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NCAA postseason basketball is about to get underway, with the ACC tournament kicking off on Tuesday, March 12 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte.

The league boasts three of the nation’s top-5 teams in the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers, which won a tie-breaker with the No. 2 North Carolina Tar Heels, followed by the third-place Duke Blue Devils. Florida State finished fourth in the league, and will round out the squads getting first-round byes.

ACC playoff action kicks off at noon on ESPN. Here’s how to watch:

ROUND 1, Tuesday, March 12
Game 1: No. 12 Miami vs. No. 13 Wake Forest (Noon, ESPN)
Game 2: No. 10 Georgia Tech vs. No. 15 Notre Dame (2 p.m., ESPN)
Game 3: No. 11 Boston College vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh (7 p.m., ESPNU)

ROUND 2, Wednesday, March 13
Game 4: No. 8 NC State vs. No. 9 Clemson (Noon, ESPN)
Game 5: No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. Game 1 winner (2 p.m., ESPN)
Game 6: No. 7 Louisville vs. Game 2 winner (7 p.m., ESPN2)
Game 7: No. 6 Syracuse vs. Game 3 winner (9 p.m., ESPN2)

ROUND 3 (Semifinals), Thursday, March 14
Game 8: No. 1 Virginia vs. Game 4 winner (12:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 9: No. 4 Florida State vs. Game 5 winner (2:30 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 10: No. 2 North Carolina vs. Game 6 winner (7 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)
Game 11: No. 3 Duke vs. Game 7 winner (9 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2)

ROUND 4 (Quarterfinals), Friday, March 15
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 9 winner (7 p.m., ESPN)
Game 13: Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner (9 p.m., ESPN)

ACC CHAMPIONSHIP, Saturday, March 16
Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner (8:30 p.m., ESPN)

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