Hurricanes-Yellow Jackets Set to Square-Off at the 2005 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
Feb. 28, 2005
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The ninth-seeded University of Miami women’s basketball team will square-off with eighth-seeded Georgia Tech Friday morning at 11 a.m. in the opening first-round game of the 2005 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.
The game will mark the second meeting this season – Georgia Tech won the first, 62-46, January 23 in Coral Gables – and the fifth meeting all-time between Miami (12-15, 4-10 ACC), who leads the all-time series at 3-1, and the Yellow Jackets (13-13, 4-10 ACC).
Friday’s game will be televised live on the ACC’s regional sports networks (Fox Sports Net, Sun Sports, Comcast) with Mike Hogewood calling play-by-play and Charlene Curtis providing color analysis. The game will also be broadcast live on WVUM (90.5 FM) with Jeremy Marks-Peltz and Ben Wolff brining the action from Greensboro.
This year’s ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament is scheduled to begin with Friday’s UM-Georgia Tech and culminate with the championship game Monday, March 7.
North Carolina claimed the tournament’s top seed, followed by Duke and NC State. Florida State enters as the fourth-seed, Virginia as the fifth, Maryland as the sixth and Virginia Tech as the seventh while Wake Forest and Clemson round out the field as the 10th and 11th seed, respectively.
For ticket information please contact the Hurricane Ticket Office by calling 1-800-GO-CANES or visit www.hurricanesports.com.
2005 ACC Women’s Basketball Tournament
Friday:
Game No. 1 – No. 8 Georgia Tech vs. No. 9 Miami, 11:00 a.m. (RSN)
Game No. 2 – No. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 10 Wake Forest, 6:00 p.m.
Game No. 3 – No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Clemson, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday:
Game No. 4 – No. 1 North Carolina vs. winner of Game 1, 12:00 noon (RSN)
Game No. 5 – No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 5 Virginia, 2:00 p.m. (RSN)
Game No. 6 – No. 2 Duke vs. winner of Game 2, 6:00 p.m.
Game No. 7 – No. 3 NC State vs. winner of Game 3, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday:
Game No. 8 – ACC Semifinal 1, 1:00 p.m. (FSN)
Game No. 9 – ACC Semifinal 2, 3:00 p.m. (FSN)
Monday:
Game No. 10 – Championship Game, 7:30 p.m. (FSN)
