NC State, Virginia Are Matching Up Once During 2025-2026 Regular Season As They're Matching Up Tuesday Night In Charlottesville
Atlantic Coast Conference opponents, teams match up either once or twice during 2025-2026 regular season!
NC State, Virginia are matching up once during 2025-2026 regular season as they’re matching up Tuesday night in Charlottesville.
Where?
On the hardwood!
NC State comes into the only regular season match up with Virginia with record of 19-8 overall while they’re 10-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference are fourth in Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they won their previous Atlantic Coast Conference game on Tuesday February 17, 2026 by beating tobacco road rival North Carolina 82-58 who was playing without Caleb Wilson as well as Henri Veesaar as Caleb Wilson has a broken hand while Henri Veessar who was no longer sick had a lower body injury. Henri Veesaar has since returned while Caleb Wilson remains sidelined. You don’t realize how important players are to their team success until they’re sidelined with an injury.
That showed when NC State made quick work of North Carolina who was playing without leading scorers Henri Veesaar, Caleb Wilson in 82-58 win.
As NC State made quick work of North Carolina on Tuesday February 17, 2026 NC State had five players score in double figures.
Those players were Darrion Williams who is a forward who is a senior who took a hard hit on the court on his head got bloodied a couple minutes into the game had a receive stitches as well as change his jersey because his original jersey had blood on from crashing on court, hardwood a couple minutes into the game who was 6-10 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists , 13 points Ven-Allen who is a forward who is a senior who is a transfer from North Carolina who was opposing his former team was 5-6 on field goals , 2-4 on free throws to go along with 6 rebounds, 2 assists , 12 points . Paul McNeil Jr. who is a guard who is a sophomore was 4-6 on field goals , 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds, 10 points . Quadir Copeland who who is a senior who is a guard was 7-16 on field goals , 6-8 on free throws to go along 6 rebounds, 7 assists , 20 points . Matt Able who is a freshman who is a guard was 6-10 on field goals , 5-7 on 3 pointers 2-2 on free throws to go along 6 rebounds, 19 points.
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Following NC State making quick work of North Carolina handing North Carolina 82-58 loss who was without Caleb Wilson, Henri Veesaar North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis shared his thoughts by saying I just felt like our competitive fight wasn’t there, especially from a defensive standpoint. They didn’t feel us defensively,”
They didn’t feel our presence at all. … That is our heartbeat, our lifeline. I tell the team this all the time. There’s no other way. There’s no other road. There’s no other route. It starts with us, with defense and rebounding. That’s what leads us to really good offense, and we weren’t tough enough.”
They’re really good defensively,”They do a really good job of getting steals and deflections, disrupting you on the defensive end, not allowing you to, from an offensive standpoint, consistently stay in rhythm.”
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North Carolina Head Coach Hubert Davis wasn’t the only Head Coach to share his thoughts as NC State Head Coach Will Wade did as well by saying “I thought we played with more of an edge today. Thought our guys were locked in and ready to go,”
felt that the last couple days, we had a couple good days of prep. Guys got off the mat. You always gotta do your best work in tough circumstances. Our guys certainly did that and played with more bite to us today.”
According to Jadyn Watson Fisher , Shelby Swanson News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/article314704162.html
Virginia comes into the only regular season match up with NC State ranked fourteenth in week 16 AP Top 25 Poll comes into the only regular season match up with NC State with record of 24-3 overall while they’re 12-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference second in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve won eight Atlantic Coast Conference games in a row. Virginia’s most recent Atlantic Coast Conference win?
An 86-83 win over Miami in Charlottesville on Saturday February 21, 2026 where they had six players in double figures! Those players were Thijus De Ridder who is a freshman who is a forward was 6-14 on field goals , 1-4 on 3 pointers , 1-3 on free throws to go along with 2 rebounds, 3 assists , 14 points. Johann Grunloh who is a freshman who is a center who was 4-5 on field goals , 2-2 on 3 pointers, free throws to go along with 4 rebounds, 12 points . Sam Lewis who is a junior who is a guard was 6-8 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along with 2 rebounds , 15 points. Malik Thomas who is a senior who is a guard was 2-5 on field goals, 3 pointers , 4-4 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 10 points . Chance Mallory who is a freshman who is a guard was 2-3 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers , 7-7 on free throws to go along with 6 rebounds, 6 assists , 12 points. Jacari White who is a senior who is a guard was 6-9 on field goals , 5-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 5 assists , 17 points.
