{"id":646361,"date":"2026-03-08T03:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646361\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:05:13","slug":"acc-basketball-tournament-2026-bracket-schedule-and-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646361\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC basketball tournament 2026: Bracket, schedule and scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

The bracket is set for the 2026 ACC Tournament, which will be brimming with storylines as college basketball’s postseason ramps up. Duke<\/a> is the No. 1 seed and will be aiming for back-to-back conference tournament titles for the first time since winning three straight from 2009-11.<\/p>\n

While the Blue Devils are the event’s headline attraction, the ACC Tournament is also dripping with NCAA Tournament bubble intrigue. Squads like No. 7 seed NC State<\/a>, No. 9 seed Cal, No. 10 seed Stanford<\/a> and No. 11 seed SMU<\/a>\u00a0 are living life on the bubble and will want to extend their stays in Charlotte<\/a> as long as possible.<\/p>\n

The Cardinal and Mustangs are among the teams with the longest paths to Saturday’s championship game. Both will be in action Tuesday when the ACC Tournament tips off with a trio of games involving teams 10-15 in the seeding hierarchy. This is the ACC’s second season as an 18-team league, and like last year, the bottom three teams from the conference standings didn’t make it. That’s why you won’t see Boston College<\/a>, Notre Dame<\/a> or Georgia Tech<\/a> in the bracket.<\/p>\n

As for teams other than Duke that should be regarded as high-caliber contenders, No. 2 seed Virginia<\/a> and No. 3 seed Miami<\/a> stand out. Both programs are in the midst of remarkable turnarounds under first-year coaches and are looking to build momentum entering the NCAA Tournament. No. 4 seed North Carolina<\/a> and No. 6 Louisville<\/a> are also talented clubs to watch during what’s shaping up to be a high-stakes week for a storied conference that is fighting for its place in the national hierarchy.<\/p>\n

2026 ACC Tournament bracket, scores<\/p>\n

Location: Spectrum Center — Charlotte, North Carolina
Live stream:\u00a0fuboTV<\/a>\u00a0(Try for free)\u00a0 |\u00a0Follow live:\u00a0CBS Sports App<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

All times Eastern; some start times approximated<\/p>\n

First round — Tuesday, March 10
Game 1: No. 10 seed Stanford vs. No. 15 seed Pitt\u00a0| 2 p.m. on ACC Network
Game 2: No. 11 seed SMU vs. No. 14 seed Syracuse<\/a>\u00a0| 4:30 p.m. on ACC Network
Game 3: No. 12 seed Virginia Tech<\/a> vs. No. 13 seed Wake Forest<\/a> | 7 p.m. on ACC Network<\/p>\n

Second round — Wednesday, March 11
Game 4: No. 7 seed NC State vs. Game 1 Winner\u00a0| Noon on ESPN
Game 5: No. 6 seed Louisville vs. Game 2 Winner\u00a0| 2:30 p.m. on ESPN
Game 6: No. 8 seed Florida State<\/a> vs. No. 9 seed California<\/a> | 7 p.m. on ESPN2\/ESPNU
Game 7: No. 5 seed Clemson<\/a> vs. Game 3 Winner | 9:30 p.m. on ESPN2\/ESPNU<\/p>\n

Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 12
Game 8: No. 2 seed Virginia vs. Game 4 Winner\u00a0| Noon on ESPN\/ESPN2
Game 9: No. 3 seed Miami vs. Game 5 Winner\u00a0| 2:30 p.m. on ESPN\/ESPN2
Game 10: No. 1 seed Duke vs. Game 6 Winner\u00a0| 7 p.m. on ESPN\/ESPN2
Game 11: No. 4 seed North Carolina vs. Game 7 Winner\u00a0| 9:30 p.m. on ESPN\/ESPN2<\/p>\n

Semifinals — Friday, March 13
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner\u00a0 | 7 p.m. on ESPN\/ESPN2
Game 13: Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner \u00a0| 9:30 p.m. on ESPN\/ESPN2<\/p>\n

ACC Tournament Championship Game — Saturday, March 14
Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner\u00a0| 8:30 p.m. on ESPN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bracket is set for the 2026 ACC Tournament, which will be brimming with storylines as college basketball’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3724],"tags":[12435,83839,83840,83843,83841,83842,7,18361,18360,18257,7150,217,691,17880,9417,1984,18379,15411,1770,783,6775,12772,14568,1774,12809,12747],"class_list":{"0":"post-646361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-acc-tournament","9":"tag-acc-tournament-2026","10":"tag-acc-tournament-bracket","11":"tag-acc-tournament-results","12":"tag-acc-tournament-schedule","13":"tag-acc-tournament-scores","14":"tag-basketball","15":"tag-boston-college-eagles","16":"tag-california-golden-bears","17":"tag-charlotte-49ers","18":"tag-clemson-tigers","19":"tag-college-basketball","20":"tag-duke-blue-devils","21":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","22":"tag-georgia-tech-yellow-jackets","23":"tag-louisville-cardinals","24":"tag-miami-fla-hurricanes","25":"tag-nc-state-wolfpack","26":"tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","27":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","28":"tag-smu-mustangs","29":"tag-stanford-cardinal","30":"tag-syracuse-orange","31":"tag-virginia-cavaliers","32":"tag-virginia-tech-hokies","33":"tag-wake-forest-demon-deacons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}