Boston College men’s basketball now knows the path through its 2026-27 ACC slate, and the schedule opens with a bang.
The Eagles begin conference play on Jan. 2 at home against North Carolina, then turn around and host Clemson on Jan. 5. Times for the games have not yet been announced, but the dates are set, and the early stretch immediately puts two heavy hitters in Conte Forum.
BC’s first ACC road test comes Jan. 9 at Virginia Tech in what will be the first league road game of Luke Murray’s tenure. That trip continues Jan. 13 at Virginia, giving the Eagles a little breathing room before they head back down to the state “for Lovers.”
From there, the schedule settles into a demanding rhythm. Duke visits Conte Forum on Jan. 16, and the next five games alternate between home and away: Syracuse on Jan.
19, Pittsburgh on Jan. 23, Louisville on Jan.
27, Wake Forest on Feb. 2 and Notre Dame on Feb. 6.
After the “Holy War” matchup with the Fighting Irish, BC returns home for Georgia Tech on Feb. 9.
The Eagles then go back on the road at NC State before finishing with two straight home games, against SMU on Feb. 16 and Virginia Tech on Feb. 20.
The final stretch tilts heavily toward road trips. Three of the last four games are away from Chestnut Hill, with visits to California on Feb.
24, Stanford on Feb. 27 and Notre Dame on March 6. The lone home game in that closing run is a March 3 matchup with FSU, which wraps up the conference schedule at home.
The full ACC slate comes at a pivotal moment for the program. Boston College has gone 8-30 in league play over the past two seasons under former head coach Earl Grant and missed the ACC Tournament both times. Murray, hired in late March after serving as a former UConn assistant coach, has already overhauled nearly everything around the program, replacing the coaching, front office and player development staff while bringing in 11 transfer portal additions.
He’s also started to build for the future. This past weekend, BC earned a commitment from 2027 combo guard Tre Kieth, a four-star prospect from Tri-Cities High School and the highest-rated recruit to commit to the program in the modern recruiting-database era. That commitment has already changed the conversation around Boston College’s national recruiting reach.
And Murray may not be done. It would not be surprising to see him land at least a couple more top-tier pieces for his first recruiting class in the months ahead.
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