Virginia Cavaliers vs Virginia Tech Hokies
How to watch
Location: Blacksburg, VA
Date: February 19th, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Channel: ESPN
Betting Line: VT -3.5
Pregame Content
UVA basketball drops out of AP Top 25 following uneven week
Three things to watch in Virginia’s rematch with Virginia Tech
Five takeaways from Virginia’s grind-it-out victory over Wake Forest
Game thread
Tipoff is at 7:00 — leave your pre, in, and post-game thoughts here and be sure to check back in for plenty of postgame content later tonight, tomorrow, and next week!
We’ll also be active on Twitter throughout the game and all season long so follow along on there for our staff’s live reactions.
Streaking the Lawn — @STL_UVA
Ben Wieland — @BenWieland
Dan Siegel — @DanSiegel_
John Kurcina — @JohnKurcina
Ryan Reese — @HoosOn_First
Paul Guttman — @Tiki_UVA
Corbin Lathrop — @CorbinLathrop
Zach Carey — @Zach_Carey_
Game Notes
Lastly, here are game notes from UVA:
All-Time vs. Virginia Tech
• Virginia is 98-59 all-time vs. Virginia Tech, including a 23-33 mark in Blacksburg, in the series that dates to 1914-15.
• The teams split a two-game series last season.
• UVA is winless it its last three visits to Blacksburg and aims for its first win at Cassell Coliseum since Feb. 26, 2020.
• The Cavaliers are 3-2 in their last five games against the Hokies and 7-3 in their last 10.
• Head coach Tony Bennett is 19-9 all-time vs. Virginia Tech.
Last Time vs. the Hokies
• Reece Beekman and Jordan Minor each scored 16 points to lead Virginia to a 65-57 win over Virginia Tech on Jan. 17.
• Minor recorded season highs in points (16), rebounds (5) and minutes (26) in his second consecutive start.
• Dante Harris returned to action with five points and five assists and helped limit the Hokies to 38.9 percent shooting.
• UVA shot 62.5 percent in the second half and owned a 36-20 advantage in points in the paint.
• Sean Pedulla led the Hokies with 18 points.
Last Time Out
• Reece Beekman scored 20 points and Isaac McKneely added 12 as No. 21 Virginia (20-6, 11-4) held off Wake Forest 49-47 in ACC action on Feb. 17 at John Paul Jones Arena.”
• Ryan Dunn blocked a career-high seven shots as UVA registered an ACC-high 13 rejections.
• Hunter Sallis scored 12 points for Wake Forest (16-9, 8-6 ACC) and Efton Reid added 10 points and 12 rebounds.
• UVA went 1 of 11 from the free throw line.