North Carolina, perched on the NCAA tournament bubble after five straight wins, has a road game against Virginia Tech before the Tar Heels’ Senior Night game against Duke.

Syracuse breathed extra life into its Atlantic Coast Conference tournament hopes with a win over NC State this week and looks to keep those chances alive Saturday when it visits

Syracuse, N.Y. ― On Saturday, the Syracuse Orange had two paths to locking up a spot in the ACC tournament. Syracuse could do it the easy way with a win at Virginia Tech; or the Orange could ensure its place in the conference tournament bracket with losses from both NC State and Boston College.

It was a matinee day at Cassell Coliseum. Syracuse played Virginia Tech at noon on a nice spring day here. Elijah Moore, the Syracuse freshman, warmed up before the game; he’d been out with a toe injury since the North Carolina game on Feb.

Syracuse, N.Y. ― Although both Syracuse and Virginia Tech are in the bottom half of the ACC standings, the Orange and Hokies will meet on Saturday in a game with plenty of ACC tournament implications.

Syracuse (12-16, 6-11 ACC) begins its final road trip of the season this afternoon when it visits Virginia Tech (12-16, 7-10 ACC) at noon. The Orange enter this matchup on a positive note after defeating NC State,

UNC, which is 5-6 in true road games this season, is 9-5 against the Hokies at Cassell Coliseum. The Heels have lost two of their last three games in Blacksburg. Entering the final week of the regular season,

The ACC is not the SEC, and in the end that could be North Carolina's undoing as they hope to make a late-season run to the NCAA Tournament. Hubert Davis and Co

While there had been some speculation this season about Mike Young's future with Virginia Tech basketball, he was expected to return for another season in Black

Carys Baker and Rose Micheaux each scored 17 points for Virginia Tech, Carleigh Wenzel had 16, and Mackenzie Nelson scored a career-high-tying 14. The Hokies got the eighth seed and will face ninth-seeded Georgia Tech at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.