Following Virginia’s 86-83 win over Miami Virginia Head Coach Ryan Odom shared his thoughts by saying “The key for us was, in the second half, digging in more,”They are a very well-coached team. They are an attacking and downhill team. They offensive-rebound like we do, and they get to the free-throw line. And it was just a matter of whether we were going to be able to stand up to that in the second half.”
Following Virginia’s 86-83 win over Miami Jacari White who is a senior who is a guard was 6-9 on field goals , 5-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 5 assists , 17 points shared his thoughts by saying We’ve been in situations like that before,”“There’s no 11-point play to bring us back. It's just chipping away, getting stops on the defensive end, and executing on the offensive end, and staying together as a team.”
According to Jeff White article https://virginiasports.com/news/2026/02/21/no-14-hoos-cap-special-day-at-jpj-with-thrilling-win
Tip-off is set for 7:00pm from John Paul Jones Arena!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Wes Durham, Dennis Scott commentating!
Wes Durham is a play-by-play commentator for ESPN and ACC Network, ESPN’s network devoted to Atlantic Coast Conference sports. Durham, a highly respected and accomplished broadcaster who has been around college sports and the ACC his entire life, calls college football and basketball games on ESPN platforms in addition to contributing to ACCN studio shows.
One of the original hires when ACC Network launched in 2019, Durham previously co-hosted the Packer and Durham morning show alongside Mark Packer – a program they started in 2018 as ACC This Morning on SiriusXM ACC Radio. After three years on ACCN, Durham shifted to a play-by-play-centric role for the network.
In 2023, Durham was named the play-by-play voice for ACC Primetime Football, where he calls weekly high-profile ACC games with Tom Luginbill and Dana Boyle. During the men’s college basketball season, Durham is also one of the network’s lead game-callers.
Durham’s name has been synonymous with the ACC for years. He was the radio voice for Georgia Tech from 1995-2013 before joining Fox Sports South/Raycom Sports to handle play-by-play duties for ACC football, basketball and baseball games. Durham’s family also has a special history in the conference. His father, Woody, was the legendary “Voice of the Tar Heels” for 40 years.
Since 2020, Durham has contributed to ESPN’s coverage of the PGA Championship as a play-by-play commentator on Featured Group streams on ESPN+
In addition to working in the ACC, Durham had stints early in his career as the radio announcer of athletic teams at Marshall, Radford and Vanderbilt.
Beyond his ESPN roles, Durham has been the radio play-by-play voice for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons since 2004.
A native of Cary, N.C., Durham graduated from Elon University with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications.
Durham learned about broadcasting while working at Elon’s WSOE student radio, where he called 150 football and basketball games in four years as an undergraduate.
Durham was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2015, while Elon’s School of Communications honored him as its Distinguished Alumnus in April 2013. An 11-time winner of the Georgia Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sports Media Association (NSMA), Durham is a longtime member of the NSMA board and in 2022 he became president of the board.
Dennis Scott serves as a college basketball analyst for ESPN and ACC Network, bringing his sharp insights and trademark energy to both live game telecasts and studio programming.
Scott contributes across ESPN and ACC Network’s extensive college basketball coverage, including men’s regular season games, ACCN and ESPN studio coverage and more.
Before joining ESPN and ACC Network, Scott built a respected broadcasting career with Turner Sports and NBA TV, where he appeared on NBA GameTime and other studio programs.
A standout at Georgia Tech under coach Bobby Cremins, Scott was a three-time All-ACC selection and the 1990 ACC Player of the Year. He led the Yellow Jackets to the 1990 NCAA Final Four as part of the legendary “Lethal Weapon 3” trio alongside Kenny Anderson and Brian Oliver, before being selected No. 4 overall by the Orlando Magic in the 1990 NBA Draft.
Over a 10-year NBA career (1990–2000), Scott became one of the league’s most prolific three-point shooters, setting a then-NBA record with 267 three-pointers made during the 1995–96 season and helping lead the Magic to the 1995 NBA Finals.
Off the air, Scott remains active in grassroots basketball, youth mentorship, and player development programs nationwide. A native of Hagerstown, Maryland, he continues to reside in the Atlanta area. Known affectionately as “3D,” Scott brings the same enthusiasm and authenticity that defined his playing days to every broadcast he calls.
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