Here’s the ACC men’s basketball tournament bracket, scores, full schedule and TV info
The ACC tournament’s returned to the Greensboro Coliseum with a trio of firsts.
For the first time:
▪ Florida State is the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament.
▪ Either Duke or North Carolina is not one of the top three seeds in the ACC tournament.
▪ UNC is the last-place seed. The No. 14 Tar Heels were eliminated from the tournament by No. 6 Syracuse on Wednesday.
The Seminoles (26-5, 16-4 ACC) won the regular-season for the first time since they joined the conference in 1992.
Virginia (23-7, 15-5), who has won eight straight games, is the No. 2 seed followed by Louisville (24-7, 15-5) at No. 3.
Duke (25-6, 15-5) is the No. 4 seed and will get a double-bye into Thursday’s quarterfinals. Duke finished with the same ACC record as Louisville and Virginia but went 0-2 against them to lose the tiebreaker.
It is the first time since the tournament started in 1954 that Duke, UNC, N.C. State or Wake Forest is not one of the top three seeds in the tournament.
The Wolfpack (19-12, 10-10) secured the No. 5 seed when Syracuse lost at Miami on Saturday. N.C. State, who beat Pittsburgh 73-58 on Wednesday, had the same ACC record as Notre Dame and Syracuse but went 2-0 against the Irish and Orange.
UNC finished in a three-way tie with Wake Forest and Pittsburgh but had a 1-3 record against the group. The No. 12 Demon Deacons (13-18, 6-15) lost 81-72 to No. 13 Pitt (16-16, 7-14) Tuesday afternoon.
Georgia Tech received a postseason ban from the NCAA in November for recruiting violations and its appeal was denied earlier this month. The Yellow Jackets’ absence leaves 14 teams in Greensboro. It is the third time in six years that a conference team has been ineligible for the tournament.
No. 8 Clemson beat No. 9 Miami 69-64 in the Wednesday noon game. The Tigers advance to face the Seminoles in the noon game Thursday.
The tournament has been held more times in Greensboro (this is the 27th time) than anywhere else but hasn’t been there since 2015.
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ACC tournament schedule
First round — Tuesday, March 10
Game 1: No. 13 Pittsburgh 81, No. 12 Wake Forest 72
Game 2: No. 14 UNC 78, No. 11 Virginia Tech 54
Second round — Wednesday, March 11
Game 3: No. 8 Clemson 69, No. 9 Miami 64
Game 4: No. 5 N.C. State 73, No. 13 Pittsburgh 58
Game 5: No. 7 Notre Dame 80, No. 10 Boston College 58
Game 6: No. 6 Syracuse 81, No. 14 UNC 53
Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 12
Game 7: No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 1 Florida State (26-5, 16-4), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 8: No. 5 N.C. State vs. No. 4 Duke (25-6, 15-5), 3 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 9: No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Virginia (23-7, 15-5), 7 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 10: No. 6 Syracuse vs. No. 3 Louisville (24-7, 15-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Semifinals — Friday, March 13
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 9 p.m. (ESPN or ESPN2)
Championship — Saturday, March 14
Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
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This story was originally published March 7, 2020 at 8:06 PM with the headline "Here’s the ACC men’s basketball tournament bracket, scores, full schedule and TV info."