By R.L. Bynum

No. 4-ranked North Carolina starts play in the ACC tournament Friday, hoping that it will be just like any other regular-season weekend, with games on Saturday and Sunday.

The tournament at Durham Bulls Athletic Park begins Tuesday, but the Tar Heels will be one of the last two teams to play.

No. 3-seed UNC (39–12, 18–11 ACC), which took two of three games at No. 2-ranked Florida State, will play at 7 p.m. Friday in the last quarterfinal game against either No. 6-seed Virginia (32–17, 16–11) — which has a bye into the second round — No. 11 Notre Dame (32–20, 14–16) or No. 14 seed Boston College (26–28, 11–19).

Notre Dame plays BC at 9 p.m. Tuesday for the right to face Virginia in the second round at 9 p.m. Wednesday. UNC didn’t play Virginia or Notre Dame during the regular season, but took two of three games from Boston College in a road series in March. UNC won the opener 5–1, lost the second game 3–2 and run-ruled the Eagles 10–0 in seven innings in the series finale.

Carolina’s Friday opponent will have a day off after winning a 9 p.m. Wednesday second-round game.

This is the first season of the single-elimination format in which all 16 baseball-playing schools make the tournament. From 2006 to 2024, only 12 teams made the tournament, and the winners of four round-robin pools advanced to the semifinals. It’s the 14th time the event has been in Durham and the ninth time since 2009.

The tournament starts with four first-round games on Tuesday and four second-round games on Wednesday. Two quarterfinal games are on Thursday and two on Friday. As with the previous format, the semifinals are at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday, with the championship game at noon on Sunday.

The championship game is on ESPN2, with the rest of the tournament on ACC Network.

Play starts at 9 a.m. Tuesday, when No. 9 Miami (31–23, 15–14) faces No. 16 California (22–30). At 1 p.m., No. 12 Virginia Tech (30–24, 12–18) battles No. 13 Stanford (27–24, 11–19), followed by No. 10 Louisville (35–20, 15–15) against No. 15 Pitt (27–26, 10–20) at 5 p.m. before the Notre Dame-BC game ends the first day of action.

Wednesday’s play begins with No. 8-seed Wake Forest (31–23, 16–14) facing the Miami-Cal winner at 9 a.m. No. 5-seed Clemson (41–15, 18–12) then plays the Virginia Tech-Stanford winner at 1 p.m. No. 7-seed Duke (17–13, 36–18) matches up with the Louisville-Pitt winner at 5 p.m. ET, with Virginia’s game against Notre Dame or BC the nightcap.

In the quarterfinals on Thursday, top-seeded Georgia Tech (39–16, 19–11) plays the winner of the 9 a.m. Wednesday game at 3 p.m., then No. 4-seed N.C. State (33–18, 17–11) faces the 1 p.m. Wednesday winner at 7 p.m.

No. 2-seed Florida State (37–13, 17–10) plays the first Friday quarterfinal at 3 p.m. ahead of UNC’s game.

The Tar Heels, No. 2-ranked Florida State, unranked Georgia Tech and No. 13 N.C. State each went into the final day of the regular season with a shot at the regular-season title and the No. 1 seed.

The Yellow Jackets emerged with that prize after beating Duke 8–2. N.C. State gave them the opportunity by losing earlier Saturday to Stanford 6–3, and the Wolfpack had to settle for the No. 4 seed, with the Seminoles snagging the No. 2 seed.

Georgia Tech finished a half-game ahead of UNC and FSU, with N.C. State and No. 15-ranked Clemson each finishing one game back. It’s the final season for Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall.

The Yellow Jackets never played the other three top-four seeds (Florida State, UNC and N.C. State).

ACC tournament

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Tuesday’s first round
No. 16 Duke 21, No. 9 N.C. State 12
No. 12 Stanford 11, No. 13 California 4
No. 10 Notre Dame 5, No. 15 Clemson 4
No. 14 Pittsburgh 16, No. 11 Louisville 8
Wednesday’s second round
No. 8 Virginia 6, Duke 4
No. 5 Miami 11, Stanford 2
No. 7 Virginia Tech 17, Notre Dame 10
Pittsburgh 7, No. 6 Wake Forest 4
Quarterfinals
Thursday’s results
No. 1 (No. 3 ranked) Georgia Tech 16, Virginia 10
Miami 8, No. 4 Boston College 2
Friday’s results
No. 2 (No. 2 ranked) North Carolina 10, Virginia Tech 4
Pittsburgh 8, No. 3 (No. 11 ranked) Florida State 6
Saturday’s semifinals (ACC Network)
Georgia Tech 9, Miami 3
North Carolina 13, Pittsburgh 5
Sunday’s championship
Georgia Tech 13, North Carolina 6

ACC standings

	League	GB	Overall
No. 3 Georgia Tech	25–5	—	45–9
No. 2 North Carolina	22–8	3	43–10–1
No. 11 Florida State	19–11	6	38–15
No. 23 Boston College	17–13	8	36–20
Wake Forest	16–14	9	38–18
Miami	16–14	9	36–17
Virginia Tech	15–15	10	29–23
Virginia	14–16	11	35–20
N.C. State	14–16	11	32–21
Stanford	13–17	12	27–25
Notre Dame	13–17	12	30–21
Louisville	13–17	12	30–26
California	12–18	13	29–25
Pittsburgh	11–19	14	30–23
Clemson	10–20	15	31–25
Duke	10–20	15	24–29

