The 2018–19 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by fifth-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the 2018–19 season 26–9, 12–6 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. They defeated Miami (FL) in the second round of the ACC tournament before losing to Florida State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Saint Louis and Liberty to advance to the sweet sixteen for the first time since 1965 where they lost to ACC member Duke.

On April 3, Williams left Virginia Tech to take the Texas A&M head coaching job. The Hokies hired Wofford head coach Mike Young as his replacement on April 7.

Previous season The Hokies finished the 2017–18 season 21–12, 10–8 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the second round of the ACC tournament to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Alabama.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Tyrie Jackson 1 G 6'1" 205 Sophomore Tifton, GA Transferred to NW Florida State College Khadim Sy 2 F/C 6'10" 240 Sophomore Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Daytona State College Justin Bibbs 10 G 6'5" 220 Senior Dayton, OH Graduated Devin Wilson 11 G 6'4" 195 RS Senior McKees Rocks, PA Graduated Nick Fullard 21 F 6'10" 235 Senior La Plata, MD Graduated Justin Ammerman 22 G 6'3" 185 Junior West Chester, PA Left team

2018 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| ACC regular season

!colspan=12 style=| ACC Tournament

!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament

Source

Player statistics

+No.PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG1Isaiah Wilkins1414.447.246.473.72.20.90.40.15.53Wabissa Bede1519.744.743.30.02.12.10.80.03.74Nickeil Alexander-Walker1432.554.642.479.14.13.62.20.617.85Justin Robinson1532.444.736.780.03.85.81.70.113.110Jonathan Kabongo85.933.325.033.30.50.40.10.01.811Brendan Palmer30.7N/AN/AN/A0.00.00.00.00.013Ahmed Hill1533.146.344.893.33.51.70.90.112.714P.J. Horne1516.965.40.080.03.30.60.30.55.124Kerry Blackshear Jr.1525.754.234.866.26.21.70.50.914.142Ty Outlaw1525.146.749.333.35.11.10.40.57.9

Rankings

^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll.

References