With the Hokies loss at clemson on Sunday, Tech will be the #4 seed in the ACC Tournament. Their first battle will be against either miami or nc state on Friday at 2 PM at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. In reality, the game probably won’t start until somewhere between 2:20 and 2:40. There is a game at noon and then a 20 minute break before the next game, Tech’s game, tips off.

I hate to ever say a uva win is a good thing, but their victory over maryland is a positive for the Hokies. With maryland’s loss to the hoos Sunday, they drop to the #6 seed and miami gets the #5 seed thanks to their win over maryland two weeks ago. This is good for Tech in terms of improving their NCAA Tournament resume since miami is ranked higher in the RPI (miami is ~27 while md is ~65) and VT has already beaten maryland twice so a third victory wouldn’t mean much. A win over miami will give the Hokies their first Top 50 RPI win and strengthen their hopes of making the Big Dance, though they may also have to knock off unc in the semi-finals.

Or, nc state may beat miami and you throw all this out the window. Wouldn’t that be super? The Hokies would have to play a 4-12 nc state team that has beaten VT six straight times, and even if Tech wins, it wouldn’t be a quality win. Let’s root for miami. c-a-n-e-s canes.

ACC Tournament Seedings:

1. unc (1st round bye)
2. duke (1st round bye)
3. clemson (1st round bye)
4. VT (1st round bye)
5. miami
6. maryland
7. georgia tech
8. wake forest
9. florida state
10. uva
11. boston college
12. nc state

ACC Tourney Schedule:

1. Th – Noon - #9 fsu vs. #8 wake
2. Th – 2 PM – #12 ncsu vs. #5 miami
3. Th – 7 PM – #10 uva vs. #7 ga tech
4. Th – 9 PM – #11 bc vs. #6 md
5. Fr – Noon – #1 unc vs. Game 1 winner
6. Fr – 2 PM – #4 VT vs. Game 2 winner
7. Fr – 7 PM – #2 duke vs. Game 3 winner
8. Fr – 9 PM – #3 clemson vs. Game 4 winner
9. Sat – 1:30 PM – Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
10. Sat – 3:30 PM – Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
11. Sun – 1 PM – Championship Game

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