2025 ACC Basketball Tournament Projection: Bracket, schedule for field if season ended today - March 5

The regular season in college basketball is rapidly coming to a close. With that in mind, the ACC Tournament is around the corner, and teams are looking to steal a bid or earn their way into the NCAA Tournament from the bubble, so it’s sure to be a wild race to the finish.

On Tuesday, a monster slate delivered some chaos to the conference’s standings. North Carolina blew Virginia Tech out of the water, while Georgia Tech survived against Miami. Elsewhere, Virginia was victorious over Florida State, and SMU sent Syracuse back to New York with a two-point loss.

With four more ACC games taking place tonight, there’s still plenty of time left in the regular season for the ACC standings to change. For now, though, here’s a look at the 2025 ACC Basketball Tournament bracket and schedule if the season ended on March 5th.

ACC Tournament Projected Bracket and Schedule

The ACC is now up to 18 teams, though only 15 teams are going to make the ACC Tournament. As of now, the three teams who are set to miss the tournament are Miami, Boston College, and NC State. There’s a two-game cushion between them and the next three teams in the conference standings.

Six teams will be in action in Round 1 of the ACC Tournament. After that, another five will begin Round 2, after getting a bye week, and the final four teams in the field will begin play in Round 3, which is also acting as the quarterfinals.

Round 1

Game 1: 13 California vs. 12 Florida State
Date/Time: 2 p.m. ET, March 11

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

Game 3: 14 Notre Dame vs. 11 Pitt
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 11

Round 2

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

Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. 5 SMU
Date/Time: 2:30 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 6: Winner Game 2 vs. 7 Stanford
Date/Time: 7 p.m. ET, March 12

Game 7: Winner Game 3 vs. 6 Wake Forest
Date/Time: 9:30 p.m. ET, March 12

Quarterfinals

Game 8: Winner Game 4 vs. 1 Duke
Date/Time: 12 p.m. ET, March 13

Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. 4 North Carolina
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