What Thursday’s Georgia Tech game means for NC State’s ACC tournament seed
If N.C. State wins out, it will be the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament next week in Brooklyn.
The Wolfpack (10-6 ACC) closes with a game at Georgia Tech on Thursday night and a home game with Louisville on Saturday. It would have the tiebreaker over UNC, Duke and/or Clemson based on either group record or how it fared against Duke (it beat the Blue Devils in the teams’ only meeting this season).
If N.C. State loses out, it will be the No. 8 seed.
All the tournament-seeding scenarios for the Wolfpack:
No. 2 seed
▪ Cannot be the No. 2 seed
No. 3 seed
▪ with win (GT) AND win (Lou)
No. 4 seed
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
No. 5 seed
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
No. 6 seed
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou loss (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with loss (GT)/win (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou loss (UVA) AND Miami win
No. 7 seed
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem win, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND Miami win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND UNC win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
▪ with win (GT)/loss (Lou) AND Duke win, Clem loss, Lou win (UVA) AND VT win
No. 8 seed
▪ with loss (GT) AND loss (Lou)
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ACC regular season
Thursday’s games
NC State at Georgia Tech, 8 p.m.
Virginia at Louisville, 8 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Virginia Tech at Miami, noon
Wake Forest at Georgia Tech, noon
Boston College at Florida State, 2 p.m.
Clemson at Syracuse, 2 p.m.
Notre Dame at Virginia, 4 p.m.
Louisville at N.C. State, 6 p.m.
UNC at Duke, 8:15 p.m.
ACC tournament schedule
at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Tuesday’s games
No. 12 vs. No. 13, noon
No. 10 vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh, 2:30 p.m.
No. 11 vs. No. 14, 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s games
No. 8 vs. No. 9, noon
No. 5 vs. 12/13 winner, 2:30 p.m.
No. 7 vs. No. 10/15 winner, 7 p.m.
No. 6 vs. No. 11/14 winner, 9:30 p.m.
Thursday’s games
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 8/9 winner, noon
No. 4 vs. No. 5 and 12/13 winner, 2:30 p.m.
No. 2 vs. No. 7 and 10/15 winner, 7 p.m.
No. 3 vs. No. 6 and 11/14 winner, 9:30 p.m.
This story was originally published March 1, 2018 at 12:42 PM with the headline "What Thursday’s Georgia Tech game means for NC State’s ACC tournament seed."