ACC releases 2016-17 schedule for UVA men’s basketball team

The ACC released its master schedule for the 2016-17 season Monday afternoon. The Seminoles’ ACC schedule commences with two games in the month of December as they welcome Wake Forest to Tallahassee (Dec. 28) and travel to play at Virginia (Dec. 31) before the calendar turns to 2017. The Cavaliers, who went 29-8 last season, are scheduled to play 30 games in the regular season.

“Our schedule as planned is one of the toughest any team could encounter”, said UofL Coach Rick Pitino, whose team has played a schedule ranked among the top 16 toughest by the rating percentage index (RPI) in seven of the last nine seasons. “To win this league, you have to be at your best each and every night”.

The full schedule can be viewed here.

The Cardinals face the University of Kentucky at home on December 21 at 7 p.m., then open Atlantic Coast Conference play with a home game against Virginia on December 28, before facing IN in Bankers Life Arena IN Indianapolis on New Year’s Eve at 12:30 p.m. Four days later, they will visit the Louisville Cardinals before coming home to take on the Miami Hurricanes on January 14.

November 2 – Div. 2 Barry (exhibition), 7 p.m.

Florida State will play Duke twice (Jan. 10 and February 28), North Carolina once (Jan. 14), Louisville once (Jan. 21), and Syracuse once (Jan. 28) as it embarks on one of the toughest conference schedules in college basketball.

November 18, Winthrop, ACC Extra, 7:00 p.m.

Tech also starts its season November 11 hosting ME, and will jump right into the fray in ACC competition December 31 with its first conference game at home against Duke.

■ Both Duke / North Carolina games are listed for 8 p.m. starts (opposed to frequent 9 p.m. scheduled tip-offs).

The 2016 ACC Tournament is set for March 7-11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

All of the Panthers’ conference games will be televised, with six of them appearing on ESPN networks.

What is ACC Network Extra?

FSU’s last NCAA appearance came after winning the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2012. More than 600 sporting events will be available to stream through the channel.