Clemson finished the regular season with a pair of home victories and appears to be in a good frame of mind as it prepares to take on 13th-seeded North Carolina State on Tuesday in the first round of the ACC tournament at Brooklyn, N.Y. The 12th-seeded Tigers suffered through six losses by three or fewer points in league play before knocking off N.C. State and Boston College last week.

Wake Forest can cement an at-large bid in the upcoming NCAA Tournament with a solid showing in the ACC tourney this week, beginning with a first-round matchup with Boston College on Tuesday in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 10th-seeded Demon Deacons went a long way toward securing an NCAA berth with three straight wins to end the regular season, but a loss to the last-place Eagles would severely hurt their postseason resume.

Georgia Tech was picked to be 14th in the 15-team ACC entering the season, and some observers thought it would be challenged to win more than a couple of conference games, but the team opens the ACC tournament on Tuesday at Brooklyn, N.Y. with an outside shot to reach the NCAA Tournament. The 11th-seeded Yellow Jackets meet 14th-seeded Pittsburgh in the tournament opener after a 17-win regular season that featured three upsets of ranked teams.

Fourth-ranked Gonzaga will be playing in the West Coast Conference championship game for the 20th straight season when it meets No. 18 Saint Mary's in Tuesday's league title game in Las Vegas. Both teams are headed to the NCAA Tournament no matter the outcome but the top-seeded Bulldogs are gunning for their fifth straight tournament crown while the second-seeded Gaels are trying to claim their first since beating Gonzaga in overtime in 2012.