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2025 ACC Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - Feb. 27

FaceProfileby:Thomas Goldkamp•02/27/25
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Mar 8, 2015; Greensboro, NC, USA; ACC logo during the Championship game at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. Notre Dame wins the ACC Womens' Basketball Championship 71-58 over Florida State. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

The ACC Tournament is fast approaching, and with it the chance to potentially steal a bid in the NCAA Tournament for a team that might currently be off the bubble.

There will be more than a few teams in the ACC who fit that billing. So starting on March 11 in the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., teams will begin squaring off looking to stack a few marquee wins to bolster the resume.

Duke will be the heavy favorite as the likely No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, while programs like Wake Forest and North Carolina might need to make a strong run to ensure an NCAA Tournament berth. Let’s dive into the projected ACC Tournament matchups.

ACC Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

There are currently eight teams in line to receive a bye in the ACC Tournament, with four set to receive a first-round bye (seeds 5-8) and four more set to receive a double bye (seeds 1-4). Having a bye is huge in a multi-day format.

The teams currently in line to receive a double bye are Duke, Louisville, Clemson and SMU. Meanwhile, the teams currently in the single bye spots are Wake Forest, North Carolina, Stanford and Georgia Tech.

Round 1

Game 1: 13 Notre Dame vs. 12 Syracuse
Date/Time: 2 p.m. ET, March 11

Game 2: 15 NC State vs. 10 Virginia Tech
Date/Time: 4:30 p.m. ET, March 11

Game 3: 14 California vs. 11 Pittsburgh
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 11

Round 2

Game 4: 9 Florida State vs. 8 Virginia
Date/Time: 12 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 5: Winner Notre Dame/Syracuse vs. 5 Wake Forest
Date/Time: 2:30 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 6: Winner NC State/Virginia Tech vs. 7 Stanford
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 7: Winner California/Pittsburgh vs. 6 North Carolina
Date/Time: 9:30 p.m. ET, March 12

Quarterfinals

Game 8: Winner Florida State/Virginia vs. 1 Duke
Date/Time: 12 p.m. ET, March 13

Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. 4 SMU
Date/Time: 2:30 p.m. ET, March 13

Game 10: Winner Game 6 vs. 2 Louisville
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 13

Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. 3 Clemson
Date/Time: 9:30 p.m. ET, March 13

Semifinals

Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 14

Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 10
Date/Time: 9:30 p.m. ET, March 14

ACC Tournament Championship

Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13
Date/Time: 8:30 p.m. ET, March 15