By R.L. Bynum

Ten games will have already been played at the ACC tournament before No. 2-ranked North Carolina plays its first game at Charlotte’s Truist Field.

The No. 2-seed Tar Heels will play in a 3 p.m. Friday quarterfinal game against the winner of the 5 p.m. Wednesday second-round game. That game will match No. 7 Virginia Tech (31–25) against the winner of Tuesday’s first-round game between No. 15 Clemson (29–23) and No. 10 seed Notre Dame.

UNC didn’t play Virginia Tech, won two of three at Clemson and swept a series at Notre Dame.

If Carolina wins Friday, it will play in the second Saturday semifinal game at 5 p.m. The championship game is at noon Sunday. The final will air on ESPN2, with all of the other games on ACC Network.

This is the second season of the single-elimination format, which includes every ACC baseball team and features four first- round games Tuesday and four first-round games Wednesday. There are two quarterfinals on Thursday and two more on Friday.

Coach Scott Forbes’ team also played on Friday last season, when the event was held at Durham Bulls Athletic Park. The Tar Heels won three consecutive games, beating Clemson 14–4 in the final to claim the championship.

Carolina hasn’t won consecutive ACC tournament titles in 42 years. It last happened when they won the titles in 1982 and 1983 at Boshamer Stadium, then made it three in a row in 1984 at Durham Athletic Park.

The tournament begins with four games on Tuesday, starting at 9 a.m. with No. 9 seed N.C. State (32–21) taking on No. 16 seed Duke (25–30). At 1 p.m., No. 12 Stanford (27–24) battles No. 13 California (28–25), followed by Notre Dame against Clemson at 5 p.m. and No. 11 Louisville (30–26) meetings No. 14 Pitt (30–23, 11-19) at 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s play starts at 9 a.m., with No. 8 seed Virginia (35–20) facing the State-Duke winner. No. 5 seed Miami (36–17) then plays the Stanford-Cal winner at 1 p.m. No. 7 seed Virginia Tech matches up with the Notre Dame-Clemson winner at 5 p.m., with No. 6 seed Wake Forest (38–18) battling the Louisville-Pitt winner at 9 p.m.

Thursday’s quarterfinals feature top-seeded Georgia Tech (45–9) playing the 3 p.m. Wednesday winner at 3 p.m., and No. 4 seed Boston College (36–20) facing the 1 p.m. Wednesday winner at 7 p.m. ET. After UNC’s game on Friday, No. 3 seed Florida State (38–16) plays the 9 p.m. Wednesday winner.

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ACC tournament

At Truist Field in Charlotte
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Final on ESPN2; all other games on ACC Network
Tuesday’s first round
No. 16 Duke (25–30) vs. No. 9 N.C. State (32–21), 9 a.m.
No. 12 Stanford (27–25) vs. No. 13 California (29–25), 1 p.m.
No. 15 Clemson (31–25) vs. No. 10 Notre Dame, 5 p.m.
No. 14 Pittsburgh (30–23) vs. No. 11 Louisville (30–26), 9 p.m.
Wednesday’s second round
Duke-State winner vs. No. 8, 9 a.m.
Stanford-Cal winner vs. No. 5 Miami (36–17), 1 p.m.
Clemson-Notre Dame winner vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech (29–23), 5 p.m.
Pitt-Louisville winner vs. No. 6 Wake Forest (38–18), 9 p.m.
Quarterfinals
Thursday’s games
Wednesday morning winner vs. No. 1 Georgia Tech (45–9), 3 p.m.
1 p.m. Wednesday winner vs. No. 4 Boston College (36–20), 7 p.m.
Friday’s games
5 p.m. Wednesday winner vs. No. 2 North Carolina (43–10–1), 3 p.m.
9 p.m. Wednesday winner vs. No. 3 Florida State (37–15), 7 p.m.
Saturday’s semifinals
Thursday winners, 1 p.m.
Friday winners, 5 p.m.
Sunday’s championship
Noon

Date(s)	Day/ month	Times/ scores	Opponent (current rank)	Record/ TV *
	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. No. 23 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. 3 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. No. 20 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	3 p.m.	Quarterfinal vs. VT, Clemson or ND	ACCN
23	Saturday	5 p.m.	Semifinal	ACCN
24	Sunday	Noon	Championship	ESPN2
		NCAA tournament
29–31	Fri.-Sun.	Regionals	Campus sites
	June
5–7	Fri.-Sun.	Super Regionals	Campus sites
12–22	Fri.-Mon	College World Series	Omaha, Neb.