Boston College vs Virginia Tech Prediction 2/18/25 Basketball Picks Today

The Virginia Tech Hokies and the Boston College Eagles meet Tuesday in college basketball action from Conte Forum. Here’s a Boston College vs Virginia Tech prediction. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Boston College vs Virginia Tech pick.

Virginia Tech Hokies Betting Preview

It’s been a choppy run overall in the record books for the Hokies so far, and they’re currently sitting below the .500 mark overall. Virginia Tech opened on a 5-8 run through their first 13 outings, beating only Delaware State, USC Upstate, Winthrop, North Carolina A&T, and Navy among losses to Penn State, Jacksonville, Michigan, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, Pitt, Saint Joseph’s and Duke. A 3-4 run came next with wins over Miami, Cal, and NC State among losses to Stanford, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Clemson. Since then it’s been a 3-2 run over the last five outings with wins over Florida State, Virginia, and Notre Dame. The losses otherwise have come versus SMU and Virginia. That gives Virginia Tech an 11-14 overall run through their first 25 games of the 2024-25 campaign.

In their Saturday matchup with Virginia, the Hokies were down by seven points heading into the second half. Virginia Tech got better from there on a 37-33 run but ended up taking the loss at the end 73-70. Leading the team in the defeat was Tobi Lawal with his 23 points, seven rebounds, and two assists. Ben Hammond added 11 points with three assists in 26 minutes as the only other player on the team to finish in double-figures. Tyler Johnson got close though, putting up nine points with four boards and a pair of steals in the loss.

Boston College Eagles Betting Preview

Over on the Boston College side, they weren’t looking too bad heading into the 2025 calendar year, but since then it’s been a pretty ugly run. The Eagles went 9-5 over their first 14 games, losing to VCU, Dartmouth, South Carolina, Wake Forest and SMU. The wins otherwise were over the Citadel, Temple, Loyola MD, Old Dominion, Missouri State, Boise State, Stonehill, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Miami during that time. Since then Boston College has just one win versus Florida State on February 1. Otherwise, it’s been losses to Georgia Tech, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Duke, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisville, Syracuse, Notre Dame, and NC State. That gives the Eagles a 10-15 overall run through their first 25 outings of the season.

Matched up against NC State on Saturday, the Eagles came out of the locker room facing a 44-29 deficit. Boston College got better from there on a 33-26 run but ended up losing in the end 70-62. Tops in scoring was Donald Hand with 22 points, six rebounds, and three turnovers in 35 minutes of work. Chad Venning added 14 points with eight rebounds and one steal with one block. Chas Kelley put up 10 points, four assists, and two rebounds off the bench as well.

Why the Boston College Eagles will win

• Boston College has won five of its last six games against Virginia Tech.
• Virginia Tech has lost each of its last three games at Silvio O. Conte Forum.
• The home team has won the first half in each of Boston College’s last three games.

Why the Virginia Tech Hokies will win

• Boston College has lost each of its last six night games.
• The road team has won each of Virginia Tech’s last six games.
• Boston College has lost the first half in eight of its last nine games against the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Boston College vs Virginia Tech Prediction

I’ll lean toward Virginia Tech I suppose. The Hokies are coming off a home loss to a middling Virginia team though, despite hitting 46 percent from the field and staying pretty competitive on the boards. Virginia Tech coughed up 10 turnovers for 17 Cavaliers points though, which is what really buried them in the defeat. The good news is that Virginia Tech is still scoring pretty well these days; they’ve got 70 or more points in four of the last five outings—a 3-2 run.

As for Boston College, they never really got going in their latest loss to NC State, notching a rough 35.4 percent shooting and 16 turnovers for 15 Wolfpack points. That makes four straight losses for the Eagles, but they’ve been competitive in a couple of those. Still, I don’t think they’ll power past Virginia Tech.