Virginia Tech Basketball: Projected starting lineup and depth chart for 2021-22 season

Power Forward

Keve Aluma is the leading name at the power forward spot for Virginia Tech basketball. He’s been the unsung leader since hitting the floor in 2020-21, producing 15.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 2.2 apg and 1.3 bpg in his first season in the ACC basketball landscape.

He fared well, transitioning from Mike Young’s Wofford offense over to his ACC-adjusted version and is now reunited with Storm Murphy. The two hold the potential to be quite the pick-and-roll/pop combination given their chemistry already so look for his production to trend upwards on both ends as a result.

John Ojiako, Jalen Haynes and David N’Guessan are the three leading names to share minutes at the backup power forward position. N’Guessan holds the biggest advantage given he appeared in all but one game for the Hokies in 2020-21, so look for him to be one of the first forwards off the bench.

Ojiako appeared in just 16 total minutes of action in 2020-21. Haynes is a newcomer, joining the fold after a postgrad year at Montverde. At 6-foot-8, 260 pounds, he’ll look to use his size on the interior and on the rebounding front. He’s a name that should also appear at the center spot as well.