ACC Tournament 2020: Complete Bracket and Predictions After Regular Season

If you couldn't believe your eyes when you saw North Carolina as the No. 14 seed—as in, dead last—in the ACC Tournament, that reality is upon us. It's a year full of firsts in the ACC.

For the first time, Florida State sits atop the league at the end of the regular season, earning the No. 1 seed in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the prized double bye. Neither Duke nor North Carolina is a top-three seed, the first time that has happened as well.

The Seminoles have second-seeded Louisville and third-seeded Virginia biting at their heels. But to meet either, Leonard Hamilton's group will have to win a quarterfinal matchup against either Miami or Clemson and then square off with Duke, Wake, Pitt or North Carolina State.

The Seminoles and Blue Devils only met once this year, with Duke stealing a 70-65 win at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 10. Since then, FSU has won six of its past seven games and comes into the tournament, which begins Tuesday, as one of the hottest teams in the country.

The full bracket can be found on the conference's official website. Now, on to the prognostications.

Last-Seeded UNC Makes It to Quarterfinals 

2019-20 has been a disaster for Roy Williams' squad. The signing of 5-star guard and certain high lottery pick Cole Anthony was supposed to make the Tar Heels a legitimate contender. Instead, UNC has sputtered through its worst season in more than a decade and is on pace to miss the NCAA men's basketball tournament for just the fourth time since 1974.

Despite all that, and a series of injuries that derailed any hopes of an at-large bid midway through the season, the Tar Heels have been competitive with—and even knocked off—some of the best teams in the ACC.

Were it not for a cataclysmic collapse in overtime against Duke in the midst of losing 12 out of 14 games in two months, North Carolina might have been able to avoid playing Tuesday night. As it is, they will have to beat Virginia Tech, a team they lost to in double overtime in January, and the Syracuse Orange, whom they beat Feb. 29, to reach a quarterfinal matchup with Louisville.

Is it unlikely given the way this year has gone? Absolutely. But if Anthony, Garrison Brooks and Armando Bacot can put it all together on consecutive nights, Carolina could see the Cardinals on Thursday.

Duke Doesn't Make It to Friday

No team in the ACC has the talent level—or inconsistency—of Duke.

In the past six games, the Blue Devils have lost to NC State by 22, lost to Wake Forest by 12 in double overtime and face-planted offensively against Virginia but beat Virginia Tech by 24, NC State by 19 and Carolina by 13 on Saturday night.

Mike Krzyzewski's group has been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in ACC play, especially when you consider that before the three aforementioned losses, the Devils has won 16 of their past 18 games.

As a top-four seed, Duke will get a double bye but will likely face NC State, the same squad it beat by 19 and lost to by 22, in the quarterfinals. Unless Duke can hold the Wolfpack to 23 percent three-point shooting, as it did in the most recent showdown, the Blue Devils might just be going home early.

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