ACC Championship Game Match-up Is Set
GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 16: Malcolm Brogdon #15 of the Virginia Cavaliers bring the ball up court against Tyler Thornton #3 of the Duke Blue Devils during the championship game of the 2014 Men's ACC Basketball Tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on March 16, 2014 in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
The ACC Championship is set. Virginia and North Carolina will square off on Saturday night.
UVA has been the most consistent team in the ACC all season long. That continued tonight.
The 1-seed Cavaliers faced off against 4-seed Clemson in the early semifinal. In classic Virginia fashion, it was a low-scoring affair.
Virginia edged out the Tigers 64-58, led by 15 points from Kyle Guy. He was the only Cavalier with over 10 points.
Tony Bennett's defense held Clemson to 34.7-percent from the field, and just 5-for-25 from three. UVA didn't do a ton of damage from deep, just 5-of-18, but did shoot over 46-percent overall.
Virginia will face North Carolina in the ACC Championship Game, after the Tar Heels held off Duke.
UNC didn't make it easy, however. Not that beating Duke ever is.
For a while, Roy Williams' team looked like it may cruise. With under six minutes left in the second half, the Heels held a 72-56 lead.
That is when Duke went on its run. The Blue Devils ripped off the next 13 points in the game, cutting UNC's lead to three with 51 seconds left.
Mike Krzyzewski's team couldn't close it out though. Grayson Allen had a particularly rough stretch in the waning seconds, committing a turnover, and then badly missing a horrible three-point attempt to tie the game.
Carolina held on to win 74-69. Tomorrow night's ACC Championship is set to tip off at 8:30 p.m. ET in Brooklyn.
