The Atlantic Coast Conference has laid out Virginia’s 2026-27 men’s basketball league slate, and the Cavaliers now know the shape of an 18-game grind that includes nine home dates at John Paul Jones Arena.
The ACC released the conference schedule on Wednesday, Sept. 9, with Virginia set for home-and-away matchups against Duke and Virginia Tech. The other 14 league games are split evenly between seven opponents the Cavaliers will host once and seven they will visit once. Virginia will not face Wake Forest in the regular season.
The conference portion of the schedule will be filled out later with finalized dates, tipoff times and TV information. The top 15 teams in the final ACC standings will move on to the 2027 T. Rowe Price ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, scheduled for March 9-13 at First Horizon Center in Greensboro, N.C.
Virginia’s home ACC list features SMU on Jan. 2, Boston College on Jan.
13, Georgia Tech on Jan. 27, Virginia Tech on Jan.
30, Duke on Feb. 6, Notre Dame on Feb.
13, Louisville on Feb. 15, Florida State on Feb. 27 and NC State on March 6.
On the road, the Cavaliers will travel to Clemson on Dec. 29, Stanford on Jan.
6, California on Jan. 9, Miami on Jan.
16, North Carolina on Jan. 19, Syracuse on Feb.
3, Pittsburgh on Feb. 9, Virginia Tech on Feb. 23 and Duke on March 1.
Along with the schedule release, Virginia also outlined ticket information for the 2026-27 season. A limited number of season tickets remain available, while single-game, group and mini-plan options will be announced later this fall at uvatix.com. Fans can also contact the ticket sales team at (434) 924-8821 for additional seating opportunities.
Season ticket members will receive their allotted seats for the Virginia-Richmond exhibition at no extra cost, and courtside season ticket members will receive their seats through the same process. JPJ suite holders will get separate communication from the Virginia Athletics Foundation about suite reservations.
For fans headed to games, free parking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in the JPJ garage, JPJ South, East and West lots, and The Park. Gates open at 6 p.m., and because premium seating is expected to draw heavy demand, fans are encouraged to arrive early and use The Park, where a free shuttle will run before and after the game starting at 6 p.m.
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