Wake Forest just beat Clemson 96-88 to complete the ACC regular season. So here are the seeds for the conference tournament, which begins Thursday in Atlanta, Ga.
1. North Carolina
2. Wake Forest
3. Duke
4. Florida State
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5. Clemson
6. Boston College
7. Maryland
8. Virginia Tech
9. Miami
10. N.C. State
11. Virginia
12. Georgia Tech
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The top four teams earn a first round bye.
As the seventh seed, the Terps play at 7 p.m. Thursday against N.C. State, whom they defeated 71-60 in Raleigh just a week ago.
Maryland,Virginia Tech and Miami each finished 7-9, yet the Terps are the highest seed among the three because they hold the best record (2-1) in games played between those teams. Virginia Tech was 1-1 and Miami was 1-2 in that situation.
Should the Terps defeat N.C. State Thursday, they will move on to play Wake Forest at 7 p.m. on Friday.
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