Marty Gordon
NRVsports@mainstreetnewspapers.com
The upcoming Virginia Tech non-conference men’s basketball schedule was released this past week and includes no big splash or big names.
Four mid-majors dot the calendar with one interesting matchup against Providence as part of the 2025 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Series.
The Hokies will also have three games in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas, and a road test against South Carolina in the ACC/SEC challenge.
The South Carolina game could be one the most interesting ones, as the Gamecocks are loaded with as many as three returning starters but is coming off only seven wins this past season.
The Hokies will play a home exhibition vs. Duquesne on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 1 p.m. The matchup will be one day after Tech football squares off with Cal in Lane Stadium.
Virginia Tech will commence its 118th season Monday, Nov. 3, as the Hokies host Charleston Southern in Cassell Coliseum for their season opener.
Tech will then return to Blacksburg for a brief stretch, hosting Saint Joseph’s (Nov. 12), Charlotte (Nov. 16), and Bryant (Nov. 19).
Thanksgiving week, the Hokies will trade Blacksburg for the beaches of Paradise Island, heading to the Bahamas for the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis (Nov. 26-28), one of college basketball’s premier early-season tournaments.
Virginia Tech will kick off the month of December by traveling to South Carolina for the ACC/SEC Challenge (Dec. 2), before returning home to host George Mason (Dec. 6), Western Carolina (Dec. 11), Maryland Eastern Shore (Dec. 14) and Elon (Dec. 20), concluding nonconference play.
The 18-game Atlantic Coast Conference schedule, along with television networks and game times, will be announced at a later date.
