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After this afternoon's loss by Clemson to Pitt in overtime, the path for Boston College to an ACC Tournament Championship is becoming clearer. With a win Wednesday over Georgia Tech, the Eagles would play Clemson on Thursday.
Wednesday's entire schedule looks like:
1:00 - #12 Wake Forest vs. #13 Notre Dame
3:30 - #10 Miami vs. #15 Virginia Tech
7:00 - #11 Georgia Tech vs. #14 Boston College
Here are the updated ACC Tournament seeding scenarios.
Virginia (16-1, @ Maryland)
The Cavaliers will be the no. 1 seed.
Syracuse (13-4, @ Florida State)
The Orange will be the no. 2 seed with a win.
The Orange will be the no. 2 seed with a loss AND a Duke win.
The Orange will be the no. 3 seed with a loss AND a Carolina win.
North Carolina (13-4, @ Duke)
The Tar Heels will be the no. 2 seed with a win AND a Syracuse loss.
The Tar Heels will be the no. 3 seed with a win AND a Syracuse win.
The Tar Heels will be the no. 4 seed with a loss.
Duke (12-4, North Carolina)
The Blue Devils will be the no. 3 seed with a win.
The Blue Devils will be the no. 4 seed with a loss.
Pittsburgh (11-7)
The Panthers will be the no. 5 seed.
Clemson (10-8)
The Tigers will be the no. 6 seed.
Florida State (9-8, Syracuse)
The Seminoles will be the no. 7 seed with a win AND a Pittsburgh win.
The Seminoles will be the no. 7 seed with a loss AND a N.C. State loss AND a Maryland loss.
The Seminoles will be the no. 8 seed with a loss AND a N.C. State win OR a Maryland win.
N.C. State (8-9, Boston College)
The Wolfpack will be the no. 7 seed with a win AND a Florida State loss.
The Wolfpack will be the no. 8 seed with a win AND a Florida State win.
The Wolfpack will be the no. 8 seed with a loss AND a Maryland loss.
The Wolfpack will be the no. 9 seed with a loss AND a Maryland win.
Maryland (8-9, Virginia)
The Terrapins will be the no. 7 seed with a win AND a Florida State loss AND a N.C. State loss.
The Terrapins will be the no. 9 seed with any other result.
Miami (7-11)
The Hurricanes will be the no. 10 seed.
Georgia Tech (6-12)
The Yellow Jackets will be the no. 11 seed.
Wake Forest (6-12)
The Demon Deacons will be the no. 12 seed.
Notre Dame (6-12)
The Fighting Irish will be the no. 13 seed.
Boston College (4-13, @ N.C. State)
The Eagles will be the no. 14 seed.
Virginia Tech (2-16)
The Hokies will be the no. 15 seed.
Here's the tournament field if the season ended right now:
#1 Virginia
#8 N.C. State vs. # 9 Maryland
#4 Duke
#5 Pittsburgh vs. #12 Wake Forest / #13 Notre Dame winner
#2 Syracuse
#7 Florida State vs. #10 Miami / #15 Virginia Tech winner
#3 North Carolina
#6 Clemson vs. #11 Georgia Tech / #14 Boston College winner
The Eagle are 0-2 against Georgia Tech this season. BC lost to Georgia Tech on a 3 pointer at the buzzer in the ice delayed game on February 13th. When Georgia Tech came to the Heights they were able to leave with an 8 point victory. BC can certainly beat the Yellow Jackets who are not loaded with talent this year. Also, everyone always says it is tough to beat one team 3 times in one season. Hopefully the Eagles have a good chance to moving on to a game on Thursday against Clemson. The Eagles and the Tigers played once this season back on January 4th. The Eagles lost by 2 at home in the contest but judging the outcome of Thursday's potential matchup based on a game over two months ago would be foolish. The Tigers are not an overly big or athletic team so it should be as good of a potential matchup for the Eagles as any second round game could be.