Everything you need to know about ESPN College GameDay at Virginia Tech

The event will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 25

FILE - Virginia Tech's Elizabeth Kitley (33) celebrates after a second-round college basketball game against South Dakota State in the women's NCAA Tournament, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Blacksburg, Va. Kitley was named to the preseason AP All-America womens NCAA college basketball team, revealed Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Gentry, File) (Matt Gentry, Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Excitement is in the air for all of Hokie Nation as they prep for ESPN College GameDay.

The highly-anticipated event will be held at Cassell Coliseum on Sunday, with the No. 12 Virginia Tech women’s basketball team slated to take on North Carolina.

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Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. to students on the Washington Street side of Cassell and at 9:45 a.m. to the general public at the Beamer Way side of Cassell. The one-hour show will kick off on Carilion Clinic Court at 11 a.m. The first 100 students to arrive will get a free T-shirt.

As for parking, if you don’t have a parking pass for the game against UNC at 2 p.m., you can park in the Chicken Hill lot (Lot 5). If you have a women’s basketball parking pass, you can park in your assigned lot.

After the show, fans will need to exit the building and then come back in for the game when gates open at 1.

According to Hokie Sports, this is the first time the show will take place ahead of a Hokie women’s game, and Virginia Tech will be the first-ever ACC school to host College GameDay on the women’s side, and just the second time ever in Cassell Coliseum.

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