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The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced the seedings and bracket for the 65th annual New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be played Tuesday through Saturday at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Regular-season champion Virginia (28-2 overall, 17-1 ACC) will be the top-seeded team for the third time in five years and the fourth time overall. The Cavaliers will receive a double-bye into Thursday’s quarterfinal round, along with No. 2 seed Duke (25-6, 13-5), No. 3 Miami (22-8, 11-7) and No. 4 Clemson (22-8, 11-7).
The tournament opens Tuesday with three first-round games. No. 12 Boston College (17-14, 7-11) faces No. 13 Georgia Tech (13-18, 6-12) at noon, followed by No. 10 Notre Dame (18-13, 8-10) versus No. 15 Pitt (8-23, 0-18) at 2 p.m. No. 11 seed Syracuse (19-12, 8-10) faces No. 14 Wake Forest (11-19, 4-14) at 7 p.m.
Fifth-seeded NC State (21-10, 11-7), No. 6 North Carolina (22-9, 11-7), No. 7 Virginia Tech (21-10, 10-8), No. 8 Florida State (20-10, 9-9) and No. 9 Louisville (19-12, 9-9) will see their first tournament action on Wednesday. Florida State and Louisville will square off at noon, while NC State, North Carolina and Virginia Tech will meet the winners of Tuesday’s three first-round games.
Wednesday’s winners will advance to face the tournament’s four top seeded teams in Thursday’s quarterfinal round.
The 2018 New York Life ACC Tournament will culminate with a pair of semifinal games on Friday night and the championship game on Saturday evening. This year’s championship game is set for a primetime 8:30 p.m. start.
Duke will enter this year’s tournament as the defending champion. The Blue Devils made history last year at Barclays by becoming the first No. 5 seed to claim the title and the first team to do so by winning four games.
All 14 tournament games will be nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2 or ESPNU and the ACC Network (ACCN). In addition, all games also will be available via ACC Network Extra.
The full schedule for the 2018 New York Life ACC Tournament:
Tuesday, March 6
First round
Boston College 87, Georgia Tech 77
Notre Dame 67, Pitt 64
Syracuse 73, Wake Forest 64
Wednesday, March 7
Second round
Louisville 82, Florida State 74
Boston College 91, NC State 87
Notre Dame 71, Virginia Tech 65
North Carolina 78, Syracuse 59
Thursday, March 8
Quarterfinals
Virginia 75, Louisville 58
Clemson 90, Boston College 82
Duke 88, Notre Dame 70
North Carolina 82, Miami 65
Friday, March 9
Semifinals
Virginia 64, Clemson 58
North Carolina 74, Duke 69
Saturday, March 10
Championship
8:30 p.m. – No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 6 North Carolina (ESPN/ACC Network)
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