By R.L. Bynum
After a 62–57 loss to Duke in the regular-season finale, North Carolina likely has to win the ACC Tournament next weekend at the Greensboro Coliseum to make the NCAA tournament field.
That pursuit will start at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (ESPN2) in the second round as the No. 7 seed against the winner of Tuesday’s 4:30 first-round game between No. 10-seed Boston College (15–16) and No. 15-seed Louisville (2–18).
UNC (19–12) beat both teams in successive games, knocking off the Cardinals 80–59 on the road on Jan. 14 and beating the Eagles 72–64 in Chapel Hill on Jan. 17.
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A win on Wednesday would earn a 7 p.m. Thursday quarterfinal matchup with No. 2-seed Virginia (23–6). Each team won at home, with the Cavaliers winning 65–58 on Jan. 10 and the Tar Heels winning 71–63 on Feb. 25.
Should the Tar Heels make Friday night’s semifinals, they would again play at 7 p.m. against either No. 3-seed Clemson (21–9), No. 6-seed N.C. State (22–9), No. 11-seed Virginia Tech (18–13) or No. 14-seed Notre Dame (11–19).
UNC won its only meeting with the Tigers 91–71 on Feb. 11, split with the Wolfpack (winning Jan. 21 in Chapel Hill and losing 77–69 in Raleigh on Feb. 19), lost Dec. 4 at Virginia Tech 80–72 and beat the Irish 63–59 in South Bend.
ACC Tournament
Greensboro Coliseum
| Tuesday’s first round |
| No. 13 Georgia Tech 61, No. 12 Florida State (9–23) 60 |
| No. 10 Boston College 80, No. 15 Louisville (2–19) 62 |
| No. 11 Virginia Tech 67, No. 14 Notre Dame (11–21) 64 |
| Wednesday’s second round |
| No. 9 Wake Forest 77, No. 8 Syracuse (17–15) 74 |
| No. 5 Pittsburgh 89, Georgia Tech (15–18) 81 |
| No. 7 North Carolina 85, Boston College (16–17) 61 |
| No. 6 N.C. State 97, Virginia Tech (19–14) 77 |
| Thursday’s quarterfinals |
| No. 1 Miami 74, Wake Forest (19–14) 72 |
| No. 4 Duke 96, Pittsburgh (22–11) 69 |
| No. 2 Virginia 68, North Carolina (20–13) 59 |
| No. 3 Clemson 80, N.C. State (23–10) 54 |
| Friday’s semifinals |
| Duke 85, Miami (25–7) 78 |
| Virginia 76, Clemson (23–10) 56 |
| Saturday’s championship |
| Duke (26–8) 59, vs. Virginia (25–7) 49 |
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