Virginia Tech Basketball: 2021-22 season preview and outlook for Hokies
Schedule outlook
Virginia Tech basketball works their way into quite the non-conference slate, as they open the season at home against Maine on Nov. 9 before going on the road face Navy in the Veterans Classic in Annapolis, Maryland on Nov. 12.
They’ll host Radford (Nov. 15), Saint Francis (PA) (Nov. 18), and Merrimack (Nov. 21) before facing a talented Memphis Tigers squad on Nov. 24 in the NIT Season Tip-Off in Barclays Center. They’ll face Xavier/Iowa State on Nov. 26 depending on results.
The Hokies will face the Maryland Terrapins (Dec. 1) in College Park for the first time since 2014 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Maryland has won the last five meetings dating back to 2012.
After Maryland, there’s a tuneup game with ACC basketball action against Wake Forest in Cassell Coliseum on Dec. 8. After that, the final three games of non-conference action come against Cornell (Dec. 8) at home, Dayton (Dec. 12) on the road, and St. Bonaventure (Dec. 17) in the Hall of Fame Shootout at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.
Virginia Tech basketball begins the bulk of their ACC basketball schedule with Duke (Dec. 22) and UNC (Dec. 29) on the road to open things up. They’ll host Pittsburgh (Jan. 1) to open the New Year followed by NC State (Jan. 4).
They’ll visit UVA (Jan. 12) on the road, then host Notre Dame (Jan. 15) before going back on the road to face NC State (Jan. 19) and Boston College (Jan. 22).
On Jan. 26, the Hokies host Miami at home then travel to Florida State (Jan. 29) in a big Saturday afternoon matchup. Georgia Tech awaits at home on Feb. 2 before facing Pittsburgh again on Feb. 5 then returning home in a week on Feb. 12 to host Syracuse.
Two home games await on Feb. 14 against UVA and on Feb. 19 against UNC before two road games against Georgia Tech (Feb. 23) and Miami (Feb. 26) to close out the month.
In their final two games of the ACC basketball schedule, there’s Louisville at home on March 1 and Clemson on the road on March 5. The conference tournament runs March 8-12 from Barclays Center.