Day 1 at the ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament yielded three close finishes and allowed three teams to keep their title hopes alive. UNC is among the teams to debut on Day 2. Follow along for scores, recaps and analysis.

Virginia will not retain interim basketball coach Ron Sanchez, who took over three weeks before the season began following Tony Bennett’s surprising retirement.

Onto the ACC semifinals. If Louisville can make it past their first game in Charlotte, they will have the potential to face the third-seeded Clemson, sixth-seeded SMU or 14th-seeded Syracuse. The Tigers have a NET ranking of 22nd, while the Mustangs come in at 50th and the Orange at 129th.

SMU has been a middle-of-the-pack defensive team all season in the ACC and relied on its 3-point shooting and offensive ability to carry it to its 23-9 record. But down the stretch of the season, the Mustangs have progressed on their weaker side of the ball — and put together one of their best performances of the season Thursday.

Chuck Harris and Matt Cross both scored 12 points and SMU had a successful debut in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, defeating Syracuse 73-53 in Wednesday night's second-round game in Charlotte.