University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Enter ACC Tournament As Top Seed
March 2, 2008 | Women's Basketball
March 2, 2008
GREENSBORO, N.C. --- North Carolina clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, which will begin Thursday, March 6, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. The Tar Heels look to record their fourth consecutive ACC title.
The 31st Annual ACC Women's Basketball Tournament is set to tip-off at approximately 11 a.m. ET on Thursday, March 6 and will conclude with a 1 p.m. championship contest on Sunday, March 9. The title game as well as the semifinals showings will be broadcast by Fox Sports Net (FSN), while the 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 6, and Friday, March 7 will be televised on the league's regional package (RSN).
The Tar Heels have played in 15 of the 30-year tournament's title games, taking home eight ACC crowns. Also in the four-day tournament's history, the top seeds have won 13 of the 30 ACC titles.
Thursday, March 6:
Game No. 1 - Seed No. 5 Georgia Tech vs. Seed No. 12 Miami 11:00 a.m. (RSN)
Game No. 2 - Seed No. 8 NC State vs. Seed No. 9 Clemson, 3:00 p.m. (Webcast on ACC Select)
Game No. 3 - Seed No. 7 Boston College vs. Seed No. 10 Virginia Tech, 6:00 p.m.(Webcast on ACC Select)
Game No. 4 - Seed No. 6 Florida State vs. Seed No. 11 Wake Forest, 8:00 p.m.(Webcast on ACC Select)
Friday, March 7:
Game No. 5 - Seed No. 4 Virginia vs. winner of Game 1, 11:00 a.m. (RSN)
Game No. 6 - Seed No. 1 North Carolina vs. winner of Game 2, 3:00 p.m. (Webcast on ACC Select)
Game No. 7 - Seed No. 2 Maryland vs. winner of Game 3, 6:00 p.m.(Webcast on ACC Select)
Game No. 8 - Seed No. 3 Duke vs. winner of Game 4, 8:00 p.m. (Webcast on ACC Select)
Saturday, March 8:
Game No. 9 - ACC Semifinal 1, 1:00 p.m. (FSN)
Game No. 10 - ACC Semifinal 2, 3:30 p.m. (FSN)
Sunday, March 9:
Game No. 11 - Championship Game, 1:00 p.m. (FSN)
FSN - Fox Sports Net and affiliates
RSN - Fox Sports Net South (FSNS), ComCast Sports Net (CSN), Fox Sports Net Florida (FSNFL), New England Sports Network (NESN)
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