Thursday-Saturday series
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh — Pitt, 6–3; ND, 6–4; ND, 21–10 (7)
Virginia at Louisville — Va., 8–3; UL, 12–2; UL, 10–5
Miami at No. 11 Florida State — FSU, 7–6 (11); FSU, 11–1; Miami, 7–4
Wake Forest at Duke — WF, 7–2; WF, 7–2; Duke, 7–3
Clemson at Virginia Tech — VT, 5–1; VT, 2–1; Clemson, 10–7
No. 3 Georgia Tech at No. 23 Boston College — GT swept 9–0, 14–1, 15–2 (7)
No. 2 North Carolina at N.C. State — UNC, 9–4; UNC, 17–7 (8); State, 7–2
Stanford at California — Stanford, 7–6; Cal, 4–3; Cal, 2–1
End of regular season
ACC tournament
Tuesday through May 24
Truist Field in Charlotte

Date(s)	Day/ month	Scores	Opponent (current rank)	Record
	February
13–14	Fri., Sat.	W, 9–4; W, 12–2 (7); W, 4–3 (11)	vs. Indiana	3–0
17	Tuesday	W, 10–0 (7)	vs. Richmond	4–0
18	Wednesday	W, 5–3	vs. Longwood	5–0
20–22	Fri.-Sun	W, 10–0 (8); L, 10–3; T, 3–3	vs. East Carolina	6–1–1
24	Tuesday	W, 9–1	vs. N.C. A&T	7–1–1
25	Wednesday	W, 13–3 (7)	vs. VCU	8–1–1
27–28	Fri., Sat.	W, 16–3 (7); W, 12–2 (7)	vs. Le Moyne	10–1–1
	March
1	Sunday	W, 21–1 (7)	vs. Le Moyne	11–1–1
3	Tuesday	W, 5–1	vs. Elon	12–1–1
6–7	Fri., Sat	L, 13–3 (7); L, 9–2; W, 8–7 (12)	vs. Virginia	13–3–1, 1–2 ACC
10	Tuesday	W, 13–3 (7)	vs. Bucknell	14–3–1
13–15	Fri.-Sun.	W, 8–1; W, 6–2; W, 10–2	at California	17–3–1, 4–2
18	Wednesday	W, 8–2	vs. UNCG	18–3–1
20–22	Fri.–Sun.	W, 11–1 (8); L, 2–0; W, 7–6	vs. Louisville	20–4–1, 6–3
24	Tuesday	W, 9–1	vs. South Carolina in Charlotte	21–4–1
28, 29	Sat., Sun	W, 6–5; W, 13–7; W, 15–10	at Notre Dame	24–4–1, 9–3
31	Tuesday	W, 5–4 (14)	vs. Campbell	25–4–1
	April
2–4	Thur.-Sat.	L, 6–1; W, 5–2; W, 8–7	vs. Boston College	27–5–1, 11–4
7	Tuesday	W, 8–4	vs. Charlotte	28–5–1
10–12	Fri.–Sun.	L, 9–5; W, 6–4 (14); W, 12–5	at Clemson	30–6–1, 13–5
14	Tuesday	W, 14–5	vs. UNCW	31–6–1
17–19	Fri.-Sun.	W, 5–2; W, 14–4 (8); L, 5–2	vs. No. 2 Georgia Tech	33–7–1, 15–6
21	Tuesday	W, 9–2	vs. High Point	34–7–1
23–25	Thur.–Sat.	W, 3–1; L, 3–1; W, 22–5 (7)	at Duke	36–8–1, 17–7
28	Tuesday	L, 12–2	vs. Coastal Carolina	36–9–1
	May
3	Sunday	W, 13–0 (7) (non-conference game)	vs. Duke	37–9–1
8–10	Fri.-Sun.	W, 4–1; W, 12–2 (8); W, 7–3	vs. Pittsburgh	40–9–1, 20–7
12	Tuesday	W, 13–7	at UNCW	41–9–1
14–16	Thur.-Sat.	W, 9–4; W, 17–7 (8); L, 7–2	at N.C. State	43–10–1, 22–8
		ACC tournament	Charlotte
22	Friday	W, 10–4	Quarterfinal vs. Virginia Tech	44–10–1
23	Saturday	W, 13–5	Semifinal vs. Pittsburgh	45–10–1
24	Sunday	L, 13–6	Championship vs. No. 2 Ga. Tech	45–11–1
		NCAA tournament
		Chapel Hill Regional
29	Friday	W, 8–0	VCU	46–11–1
30–31	Sat.–Sun.	W, 7–5; W, 9–3	East Carolina	48–11–1
	June
		Chapel Hill Super Regionals
5–7	Fri.–Sun.	L, 9–5; W, 4–0; W, 4–3	Southern Cal	50–12–1
		College World Series	Omaha, Neb.
12	Friday	W, 6–2	No. 18 Ole Miss	51–12–1
14, 17	Sun., Wed.	W, 5–2; W, 12–7	No. 9 West Virginia	53–12–1
20–22	Sat.-Mon.	L, 9–3; W, 6–2; L, 13–2	CWS Finals vs. Oklahoma	54–14–1