Providence Friars vs Virginia Tech Hokies Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 11/08/25

The Providence Friars will meet the Virginia Tech Hokies on the hardwood on Saturday afternoon in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. Both teams jumped out to a 1-0 start this season with wins over inferior opponents earlier this week, but Providence had a much more difficult time putting away Holy Cross than Virginia Tech did putting away Charleston Southern. In fact, the Friars really didn’t come close to covering the 24-point spread at home on Monday, as they connected on fewer than 27% of their 3-point attempts while allowing Holy Cross to shoot 50% from inside the arc and connect on 11 perimeter attempts. 

Virginia Tech’s roster is revamped with talent and should be much better than last year’s 13-19 team. The addition of Izaiah Pasha (Delaware) provides the Hokies with a bonafide floor general to facilitate an array of shooters – namely the international freshman phenom Neoklis Avdalas. The highly-regarded international spent 2 seasons competing in Greece’s top-tier HEBA A1 league, represented Greece in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket tournament, and is ranked as 2nd-best incoming international in college basketball. VT coach Mike Young also brought in Amani Hansberry to shore up the interior on both ends of the floor, as well as on the boards. 

I see Kim English’s vision with this roster. Providence wants to be a defensive force and win with physicality. However, outside of newcomers Jason Edwards and Jaylin Sellers, I don’t love Providence offensively at this moment in time. Given how good Virginia Tech’s shooting looks on paper, the Friars are going to have to consistently hit shots in order to have a chance to win this game – which is not something English’s teams have been known for in the past. I like the Hokies here. 

Providence vs Virginia Tech prediction: Virginia Tech Hokies ML (-110) at the time of publishing. Playable to ML -125 or -2 on the spread. 

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