ACC Tournament 2024: Complete Schedule and Updated Men's Bracket Predictions | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

1. North Carolina

3. Virginia

4. Pittsburgh

5. Wake Forest

6. Clemson

7. Syracuse

8. Virginia Tech

9. Florida State

10. NC State

11. Boston College

12. Notre Dame

13. Georgia Tech

15. Louisville

The ACC as a whole has not been great this season, but Saturday's UNC-Duke clash should carry the normal buzz around it.

North Carolina needs a win to avoid going deep into tiebreakers with Duke for the No. 1 seed in the ACC tournament. A win would also give the Heels the outright regular-season title.

UNC beat Duke 93-84 on February 3. Since then, the Tar Heels are 6-2 and the Blue Devils are 8-1.

A win in Durham would eliminate all those tiebreaking scenarios, and it would help the Tar Heels make a case for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Duke's defense could be the X-factor on Saturday. The Blue Devils held opponents under 70 points in each of their last eight wins.

However, that may not be enough to land Duke the No. 1 seed because of the tiebreakers in place.

Clemson visits the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, who are desperate for a win, while the Pittsburgh Panthers host the struggling NC State Wolfpack. A Pitt win and Clemson loss shift the tiebreaker in UNC's favor.

A Pitt victory and a Clemson loss would place the Panthers directly into the ACC tournament quarterfinals.

The Syracuse Orange would drop to No. 7 in that scenario since they lost twice to Clemson and once to Wake Forest. All of those teams would be tied at 11-9 in league play.

The bottom half of the conference should remain the same barring any upsets on Saturday.

The most surprising sight is the Miami Hurricanes in 14th place, only above the Louisville Cardinals.

Miami needs a miracle in Washington, D.C. just to get back to the NCAA tournament to have a shot at repeating its Final Four run from a year ago.