March 7, 2005
ATLANTA–Georgia Tech,which finished in a tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings, will be the fifth seed in this week’s ACC Tournament, scheduled for Thursday through Sunday at the MCI Center in Washington, D.C. Tech opens the tournament Friday at 2:30 p.m. against fourth-seeded Virginia Tech.
The Yellow Jackets (17-10, 8-8) and Hokies (15-12, 8-8) are tied in the standings, but Virginia Tech earned the fourth seed by virtue of its win in the only regular-season meeting between the two schools.
ACC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 10 Game 1 # 8 Maryland vs. # 9 Clemson RJ noon Game 2 # 7 NC State vs. 10 Florida State RJ *2:30 Game 3 # 6 Miami vs. # 11 Virginia ESPN 7:00
Friday, March 11 Game 4 # 1 North Carolina vs # 8/9 winner RJ/ESPN2 noon Game 5 # 4 Virginia Tech vs # 5 Georgia Tech RJ/ESPN2 *2:30 Game 6 # 2 Wake Forest vs # 7/10 winner RJ/ESPN2 7:00 Game 7 # 3 Duke vs # 6/11 winner RJ/ESPN2 *9:30
Saturday, March 12 Game 8 (Winners of games 4/5) RJ/ESPN 1:30 Game 9 (Winners of games 6/7) RJ/ESPN *4:00
Sunday, March 13 ACC Championship Game RJ/ESPN 1:00
*denotes tentative start time
