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GREENSBORO, NC (theACC.com) –The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the seeds and support for the 68th annual ACC New York Life Tournament, which will be played from Tuesday to Saturday (March 9 to 13) at the Greensboro Coliseum.
After winning her fifth ACC regular season championship in the past eight years, Virginia (17-6, 13-4 ACC) won the tournament’s No. 1 seed and a double bye in the quarterfinals on Thursday. No. 2 Florida State (15-5, 11-4), No. 3 Virginia Tech (15-5, 9-4) and No. 4 Georgia Tech (15-8, 11-6) also received double farewells and wills start the tournament game on Thursday.
The tournament starts Tuesday with three clashes. No. 12 Pitt (10-11, 6-10) faces No. 13 Miami (8-16, 4-15) at 2:00 pm, No. 10 Duke (11-11, 9-9) faces No. 15 Boston College ( 4-15, 2-11) at 16:30 and No. 11 Notre Dame (10-14, 7-11) plays No. 14 Wake Forest (6-15, 3-15) late in the evening at 7 All three games will be televised by the ACC Network.
The second round on Wednesday starts at noon with the No. 8 Syracuse seed (15-8, 9-7) facing the No. 9 NC State (13-9, 9-8) at noon. No. 5 seed Clemson (16-6, 10-6) faces the winner of the Pitt-Miami game at 14:30. In the evening session, No. 7 Louisville (13-6, 8-5) plays the winner of the Duke-BC match at 6:30 pm, with No. 6 North Carolina (16-9, 10-6) facing the winner of Notre Dame-Wake Forest at 9pm. The game quartet will be broadcast over the ACC network.
Wednesday’s winners will then start playing the first four seeds of the tournament on Thursday in the quarterfinals, which will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.
All 14 games of the tournament will be broadcast nationally on ESPN, ESPN2 or ACC Network. In addition, all games will be available for streaming via ACCNX.
The ACC and its 15 member institutions will continue to follow the ACC Medical Advisory Report policies and protocols.
The Greensboro Coliseum Complex instituted the Patron Health Initiative, a program dedicated to the safety of customers, employees and artists resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. Facial covers are mandatory for everyone aged 5 and over and must be worn at all times, except while actively eating and drinking in their seat.
The full schedule of the 2021 New York Life ACC Tournament:
Tuesday, March 9
First round
14h – Nº 12 Pitt vs. No. 13 Miami (ACC network)
16:30 – No. 10 Duke vs. No. 15 Boston College (ACC Network)
19h – No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Wake Forest (ACC Network)
Wednesday, March 10
Second round
Noon – No. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 9 NC State (ACC Network)
2:30 pm – 5th Clemson vs. Pitt / Miami Winner (ACC Network)
6:30 pm – No. 7 Louisville vs. Duke / Boston College Winner (ACC Network)
9 pm – No. 6 North Carolina vs. Notre Dame / Wake Forest winner (ACC Network)
Thursday, March 11
Quarterfinals
Noon – Virginia’s No. 1 vs. Wednesday noon winner (ESPN or ESPN2)
2:30 pm – No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. 14:30 Wednesday winner (ESPN or ESPN2)
6:30 pm – No. 2 Florida State vs. Winner at 6:30 pm on Wednesday (ESPN or ESPN2)
9 pm – No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. Wednesday 9pm winner (ESPN or ESPN2)
Friday, March 12
Semifinals
6:30 pm – Thursday afternoon winners (ESPN or ESPN2)
9 pm – Thursday night winners (ESPN or ESPN2)
Saturday, March 13
Championship
8:30 pm – Semifinal winners (ESPN)