It has been over two months since the Virginia Tech men's basketball season came to an end following a loss to Wake Forest in the first round of the ACC Tournament back in March. Following that loss, it was announced that the Hokies' season was over and they would not accept a bid to the NIT.
Since that loss to the Demon Deacons, a lot has changed in Blacksburg. There has been roster turnover with the Transfer Portal, as well as some key retention with Tyler Johnson, Amani Hansberry, and Ben Hammond being retained by head coach Mike Young.
It is going to be interesting to see what the Hokies look like next season with a new roster, but retaining the three players they needed to retain. On Thursday, they announced their home/away ACC games for 2026-27.
Virginia Tech men's basketball announces home/away ACC games for 2026-27 season
It's never too early to look ahead to next winter. Virginia Tech released their home/away ACC games (dates and times will be announced at a later date), and for the second straight season, they will play a home-and-home with Virginia. This past season, they also had a home-and-home with Wake Forest, but it has changed for next season. The Hokies will also have a home-and-home with Boston College.
They will always play a home-and-home with UVA as in-state rivals, but in an unlucky twist, they get two with the Eagles in a season where BC had a lot of turnover with the coaching staff and roster. UConn assistant Luke Murray takes over in Chestnut Hill for Earl Grant.
As far as the rest of the breakdown goes, the home games for the Hokies next season are Virginia, BC, Clemson, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, SMU, and Syracuse. As far as road games go, Virginia Tech will visit California, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Wake Forest.
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So there are some rather big takeaways from the release. First of all, the Hokies don't have to play Duke next season, which is huge. The top team in the ACC won the ACC regular season and ACC Tournament, and Virginia Tech would have been scheduled to travel to Durham, but they won't have to face the Blue Devils. They catch a break with the new ACC scheduling model.
Secondly, the Hokies will have to make the cross-country trip for the second time in three seasons and play at Cal and Stanford. They split the trip out West two years ago and split the two meetings with the two new California teams this season.
Virginia Tech will host SMU and North Carolina, with the latter coming to Blacksburg with Neoklis Avdalas and first-year coach Michael Malone. All in all, this is not a bad draw for Young and the Hokies with no Duke and a home-and-home with Boston College.
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