2011 Postseason 2011 ACC TOURNAMENT
The 58th Annual ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament will be held in Greensboro, N.C., for the 21st time in conference history and in the state of North Carolina for the 47th time in 58 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournaments. It was most recently held at the Greensboro Coliseum in 2010, and the 2011 tournament will mark the fifth ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament at the Coliseum since 2000.
2011 NCAA TOURNAMENT First Round | Tues., March 15 and Wed., March 16 University of Dayton Arena | Dayton, Ohio | Host: University of Dayton Second and Third Rounds | Thurs., March 17 and Sat., March 19 Pepsi Center | Denver, Colo. | Host: Mountain West St. Pete Times Forum | Tampa, Fla. | Host: USF McKale Center | Tucson, Ariz. | Host: Arizona Verizon Center | Washington, D.C. | Host: Georgetown Second and Third Rounds | Fri., March 18 and Sun., March 20 Time Warner Cable Arena | Charlotte, N.C. | Host: Charlotte United Center | Chicago, Ill. | Host: Big Ten Quicken Loans Arena | Cleveland, Ohio | Host: Cleveland State BOK Center | Tulsa, Okla. | Host: Tulsa
OPPONENTS
MARCH 10-13 | GREENSBORO, N.C. | GREENSBORO COLISEUM
OFFICIALLY CHAMPION Contrary to popular belief, the ACC basketball champion has not always been “officially” declared in the Tournament. The ACC merely copied the old Southern Conference bylaws, and the term pertaining to 2011 ACC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE First Round — Thurs., March 10 basketball just read: “Beginning Game 1 (#8 vs. #9), Raycom Noon December 1 and ending with Game 2 (#5 vs. #12), Raycom 2 p.m. the conference basketball tourGame 3 (#7 vs. #10), ESPN2 7 p.m. nament.” With 17 teams it didn’t Game 4 (#6 vs. #11), Raycom 9 p.m. pay to be too detailed. In the Quarterfinals — Fri., March 11 early years of the Tournament, Game 5 (#1 vs. G1 W), Raycom/ESPN2 Noon unofficially and by custom, Game 6 (#4 vs. G2 W), Raycom/ESPN2 2 p.m. everyone regarded the Game 7 (#2 vs. G3 W), Raycom/ESPN2 7 p.m. Game 8 (#3 vs. G4 W), Raycom/ESPN2 9 p.m. Tournament champion as the ACC champion. But it wasn’t Semifinals — Sat., March 12 until July 1, 1961, that the Game 9 (G5 & G6 W), Raycom/ESPN 1 p.m. words “and the winner shall be Game 10 (G7 & G8 W), Raycom/ESPN 3 p.m. the conference champion” were Finals — Sun., March 13 added to the ACC by-laws. Game 11, Raycom/ESPN
West Regional | Thurs., March 24 and Sat., March 26 Honda Center | Anaheim, Calif. | Host: Big West Southeast Regional | Thurs., March 24 and Sat., March 26 New Orleans Arena | New Orleans, La. | Host: Tulane East Regional | Fri., March 25 and Sun., March 27 Prudential Center | Newark, N.J. | Host: Seton Hall Southwest Regional | Fri., March 25 and Sun., March 27 Alamodome | San Antonio, Texas | Host: Texas-San Antonio Final Four | Sat., April 2 and Mon., April 4 Reliant Stadium | Houston, Texas | Host: Houston/Rice
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