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The Virginia Basketball team will have the path to repeating as National Champions laid out for them Thursday night as the ACC announces the full schedule for conference games this season. The announcement will be at 9pm and will take place on the ACC Network.
#ACC will release full schedule of men’s basketball league games and selected women’s games Thursday at 9 pm on @accnetwork
— David Teel (@DavidTeelatDP) September 10, 2019
From the ACC Network release:
The 2019-20 ACC men’s basketball schedule and marquee ACC women’s games will be unveiled live during a one-hour special edition of All ACC: Basketball Schedule Release this Thursday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m. ET, on ACC Network.
Jordan Connette will host the show and Jay Bilas will be on set to help break down the schedule. Select women’s games will also be unveiled at this time.
Here’s what we know about the schedule so far:
Virginia Basketball 2019-20 Schedule
| Date | Opponent |
|---|---|
| Date | Opponent |
| November 6 | @ Syracuse |
| November 10 | JMU |
| November 16 | Columbia* |
| November 19 | Vermont* |
| November 23 | UMass** |
| November 24 | ASU/SJU** |
| November 27 | Maine |
| December 4 | @ Purdue*** |
| December 7 | ACC TBA |
| December 18 | Stony Brook |
| December 22 | South Carolina |
| December 29 | Navy |
This is the first 20-game ACC schedule in basketball, and the Hoos will open the season on the road against Syracuse in a game that will be broadcast on the ACC Network. There’s also a date December 7 set aside for an ACC matchup.
Per the ACC scheduling matrix, this season Virginia will have home-and-away games against Virginia Tech, Louisville, Boston College, Florida State, North Carolina, and Syracuse. The Cavaliers will host Clemson, NC State, Duke, and Notre Dame and travel to Georgia Tech, Pitt, Wake Forest, and Miami.
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