By R.L. Bynum

After sweeping No. 11 Duke in the regular season, No. 22 North Carolina is a win away from taking on the Blue Devils at the ACC tournament in Greensboro for their third meeting this season.

The No. 7-seed Tar Heels (20–9, 11–7 ACC) will need to win a second-round game to make that happen. They play at the Greensboro Coliseum at 6 p.m. Thursday against the winner of Wednesday’s 3:30 first-round game between No. 15-seed Pittsburgh (10–29, 3–15) and No. 10 Clemson (16–14, 7–11).

“I know these guys are ready for March,” UNC coach Courtney Banghart said. “We’ve been through it a little bit.”

UNC won its only meeting with both in successive road games, beating the Panthers 72–57 on Jan. 26 and the Tigers 69–58 on Jan. 29.

The Blue Devils (24–5, 14–4) came into Sunday with a chance to win the regular-season title with a win over Carolina. After UNC won 45–41, Duke still had an opportunity to share the regular-season title, but Notre Dame earned it outright with a 68–65 win at Louisville.

If UNC prevails on Thursday, it will face No. 2-seed Duke at 6 p.m. in Friday’s quarterfinals.

Banghart’s reaction to that possibility? “Awesome,” she said. “Can’t wait.”

Pittsburgh-Clemson is one of three first-round matchups on Wednesday, beginning with No. 12 seed Wake Forest (14–15) vs. No. 13 seed Virginia (15–14) at 1 p.m. In the third game, No. 14 Georgia Tech (13–15) meets No. 11 Boston College (15–16) at 6:30.

In the other three second-round games on Thursday, No. 5 Florida State (23–8) meets the Wake Forest-Virginiah winner at 11 a.m., No. 9 Syracuse (18–11) faces No. 8 N.C. State (19–10) at 2 p.m. and No. 6 Miami (18–11) takes on the BC-Georgia Tech winner at 8:30.

In the other three quarterfinals on Friday, No. 4 Louisville (21–10) takes on Thursday’s 11 a.m. winner at 11 a.m., No. 1 Notre Dame (24–4) meets the State-Syracuse winner at 2 p.m. and No. 3 Virginia Tech (23–4) meets the 8:30 Thursday winner at 8:30.

In Saturday’s semifinals, the Friday afternoon winners play at noon and the Friday night winners play at 2:30. That means a 2:30 game for UNC if it makes the semifinals.

The championship game is at 1 p.m. Sunday on ESPN, with all other games airing on ACC Network.

ACC standings

Team	League	Overall	NET*
No. 16 Louisville	2–0	12–3	14
N.C. State	2–0	9–4	28
Syracuse	1–0	11–1	41
Stanford	1–0	10–2	33
No. 20 Notre Dame	1–0	8–2	19
Virginia	1–0	9–3	30
Duke	1–0	6–6	32
Wake Forest	1–1	10–3	122
Virginia Tech	1–1	11–3	53
Clemson	1–1	9–4	47
Miami	1–1	8–4	48
No. 18 North Carolina	0–1	11–3	16
California	0–1	8–4	69
Pittsburgh	0–1	7–7	2270
SMU	0–1	6–6	155
Boston College	0–1	4–10	207
Florida State	0–2	5–9	127
Georgia Tech	0–2	4–9	128

