ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: When UNC, Duke, NC State play

WASHINGTON (WTVD) -- The college basketball regular season is over and that means it's time for one of the most exciting and unpredictable postseasons in American sports.

Single elimination tournaments starting with the individual conferences across the country will then lead into the spectacle known as March Madness, where 68 teams face off in a survive-and-advance format filled with last-second shots and Cinderella stories.

For the Atlantic Coast Conference, the excitement is taking place at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C.

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North Carolina State was the first Triangle-area team to take the court. The Wolfpack will have to win five straight games to claim their first ACC championship since 1987.

UNC and Duke are the top two seeds, respectively, in the tournament. Duke won the tournament last year, while UNC hasn't won since 2016.

The first round started Tuesday and the tournament winner will be crowned Saturday night.

• 2 p.m. -- Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech 84-80
• 4:30 p.m. -- NC State beat Louisville 94-85
• 7 p.m. Boston College beat Miami 81-65

The winners of those games advance to the second round on Wednesday. All of the games from this point will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.

• 12 p.m. -- Florida State topped Virginia Tech 86-76
• 2:30 p.m. --Wake Forest rolled Notre Dame 72-59
• 7 p.m. -- NC State crushed Syracuse 83-65
• 9:30 p.m. -- Clemson vs Boston College (Game 7)

The top four seeds in the conference automatically advance to the quarterfinals, which begin Thursday.

• 12 p.m. -- North Carolina vs Florida State (Game 8)
• 2:30 p.m. -- Pittsburgh vs Wake Forest
• 7 p.m. -- Duke vs NC State
• 9:30 p.m. -- Virginia vs Clemson or Boston College (Game 11)

Friday marks the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. The last four remaining teams will face off for a spot in the championship game Saturday. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

• Friday, March 15 at 7 p.m. -- Game 8 winner vs Game 9 winner (Game 12)
• Friday, March 15 at 9:30 p.m. -- Game 10 winner vs Game 11 winner (Game 13)

• Saturday, March 16 at 8:30 p.m. -- Game 12 winner vs Game 13 winner