ACC Tournament Notes

• Duke defeated Virginia, Miami and Georgia Tech—the eigth, 12th and seventh seeds in the conference—en route to the Tournament championship.

• Miami provided the biggest surprise of the weekend. The Hurricanes, the ACC’s worst team according to the regular-season standings, upset Wake Forest by 20 and snuck past Virginia Tech to reach the Tournament semifinals. There, Miami pushed Duke to the brink before falling by just three points.

• High seeds like Florida State and Wake Forest set themselves back in terms of NCAA Tournament seedings with poor showings in Greensboro. Neither team won a game in the ACC Tournament—the Seminoles lost in the 3-11 game to N.C. State—and both received No. 9 seeds in the Big Dance instead of more favorable draws.

• Georgia Tech very nearly became the first team in ACC history to win four games en route to a conference tournament championship. The Yellow Jackets did not recieve a bye because of their seventh-place finish, and thus were forced to play North Carolina in the opening round to make it into the main draw.