The heavyweights hop into the ACC Tournament on Friday, with Duke, North Carolina, Florida State and Virginia all making their debuts. Each received a bye into the quarterfinals of the tournament, with UNC earning the top seed over Duke thanks to a win in the final regular season game of the year.
ACC Tournament 2012: Bracket And Schedule For Friday’s Quarterfinals
In the quarterfinals, they’ll face the four winners from Thursday. Maryland cruised to a 22-point win over Wake Forest in the first matchup of the opening round, moving on to face UNC as a result. North Carolina State also won easily, putting away Boston College by 21. No. 7 seed Clemson wasn’t so lucky as Virginia Tech secured a five-point win to knock the Tigers out of the tournament. In the last game of the day, Miami held Georgia Tech to just 36 points in an easy win.
Here is the schedule for Friday’s ACCtion (branding term) and all times are Eastern.
12 p.m.: North Carolina vs. Maryland on ESPN2 and the ACC Network
2 p.m.: Virginia vs. NC State on ESPN2 and the ACC Network
7 p.m.: Duke vs. Virginia Tech on ESPN2 and the ACC Network
9 p.m.: Florida State vs. Miami on ESPN2 and the ACC Network
For the visual learners, here’s an updated bracket courtesy of our friends at Streaking The Lawn.
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