ACC basketball tournament seeds set
Louisville’s 59-57 win over Virginia on Saturday night set the 14-team field for the ACC tournament.
Virginia (No. 1), Duke (2), Notre Dame (3) and Louisville (4) will each receive a double-bye as the top four seeds. The tournament will start on Tuesday but those four teams won’t have to play until Thursday.
Louisville’s win dropped North Carolina to the No. 5 seed before the UNC-Duke game tipped on Saturday night. N.C. State is the No. 7 seed. Both the Wolfpack and Tar Heels will play in Wednesday’s second round at the Greensboro Coliseum.
Louisville, 12-6 in the ACC, has the potential tiebreaker over UNC based on its “best” win, which was Saturday against the Cavaliers. Louisville and UNC split their season series.
N.C. State finished the ACC schedule at 10-8 with a 71-57 win over Syracuse on Saturday, same as Miami, but the Hurricanes’ 65-60 win over the Wolfpack on Jan. 22 serves as the tiebreaker between the two teams.
Syracuse’s season ended Saturday. The Orange will sit out the postseason as part of its punishment for an assortment of NCAA violations between 2001 and 2013.
For the first time, the tournament will begin on a Tuesday, with a pair of games. The championship game has been moved up a day to Saturday and will be played in primetime (8:30 p.m.).
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ACC tournament schedule
At Greensboro Coliseum
Tuesday’s games
No. 12 Boston College vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech, 1 p.m.
No. 11 Wake Forest vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
No. 8 Clemson vs. No. 9 Florida State, noon
No. 5 UNC vs. BC-GT winner, 2:30 p.m.
No. 7 N.C. State vs. No. 10 Pitt, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Miami. vs. Wake-VT winner, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday’s games
No. 1 Virginia vs. Clem-FSU winner, noon
No. 4 Louisville vs. UNC/BC-GT winner, 2:30 p.m.
No. 2 Duke vs. N.C. State-Pitt winner, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. Miami/Wake-VT winner, 9:30 p.m.
Friday’s games
Semifinals, 7 p.m.
Semifinals, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Championship, 8:30 p.m.
This story was originally published March 8, 2015 at 12:42 AM with the headline "ACC basketball tournament seeds set."