Now that the calendar has flipped to March, the madness is beginning. This week the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament will be in Greensboro and next week, the men will be gathering in Charlotte for their tournament.
This season with the addition of Stanford, California, and SMU, the bottom three teams in the conference will miss the tournament and have their season end on Saturday. Right now, Miami and Boston College are eliminated, while last March’s champion, North Carolina State, needs some wins this week and help to get in.
Virginia Tech has made the field and will be at the Spectrum Center beginning a week from Tuesday with the first round games, but as is the case with everyone else, their last two games will determine their seeding against North Carolina and Clemson.
This season the ACC is top-heavy with Duke, Clemson, and Louisville the three clear favorites who have taken care of business on almost a nightly basis. Teams like SMU, Wake Forest and UNC are teams that have work to do in the tournament and will likely need more than a win next week to get into the 68-team NCAA Tournament field.
We still have a week’s worth of matchups before getting the official bracket as teams jockey for getting a bye or lock up the final double-bye. Here is the information needed for the ACC Tournament next week.
ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament Dates, Location, Times & More
As mentioned above, this year’s tournament will be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, the home of the NBA's Hornets.
Tuesday, March 11
First Round
Game 1: No. 13 seed vs. No. 12 seed, 2 p.m.
Game 2: No. 15 seed vs. No. 10 seed, 4:30 p.m.
Game 3: No. 14 seed vs. No. 11 seed, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12
Second Round
Game 4: No. 9 seed vs. No. 8 seed, Noon
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. No. 5 seed, 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. No. 7 seed, 7 p.m.
Game 7: Game 3 winner vs. No. 6 seed, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 13
Quarterfinals
Game 8: Game 4 winner vs. No. 1 seed, Noon
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. No. 4 seed, 2:30 p.m.
Game 10: Game 6 winner vs. No. 2 seed, 7 p.m.
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. No. 3 seed, 9:30 p.m.
Friday, March 14
Semifinals
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 7 p.m.
Game 13: Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 15
Championship
Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 8:30 p.m.
The first day of the tournament will be broadcast on the ACC Network with the rest of the games TBA in terms of which channel will broadcast each game.