GREENSBORO, N.C., March 14 (UPI) -- The biggest single day in conference tournament season unfolds Friday, with 40 games being played on the day.
The day began at 12 noon, with Wake Forest, the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference, playing No.9 Florida State, which advanced to the ACC quarterfinals with a 72-61 win over Clemson Thursday night.
One more dance card to the NCAA Tournament will be decided in Worcester, Mass., where Holy Cross (25-4) entertains American (16-13) in the title game of the Patriot League, a rematch of last year.
The day's schedule is as follows:
Atlantic Coast Quarterfinals
At Greensboro, N.C.
Wake Forest vs. Florida St., 12 p.m.
North Carolina St. vs. Georgia Tech, 2:30 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Maryland, 7 p.m.
Duke vs. Virginia, 9:30 p.m.
Atlantic 10 Semifinals
At Dayton, Ohio
Xavier vs. Temple, 7 p.m.
St. Joseph's vs. Dayton, 9:30 p.m.
Big East Semifinals
At New York
Boston College vs. Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Syracuse vs. Connecticut, 9:30 p.m.
Big Ten Quarterfinals
At Chicago
Wisconsin vs. Ohio St., 12 p.m.
Michigan St. vs. Purdue, 2:30 p.m.
Illinois vs. Northwestern, 6:40 p.m.
Michigan vs. Indiana, 9:10 p.m.
Big 12 Quarterfinals
At Dallas
Kansas vs. Iowa St., 1 p.m.
Oklahoma St. vs. Missouri, 3:30 p.m.
Texas vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Big West Semifinals
At Anaheim
UC-Santa Barbara vs. Cal. Poly, 9 p.m.
UC-Irvine vs. Utah St. or Cal. St. Fullerton, 11:30 p.m.
Conference USA Semifinals
At Louisville
Memphis vs. Louisville, 5 p.m.
Ala.-Birmingham vs. St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.
Mid-American Semifinals
At Cleveland
Kent St. vs. Ohio, 6:30 p.m.
Northern Ill. vs. Central Mich., 8:30 p.m.
Mid-Eastern Semifinals
At Richmond, Va.
Howard vs. Hampton, 2:30 p.m.
South Carolina St. vs. Florida A&M, 9:30 p.m.
Mountain West Semifinals
At Las Vegas
BYU vs. Colorado St., 9 p.m.
Utah vs. UNLV, 12 a.m.
Pac-10 Semifinals
At Los Angeles
UCLA vs. Oregon, 9:15 p.m.
USC vs. California, 11:45 p.m.
Patriot Championship
American at Holy Cross, 4:30 p.m.
Southeastern Quarterfinals
At New Orleans
Mississippi St. vs. Mississippi, 1 p.m.
Florida vs. LSU, 3:30 p.m.
Kentucky vs. Vanderbilt, 7:30 p.m.
Auburn vs. Tennessee, 10 p.m.
Southland Championship
Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston, 8 p.m.
Southwestern Athletic Semifinals
At Birmingham, Ala.
Prairie View A&M vs. Alcorn St., 6:30 p.m.
Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley, 9 p.m.
Western Athletic Semifinals
SMU vs. Nevada, 7 p.m.
Tulsa vs. Hawaii, 9:30 p.m.
