As the ACC WBB schools go into regular season final game on Sunday, here's a look at how the ACC WBB Tournament would look if it started today.
WEDNESDAY GAMES
#12 seed Syracuse vs #13 seed Clemson
#10 seed Duke vs #15 seed Virginia
#11 seed Wake Forest vs #14 seed Pittsburgh
THURSDAY GAMES
#5 seed UNC vs. winner of Syracuse vs. Clemson
#8 seed Miami vs. #9 seed FSU
#7 seed Boston College vs winner of Duke vs Virginia
#6 seed Georgia Tech vs winner of Wake vs Pittsburgh
FRIDAY GAMES
#4 seed Virginia Tech vs UNC, Syracuse or Clemson
#1 seed NC State vs, Miami or FSU
#2 seed LOUISVILLE vs. Boston College, Duke or Virginia
#3 seed Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech, Wake Forest or Pittsburgh
SATURDAY GAMES are the semifinals and the championship is Sunday at noon. RSN is listed as carrying Wednesday through Friday action and the ACC Network has Saturday and Sunday games. RSN usually means Bally Sports.
Great.
One can only hope the crew of ACC WBB announcers do the RSN Broadcasts.
Obviously, some changes could occur with this Sunday's games still ahead. Sunday's schedule: Conference record is listed next to each team.
(9-8) Boston College at (4-13) Syracuse
(15-2) LOUISVILLE at (13-4) Notre Dame
(10-7) Georgia Tech at (4-13) Wake Forest
(9-8) FSU at (2-15) Pitt
(7-10) Duke at (12-5) UNC
(3-14) Clemson at (9-8) Miami
(16-1) NC State at (13-4) Virginia Tech
( 2-16) Virginia --- off
-- A Notre Dame loss, and Virginia Tech win would put the Hokies in the #3 seed. Notre Dame does hold the tie-breaker over Virginia Tech, since the Irish beat them in the regular season.
-- With three teams at 9-8 (Miami, Boston College and FSU), seeds #7 through #9 could change. Miami would handle Clemson, Boston College should beat Syracuse and and FSU should beat Pitt. That would create a three-way tie at 10-8. Miami beat Florida State but lost to Boston College. Boston College lost to FSU but beat Miami. FSU lost to Miami and beat FSU. An interesting dilemma exists here in seeding if BC, FSU and Miami all win (or lose).
-- If Pitt loses to FSU, they would drop to the #16 seed, since Virginia beat them in the regular season.
-- UNC and VT split games against each other during the regular season. so, if UNC defeats Duke and VT falls to NC State, UNC could move to the #4 seed, VT fall to the #5 seed. That means VT would have to play Thursday and UNC would not play until Friday
Should be a fun Sunday, and since VT and NC State don't play until 6 p.m., we may not know the ACC WBB Tournament final seeding until 8 p. m. Sunday night.
Stay tuned.
--sonja--
WEDNESDAY GAMES
#12 seed Syracuse vs #13 seed Clemson
#10 seed Duke vs #15 seed Virginia
#11 seed Wake Forest vs #14 seed Pittsburgh
THURSDAY GAMES
#5 seed UNC vs. winner of Syracuse vs. Clemson
#8 seed Miami vs. #9 seed FSU
#7 seed Boston College vs winner of Duke vs Virginia
#6 seed Georgia Tech vs winner of Wake vs Pittsburgh
FRIDAY GAMES
#4 seed Virginia Tech vs UNC, Syracuse or Clemson
#1 seed NC State vs, Miami or FSU
#2 seed LOUISVILLE vs. Boston College, Duke or Virginia
#3 seed Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech, Wake Forest or Pittsburgh
SATURDAY GAMES are the semifinals and the championship is Sunday at noon. RSN is listed as carrying Wednesday through Friday action and the ACC Network has Saturday and Sunday games. RSN usually means Bally Sports.
Great.
One can only hope the crew of ACC WBB announcers do the RSN Broadcasts.
Obviously, some changes could occur with this Sunday's games still ahead. Sunday's schedule: Conference record is listed next to each team.
(9-8) Boston College at (4-13) Syracuse
(15-2) LOUISVILLE at (13-4) Notre Dame
(10-7) Georgia Tech at (4-13) Wake Forest
(9-8) FSU at (2-15) Pitt
(7-10) Duke at (12-5) UNC
(3-14) Clemson at (9-8) Miami
(16-1) NC State at (13-4) Virginia Tech
( 2-16) Virginia --- off
-- A Notre Dame loss, and Virginia Tech win would put the Hokies in the #3 seed. Notre Dame does hold the tie-breaker over Virginia Tech, since the Irish beat them in the regular season.
-- With three teams at 9-8 (Miami, Boston College and FSU), seeds #7 through #9 could change. Miami would handle Clemson, Boston College should beat Syracuse and and FSU should beat Pitt. That would create a three-way tie at 10-8. Miami beat Florida State but lost to Boston College. Boston College lost to FSU but beat Miami. FSU lost to Miami and beat FSU. An interesting dilemma exists here in seeding if BC, FSU and Miami all win (or lose).
-- If Pitt loses to FSU, they would drop to the #16 seed, since Virginia beat them in the regular season.
-- UNC and VT split games against each other during the regular season. so, if UNC defeats Duke and VT falls to NC State, UNC could move to the #4 seed, VT fall to the #5 seed. That means VT would have to play Thursday and UNC would not play until Friday
Should be a fun Sunday, and since VT and NC State don't play until 6 p.m., we may not know the ACC WBB Tournament final seeding until 8 p. m. Sunday night.
Stay tuned.
--sonja--
