Cameron Boozer No. 12 of Duke moves the ball around Henri Veesaar No. 13 of North Carolina at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday. Photo: Lance King/Getty Images
Wheel the TVs out. The ACC men's basketball tournament is underway in Charlotte, and schools from the Triangle begin play today.
What we're watching: The Duke Blue Devils enter as the No. 1 seed, hoping to join the women's squad as repeat ACC tournament champions.
Driving the news: N.C. State tips off today at noon on ESPN2. They're playing Pitt, who upset Stanford yesterday with a last-second shot. The Wolfpack defeated Pitt in January.
Duke will face the winner of tonight's Florida State vs. California matchup tomorrow at 7pm on ESPN.
UNC plays tomorrow at 9:30pm on ESPN. They'll face the winner of tonight's Clemson vs. Wake Forest game.
What to expect: 14 games will take place at Spectrum Center this week, culminating in the championship on Saturday at 8:30pm.
Context: Several starters won't be playing in the tournament.
Duke's Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba are out with foot injuries. Foster, a starter, was hurt during Saturday's game. He had surgery the next morning and won't return this season, according to the team.
UNC star freshman Caleb Wilson will also miss the rest of the season after breaking his thumb dunking during practice last week.
How it works: If you're headed to Charlotte, ticketsare sold per session rather than per game.
A ticket for today gets you into all three games.
Today and Thursday both have two sets of tickets per day. One gets you into the afternoon games, at noon and 2:30pm. The other is for the evening games, at 7pm and 9:30pm.
A Friday ticket gets you into both semifinal games. Saturday, there's just one game — the championship.
What's next: The men's NCAA Tournament begins next week after brackets are seeded this Sunday.
