2018 ACC Tournament Bracket set: Clemson's path in Brooklyn

Clemson plays NC State or the Georgia Tech/Boston College first-round winner on Thursday at 2 p.m.

by Brandon Rink - Staff Writer - Sat Mar 03 22:25:32 GMT-04:00 2018

No. 18 Clemson opens play at the ACC Tournament on Thursday next week as a 4-seed versus an opponent to be determined.

The Tigers (22-8, 11-7 ACC) will have a 2 p.m. approximate start on ESPN (and ACC Network) in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center versus the Wednesday winner of 5-seed NC State against 12-seed Boston College or 13-seed Georgia Tech (a Tuesday first round game). No. 1 Virginia likely awaits next in a 7 p.m. Friday semifinal (ESPN).

Clemson split matchups with NC State (78-62 win in Clemson; 78-77 loss in Raleigh), took a win at Boston College (74-70) and swept a home-and-home with Georgia Tech (72-70 in Atlanta; 75-67 in Clemson). The Tigers closed their regular season Saturday with a 55-52 loss at Syracuse.

Brad Brownell’s group reaching 11 ACC wins was a school-record. According to Clemson SID Tim Bourret, the Tigers finishing in a tie for third in the ACC standings after being picked 13th in the media poll is the biggest disparity in ACC history.

Clemson entered the day projected as a 4-seed in the NCAA Tournament by BracketMatrix.com’s average, which would tie a school-best.

Check out the full bracket below:

2018 ACC Tournament matchups

(In Brooklyn’s Barclays Center)

March 6 (Tuesday)

Noon ET - (12) Boston College vs. (13) Georgia Tech; 2 p.m. - (10) Notre Dame vs. (15) Pittsburgh; 7 p.m. - (11) Syracuse vs. (14) Wake Forest.

March 7 (Wednesday)

Noon - (8) Florida State vs. (9) Louisville; 2 p.m. - (5) NC State vs. (12) Boston College/(13) Georgia Tech; 7 p.m. - (7) Virginia Tech vs. (10) Notre Dame/(15) Pittsburgh; 9 p.m. - (6) North Carolina vs. (11) Syracuse/(14) Wake Forest.

March 8 (Thursday)

Noon - (1) Virginia vs. Wednesday noon game winner; 2 p.m. - (4) Clemson vs. Wed. 2 p.m. winner; 7 p.m. - (2) Duke vs. Wed. 7 p.m. winner; 9 p.m. - (3) Miami vs. Wed. 9 p.m. winner.

March 9 (Friday)

7 p.m. - Thursday afternoon session game winners; 9 p.m. - Thursday evening game winners.

March 10 (Saturday)

8:30 p.m. - ACC Championship

(Games will be on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, and also ACC Network; times are approximate).

The ACC Tournament bracket is set! pic.twitter.com/sY7EbYyzQa
— ??Jake?? (@AlwaysMarch_) March 4, 2018

Final ACC Standings (Regular season)

SCHOOL CONF GB CPCT. OVERALL PCT. STREAK

#1 Virginia 17-1 -- .944 28-2 .933 W5

#5 Duke 13-5 4 .722 25-6 .806 W1

Miami 11-7 6 .611 22-8 .733 W4

#18 Clemson 11-7 6 .611 22-8 .733 L1

NC State 11-7 6 .611 21-10 .677 W1

#9 North Carolina 11-7 6 .611 22-9 .710 L2

Virginia Tech 10-8 7 .556 21-10 .677 L1

Florida State 9-9 8 .500 20-10 .667 W1

Louisville 9-9 8 .500 19-12 .613 L2

Notre Dame 8-10 9 .444 18-13 .581 L1

Syracuse 8-10 9 .444 19-12 .613 W1

Boston College 7-11 10 .389 17-14 .548 L1

Georgia Tech 6-12 11 .333 13-18 .419 W2

Wake Forest 4-14 13 .222 11-19 .367 L2

Pittsburgh 0-18 17 .000 8-23 .258 L18

Clemson finishes in a tie for third in ACC standings after being picked 13th in the preseason media poll. The 10 place improvement from preseason poll to final standing is the greatest improvement in ACC history.
— Tim Bourret (@TimBourret) March 4, 2018