The league will have all 14 football-playing members in a single race next year for spots in the title game. This is the last year that the ACC will have a two-division format. “And that’s the gold standard, that’s what we want.” “Everybody in this league is trying to get to the standard that Clemson is,” UNC coach Mack Brown said. The Tar Heels have not won the ACC since 1980, and a victory would go a long way toward continuing to build the program. The winner of this game earns a bid to the Orange Bowl. Assuming UNC-Duke regular season finale continues to be a prime time game on ESPN it will officially and rightfully mark the end of the ACC regular season.West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins resigns hours after drunken driving arrest One other note from the release is the fact the ACC regular season will now end on the Saturday prior to the ACC Tournament. Moving the tournament up a day also gives the teams an extra day of rest ahead of the NCAA Tournament. The ACC semifinals and championship game should provide solid ratings both on Friday and Saturday night, especially if Duke, UNC, Louisville and Syracuse are involved. ESPN was left without a marquee tournament to broadcast.
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It is also bowing the realities of the TV contract in the wake of the Big East split. Three first-round games on Tuesday, followed by four second-round games on Wednesday and four quarterfinal games on Thursday will precede the Friday semifinals and Saturday championship game.Īs ACC Commissioner John Swofford notes this is a return to the way the tournament was prior to 1982. With the tournament now starting on Tuesday with the first-round games, the ACC regular season will conclude on Saturday of the previous weekend. This will be a win-win for everyone involved – players, coaches, fans - and we greatly appreciate our television partners, ESPN and the ACC Network, working with us to make this happen.” “The Sunday championship game worked tremendously well for more than three decades, but I believe our schools, teams and our fans will be excited about crowning a champion on Saturday night. “This is kind of a ‘Back to the Future’ moment for our conference,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said. The 1982 tournament marked the first in which the conference began holding its semifinal games on Saturday afternoon, followed by the Sunday afternoon championship game. The first 28 ACC Tournaments featured Saturday championship games, 27 of which were played in evening “prime time” slots. While next season will mark the first time since 1981 that the ACC Tournament has featured a Saturday night final, there is much historical precedent. Today’s announcement came in conjunction with the ACC’s annual Spring Meetings. All 14 tournament games will continue to be televised nationally by ESPN and the ACC Network. ET, followed by the championship game on Saturday evening at 8:30 p.m. The new tournament schedule, mutually agreed upon by the ACC and ESPN, will feature Friday semifinal games at 7 and 9 p.m. The Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament will move to a Tuesday through Saturday format beginning with the 62nd annual event in 2015.
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