NCAA Tournament March Madness
#72 Virginia Tech
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Projection: next four out
Virginia Tech’s résumé is anchored by strong neutral-site victories over Providence and Colorado State and a true road win at South Carolina that demonstrate the team can win away from home and in hostile, tournament-style settings. Those signature moments are countered by damaging neutral losses to St. Mary’s and VCU and by inconsistent conference results that leave questions about its ability to close against top league opponents. The remainder of the schedule hands the Hokies clear chances to shift the picture with home dates against Virginia, Duke, Notre Dame, Stanford and California while trips to Louisville and SMU and other difficult road assignments will be telling tests. Strong results in those games would validate the quality wins already on the résumé, while more disappointing losses away from campus would underscore the vulnerability the bad neutral defeats exposed.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/3 | Charleston So | 290 | W98-67 |
| 11/8 | (N)Providence | 71 | W107-101 |
| 11/12 | St Joseph's PA | 181 | W94-59 |
| 11/16 | Charlotte | 193 | W84-76 |
| 11/19 | Bryant | 313 | W78-61 |
| 11/26 | (N)Colorado St | 67 | W66-64 |
| 11/27 | (N)St Mary's CA | 35 | L77-66 |
| 11/28 | (N)VCU | 40 | L86-68 |
| 12/2 | @South Carolina | 92 | W86-83 |
| 12/6 | George Mason | 59 | 56% |
| 12/11 | W Carolina | 256 | 94% |
| 12/14 | MD E Shore | 338 | 98% |
| 12/20 | Elon | 214 | 91% |
| 12/31 | Virginia | 23 | 39% |
| 1/3 | @Wake Forest | 54 | 33% |
| 1/7 | Stanford | 80 | 65% |
| 1/10 | California | 70 | 60% |
| 1/14 | @SMU | 42 | 28% |
| 1/17 | Notre Dame | 63 | 57% |
| 1/21 | @Syracuse | 65 | 36% |
| 1/24 | @Louisville | 14 | 13% |
| 1/27 | Georgia Tech | 138 | 80% |
| 1/31 | Duke | 4 | 18% |
| 2/7 | @NC State | 34 | 24% |
| 2/11 | @Clemson | 21 | 20% |
| 2/14 | Florida St | 93 | 70% |
| 2/17 | @Miami FL | 38 | 25% |
| 2/21 | Wake Forest | 54 | 55% |
| 2/28 | @North Carolina | 26 | 21% |
| 3/3 | Boston College | 124 | 78% |
| 3/7 | @Virginia | 23 | 20% |