ACC Offseason Breakdown offers tough look for Virginia Tech men's basketball

The Virginia Tech men's basketball team lost some key pieces from last season's team both in terms of graduation and the transfer portal. Head coach Mime Young has had to redo his roster and dive deep into the transfer portal himself to build a 2024-25 roster.

The veteran coach did that by bringing some players who have plenty of experience, but getting them on the same page at the beginning of the season is going to be easier said than done. As we enter mid-August, Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports released his ACC Offseason Breakdown which included his Preseason Power Rankings and it is not a promising outlook for Young and his team.

Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports paints a grim outlook for Virginia Tech men in 2024-25

Rothstein released a number of different topics in his conference breakdown including power rankings where he had Virginia Tech at No. 16 out of 18 teams. That's right, 18 teams as California, SMU, and Stanford are joining the ACC this season and the only schools he ranked below the Hokies were Boston College and California. He projects Tech's starting five to be Hysier Miller, Jaydon Young, Jaden Schutt, Ben Burnham, and Mylyjael Poteat with Young and Poteat being the only two players who were in the program last season.

Listed in his 15 impact transfers is former Hokies center Lynn Kidd who entered the transfer portal right after the NIT loss to Ohio State and ended up in South Florida with Miami. Miller was one of the 15 under-the-radar transfers while his preseason ACC sleeper was Georgia Tech.

Rothstein has Virginia Tech in the same area that Issac Trotter of 247Sports had them back in May in his way-too-early power rankings at No. 14. There is no doubt that Virginia Tech has a ton of questions entering the season and they have a lot that needs to be answered before the season begins. All-in-all, this is not a great outlook for the Hokies and one that shouldn't come as a surprise after the changes they went through.