Mapping Out Virginia Tech Men's Hoops' ACC Tournament Seeding Scenarios

Virginia Tech men’s basketball has endured its share of tight finishes. The Hokies have dropped four one-possession games, leaving their postseason outlook shifting from night to night. But how does their seeding situation for the ACC Tournament look right now?

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In my opinion, Virginia Tech — currently situated as the No. 11 seed in the ACC Tournament, which starts March 10 — should avoid falling into being the No. 8 or No. 9 seed in order to avoid a quarterfinals matchup with No. 3 Duke. Aside from Florida State, which thumped the Hokies by 23, the Blue Devils were Virginia Tech's next-largest loss in league play.

Virginia Tech could draw an easier quarterfinals matchup if it ends up as the No. 10 or No. 11 seed — depending on who ends up in its bracket.

As of this morning, Virginia Tech's potential road to the finals would be as follows, if assuming that the rest of the tournament goes as chalk.

Opening Round: (14) Stanford
Second Round: (6) Clemson
Quarterfinals: (3) Miami
Semifinals: (2) Virginia

As far as the bracket goes, that may be the most desirable path, aside from switching out Stanford for Wake Forest or Pittsburgh.

There are still three games left to play for Virginia Tech:

Feb. 28: at No. 16 North Carolina
March 3: vs. Boston College
March 7: at No. 14 Virginia

Virginia Tech is in an intriguing position where its lone home game offers little in regard to boosting the resume. Meanwhile, the Hokies' two road contests to close out the regular season are both ranked, though they're 5-34 and 15-42 on the road vs. North Carolina and Virginia, respectively.

Virginia Tech is 9-21 and 5-30, respectively, when going up against ranked Tar Heels and Cavaliers squads. The Hokies also have not won at the Dean E. Smith Center (home of North Carolina) since the 2006-07 season.

If the remainder of the ACC slate went to chalk for every team, Virginia Tech would round out its league play slate with an 8-10 ACC record and remain in 11th place. The absolute highest that Virginia Tech could reach in regard to seeding is fifth place, which would be reliant on Miami, North Carolina and Clemson all losing every game to close out the season.

The Hokies are locked into the ACC Tournament; with three games left in the season, they hold a head-to-head tiebreaker over Notre Dame, while Boston College (2-12 in ACC) and Georgia Tech (2-13 in ACC, plus head-to-head loss with VT) cannot supplant the Hokies.

Virginia Tech's next test comes against No. 16 North Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The contest will be streamed on ESPN2.

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