North Carolina, Syracuse Meet For The Second Time This Season As They Meet At The Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament In Greensboro

During the regular season North Carolina and Syracuse who is the sixth seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament met once

That meeting took place at Carrier Dome in Syracuse New York where North Carolina won handily.

—Freshman guard Cole Anthony hit a season-high seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Garrison Brooks added 26 points and a career-high 14 rebounds, and North Carolina beat Syracuse 92-79 “according to an article by John Kekis of the Associated Press

On Tuesday night North Carolina and Syracuse will square off once again. This time at the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Greensboro North Carolina.

North Carolina had to play in the first round and routed Virginia Tech to advance.

 —Garrison Brooks scored 20 points, Brandon Robinson added 17 points on five 3-pointers and North Carolina extended its season with a 78-56 win over Virginia Tech Tuesday night in the opening round of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. “according to an article by Steve Reed of the Associated Press.

Armando Bacot added 12 points and 11 rebounds and Cole Anthony chipped in with 10 points and eight rebounds for the Tar Heels (14-18). according to an article by Steve Reed of the Associated Press.

While this will be Syracuse’s first game of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament as they play in the second round.

As for how they closed out the regular season Syracuse lost in overtime at Miami.

A 17-point scoring effort from Marek Dolezaj was not enough for Syracuse (17-14, 10-10 ACC), falling to Miami (15-15, 7-13 ACC) in overtime, 69-65. Bourama Sidibe grabbed 10 boards for his fifth-consecutive 10+-rebound game while Dolezaj secured seven of his own.”according to https://cuse.com/news/2020/3/7/mens-basketball-orange-fall-to-hurricanes-in-overtime.aspx

Isaiah Wong led all scorers with 18 points for the Hurricanes while DJ Vasiljevic followed close behind with 17 of his own. “according to https://cuse.com/news/2020/3/7/mens-basketball-orange-fall-to-hurricanes-in-overtime.aspx

Which team will execute their game plan and advance to the quarterfinals to play third seeded Louisville?

Tip-off is set for 9:00pm from the Greensboro Coliseum. The game will be televised on ESPN2.