With the Virginia Cavaliers down 32-19 at the half to Maryland in the final game of the ACC's regular season, it was looking like N.C. State was going to earn the fourth and final first round bye to the 60th ACC Tournament in Greensboro. Then Virginia came all the way back to tie the game in regulation en route to a 61-58 overtime victory to secure the no. 4 seed to this week's ACC Tournament. Terp derp.
With the ACC regular season in the books, the bracket for the 60th ACC Tournament is now set.
The seeds:
1. Miami Hurricanes (15-3)
2. Duke Blue Devils (14-4)
3. North Carolina Tar Heels (12-6)
4. Virginia Cavaliers (11-7)
5. N.C. State Wolfpack (11-7)
6. Florida St. Seminoles (9-9)
7. Maryland Terrapins (8-10)
8. Boston College Eagles (7-11)
9. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (6-12)
10. Wake Forest Demon Deacons (6-12)
11. Clemson Tigers (5-13)
12. Virginia Tech Hokies (4-14)
And the tournament bracket:
Thursday, March 14 - First Round
Game 1: #8 Boston College vs. #9 Georgia Tech, noon ESPNU/ACC Network
Game 2: #5 N.C. State vs. #12 Virginia Tech, 2 p.m. ESPNU/ACC Network
Game 3: #7 Maryland vs. #10 Wake Forest, 7 p.m. ESPNU/ACC Network
Game 4: #6 Florida State vs. #11 Clemson, 9 p.m. ESPNU/ACC Network
Friday, March 15 - Quarterfinals
Game 5: #1 Miami vs. Game 1 winner, noon ESPN2/ACC Network
Game 6: #4 Virginia vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m. ESPN2/ACC Network
Game 7: #2 Duke vs. Game 3 winner, 7 p.m. ESPN2/ACC Network
Game 8: #3 North Carolina vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m. ESPN2/ACC Network
BC's path to the NCAA Tournament goes:
-- Georgia Tech
-- Miami
-- Virginia / N.C. State / Virginia Tech
-- Duke / North Carolina / Florida State / Maryland / Wake Forest / Clemson
Get pumped up with this regular season wrap-up video.