The Virginia Tech men's basketball team returns home on Monday night to take on archrival Virginia in a top 25 match-up. The game, to be played at a sold out Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum, will tip-off at 7 p.m. as part of ESPN's "Big Monday".
GAME INFORMATION
#22/16 Virginia Tech vs. #4/4 Virginia
Feb. 18, 2019 – 7 p.m.
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SOLD OUT!
RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 134 XM: 193 Internet: 955
BROADCAST: ESPN/ESPN app
Sean McDonough, Jay Bilas & Allison Williams
About Tonight's Game
The Hokies enter the game 20-5 on the season and 9-4 in ACC play … The Cavaliers are 22-2 this season and 10-2 in the ACC … The Hokies are 22nd in the AP poll and 16th in the USA Today Coaches poll and the Cavaliers are fourth in both polls.
Last Game: #22/11 VT 70, Pitt 64
The Hokies picked up their fourth road win of the season, 70-64, at Pittsburgh on Saturday … Kerry Blackshear Jr., led all scorers with a season-high 29 points and nine rebounds … Ahmed Hill added 14 points in the victory … Tech shot 51.2 percent from the floor, including 47.6 percent from three-point range and out rebounded the Panthers, 27-24.
Vs. Virginia
The Hokies are 56-92 all-time against Virginia and lost the last game against UVa, 81-59 in Charlottesville on Jan. 15, 2019 …Tech lost the last meeting in Cassell Coliseum, 76-52, on Jan. 3, 2018 … Tech is 29-22 at home against the Cavaliers, and 16-8 in Cassell Coliseum … Tech is 3-6 against UVa under Buzz Williams … Tech is 16-36 against Virginia in ACC regular season games.
More About the Tech-UVa Series
This is the Hokies most-played rivalry … The series dates back to Feb. 20, 1915, when the Cavaliers defeated Tech, 39-21, in Charlottesville … Along with Blacksburg and Charlottesville, the series has also been played in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Richmond, Salem, Hampton, Norfolk and Greensboro, North Carolina (the 2006 ACC Tournament) … After many years of neutral site games, the series returned to each campus, beginning in the 2000-01 season, the year Tech joined the Big East Conference … This has been a home-and-home series since Tech joined the ACC in the 2004-05 season.
BIG Again This Season
Tonight is the Hokies' third Big Monday" game of the season, the most in school history … Tech is 2-2 all-time in Big Monday games.
