ACC Tournament bracket reveal: Nice draw for Virginia, the #2 seed

I like the ACC Tournament draw for Virginia, which is slotted into the noon ET game in Thursday’s quarterfinals, opposite the survivor from among NC State, Stanford and Pitt.

The ’Hoos (27-4, 15-3 ACC) were 4-0 this season in games against those three squads – with a pair of wins over NC State (19-12, 10-8 ACC), winning 76-61 in Raleigh on Jan. 3, and 90-61 in Charlottesville on Feb. 24, and double-digit home wins over Stanford (20-11, 9-9 ACC) and Pitt (12-19, 5-13 ACC).

Win on Thursday, and UVA, the tournament’s #2 seed, gets the survivor from among the #3 Miami (24-7, 13-5 ACC) side of the bracket, which includes #6 Louisville (22-9, 11-7 ACC), #11 SMU (19-12, 8-10 ACC) and #14 Syracuse (15-16, 6-12 ACC).

Virginia was 4-0 this season against this group – defeating Miami 86-83 in Charlottesville on Feb. 21, winning at Louisville (79-70, Jan. 13) and SMU (72-68, Jan. 17) and getting past Syracuse in JPJ (72-59, Feb. 7).

2026 ACC Tournament schedule

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Tuesday, March 10
First Round

• 2 p.m. – No. 10 Stanford vs. No. 15 Pitt (ACC Network)
• 4:30 p.m. – No. 11 SMU vs. No. 14 Syracuse (ACC Network)
• 7 p.m. – No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Wake Forest (ACC Network)

Wednesday, March 11
Second Round

• Noon – No. 7 NC State vs. Stanford-Pitt winner (ESPN/ESPN)
• 2:30 p.m. – No. 6 Louisville vs. SMU-Syracuse winner (ESPN/ESPNU)
• 7 p.m. – No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 9 California (ESPN2/ESPNU)
• 9:30 p.m. – No. 5 Clemson vs. Virginia Tech-Wake Forest winner (ESPN2/ESPNU)

Thursday, March 12
Quarterfinals

• Noon – No. 2 Virginia vs. Wednesday Noon winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
• 2:30 p.m. – No. 3 Miami vs. Wednesday 2:30 p.m. winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
• 7 p.m. – No. 1 Duke vs. Wednesday 7 p.m. winner (ESPN/ESPN2)
• 9:30 p.m. – No. 4 North Carolina vs. Wednesday 9:30 p.m. winner (ESPN/ESPN2)

Friday, March 13
Semifinals

• 7 p.m. – Thursday afternoon winners (ESPN/ESPN2)
• 9:30 p.m. – Thursday evening winners (ESPN/ESPN2)

Saturday, March 14
Championship

• 8:30 p.m. – Semifinal winners (ESPN)

Video: Virginia at the 2026 ACC Tournament

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