* — Through Thursday games
Saturday’s games
No. 16 Louisville 89, No. 17 Tennessee 65
Virginia 88, Winthrop 53
Florida State 77, South Carolina State 36
Duke 76, Belmont 46
Sunday’s games
No. 18 North Carolina 93, Charleston Southern 74
Virginia Tech 79, Radford 47
N.C. State 68, Davidson 49
Miami 85, Kenesaw State 55
Duquesne 84, Pittsburgh 69
Clemson 84, North Florida 62
Southern at SMU, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Oregon vs. Stanford in San Francisco, 6 p.m., ESPN
Bellarmine at No. 20 Notre Dame, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 19 USC vs. California in San Francisco, 8:30, ESPN
Monday’s game
Gardner-Webb at Wake Forest, 1 p.m., ACCN Extra
Sunday’s games
Wofford at Georgia Tech, noon, ACC Network
Stetson at Miami, 2 p.m., ACC Network
Clemson at Chicago State, 3 p.m.
Duke at Syracuse, 4 p.m., ACC Network
Cornell at Stanford, 4 p.m., ACCN Extra
Cal Poly at California, 5 p.m., ACCN Extra
Monday, Dec. 29, games
Pittsburgh at No. 20 Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ACCN
SMU at Virginia, 7 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 18 North Carolina at Boston College, 8 p.m., ACC Network

Date	Month/day	Time/score	Opponent/event (current ranking)	Location	Record
	November
9	Wednesday	W, 91–59	Jackson State	Home	1–0
12	Saturday	W, 75–48	TCU	Home	2–0
16	Wednesday	W, 93–25	South Carolina State	Home	3–0
20	Sunday	W, 76–65	James Madison	Harrisonburg, Va.	4–0
			*Phil Knight Invitational*
24	Thursday	W, 85–79	Oregon	Portland	5–0
27	Sunday	W, 73–64	No. 17 Iowa State	Portland	6–0
	December		*ACC/Big Ten Challenge*
1	Thursday	L, 87–63	No. 2 Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	6–1
7	Wednesday	W, 64–42	UNCW	Home	7–1
11	Sunday	W, 99–67	Wofford	Home	8–1
16	Friday	W, 89–47	USC Upstate	Home	9–1
			*Jumpman Invitational*
20	Tuesday	L, 76–68	No. 18 Michigan	Charlotte	9–2
			ACC season begins
29	Thursday	L, 78–71	Florida State	Home	9–3, 0–1 ACC
	January
1	Sunday	L, 68–65	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	9–4, 0–2 ACC
5	Thursday	L, 62–58	Miami	Coral Gables, Fla.	9–5, 0–3 ACC
8	Sunday	W, 60–50	No. 10 Notre Dame	Home	10–5, 1–3 ACC
12	Thursday	W, 70–59	Virginia	Charlottesville, Va.	11–5, 2–3 ACC
15	Sunday	W, 56–47	N.C. State	Home	12–5, 3–3 ACC
19	Thursday	W, 61–56	No. 13 Duke	Home	13–5, 4–3 ACC
22	Sunday	W, 70–57	Georgia Tech	Home	14–5, 5–3 ACC
26	Thursday	W, 72–57	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	15–5, 6–3 ACC
29	Sunday	W, 69–58	Clemson	Clemson	16–5, 7–3 ACC
	February
2	Thursday	W, 73–62	Virginia	Home	17–5, 8–3 ACC
5	Sunday	L, 62–55	Louisville	Louisville	17–6, 8–4 ACC
9	Thursday	L, 75–67	Syracuse	Syracuse	17–7, 8–5 ACC
12	Sunday	W, 73–55	Boston College	Home	18–7, 9–5 ACC
16	Thursday	L, 77–66, OT	N.C. State	Raleigh	18–8, 9–6 ACC
19	Sunday	W, 71–58	Wake Forest	Home	19–8, 10–6 ACC
23	Thursday	L, 61–59	No. 4 Virginia Tech	Home	19–9, 10–7 ACC
26	Sunday	W, 45–41	No. 13 Duke	Durham	20–9, 10–8 ACC
	March		*ACC Tournament*
2	Thursday	W, 68–58	Clemson	Greensboro	21–9
3	Friday	L, 44–40	No. 13 Duke	Greensboro	21–10
			*NCAA tournament*
18	Saturday	W, 61–59	St. John’s	Columbus, Ohio	22–10
20	Monday	L, 71–69	No. 12 Ohio State	Columbus, Ohio	22–11