The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced the seedings and bracket for the 2022 New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, and the action will be played Tuesday through Saturday (March 8-12) at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Double Byes
After capturing its first outright ACC regular-season championship since the 2005-06 season, Duke (26-5, 16-4 ACC) earned the top seed in the field as well as a double bye into the Thursday quarterfinals. No. 2 Notre Dame (22-9, 15-5), No. 3 North Carolina (23-8, 15-5) and No. 4 Miami (22-9, 14-6) also claimed double byes and will open postseason action on Thursday.
Opening Day
The 69th annual tournament starts Tuesday with a trio of games. And No. 12 seed Pitt (11-20, 6-14) faces No. 13 Boston College (11-19, 6-14) in the opener at 2 p.m. No. 10 Clemson (16-15, 8-12) plays No. 15 NC State (11-20, 4-16) at 4:30 p.m., while No. 11 Louisville (12-18, 6-14) takes on No. 14 Georgia Tech (12-19, 5-15) in the nightcap at 7 p.m.
Wednesday action
No. 8 seed Florida State (17-13, 10-10) plays No. 9 Syracuse (15-16, 9-11) at noon Wednesday to kick off the second round and No. 5 seed Wake Forest (23-8, 13-7) battles the winner of the Pitt-Boston College contest at 2:30 p.m. In the second session, No. 7 Virginia Tech (19-12, 11-9) plays the winner of the Clemson-NC State game at 7 p.m. and No. 6 Virginia (18-12, 12-8) takes on the Louisville-Georgia Tech winner at 9:30 p.m.
The Wednesday winners then will move on to play the tournament’s top four seeds on Thursday in the quarterfinals.
All 14 tournament games will be nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ACC Network. And all games will be available for streaming via ACCNX.
The full 2022 New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket:
Tuesday, March 8
First Round
Boston College 66, Pitt 46
Clemson 70, NC State 64
Louisville 84, Georgia Tech 74
Wednesday, March 9
Second Round
Syracuse 96, Florida State 57
Boston College 82, Wake Forest 77
Virginia Tech 76, Clemson 75
Virginia 51, Louisville 50
Thursday, March 10
Quarterfinals
Duke 88, Syracuse 79
Miami 71, Boston College 69
Virginia Tech 87, Notre Dame 80
North Carolina 63, Virginia 43
Friday, March 11
Semifinals
Duke 80, Miami 76
Virginia Tech 72, North Carolina 59
Saturday, March 12
Championship
8:30 p.m. – No. 1 Duke vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech (ESPN)