Duke basketball is the No. 1 seed within the 2025 ACC Event and can seemingly enter the Charlotte occasion because the top-ranked workforce within the nation.
The second-ranked Blue Devils (28-3, 19-1 ACC) earned their first outright ACC regular-season championship for the primary time below third-year coach Jon Scheyer. Duke additionally secured a double bye into the Thursday quarterfinals. Louisville (25-6, 18-2) claimed the No. 2 seed, whereas Clemson (26-5, 18-2) notched the No. 3 seed.
Wake Forest (21-10, 13-7) picked up the No. 4 seed to earn the ultimate double bye. The Demon Deacons received a three-team tiebreaker with North Carolina and SMU primarily based on their 2-0 document towards the Tar Heels and Mustangs within the common season.
The match begins Tuesday with three video games. No. 12 seed Notre Dame (14-17, 8-12) faces No. 13 Pitt (17-14, 8-12) within the opener at 2 p.m. ET. No. 10 Virginia Tech (13-18, 8-12) performs No. 15 California (13-18, 6-14) at 4:30 p.m. ET within the Golden Bears’ first-ever ACC Event recreation. No. 11 Florida State (17-14, 8-12) takes on No. 14 Syracuse (13-18, 7-13) within the Tuesday nightcap at 7 p.m. ET.
No. 8 seed Georgia Tech (16-15, 10-10) performs No. 9 Virginia (15-16, 8-12) on Wednesday at midday ET to begin the second spherical. The Cavaliers received a five-team tiebreaker over Virginia Tech, FSU, Notre Dame and Pitt to assert the ultimate bye within the match.
No. 5 seed North Carolina (20-12, 13-7) battles the winner of the Notre Dame-Pitt contest at 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Within the second session, No. 7 Stanford (19-12, 11-9) makes its ACC Event debut, enjoying the winner of the Virginia Tech-California recreation at 7 p.m. ET, whereas No. 6 SMU (22-9, 13-7) takes the ACC Event courtroom for the primary time ever because it performs the Florida State-Syracuse winner at 9:30 p.m. ET.
The Wednesday winners then will transfer on to play the match’s high 4 seeds on Thursday within the quarterfinals.
All 14 match video games shall be nationally televised on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or ACC Community. As well as, all video games shall be obtainable for streaming through ACCNX.
Dates: Tuesday via Saturday
Streaming: ACC Community, ESPN+
TV:ACC Network, ESPN family of networks
The ACC match will start Tuesday solely on the ACC community earlier than shifting to ESPN channels for the ultimate 4 days. The channel for some video games has but to be decided, and can rely upon different video games throughout the nation and the groups nonetheless alive.
Tuesday, March 11 (First Spherical)
Sport 1: #12 Notre Dame def. #13 Pittsburgh 55-54
Sport 2: #15 California def. #10 Virginia Tech 82-73 (OT)
Sport 3: #14 Syracuse def. #11 Florida State 66-62
Wednesday, March 12 (Second Spherical)
Sport 4: #8 Georgia Tech, #9 Virginia, Midday (ESPN)
Sport 5: #12 Notre Dame, #5 North Carolina, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Sport 6: #15 California, #7 Stanford, 7 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Sport 7: #14 Syracuse, #6 SMU, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Thursday, March 13 (Quarterfinals)
Sport 8: Winner Sport 4, #1 Duke, Midday, (ESPN/ESPN2)
Sport 9: Winner Sport 5, #4 Wake Forest, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Sport 10: Winner Sport 6, #2 Louisville, 7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Sport 11: Winner Sport 7, #3 Clemson, 9 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Friday, March 14 (Semifinals)
Sport 12: Winner Sport 8, Winner Sport 9, 7 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Sport 13: Winner Sport 10, Winner Sport 11, 9:30 p.m. (ESPN/ESPN2)
Saturday, March 15 (Championship)
Sport 14: Winner Sport 12, Winner Sport 13, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Rodd Baxley covers Duke, North Carolina and N.C. State for The Fayetteville Observer as a part of the USA TODAY Community. Observe his ACC protection on X/Twitter or Bluesky: @RoddBaxley. Bought questions relating to these groups? Ship them to rbaxley@fayobserver.com.