Duke women’s basketball picked up a massive win over No. 17 Syracuse earlier this week in what was one of the season’s most impressive defensive performances.
Ahead of Sunday’s game against No. 6 North Carolina State, the ACC released a hypothetical bracket of what the ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament would look like if it began on February 24.
The Blue Devils, who currently sport a 9-6 record in conference play, slotted in as the eighth seed in the tournament.
The ranking would give them a first-round matchup against Miami, a team that is 17-9 on the year and 6-9 in the ACC. If the Blue Devils take down the Hurricanes, they would then match up against top-seeded Virginia Tech.
The No. 8 Hokies are 13-2 in conference play and 22-4 overall so far in 2023-24, but Duke split the season series against them. The Blue Devils beat them at home 63-46 in January and fought valiantly on the road two weeks ago but lost 61-56.
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Rival North Carolina, whom Duke beat in a massive comeback earlier this month, sits on the opposite side of the bracket as the No. 6 seed.