As we continue to countdown to Virginia’s season opener in 15 days, here is an overview of the Hoos’ out-of-conference schedule.
Throughout this preview, I’ll use KenPom’s preseason rankings and projections. They’re not the only preseason metric, but they are a decent and standardized metric to use and compare across past seasons. However, it is important to note that KenPom ranks Virginia at #9 preseason. Despite the relative optimism throughout the fanbase, this is an outlier from preseason polls that have UVA just outside the top-25. While my guess is that the answer is probably somewhere in between, take probabilities cited below with a grain of salt as “optimistic case” projections.