By R.L. Bynum

As No. 1 seed, No. 7-ranked North Carolina opens play at the ACC tournament with a quarterfinal game on Thursday at Washington’s Capital One Arena.

The Tar Heels (25–6, 16–3 ACC) play at noon against the winner of the noon Wednesday second-round game between No. 8-seed Virginia Tech (18–13, 10–10) and No. 9-seed Florida State (16–15, 10–10).

UNC won its regular-season games against both, winning at home against the Seminoles on Dec. 2 78–70 and at Florida State 75–68 on Jan. 27 and beating Virginia Tech on Feb. 17 in Chapel Hill 96–81.

The last time the event was held in that arena was in 2016. In what was then called the Verizon Center, a UNC team that made the NCAA championship game beat Virginia 61–57 in the ACC tournament final.

The tournament opens Tuesday with three games. No. 12-seed Notre Dame (12–19, 7–13) faces No. 13 Georgia Tech (12–19, 7–13) in the opener at 2 p.m. No. 10 N.C. State (17–14, 9–11) plays No. 15 Louisville (8–23, 3–17) at 4:30 p.m., and No. 11 Boston College (17–14, 8–12) takes on No. 14 Miami (15-16, 6-14) in the final game at 7 p.m.

With a win on Thursday, UNC would play in a 7 p.m. semifinal on Friday night against the winner of the 2:30 Wednesday quarterfinal. In that game, No. 4-seed Pittsburgh (21–10, 12–8) will play either No. 5-seed Wake Forest (19–12, 11–9), Notre Dame or Georgia Tech.

The Tar Heels won their only regular-season games against Pittsburgh (70–57 on the road Jan. 2), Wake Forest (85–64 in Chapel Hill on Jan. 22) and Notre Dame (84–51 on March 5) but lost to the Yellow Jackets 74–73 in Atlanta on Jan. 30.

No. 2-seed and No. 9-ranked Duke (24–7, 15–5) plays at 7 p.m. Thursday against the winner of the 7 p.m. Wednesday game. In that game, No. 7-seed Syracuse (20–11, 11–9) will face either N.C. State or Louisville.

No. 3-seed Virginia (22–9, 13–7) plays in the final quarterfinal at 9:30 against the winner of Wednesday’s 9:30 second-round game. That contest will match No. 6-seed Clemson (21–10, 11–9) against either Boston College or Miami.

ACC tournament

Capital One Arena, Washington
Tuesday’s first-round results
No. 12 seed Notre Dame 84, No. 13 seed Georgia Tech 80
No. 10 seed N.C. State 94, No. 15 seed Louisville 85
No. 11 seed Boston College 81, No. 14 seed Miami 65
Wednesday’s second-round results
No. 9 seed Florida State 86, No. 8 seed Virginia Tech 76
No. 5 seed Wake Forest 72, Notre Dame 59
N.C. State 83, No. 7 seed Syracuse 65
Boston College 76, No. 6 seed Clemson 55
Thursday’s quarterfinals
No. 1 seed North Carolina 92, Florida State 67
No. 4 seed Pittsburgh 81, Wake Forest 69
N.C. State 74, No. 2 seed Duke 69
No. 3 seed Virginia 66, Boston College 60, OT
Friday’s semifinals
North Carolina 72, Pittsburgh 65
N.C. State 72, Virginia 65, OT
Saturday’s championship
N.C. State 84, North Carolina 76

Date	Month/day	Score	Opponent/event (current ranks)	Record
	October
27	Friday	W, 117–53	vs. St. Augustine’s	Exhibition
	November
6	Monday	W, 86–70	vs. Radford	1–0
12	Sunday	W, 90–68	vs. Lehigh	2–0
17	Friday	W, 77–52	vs. UC Riverside	3–0
			Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas
22	Wednesday	W, 91–69	Northern Iowa	4–0
23	Thursday	L, 83–81, OT	Villanova	4–1
24	Friday	W, 87–72	Arkansas	5–1
			ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge
29	Wednesday	W, 100–92	vs. No. 6 Tennessee	6–1
	December
2	Saturday	W, 78–70	vs. Florida State	7–1, 1–0 ACC
			Jimmy V Classic in New York
5	Tuesday	L, 87–67	No. `1` Connecticut	7–2
			CBS Sports Classic in Atlanta
16	Saturday	L, 87–83	No. 12 Kentucky	7–3
			Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte
20	Wednesday	W, 81–69	Oklahoma	8–3
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29	Friday	W, 105–60	vs. Charleston Southern	9–3
	January
2	Tuesday	W, 70–57	at Pittsburgh	10–3, 2–0 ACC
6	Saturday	W, 65–55	at Clemson	11–3, 3–0 ACC
10	Wednesday	W, 67–54	at N.C. State	12–3, 4–0 ACC
13	Saturday	W, 103–67	vs. Syracuse	13–3, 5–0 ACC
17	Wednesday	W, 86–70	vs. Louisville	14–3, 6–0 ACC
20	Saturday	W, 76–66	vs. Boston College	15–3, 7–0 ACC
22	Monday	W, 85–64	vs. Wake Forest	16–3, 8–0 ACC
27	Saturday	W, 75–68	at Florida State	17–3, 9–0 ACC
30	Tuesday	L, 74–73	at Georgia Tech	17–4, 9–1 ACC
	February
3	Saturday	W, 93–84	vs. No. 13 Duke	18–4, 10–1 ACC
6	Tuesday	L, 80–76	vs. Clemson	18–5, 10–2 ACC
10	Saturday	W, 75–72	at Miami	19–5, 11–2 ACC
13	Tuesday	L, 86–79	at Syracuse	19–6, 11–3 ACC
17	Saturday	W, 96–81	vs. Virginia Tech	20–6, 12–3 ACC
24	Saturday	W, 54–44	at Virginia	21–6, 13–3 ACC
26	Monday	W, 75–71	vs. Miami	22–6, 14–3 ACC
	March
2	Saturday	W, 79–70	vs. N.C. State	23–6, 15–3 ACC
5	Tuesday	W, 84–51	vs. Notre Dame	24–6, 16–3 ACC
9	Saturday	W, 84–79	at No. 13 Duke	25–6, 17–3 ACC
			ACC tournament Washington
14	Thursday	W, 92–67	Quarterfinals: Florida State	26–6
15	Friday	W, 72–65	Semifinals: Pittsburgh	27–6
16	Saturday	L, 84–76	Final: N.C. State	27–7
			NCAA tournament
21	Thursday	W, 90–62	First round in Charlotte: Wagner	28–7
23	Saturday	W, 85–69	Second round in Charlotte: Michigan State	29–7
28	Thursday	L, 89–87	Sweet 16 in Los Angeles: No. 19 Alabama	29–8