NCAA Tournament March Madness

#57 Virginia Tech

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Projection: next four out

Virginia Tech’s profile is built on a handful of clear quality wins balanced against some damaging slip-ups, which is why the team sits on the tournament edge. The resume is bolstered by the neutral-site victory over Providence, the signature home win over Virginia, the road victory at South Carolina and a neutral win over Colorado State and Notre Dame at home that show the program can beat good opponents in a variety of settings. Those bright moments are tempered by ugly neutral losses at St. Mary’s and VCU and by narrow defeats on the road at SMU and Stanford that reveal inconsistency and will stick with a committee. What follows is an important stretch of ACC games, with road dates at Syracuse, Louisville, NC State, Clemson, Miami and a return trip to Virginia and home opportunities against Duke, Florida State, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Boston College that give Virginia Tech clear chances to add signature wins or to compound the resume with more damaging results.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Charleston So221W98-67
11/8(N)Providence64W107-101
11/12St Joseph's PA183W94-59
11/16Charlotte179W84-76
11/19Bryant334W78-61
11/26(N)Colorado St93W66-64
11/27(N)St Mary's CA32L77-66
11/28(N)VCU48L86-68
12/2@South Carolina77W86-83
12/6George Mason74W73-62
12/11W Carolina279W96-74
12/14MD E Shore326W82-53
12/20Elon151W82-81
12/31Virginia14W95-85
1/3@Wake Forest61L81-78
1/7Stanford76L69-68
1/10California72W78-75
1/14@SMU34L77-76
1/17Notre Dame75W89-76
1/21@Syracuse6844%
1/24@Louisville1615%
1/27Georgia Tech12782%
1/31Duke319%
2/7@NC State3025%
2/11@Clemson2623%
2/14Florida St11280%
2/17@Miami FL3126%
2/21Wake Forest6164%
2/28@North Carolina3628%
3/3Boston College14986%
3/7@Virginia1414%