to the season for Szefc and Virginia Tech, hit the portal. A couple of days after North Carolina lost Game 3 to Oklahoma in the College World Series Championship Series, Crowl committed to the Tar Heels. He is the second Tech pitcher to hit the portal this cycle and land back in the ACC. Left-hander Chase Swift committed to Miami.
NBA Draft fallout
For the last couple of weeks leading up to the 2026 NBA Draft, most mock drafts had former Virginia Tech forward Tobi Lawal going mid-to-late in the second round. That's exactly where he ended up, going to the Dallas Mavericks and a new coach, and former Michigan coach Dusty May, at No. 48.
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However, the pick right before Lawal at No. 47, former Virginia Tech sharpshooter Tyler Nickel, was picked by the New York Knicks. Nickel spent his first college season at North Carolina before transferring to Virginia Tech. After one season in Blacksburg, he left through the portal and spent his final two seasons at Vanderbilt in the SEC. Lawal and Nickel were never teammates in Blacksburg, but having them go after each other was certainly some interesting TV theater for Hokies fans watching the draft in Brooklyn, New York.
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