he ACC announced the full 2016-2017 Men’s Basketball schedule today, with Virginia kicking off the season on Friday, November 11 at UNC-Greensboro at 7pm.
Virginia is ranked No. 5 in ESPN’s “way too early” preseason rankings (and I’ll use that list for all of the rankings here), despite losing Malcolm Brogdon, Anthony Gill, and Mike Tobey to graduation. The Hoos return fourth-year point guard extraordinaire London Perrantes as the lone scholarship senior, and add graduate transfer Austin Nichols, red-shirt first-year Mamadi Diakite, and a top-ten recruiting class.
At first glance, the highlights include a return trip to reigning National Champs No.