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ACC Women's Basketball Tournament schedule revealed, UNC earns a first-round bye
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The UNC women's basketball team had a rough end to their regular season, but there's good news ahead: postseason play is finally here.
North Carolina (25-6, 13-5 ACC) will be the fifth seed in the ACC Tournament, which starts Wednesday, March 5 at 1 p.m., with the opening matchup between 12-seed Boston College and 13-seed Syracuse.
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The Tar Heels will play the winner of Boston College (15-16, 6-12) and Syracuse (12-17, 6-12) on Thursday, March 6 at 11 a.m. This second round matchup will be televised on the ACC Network.
UNC entered last Thursday's rematch with archrival Duke on a 7-game winning streak, but lost 68-53, playing without star forward Alyssa Ustby and star guard Reniya Kelly . Both Ustby and Kelly were out again Sunday against Virginia, a game North Carolina lost 78-75.
Will the Tar Heels get Ustby and Kelly back for the ACC Tournament? How about March Madness? North Carolina head coach Courtney Banghart confirmed: her star duo has been practicing and WILL be back for the NCAA Tournament.
Winning the ACC Tournament isn't paramount for UNC, who entered the final week of February ranked eighth in the AP Poll.
Ustby is nearly a walking double-double, averaging 10.7 points per game and a Tar Heels-best 9.4 rebounds per game. Kelly packs a scoring punch , adding 10.1 points per game.
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If North Carolina beats Boston College or Syracuse on Thursday, it'll advance to play 4-seed Florida State on Friday, March 7 at 11 a.m. UNC has a potential chance to avenge its loss to the Seminoles (23-7, 13-5), who won 86-84 in Chapel Hill on January 26.
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This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: UNC WBB earns fifth seed for ACC Tournament
