WVU Basketball
WVU Basketball Schedules Series Against Virginia Tech
To officially announce news obtained by West Virginia Sports Now last month, WVU basketball has agreed to a three-game men’s basketball series with Virginia Tech.
This new series with a regional rival will get underway in the middle of the upcoming 2026-27 season on Dec. 5, 2026, at Hope Coliseum.
In 2027-28, the two teams will meet at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia, and the third game of the series will be played during the 2028-29 season at the Charleston Coliseum in Charleston, West Virginia. A date for the game at Virginia Tech and in Charleston will be mutually agreed upon prior to each season.
West Virginia and Virginia Tech last met on Dec. 30, 2015, in Blacksburg with WVU coming away with an 88-63 victory. The two schools last met in Morgantown on Dec. 30, 2014, with WVU winning, 82-51.
The game in December will be the 80th meeting between the two schools. WVU leads the all-time series, 49-30, that began in 1921. The Mountaineers have won nine of the last 13 meetings in the series.
West Virginia has also finalized games against Mercyhurst on Tuesday, Dec. 1, and against Coppin State on Sunday, Dec. 13. Both of those games will be played at Hope Coliseum.
Most of this story originated as a WVU press release.
Find more coverage of WVU basketball at WV Sports Now.
jackson five
June 25, 2026 at 2:14 pm
that’ wasn’t a good idea, i’m afraid,, they just got a gife of 75 million dollars,, and we got nothing but a game thatwill have much much better playr and we’ll be embarrassed cause we are a poor universtiy, compaired to tech and bunches of acc schools and all of the sec an big ten schools.
we will be cutting sports soon ,an becuase of title nine, all the mens sports that operate in thee red will be history,,