ACC tournament bracket 2019: NC State opens against Clemson at noon Wednesday

The 2019 ACC tournament bracket was set Saturday night with the conclusion of the regular season, though NC State and Clemson have known for a bit that they’d be meeting in the 8/9 game on Wednesday. I’ve already seen some national media members suggest that’s a bubble elimination game, but I’m not ready to go that far.

With that said, obviously winning would be a very good idea for NC State.

NC State-Clemson is the first game of the Wednesday session, so we’re all gonna need extended lunch breaks.

On State’s side of the bracket is top-seeded Virginia, No. 4 Florida State, and No. 5 Virginia Tech. If the Wolfpack advances, it will have a rematch against UVA on Thursday.

On the other side, a third game between Duke and UNC is likely, which, hooray who doesn’t want that hype action again, and so soon after the last round [throws up a little in mouth].