Virginia Women Earn No. 6 Seed in ACC Tournament

February 26, 2012

The Virginia women's basketball team earned a 66-57 road victory Sunday at Florida State to finish the season 21-9 overall, 9-7 in the ACC. earned the sixth seed in the upcoming ACC Tournament. The Cavaliers will face No. 11 Boston College (7-22, 2-14) at 8 p.m. Thursday night in Greensboro, N.C.

The women finished tied for fifth place in the ACC with North Carolina but the Tar Heels won the head-to-head tiebreaker.

The ACC Tournament begins Thursday March 1 at 11 a.m. and runs through the championship game March 4 at 2 p.m. in Greensboro, N.C.

With a first round win, the Cavaliers would advance to the quarterfinals opposite No. 3 Maryland. That game would be at 8 p.m. on Friday (March 2).

Regular-season champion Duke (24-4 overall, 15-1 ACC) is seeded first in tournament, aiming for their third straight ACC title. Miami (25-4, 14-2) is seeded No. 2, followed by No. 3 Maryland (25-4, 12-4) and No. 4 Georgia Tech (22-7, 12-4).

Thursday, March 1
Game No. 1 - Seed No. 5 North Carolina vs. Seed No. 12 Clemson 11:00 a.m. (RSN)
Game No. 2 - Seed No. 8 Florida State vs. Seed No. 9 NC State 3:00 p.m. (RSN)
Game No. 3 - Seed No. 7 Wake Forest vs. Seed No. 10 Virginia Tech 6:00 p.m. (RSN)
Game No. 4 - Seed No. 6 Virginia vs. Seed No. 11 Boston College 8:00 p.m. (RSN))

Friday, March 2
Game No. 5 - Seed No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. winner of Game 1 11:00 a.m. (RSN)
Game No. 6 - Seed No. 1 Duke vs. winner of Game 2 3:00 p.m. (RSN)
Game No. 7 - Seed No. 2 Miami vs. winner of Game 3 6:00 p.m. (RSN)
Game No. 8 - Seed No. 3 Maryland vs. winner of Game 4 8:00 p.m. (RSN)

Saturday, March 3
Game No. 9 - ACC Semifinal 1 11:00 a.m. (ESPNU)
Game No. 10 - ACC Semifinal 2 1:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

Sunday, March 4
Game No. 11 - Championship Game 2:00 p.m. (ESPN2)

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