Feb. 26, 2006

GREENSBORO, N.C. ­ The North Carolina Tar Heels claimed the No. 1 seed in this weekend's 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament which will begin Thursday, March 2, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. This year's tournament is set to tip-off on Thursday, March 2 and will end with the championship game on Sunday, March 5. This marks the second-straight season that the Tar Heels have claimed the top seed. The ACC Women's Basketball Tournament will feature one additional game on Thursday as Boston College competes in its first ACC Women's Basketball Tournament.

The Clemson Lady Tigers, seeded 12th, will face fifth seed NC State on Thursday, Mar. 2 at 4:00 PM. NC State edged the Lady Tigers in the match-up earlier this season, claiming a 78-69 decision on Feb. 16 in Clemson, SC. The winner will then face the number four seed Florida State at 4:00 PM on Friday in a televised game.

Thursday:

Game No. 1 - Seed No. 8 Boston College vs. Seed No. 9 Virginia, 11:00 a.m.
Game No. 2 - Seed No. 5 NC State vs. Seed No. 12 Clemson, 4:00 p.m.
Game No. 3 - Seed No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. Seed No. 10 Wake Forest, 7:00 p.m.
Game No. 4 - Seed No. 6 Miami vs. Seed No. 11 Georgia Tech, 9:30 p.m.

Game No. 5 - Seed No. 1 North Carolina vs. winner of Game 1, 11:00 a.m. (RSN-TV)
Game No. 6 - Seed No. 4 Florida State vs. winner of Game 2, 4:00 p.m. (RSN-TV)
Game No. 7 - Seed No. 2 Duke vs. winner of Game 3, 7:00 p.m.
Game No. 8 - Seed No. 3 Maryland vs. winner of Game 4, 9:30 p.m. (RSN-TV)

Saturday:

Game No. 9 - ACC Semifinal 1, 1:30 p.m. (FSN)
Game No. 10 - ACC Semifinal 2, 3:30 p.m. (FSN)

Sunday:

Game No. 11 - Championship Game, 1:00 p.m. (FSN)

FSN - Fox Sports Net and affiliates
RSN - Fox Sports Net South (FSNS), ComCast Sports Net (CSN), Fox Sports Net Florida (FSNFL), New England Sports Network (NESN)

Tickets are available and may be obtained by calling tickets.com at (888) 397-3100, by visiting tickets.com on the web at www.tickets.com, or by calling an ACC school's ticket office for tickets in that team's section.