ACC Tournament Bracket Set

With the regular season over, the ACC Tournament field is now set. Virginia, Duke, Clemson and Miami have the double byes. Florida State, Louisville, NC State, Virginia Tech and UNC get the single byes.

That leaves six teams for Monday games. BC and Georgia Tech will play at noon, Notre Dame will beat Pitt at 2:00, and Syracuse and Wake Forest will be in the 7:00 game.

Upsets are always possible, but we’d expect BC, Notre Dame and Syracuse to advance to Wednesday.

Wednesday’s noon game is very intriguing because if Louisville wins, they get another crack at Virginia and don’t you know Louisville would like that. So would the ACC.

We’d expect to see BC play State and the Pack should win that one. Virginia Tech and Notre Dame should be interesting too.

Our projection is that Syracuse will play UNC. After losing to Duke, we’d be surprised if UNC lost to Syracuse. Then again, that’s home turf for the Orange.

That takes us into Thursday which is far enough for now.

Here’s a printable copy of the bracket.

Tuesday, March 6

First round

• Noon – No. 12 Boston College vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech (ESPN2/ACC Network)
• 2 p.m. – No. 10 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Pitt (ESPN2/ACC Network)
• 7 p.m. – No. 11 Syracuse vs. No. 14 Wake Forest (ESPNU/ACC Network)

Wednesday, March 7Second round

• Noon – No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 9 Louisville (ESPN/ACC Network)
• 2 p.m. – No. 5 NC State vs. Tuesday noon winner (ESPN/ACC Network)
• 7 p.m. – No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. Tuesday 2 p.m. winner (ESPN2/ACC Network)
• 9 p.m. – No. 6 North Carolina vs. Tuesday 7 p.m. winner (ESPN2/ACC Network)

Thursday, March 8Quarterfinals

• Noon – No. 1 Virginia vs. Wednesday noon winner (ESPN/ACC Network)
• 2 p.m. – No. 4 Clemson vs. Wednesday
• 2 p.m. winner (ESPN/ACC Network)
• 7 p.m. – No. 2 Duke vs. Wednesday 7 p.m. winner (ESPN/ACC Network)
• 9 p.m. – No. 3 Miami vs. Wednesday 9 p.m. winner (ESPN/ACC Network)

Friday, March 9

Semifinals

• 7 p.m. – Thursday afternoon winners (ESPN or ESPN2/ACC Network)
• 9 p.m. – Thursday evening winners (ESPN or ESPN2/ACC Network)

Saturday, March 10Championship

• 8:30 p.m. – Friday evening winners (ESPN/ACC Network)