ACC Tournament 2024: Men’s Bracket Seeds, Odds, Matchups and Predictions
ACC Tournament 2024: Men’s Bracket Seeds, Odds, Matchups and Predictions0 of 3
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The ACC’s two perennial powers in men’s basketball are expected to meet for a third time in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
The North Carolina Tar Heels and Duke Blue Devils are near equals on the odds board to win the ACC tournament.
UNC had the upper hand on Duke in the regular season. The Tar Heels won both head-to-head meetings and the second win over Duke handed them the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament.
Most of the ACC tournament attention will be on the potential UNC-Duke rematch because they were far and away the two best teams in the conference this season.
A UNC-Duke final has not happened at the ACC tournament since 2011. A handful of teams with NCAA tournament aspirations will do their best to extend the wait for the rivals to meet in the final ACC game of the season for at least another year.
ACC Tournament Bracket and Schedule1 of 3
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Tuesday, March 12
No. 12 Notre Dame vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech (2 p.m. ET, ACC Network)
No. 10 NC State vs. No. 15 Louisville (4:30 p.m. ET, ACC Network)
No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 14 Miami (7 p.m. ET, ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 13
No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. No. 9 Florida State (Noon ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
No. 5 Wake Forest vs. No. 12/13 winner (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
No. 7 Syracuse vs. No. 10/15 winner (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2)
No. 6 Clemson vs. No. 11/14 winner (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Thursday, March 14
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 8/9 winner (Noon ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
No. 4 Pittsburgh vs. No. 5 vs. 12/13 winner (2:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 vs. 10/15 winner (7 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
No. 3 Virginia vs. No. 6 vs. 11/14 winner (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
Friday, March 15
Semifinal No. 1 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
Semifinal No. 2 (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN or ESPN2)
Saturday, March 16
Championship Game (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
Predictions3 of 3
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All signs point to a UNC-Duke final because they were clearly the two best teams in the ACC.
North Carolina finished two games ahead of Duke in the regular-season standings. Duke was two games above the third-place Virginia Cavaliers.
Virginia could be the most desperate ACC team in Washington, D.C. because it needs a quality win to feel safe about its NCAA tournament prospects.
ESPN’s Joe Lunardi listed the Cavaliers on the “Last Four In” line in his Sunday bracket update.
The potential addition of the Indiana State Sycamores to the bubble conversation and one or two bid stealers could put the Cavaliers’ spot in the field of 68 in peril.
Tony Bennett’s team is in this position because it went 3-4 in its last seven games, a run that included double-digit losses to Carolina and Duke.
The Clemson Tigers beat UNC and lost to Duke by one point in two of their three meetings with the top two seeds this season. They might be better positioned to meet Duke in the semifinal, but to get there, the No. 6 seed needs to win twice.
It is difficult for a team to win three or four games in three or four days. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons need a run like that to get into the field of 68.
Wake’s likely quarterfinal showdown with the Pittsburgh Panthers will be a bubble elimination game. Both teams are on Lunardi’s “Next Four Out” line.
A meeting with UNC awaits the Wake-Pitt winner, who will likely be drained from the bubble battle.
Upsets could happen in Washington, D.C., but it will be difficult for any team to topple UNC and Duke on short rest, especially given the caliber of play in the conference this season.
The Tar Heels scored 177 points in their two wins against Duke and they could be motivated by landing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
Duke needs to find a way to slow down UNC’s offense in order to repeat as ACC tournament champion.
Prediction: North Carolina over Duke
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