Pairings Announced for the 58th Annual ACC Tournament

March 6, 2011

GREENSBORO, N.C. – North Carolina is the No. 1 seed in the upcoming 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament, which gets underway Thursday, March 10, at the Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum. The 13th-ranked Tar Heels clinched their 18th outright ACC regular-season title, and 28th overall, with Saturday’s 81-67 win over fourth-ranked Duke.

In addition to top-seeded North Carolina, Duke (No. 2), Florida State (No. 3) and Clemson (No. 4) all earned first-round byes from Thursday’s opening-round session.

The 2011 ACC Tournament is set to tip off at noon ET on Thursday, March 10, and will conclude with a 1 p.m. championship contest on Sunday, March 13.

Clemson will take on the winner of the Boston College/Wake Forest first round game. The contest will take place on Friday, March 11 at 2:00 PM and it will be televised by both the ACC Network and ESPN2.

2011 ACC Tournament Schedule

First Round – Thursday, March 10 #8 Virginia vs. #9 Miami ACC Network Noon #5 Boston College vs. #12 Wake Forest ACC Network 2:00 #7 Maryland vs. #10 NC State ESPN2 7:00 #6 Virginia Tech vs. #11 Georgia Tech ACC Network 9:00

Quarterfinals – Friday, March 11 #1 North Carolina vs. 8/9 winner ACC Network/ESPN2 Noon #4 Clemson vs. 5/12 winner ACC Network/ESPN2 2:00 #2 Duke vs. 7/10 winner ACC Network/ESPN2 7:00 #3 Florida State vs. 6/11 winner ACC Network/ESPN2 9:00

Semifinals – Saturday, March 12 Game 9 (game 5 & 6 winners) ACC Network/ESPN 1:00 Game 10 (game 7 & 8 winners) ACC Network/ESPN 3:00

Finals – Sunday, March 13 Game 11 (championship game) ACC Network/ESPN 1:00