After spending so much time on the NCAA Tournament bubble, scheduling is obviously a big issue with Virginia Tech basketball fans. Today we’ll take a closer look at Tech’s 2012-13 schedule, which, on the whole, is very favorable.

I think everyone can agree that the NCAA Tournament is not a realistic goal for this season. The focus this year is on James Johnson establishing his system, getting his players to embrace it, and continuing to recruit players who can add quality depth for next season and years beyond.

That said, the goal is always to try and win as many games as possible. The Hokies play 13 non-conference games and 18 ACC games. With two extra conference games this year, the schedule is automatically a bit more difficult.

We’re going to break Tech’s schedule down into a few different parts.

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