BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech’s conference contests for the upcoming 2020-21 women’s basketball season were announced Wednesday morning live on the ACC Network’s Packer and Durham. The Hokies’ initial league contest will be Thursday December 10 at home vs. Pitt.  

In addition to the home and home with Tech’s pod partners, the Hokies will also face Pitt and Notre Dame twice.

Below is Hokies’ entire ACC slate with home games at Cassell Coliseum denoted in BOLD CAPS.

Thurs. Dec. 10     PITT
Thurs.   Dec. 17           at Notre Dame
Sun.   Dec. 20       VIRGINIA
Sun.     Jan. 3               at Duke
Thurs.  Jan. 7        NC STATE
Sun.     Jan. 10             at Georgia Tech
Thurs.   Jan. 14             at North Carolina
Sun.     Jan. 17     WAKE FOREST
Thurs.  Jan. 21       NOTRE DAME
Sun.     Jan. 24              at NC State
Thurs.  Jan. 28       LOUISVIILLE
Sun.     Jan. 31     NORTH CAROLINA
Thurs.  Feb. 4                at Pitt
Sun.     Feb. 7       FLORIDA STATE
Thurs.  Feb. 11               at Miami
Sun.     Feb. 14              at Boston College
Thurs.  Feb. 18        DUKE
Sun.     Feb. 21      SYRACUSE
Thurs.  Feb. 25               at Clemson
Sun.     Feb. 28               at Virginia

The ACC Tipoff  will air live Wednesday evening on ACC Network and the program will feature Coach Brooks from 6-6:25 p.m. and senior guard Aisha Sheppard from 6:30-6:50. Sheppard was announced as a Preseason All-Conference performer Tuesday along with teammate Elizabeth Kitley.

Virginia Tech was picked to finish seventh out of 15 teams in the league's preseason poll on Tuesday. It was Tech's highest finish in that poll since the Hokies were picked seventh out of 12 teams in 2005.

The Hokies tied for fourth place in the ACC with an 11-7 league mark last season, finishing with a winning ACC record for the first time.