Round 2: Wednesday, March 10 (4 games)
Quarterfinals: Thursday, March 11 (4 games)
Semifinals: Friday, March 12
IT’S TOURNEY TIME.
Consisting of all 15 ACC teams, the conference tournament has five rounds, giving six teams first-round byes while the top four seeds receive double-byes while they await their quarterfinal matchups.
This means longshots who play in the first round have to win five games to take home the title, while the top four seeds only need to win three.
ACC Tournament Betting Picks
As you likely already noticed, ACC Tournament betting odds at online sportsbooks don’t exactly correlate with the seeding for the tournament, which is why it’s important to consider seeding when making your ACC Tournament picks.
Mar 6, 2021
The college basketball postseason is right around the corner, with major conference tournaments starting Tuesday. On Saturday, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced the schedule and seeding for this year s ACC tournament from March 9–13.
No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Florida State, No. 3 Virginia Tech and No. 4 Georgia Tech earned double-byes while No. 5 Clemson, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Syracuse and No. 9 NC State got a single bye into the second round. No. 10 Duke, after a 9–9 conference finish, finds itself in the unfamiliar position of needing to play in Tuesday s first round, against No. 15 Boston College.
The tournament will be at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C., where face coverings will be mandatory for everyone over the age of five.
Bracket set for 2021 ACC Tournament: UVA, FSU, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech get double byes
Published Saturday, Mar. 6, 2021, 9:12 pm
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Virginia, a 68-58 winner at Louisville on Saturday, is the top seed in the 68th annual New York Life ACC Tournament, which will be played next week at Greensboro Coliseum.
The regular-season title is the fifth in eight years for the Cavaliers (17-6, 13-4 ACC). No. 2 Florida State (15-5, 11-4), No. 3 Virginia Tech (15-5, 9-4) and No. 4 Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6) also earned double byes and will start tournament play on Thursday.
Greensboro, N.C. – Riding a six-game winning streak to close out the regular season, Georgia Tech has earned the No. 4 seed for the 68th annual New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum, receiving a double-bye to the quarterfinal round. The Yellow Jackets, 15-8 overall with an 11-6 ACC mark, will play their first game at 2:30 p.m. Thursday against either Clemson, Miami or Pittsburgh.
The Tigers (16-6, 10-6) open tournament play Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. against the winner of the opening-round game against the winner of the opening-round game between No. 12-seed Pitt (10-11, 6-10) and No. 13 seed Miami (8-16, 4-15), which occurs at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The survivor will advance to face the Yellow Jackets Thursday. It is the first time since the ACC expanded to 15 teams that Georgia Tech has received a bye to the quarterfinals, and the Jackets’ fourth-place finish is the team’s best since it tied for third in 2004.