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Tar Heels Enter ACC Tournament As Top Seed

CHAPEL HILL—North Carolina enters the 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament as the top seed and receives a double bye to Thursday's quarterfinal round. The Tar Heels will open tournament play at noon on Thursday against the winner of the contest between No. 8 seed Syracuse and No. 9 seed Miami.

The 64th annual New York Life ACC Tournament will be played Tuesday through Saturday at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.

Regular-season champion and defending ACC Tournament champion Carolina (26-6 overall, 14-4 ACC) will be the top-seeded team for the 26th time. The Tar Heels will receive a double-bye along with No.