Virginia Tech was seconds away from walking out of Dallas with one of its most impressive wins of the season. Instead, the Hokies left with another painful reminder of how unforgiving college basketball can be, falling 77-76 to SMU on a buzzer-beating half-court three from Boopie Miller.
Virginia Tech canceled its football game against James Madison scheduled for September because of the ACC's move from eight to nine conference games beginning in 2026.
Virginia Tech men's basketball squares off against SMU tonight at 9 p.m. ET in what's a Quad 1 opportunity on the road for the Hokies. Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.
Virginia Tech's wide receiving corps has seen a dent, as wideout Isaiah Spencer is entering the transfer portal. Spencer, a 6-foot-2 rising senior from Flora, Mississippi, will have one year of eligibility remaining to utilize at his next stop, though he does possess a redshirt year at his disposal.
Virginia Tech football and James Madison football concurrently announced that their 2026 non-conference showdown, scheduled for Sept. 26, 2026, and slated to be the Hokies' fourth game of the season, has been cancelled.
The ACC has revealed the player availability reports for the men's basketball games of Jan. 14, 2026, a slate that includes Virginia Tech's showdown with SMU, which dropped out of the AP Top 25 after being ranked at No.
Through four ACC games, Virginia Tech men's basketball has split its quartet of conference contests and sits at 13-4 overall. In their most recent game, the Hokies (13-4, 2-2 ACC) took down California, 78-75, rallying from 11 points down in the first half and surviving a Justin Pippen three-point attempt at the buzzer.
The Hokies are going for two in a row tonight when they face SMU on the road. After consecutive losses to Wake Forest and Stanford, Virginia Tech bounced back with a win over California over the weekend.
Virginia Tech football has seen another player enter the transfer portal. Linebacker Will Johnson has entered the portal; the 6-foot-2, 231-pound graduate student will have one year of eligibility remaining, presumably due to utilizing a medical redshirt for the 2022 campaign.
Virginia Tech men's basketball sits at 2-2 in the ACC after a quartet of ACC contests, and it boasts a 13-4 overall record, featuring wins over George Mason, South Carolina and then-No.
Through four ACC games, Virginia Tech men's basketball has split its conference slate, bookending consecutive losses to Wake Forest and Stanford with a triple-overtime victory over Virginia on New Year's Eve and a comeback victory over Cal two days ago.
Don't look now, but Virginia Tech is closing in on having the No. 1 transfer portal class in the ACC. The Hokies were always going to be one of the most active teams in the portal after James Franklin was hired in November and they have been just that.
One of Virginia Tech football's outgoing players via the 2026 transfer portal has found his new home. Quarterback William "Pop" Watson III, last season's second-string signal-caller, has committed to Massachusetts, according to a report from ESPN's Pete Thamel.
The Virginia Tech Hokies are under new leadership with head coach James Franklin replacing Brent Pry. He brings a lot of experience, spanning his time at Vanderbilt and Penn State.
Freshman guard Ebuka Okorie had a finish to remember, draining a long right-wing 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds left to give Stanford a 69-68 win over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Wednesday.