Virginia Tech’s 2018-19 men’s basketball schedule was released on Thursday morning. The Hokies open the season on Friday, November 9 at 7pm when they host Gardner-Webb.
Tech has no guaranteed 9pm games this year. Their home game against Duke will either be a 7pm or 9pm tip, depending on which network carries the game. The Hokies have three 8pm games, but other than that all their ACC contests will be played at 7pm or in the afternoon.
ACC play begins on Tuesday, January 1 at 1pm when Tech hosts Notre Dame. The game will be televised by ESPNU. ACC play will end with a rare Friday night game against Miami, and ESPN2 will carry that game at 7pm.
Tech has three Saturday-Monday quick turnarounds on their schedule this year, in the following order…
Saturday, January 19 vs. Wake Forest, 4pm
Monday, January 21 at UNC, 7pm
Saturday, February 2 at NC State, Noon
Monday, February 4 vs. Louisville, 7pm
Saturday, February 16 at Pitt, 4:30pm
Monday, February 18 vs. UVA, 7pm
All three of those Monday games will be Big Monday games on ESPN.
Virginia Tech’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge game will be against Penn State in the Bryce Jordan Center on Tuesday, November 27. Tipoff is scheduled for 7pm, and the game will be carried by either ESPN2 or ESPNU.
The Hokies will play in the Charleston Classic beginning on Thursday, November 15 with an 11:30am matchup with Ball State on ESPN. Their second-round opponent will be either Northeastern, or a rematch from the 2018 NCAA Tournament against Alabama. Possible opponents on the other side of the bracket are Purdue, Appalachian State, Wichita State and Davidson.
Tech will also play a neutral site game against Washington on Saturday, December 15. That game will be played in Atlantic City, NJ at 7pm, and ESPNU will televise the game.
The complete schedule is below.
| Date | Opponent, Time (Eastern), TV | |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Nov 9 W (H) |  | #15 VT 87, Gardner-Webb 59 Record: 1-0 (0-0) |
| Thu, Nov 15 W (N) |  | #16 VT 73, Ball State 64 Record: 2-0 (0-0) |
| Fri, Nov 16 W (N) |  | #16 VT 88, Northeastern 60 Record: 3-0 (0-0) |
| Sun, Nov 18 W (N) |  | #16 VT 89, #23 Purdue 83 Record: 4-0 (0-0) |
| Sat, Nov 24 W (H) |  | #13 VT 75, St. Francis PA 37 Record: 5-0 (0-0) |
| Tue, Nov 27 L (A) |  | Penn State 63, #13 VT 62 Record: 5-1 (0-0) |
| Sat, Dec 1 W (H) |  | #13 VT 94, Central Conn. State 40 Record: 6-1 (0-0) |
| Wed, Dec 5 W (H) |  | #14 VT 89, VMI 68 Record: 7-1 (0-0) |
| Sun, Dec 9 W (H) |  | #14 VT 81, SC State 44 Record: 8-1 (0-0) |
| Sat, Dec 15 W (N) |  | #13 VT 73, Washington 61 Record: 9-1 (0-0) |
| Wed, Dec 19 W (H) |  | #13 VT 82, NC A&T 60 Record: 10-1 (0-0) |
| Fri, Dec 28 W (H) |  | #10 VT 85, UMES 40 Record: 11-1 (0-0) |
| Tue, Jan 1 W (H) |  | #10 VT 81, Notre Dame 66 Record: 12-1 (1-0) |
| Sat, Jan 5 W (H) |  | #10 VT 77, BC 66 Record: 13-1 (2-0) |
| Wed, Jan 9 W (A) |  | #7 VT 52, GT 49 Record: 14-1 (3-0) |
| Tue, Jan 15 L (A) |  | #1 UVA 81, #7 VT 59 Record: 14-2 (3-1) |
| Sat, Jan 19 W (H) |  | #7 VT 87, Wake Forest 71 Record: 15-2 (4-1) |
| Mon, Jan 21 L (A) |  | #10 UNC 103, #8 VT 82 Record: 15-3 (4-2) |
| Sat, Jan 26 W (H) |  | #8 VT 78, Syracuse 56 Record: 16-3 (5-2) |
| Wed, Jan 30 W (A) |  | #11 VT 82, Miami 70 Record: 17-3 (6-2) |
| Sat, Feb 2 W (A) |  | #11 VT 47, #22 NC State 24 Record: 18-3 (7-2) |
| Mon, Feb 4 L (H) |  | #16 Louisville 72, #11 VT 64 Record: 18-4 (7-3) |
| Sat, Feb 9 L (A) |  | Clemson 59, #11 VT 51 Record: 18-5 (7-4) |
| Wed, Feb 13 W (H) | | #16 VT 76, Georgia Tech 68 Record: 19-5 (8-4) |
| Sat, Feb 16 W (A) |  | #16 VT 70, Pittsburgh 64 Record: 20-5 (9-4) |
| Mon, Feb 18 L (H) | | #3 Virginia 64, #18 VT 58 Record: 20-6 (9-5) |
| Sat, Feb 23 W (A) | | #18 VT 67, Notre Dame 59 Record: 21-6 (10-5) |
| Tue, Feb 26 W (H) |  | #19 VT 77, #3 Duke 72 Record: 22-6 (11-5) |
| Tue, Mar 5 L (A) |  | #13 FSU 73, #15 VT 64 (OT) Record: 22-7 (11-6) |
| Fri, Mar 8 W (H) | | #15 VT 84, Miami 70 Record: 23-7 (12-6) |
| Wed, Mar 13 W (N) | | #15 VT 71, Miami 56 Record: 24-7 (12-6) ACC Tournament Spectrum Center (Charlotte, NC) |
| Thu, Mar 14 L (N) | | #12 FSU 65, #15 VT 63 (OT) Record: 24-8 (12-6) ACC Tournament Spectrum Center (Charlotte, NC) |
| Fri, Mar 22 W (N) |  | #15 VT 66, Saint Louis 52 Record: 25-8 (12-6) NCAA Tournament |
| Sun, Mar 24 W (N) |  | #15 VT 67, Liberty 58 Record: 26-8 (12-6) NCAA Tournament |
| Fri, Mar 29 L (N) | | #1 Duke 75, #15 VT 73 Record: 26-9 (12-6) NCAA Tournament |
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Better win the Charleston Classic, weak out of conference opponents
That is a terribly weak ooc schedule. We better do very well in conference games.
I see CC’s favorite team (MD Eastern Shore) is back.
You guys have done some good work in the past looking at RPI effects of scheduling. Look forward to that kind of deeper view and whether the announcement by the NCAA that they will change their method (perhaps reducing the influence of RPI) will have a bearing.
This. Would have loved a paragraph on the impact to RPI relative to past seasons this schedule will cause. What are the potentially “bad” RPI games etc. Would be interesting to see a ranking of seasons by worst for RPI rating/scheduling and where this one fits in. I am sure it will be a bigger topic towards the end of the season after some games have been played.