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Updated ACC Tournament bracket 2015: North Carolina advances

By Cameron La Fontaine

Mar 11, 2015; Greensboro, NC, USA; Boston College Eagles forward Aaron Brown (22) and North Carolina Tar Heels guard Marcus Paige (5) fight for the ball in the first half in the second round at Greensboro Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 11, 2015; Greensboro, NC, USA; Boston College Eagles forward Aaron Brown (22) and North Carolina Tar Heels guard Marcus Paige (5) fight for the ball in the first half in the second round at Greensboro Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports /
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North Carolina coasted by Boston College in their first round game of the ACC Tournament Wednesday and here’s your updated bracket.

The North Carolina Tar Heels came into the ACC Conference Tournament as the five-seed trying to prove that they’re right up there as a team with Virginia and Duke and their 81-63 win over Boston College Wednesday.

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North Carolina’s top players, Marcus Paige and Bryce Johnson led the team Wednesday with 17 points. Johnson added nine rebounds and Paige added six boards and nine assists to help the Tar Heels to an 18-point victory.

Here’s the updated bracket after North Carolina’s win:

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North Carolina’s win will lead them to a tough game against 4-seed Louisville Cardinals that will take place Thursday at 2 PM E.T. on ESPN. North Carolina won the first regular season matchup against Louisville at home in January, when they beat the Cardinals 72-71 in a great game. Louisville evened out the series at the end of January when they defeated the Tar Heels 78-68 in overtime at home.

Florida State defeated Clemson earlier today and they’ll move on to challenge the No. 1 seed Virginia Thursday.

No. 2 seed Duke will take on the winner of NC State and Pittsburgh on Thursday as well and No. 3 seed Notre Dame will face the winner of Miami-Virginia Tech.

The Tar Heels finished the regular season as the 19th-seed in college basketball after posting a 21-10 record after they split a series with Louisville, but were unable to get it done against Duke both times and also fell to Virginia and Notre Dame. If North Carolina can defeat Louisville Thursday, they’ll hope to get their revenge against the Cavaliers in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament.

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