ACC 2025 Men’s Basketball Tournament Set to Tip Off in Charlotte

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The 2025 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament returns to Charlotte’s Spectrum Center, beginning Tuesday, March 11. The first round features No. 13 Pitt taking on No. 12 Notre Dame at 2 p.m., followed by No. 15 California vs. No. 10 Virginia Tech and No. 14 Syracuse vs. No. 11 Florida State. The top four seeds—Duke, Louisville, Clemson, and Wake Forest—receive a double-bye and will begin play in the quarterfinals on Thursday, March 13. Duke, fresh off securing the ACC regular-season title with a victory over rival UNC, holds the No. 1 seed.

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Second-round action kicks off Wednesday, March 12, with No. 8 Georgia Tech facing No. 9 Virginia at noon. No. 5 North Carolina awaits the winner of the Pitt-Notre Dame matchup, while No. 7 Stanford, making its ACC Tournament debut, will battle either California or Virginia Tech. Another tournament newcomer, No. 6 SMU, faces the winner of Florida State vs. Syracuse. With all 15 ACC teams vying for the championship, the tournament promises high-stakes basketball as teams compete for an automatic NCAA Tournament bid.