The Virginia Tech Hokies will open the 2022-23 college basketball season as the reigning ACC champions. Sure, Duke or North Carolina could open the season as the reigning national champions — depending on what happens in the Final Four — but it still doesn’t change what the Hokies accomplished in Brooklyn this month.
Mike Young’s team could look far different next season, with Storm Murphy, Keve Aluma and Justyn Mutts all departing Blacksburg. However, Aluma and Mutts have one year of eligibility remaining and could return. What are the odds of either player returning? Well, no one knows but Mutts or Aluma, but there’s a chance.