Big East Tournament Bracket: ACC Tournament Schedule 2011 and Live Coverage by ESPN

Big East Tournament Bracket: ACC Tournament Schedule 2011 and Live Coverage by ESPN - This week, the ACC Tournament 2011 starts and its bracket is now released in public. The 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament is also known as ACC Tournament 2011,  is a part of the 2010-11 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season, which will take place from March 10–March 13, 2011, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. 

The tournament will be broadcast by ESPN's networks except in the blackout region or what they call, the ACC markets, where it will be shown on Raycom. The ACC Tournament 2011 will lasts for three days.

North Carolina, Duke, Florida State and Clemson have the four first round byes, and won’t play again until Friday. The eight schools behind them will have to go through another extra day.

Meanwhile, the Hokies need to beat both Georgia Tech and Florida State to have a chance to make it to the NCAA Tournament and probably the need to advance to Sunday’s final match.

The first round games will be played by Virginia, Miami, Wake Forest, Boston College, Georgia Tech and a lot more.

First Round Games/TV/Times

No.8 Virginia vs No.9 Miami 12 p.m ACC Network
No.5 Boston College vs. No.12 Wake Forest 2 p.m. ACC Network
No.7 Maryland vs. No.10 NC State 7 p.m. ESPN2
No.6 Virginia Tech vs. No.11 Georgia Tech 9 p.m. ACC Network

The quarterfinals will take place on the following day where the top-four seeds await the winners of the opening first round match ups.

Quarter Finals : March 11, 2011

No.1 North Carolina vs. No.8/No.9 Winner 12 p.m ACC Network/ESPN2
No.4 Clemson vs. No.5/No.12 Winner 2 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2
No.2 Duke vs. No.7/No.10 Winner 7 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2
No.3 Florida State vs. No.6/No.11 Winner 9 p.m. ACC Network/ESPN2

The semifinals for the ACC Tournament 2011 will occur on Saturday March 12, with the Championship game taking place on Sunday, March 13.