The North Carolina Tar Heels will play for their 18th all-time ACC Tournament tile Saturday night thanks to a 71-67 upset win over top-seeded Virginia on Friday.
2015 ACC Tournament results and bracket: North Carolina upsets top-seeded Virginia 71-67
North Carolina is headed to the ACC Tournament championship game thanks to a hard-fought victory over regular season champion Virginia.
With the Cavaliers focusing much of their attention on slowing down UNC's Brice Johnson, fellow forward Justin Jackson took full advantage and was the star of stars on night four in Greensboro. The freshman standout scored a team-high 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc. Johnson (13) and Marcus Paige (14) also scored in double figures for the Heels.
Virginia nearly erased the deficit it had faced the entire night thanks to the late-game heroics of Malcolm Brogdon. The first team All-ACC performer scored a game-high 25 points, including 12 straight for the Cavaliers to pull them within one with less than a minute to play.
That was as close as UVA would get -- Marcus Paige's floater stretched the lead back to three with 44 seconds to play. A missed three-pointer from Justin Anderson on the other end allowed the Heels to salt the game away from the free-throw line.
North Carolina has not won the ACC Tournament since 2008, and has lost in the championship game in each of its last three appearances (2011-13).
Bracket
Schedule and results (all times Eastern)
Tuesday, March 10 (First round)
Game 1: No. 12 Boston College 66, No. 13 Georgia Tech 65 (Game reactions from our Boston College blog and Georgia Tech blog)
Game 2: No. 14 Virginia Tech 81, No. 11 Wake Forest 80 (Game reactions from our Virginia Tech blog and Wake Forest blog)
Wednesday, March 11 (Second round)
Game 3: No. 9 Florida State 76, No. 8 Clemson 73 (Game reactions from our Florida State blog and Clemson blog)
Game 4: No. 5 North Carolina 81, No. 12 Boston College 63 (Game reactions from our North Carolina blog and Boston College blog)
Game 5: No. 7 N.C. State 81, No. 10 Pittsburgh 70 (Game reactions from our N.C. State blog and Pitt blog)
Game 6: No. 6 Miami 59, No. 14 Virginia Tech 49 (Game reactions from our Miami blog and Virginia Tech blog)
Thursday, March 12 (Quarterfinals)
Game 7: No. 1 Virginia 58, No. 9 Florida State 44 (Game reactions from our Virginia blog and Florida State blog)
Game 8: No. 5 North Carolina 70, No. 4 Louisville 60 (Game reactions from our North Carolina blog and Louisville blog)
Game 9: No. 2 Duke 77, No. 7 N.C. State 53 (Game reactions from our Duke blog and N.C. State blog)
Game 10: No. 3 Notre Dame 70, No. 6 Miami 63 (Game reactions from our Notre Dame blog and Miami blog)
Friday, March 13 (Semifinals)
Game 11: No. 5 North Carolina 71, No. 1 Virginia 67
Game 12: No. 2 Duke vs. No. 3 Notre Dame, 9 p.m., ESPN2/ACC Network
Saturday, March 14 (Championship)
Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner, 8:30 p.m., ESPN/ACC Network
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