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Duke Basketball: ACC Tournament field and seeding is officially set

By Kevin Connelly

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 11: The Duke Blue Devils hold up the trophy after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 75-69 in the championship game of the 2017 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at the Barclays Center on March 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 11: The Duke Blue Devils hold up the trophy after defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 75-69 in the championship game of the 2017 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at the Barclays Center on March 11, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) /
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The ACC Tournament field is set and the Duke Basketball team will have some time to get rest and recover before its first game.

After three seasons in Washington, DC and Brooklyn, New York the ACC Tournament is back in North Carolina and will be in Charlotte at the Spectrum Center, home of the Charlotte Hornets.

As the regular season wrapped up yesterday, the biggest seeds left to be set were at the top of the bracket with Virginia, North Carolina, and Duke.

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The Cavaliers were able to escape from the Louisville Cardinals at home to secure the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament, while North Carolina’s win over Duke assured the Tar Heels that it would be the No. 2 seed while the Blue Devils are No. 3.

The Florida State Seminoles are the last team with the double-bye and come in at the No. 4 seed.

The ACC Tournament starts on Tuesday afternoon with the bottom six teams facing off starting at 12:00pm ET.

The first game will be the No. 12 Miami Hurricanes against the No. 13 Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

The winner of that game will play the No. 5 Virginia Tech Hokies on Wednesday at 2:00pm ET while the winner of that Second Round game will get to face the No. 4 Seminoles in the Quarterfinals.

At 2:30pm ET on Tuesday it will be the No. 10 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and No. 15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish facing off with the winner getting a date with the No. 7 Louisville Cardinals in the Second Round on Wednesday night.

The No. 2 North Carolina Tar Heels will await the winner of that Second Round matchup in the Quarterfinals at 7:00pm ET.

The last First Round matchup will be between the No. 11 Boston College Eagles and the No. 14 Pittsburgh Panthers at 7:00pm ET on Tuesday night, with the winner getting to play the No. Duke 6 Syracuse Orange in the last game of the day on Wednesday night.

The No. 3 Duke Blue Devils get to play the winner of that Second Round game on Thursday night at approximately 9:30pm ET.

Going back up to the top of the bracket, the only Second Round matchup that has been determined is the No. 8 vs. No. 9 matchup between the North Carolina State Wolfpack and Clemson Tigers.

That game is at 12:30pm ET on Wednesday afternoon and the winner would get to play the No. 1 Virginia Cavaliers.

The fun gets started at 12:00pm ET on Tuesday afternoon from the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina and all games can be seen on the ESPN family of networks as well as Raycom Sports.

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