A quick stat about how close this team was to being great this year
Of the top 7 ACC teams, we played 2 home games (Duke, UVA) and 6 away games (UVA, UNC, Miami, Clemson, L'ville, NCSU). Probably the toughest road schedule in the ACC based on the final rankings (feel free to correct me if that is wrong).
The record against those top 7 teams might be 2-6, but we had a chance in all of the games. Even after some slow starts, we fought back. Ultimately it was our inability to finish the games strong that cost us in multiple of those losses.
Home games:
UVA we won
Duke, controlled the whole game, but we were within 6 pts with only 4 min left
Away games:
UNC, we were within 5 pts with 2:45 left
UVA, we were within 4 pts with 3 min left
Miami, we were ahead by 3 pts with 90 seconds left
Clemson we won
Louisville controlled the whole game, but we had it within 8 pts with 7 min left
NCSU controlled the whole game, but we had it within 3 pts with 11 min left
Posted: 03/08/2026 at 03:10 PM ET
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A quick stat about how close this team was to being great this year
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-- HokieAl
Mar 08, 2026 at 03:10 PM ET
HokieAl
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03/08/26 03:10 PM ET
Struggled w/ CSt., OT vs Elon, Prov, etc. as well. This team is what it is.**
-- marcbvtgm
Mar 09, 2026 at 12:45 PM ET
marcbvtgm
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03/09/26 12:45 PM ET
Pomeroy has the in-conference schedule as the toughest in the ACC**
-- HokieEngineer
Mar 08, 2026 at 05:40 PM ET
HokieEngineer
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03/08/26 05:40 PM ET
Good stuff. In some of those venues you just can’t win for myriad reasons.
-- VT One
Mar 08, 2026 at 03:36 PM ET
VT One
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03/08/26 03:36 PM ET