March Madness bracket number 1 seed race update
The No. 1 seed race is heating up. Arizona, Duke and Michigan are in control, but UConn and Houston aren’t backing down.
The Atlantic Coast Conference men’s college basketball season is in its final week of the regular season.
That means the ACC tournament begins next week, with a chance for 14 teams to potentially win an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament. Even in the final week, seeding is up for grabs, except for the No. 1 overall seed. That, of course, will go to Duke, which clinched the regular season title outright on Monday, Feb. 2.
With 14 of the 18 conference teams making the conference tournament, we already know Boston College and Georgia Tech will be watching from home. However, Notre Dame and and Pittsburgh can win their way into the tournament, along with losses from Syracuse and Wake Forest.
The ACC tournament this season is being played at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Games kick off on Tuesday, March 10, with the championship game scheduled for Saturday, March 14.
Here’s how the bracket looks as of Thursday, March 5.
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All times EST.
First round
Tuesday, March 10
- G1: No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Wake Forest
- G2: No. 10 Stanford vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh
- G3: No. 11 SMU vs. No. 14 Syracuse
Second round
Wednesday, March 11
- G1: No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 9 Cal
- G2: No. 5 Clemson vs. Game 1 winner
- G3: No. 7 NC State vs. Game 2 winner
- G4: No. 6 Louisville vs. Game 3 winner
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
- G1: No. 1 Duke vs. Game 4 winner
- G2: No. 4 UNC vs. Game 5 winner
- G3: No. 2 Virginia vs. Game 6 winner
- G4: No. 3 Miami vs. Game 7 winner
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
- G1: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner
- G2: 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner
Final
Saturday, March 14
- Championship game, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)
ACC basketball remaining schedule
All times EST.
Saturday, March 7
- Virginia at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m. (The CW Network)
- Notre Dame at Boston College, 11 a.m. (ESPNU)
- Georgia Tech at Clemson, 11 a.m. (ACC Network)
- Louisville at Miami, 1 p.m. (ESPNU)
- SMU at Florida State, 1 p.m. (ACC Network)
- Stanford at NC State, 1:15 p.m. (The CW Network)
- California at Wake Forest, 3 p.m. (ACC Network)
- Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 3:30 p.m. (The CW Network)
- North Carolina at Duke, 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)
