NCAA Bracket

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Nine Atlantic Coast Conference teams earned bids to the 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championships, the second time in the last three NCAA Tournaments the ACC has placed at least nine teams in the tournament. The nine teams are the second most of any conference.
 
ACC Champion and No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 North Carolina, No. 10 Wake Forest, Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, NC State, Notre Dame and Virginia Tech all earned selections as announced by the NCAA Monday evening.
 
Virginia (21-2), making its 17th consecutive NCAA appearance and 22nd overall, will host Fairleigh Dickinson (6-4). Presbyterian (11-6) will head to Chapel Hill to face North Carolina (19-3), where the Tar Heels earned their 29th tournament bid. Wake Forest (28-6) earned its 20th trip to the NCAA Championship and will face off with South Carolina State (7-5) at home.
 
In other NCAA first-round matchups, Duke (12-10) earned its 28th NCAA bid and will play USF (16-9) in the Gainesville Regional. Making its 18th NCAA appearance, Georgia Tech (13-9) will head to the Knoxville Regional to face Memphis (9-8). Miami (8-10) will face Mississippi State (16-9) in the Orlando Regional as the Hurricanes earned their 29th NCAA bid. NC State (11-8), playing in its third consecutive NCAA Tournament and 10th overall, will take on Liberty (20-7) in the Columbia Regional. Notre Dame (14-10) is making its 28th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and will play Western Michigan (22-1) in the Champaign Regional. Virginia Tech (12-9) earned its 18th NCAA bid and is matched up with Texas Tech (12-7) in the Athens Regional.
 
Due to the health and safety protocols surrounding the pandemic, first- and second-round sites were selected from a group of 20 predetermined sites rather than awarded to strictly the top seeded teams. Seed was factored into the final determination of the sites, and matchups between conference opponents were avoided in the first two rounds of the championship.
 
First- and second-round competition takes place May 7-8 or 8-9 and features four teams playing in a single-elimination format. The winner of each site advances to the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida, where the 16 teams will compete for the national championship May 17-28. The event will be hosted by the University of Central Florida and the Greater Orlando Sports Commission.