{"id":658794,"date":"2026-03-15T00:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/658794\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:22:14","slug":"acc-basketball-tournament-live-updates-scores-bracket-duke-takes-on-virginia-in-title-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/658794\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC basketball tournament live updates, scores, bracket: Duke takes on Virginia in title game"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Selection Sunday<\/a> almost here and March Madness<\/a> right around the corner, it\u2019s crunch time in conference tournaments around the country.<\/p>\n

Duke is the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, but is in Charlotte for the ACC tournament with a few question marks after late-season injuries to Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba II.<\/p>\n

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The Blue Devils eked out a win over Florida State on Thursday and didn\u2019t look much like a title contender, but they handled Clemson in the semifinals on Friday. As long as national player of the year frontrunner Cameron Boozer is suiting up for Duke, they\u2019re likely to be favored. He\u2019s been a monster this season, averaging 22.7 points and 10.2 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n

Can Virginia knock Duke off the throne? Follow along below for scores, highlights, bracketology and more (scroll for live updates).<\/p>\n

ACC men\u2019s basketball tournament<\/p>\n

When: March 10-14
Where: Spectrum Center | Charlotte, North Carolina
TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network
ACC tournament bracket, scores<\/a><\/p>\n

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ACC schedule, results (all times ET)<\/p>\n

Friday, March 13 \u2014 Semifinals<\/p>\n

Game 12 | No. 2 Virginia 84, No. 3 Miami 62<\/a>
Game 13 | No. 1 Duke 73, No. 5 Clemson 61<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday, March 14 \u2014 Championship<\/p>\n

Game 14 | No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 1 Duke | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN<\/p>\n

Live77 updatesSat, March 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer has scored 23 and 24 points in Duke\u2019s two ACC tournament wins this week. Will he put up another big game tonight against Virginia?<\/p>\n

Sat, March 14, 2026 at 5:04 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

We\u2019re about 30 minutes away from the ACC final tipping off in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s No. 1 seed Duke vs. No. 2 Virginia.<\/p>\n

Duke has a chance to claim the NCAA tournament overall No. 1 seed with a win while Virginia is looking to spoil the party and potentially move up a seed line.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:43 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils move on to the ACC title game and will face Virginia on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer packed the stat sheet as he always does. He finished with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.<\/p>\n

Perhaps more importantly, Duke got a career-high out of Cayden Boozer with 16 points. The latter is going to be vital in the NCAA tournament after starting guard Caleb Foster suffered a potentially season-ending foot injury last week.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Duke star averages 23 points and 10 rebounds and he has 19 and 12 with six minutes still left in the game. The big man can also dish; he has five assists as well.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils are still in complete control of this one and just extend their lead to 20 with just under 14 minutes left in the game.<\/p>\n

Cameron Boozer has 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists after pulling up for a 3-ball.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

We are back for the second half. Can Clemson cut into Duke\u2019s lead and keep this thing respectable, or are we looking at another Blue Devil blowout?<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils were able to enforce their will late in the first half and head into the break with a sizable double-digit lead.<\/p>\n

Clemson didn\u2019t let Cameron Boozer go off, but he\u2019s getting to the free-throw line plenty (8-for-10 from the line already) and has 13 points, 7 boards and 3 assists.<\/p>\n

Clemson’s going to need to hit some shots in the second half to keep this thing competitive. The Tigers are just 6-for-28 shooting and have only made two 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:16 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s Cayden Boozer doing work for the Blue Devils. The \u2018other\u2019 twin has 9 points of his own after a 10-0 Duke run pushes the lead to 29-19 with just under 4 minutes left in the half.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Tigers aren’t shooting that well, but they’re still matching the Blue Devils and it’s a one-possession game with just over seven minutes left in the first half.<\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been the prettiest start in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Clemson is matching up well with Duke in the first few minutes, but it has no answer with Cameron Boozer (just like everybody else in the sport). The star freshman has 8 early points and the Blue Devils have a narrow lead.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

We are underway with Duke-Clemson and the Tigers are on the board first!<\/p>\n

The Blue Devils came into this game as 10.5-point favorites. The two teams have met just once this season and Duke won that game 67-54.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Cavs left little doubt in this one. Virginia had four different players score 15 or more points. Ugonna Onyenso led the way with 17, Sam Lewis and Thijs De Ridder had 16 and Malik Thomas had 15.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

That\u2019ll do it for this one.<\/p>\n

Virginia is now up 26 points and five players are in double figures. This will be the Cavs\u2019 29th win of the season. They\u2019ll play the winner of Duke-Clemson, which is on tap next in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Cavs just aren\u2019t allowing the Canes to get back in this thing. A Virginia win feels inevitable the way the last 20 minutes has played out. They\u2019re shooting 55% from the floor this half and just bullying Miami on the boards.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Cavaliers are still in control of this one but the Canes are keeping it reasonable as we hit the 10-minute timeout. Miami just put together a 10-3 run to make it an 11-point game.<\/p>\n

Virginia is getting more clean looks and they’re taking advantage. Thijs De Ridder has 16 and Ugonna Onyenso has 15 for the Cavs.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

We are back for the second half and the Cavaliers are picking up right where they left off.<\/p>\n

Virginia is projected by many bracketologists as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament while Miami should be in the 6-7 range. The Hurricanes\u2019 KenPom and Wins Above Bubble metrics should help them on Selection Sunday, but the numbers aren\u2019t favorable for the Cavs.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

The Cavs found a rhythm late in the first half and left the Canes in the dust. It was knotted at 17 with just under 6 minutes left and then Virginia finally started making some shots.<\/p>\n

They ended the half on a 13-2 run capped off by a 3-ball from Chance Mallory, who made a steal and pulled up from 3 on the other end as time expired.<\/p>\n

Fri, March 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM PDT<\/p>\n

Yahoo Sports Staff<\/p>\n

With only a couple minutes left in the half, the Cavs are up 9 as Thijs De Ridder and Ugonna Onyenso are finding their mark.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the lob that got the Virginia run started:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Selection Sunday almost here and March Madness right around the corner, it\u2019s crunch time in conference tournaments…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[84524,12435,7,18399,17047,684,5146,9110,666,4257,15420,6936],"class_list":["post-658794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-acc-mens-basketball-tournament","tag-acc-tournament","tag-basketball","tag-caleb-foster","tag-cameron-boozer","tag-charlotte","tag-clemson","tag-conference-tournaments","tag-duke","tag-florida-state","tag-question-marks","tag-virginia"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116230340330540119","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658794","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=658794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}