By R.L. Bynum

Carolina could be seeded 6th, 7th or 8th next week at the ACC men’s basketball tournament. That won’t get settled until Saturday, but it looks likely that the Tar Heels will play during the evening session of the second round at the Greensboro Coliseum on Wednesday.

With a win at Duke, UNC (19–11, 11–8 ACC) would be the No. 6 seed and play at 9:30 (against the winner of Tuesday’s first-round game between the No. 11 seed and the No. 14 seed Notre Dame) or the No. 7 seed and play at 7 p.m. (against the winner of Tuesday’s game between the No. 10-seed Boston College and No. 15-seed Louisville).

A victory makes the Tar Heels the No. 6 seed if:

— No. 13-ranked Virginia (22–6, 14–5) beats Louisville (4–26, 2–17) or
— No. 25 Pittsburgh (21–9, 14–5) tops No. 16 Miami (23–6, 14–5).

As the No. 6 seed, a UNC win would move the Heels into a 9:30 quarterfinal matchup on Thursday against the No. 3 seed.

The Tar Heels would be the No. 7 seed with a win, a Cavaliers loss and a Panthers loss.

If UNC loses to Duke, it will be the No. 7 seed if:

— Wake Forest (18–12, 10–9) loses at Syracuse (16–14, 9–10) or
— The Deacons win, the Cavaliers lose, the Panthers win and Clemson (21–9, 13–6) wins against Notre Dame (11–19, 3–16).

With a Wednesday win as the No. 7 seed, UNC would face the No. 2 seed at 7 p.m. in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

If Carolina fell to a No. 8 seed, it would play at noon Wednesday against the No. 9 seed. That can only happen if UNC loses to Duke and:

— Wake Forest wins and Virginia loses or
— Pittsburgh and Clemson lose.

As the No. 8 seed, the Tar Heels would face the No. 1 seed in a noon quarterfinal matchup on Thursday.

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ACC Tournament schedule

	Greensboro Coliseum
Tuesday’s first round (all games on ACCN)
2:00 p.m.	No. 12 vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech
4:30 p.m.	No. 10 vs. No. 15 Louisville
7:00 p.m.	No. 11 vs. No. 14 Notre Dame
Wednesday’s second round
Noon	No. 8 vs. No. 9, ESPN
2:30 p.m.	No. 5 vs. 2 p.m. Tuesday winner, ESPN2
7:00 p.m.	No. 7 vs. 4:30 Tuesday winner, ESPN2
9:30 p.m.	No. 6 vs. 7 p.m. Tuesday winner, ESPNU
Thursday’s quarterfinals
Noon	No. 1 vs. noon Wednesday winner, ESPN
2:30 p.m.	No. 4 vs. 2:30 Wednesday winner, ESPN2
7:00 p.m.	No. 2 vs. 7 p.m. Wednesday winner, ESPN
9:30 p.m.	No. 3 vs. 9:30 Wednesday winner, ESPN2
Friday’s semifinals
7:00 p.m.	Thursday afternoon winner, ESPN
9:30 p.m.	Thursday night winners, ESPN2
Saturday’s championship
8:30 p.m.	Semifinal winners, ESPN

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ACC standings

Team	League	Overall
No. 16 Miami	15–5	24–6
No. 13 Virginia	15–5	23–6
Duke	14–6	23–8
Clemson	14–6	22–9
No. 25 Pittsburgh	14–6	21–10
N.C. State	12–8	22–9
North Carolina	11–9	19–12
Syracuse	10–10	17–14
Wake Forest	10–10	18–13
Boston College	9–11	15–16
Virginia Tech	8–12	18–13
Florida State	7–13	9–22
Georgia Tech	6–14	14–17
Notre Dame	3–17	11–20
Louisville	2–18	4–27

Saturday’s games
Duke 62, North Carolina 57
No. 13 Virginia 75, Louisville 60
Georgia Tech 73, Boston College 65
Virginia Tech 82, Florida State 60
Syracuse 72, Wake Forest 63
No. 26 Miami 78, No. 25 Pittsburgh 76
Clemson 87, Notre Dame 64
End of regular season

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Date	Month/day	Time/score	Opponent/event (current ranking)	Location	Record
	October
28	Friday	W, 101–40	Johnson C. Smith	Home	Exhibition
	November
7	Monday	W, 69–56	UNCW	Home	1–0
11	Friday	W, 102–86	College of Charleston	Home	2–0
15	Tuesday	W, 72–66	Gardner-Webb	Home	3–0
20	Sunday	W, 80–64	James Madison	Home	4–0
			Phil Knight Invitational
24	Thursday	W, 89–81	First round: Portland	Portland	5–0
25	Friday	L, 70–65	Semifinals: Iowa State	Portland	5–1
27	Sunday	L, 103–101, 4 OTs	Consolation: No. 1 Alabama	Portland	5–2
			ACC/Big Ten Challenge
30	Wednesday	L, 77–65	No. 21 Indiana	Bloomington, Ind.	5–3
	December
4	Sunday	L, 80–72	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg, Va.	5–4, 0–1 ACC
10	Saturday	W, 75–59	Georgia Tech	Home	6–4, 1–1 ACC
13	Tuesday	W, 100–67	The Citadel	Home	7–4
			CBS Sports Classic
17	Saturday	W, 89–84, OT	Ohio State	New York	8–4
			Jumpman Invitational
21	Wednesday	W, 80–76	Michigan	Charlotte	9–4
30	Friday	L, 76–74	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	9–5, 1–2 ACC
	January
4	Wednesday	W, 88–79	Wake Forest	Home	10–5, 2–2 ACC
7	Saturday	W, 81–64	Notre Dame	Home	11–5, 3–2 ACC
10	Tuesday	L, 65–58	No. 14 Virginia	Charlottesville	11–6, 3–3 ACC
14	Saturday	W, 80–59	Louisville	Louisville, Ky.	12–6, 4–3 ACC
17	Tuesday	W, 72–64	Boston College	Home	13–6, 5–3 ACC
21	Saturday	W, 80–69	N.C. State	Home	14–6, 6–3 ACC
24	Tuesday	W, 72–68	Syracuse	Syracuse, N.Y.	15–6, 7–3 ACC
	February
1	Wednesday	L, 65–64	Pittsburgh	Home	15–7, 7–4 ACC
4	Saturday	L, 63–57	No. 12 Duke	Durham	15–8, 7–5 ACC
7	Tuesday	L, 92–85	Wake Forest	Winston-Salem	15–9, 7–6 ACC
11	Saturday	W, 91–71	Clemson	Home	16–9, 8–6 ACC
13	Monday	L, 80–72	No. 16 Miami	Home	16–10, 8–7 ACC
19	Sunday	L, 77–69	N.C. State	Raleigh	16–11, 8–8 ACC
22	Wednesday	W, 63–59	Notre Dame	South Bend, Ind.	17–11, 9–8 ACC
25	Saturday	W, 71–63	No. 14 Virginia	Home	18–11, 10–8 ACC
27	Monday	W, 77–66	Florida State	Tallahassee, Fla.	19–11, 11–8 ACC
	March
4	Saturday	L, 62–57	No. 12 Duke	Home	19–12, 11–9 ACC
			ACC tournament
8	Wednesday	W, 85–61	Boston College	Greensboro	20–12
9	Thursday	L, 68–59	No. 14 Virginia	Greensboro	20–13

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