For the first time since 2011, the top two seeds in the ACC tournament will meet in the conference title game, and Saturday’s championship matchup could not be more even.
The top-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (27-6) and second-seeded Virginia Cavaliers (26-6) met only once during the regular season, with the latter defeating the former 79-74 as 2.5-point home favorites to improve to 3-1 straight up and against the spread in the past four meetings, according to the Odds Shark College Basketball Database.
The Tar Heels won the ACC regular-season title with a 14-4 record and bring a four-game winning streak into the championship game.