ACC men’s basketball tournament bracket is set. When is your favorite team playing?
In one of the more parity-driven seasons in recent ACC men’s basketball history, several teams had to wait until the final day of the regular season to find out when they’d next play, and against whom.
After the dust settled Saturday, things are all set for the tournament to start in earnest on Tuesday — though it took all day to sort out.
The early games Saturday set the bottom of the ACC tournament bracket, and cleared up Tuesday’s schedule, which won’t feature any North Carolina-based teams.
By virtue of its win over Wake Forest early Saturday evening, Syracuse earned the right to be the “home team” as the No. 8 seed when the teams meet again Wednesday. Wake Forest slots in at No. 9.
The top of the bracket is where the jumble was at its greatest. N.C. State, which hasn’t played since Tuesday, was at the mercy of Saturday’s Duke-North Carolina matchup. By virtue of North Carolina’s loss, N.C. State slotted in at No. 6, while UNC fell to the No. 7 spot.
Duke’s win, coupled with Clemson’s resounding win over Notre Dame, finalized the rest of the schedule.
Virginia secured the No. 2 seed with a 75-60 win over Louisville earlier in the afternoon, and Miami secured the top seed with a win over Pittsburgh in a game that started about a half hour before the tussle in Chapel Hill.
Losing moved Pitt all the way back to No. 5, just missing the coveted double-bye to Thursday’s quarterfinals as a top-4 seed. Duke won its way into that No. 5 spot, with Clemson earning the No. 3 seed with it’s late-night win Saturday.
ACC tournament schedule
Tuesday’s games
No. 12 Florida State vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech, 2 p.m.
No. 10 Boston College vs. No. 15 Louisville, 4:30 p.m.
No. 11 Virginia Tech vs. No. 14 Notre Dame, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
No. 9 Wake Forest 77, No. 8 Syracuse 74
No. 5 Pittsburgh 89, No. 13 Georgia Tech 81
No. 7 UNC 85, No. 10 Boston College 61
No. 6 NC State 97, No. 11 Virginia Tech 77
Thursday’s games
No. 1 Miami 74, No. 9 Wake Forest 72
No. 4 Duke 96, No. 5 Pittsburgh 69
No. 2 Virginia 68, No. 7 UNC 59
No. 3 Clemson 80, No. 6 NC State 54
Friday’s games
Semifinal: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 4 Duke, 7 p.m.
Semifinal: No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 3 Clemson, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Championship, 8:30 p.m.
This story was originally published March 4, 2023 at 8:54 PM with the headline "ACC men’s basketball tournament bracket is set. When is your favorite team playing?."