Here's a look at the schedule, start times and TV channels for Friday's semifinal games at the ACC basketball tournament

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Thursday's March Madness schedule could feature a lot of upsets, according to these picks and predictions for the NCAA Tournament first-round games.

With 68 teams spread across 14 sites over three weeks, March Madness is upon us with the 2025 NCAA Tournament set to begin. You're ready, we're ready, and we know you want an NCAA bracket to print out before the teams are put into place on Selection Sunday (March 16).

However, the Blue Devils suffered a harsh blow in their first postseason match. On Thursday, their superstar freshman forward Cooper Flagg suffered an ankle injury against Georgia Tech in their first game of the ACC Tournament. Minutes before the end of the first half, he went up for a rebound and came down, grabbing his ankle.

Injuries to Cooper Flagg and Maliq Brown overshadowed Duke basketball's comeback win against Georgia Tech at the ACC Tournament.

Duke’s Cooper Flagg, the ACC’s player and rookie of the year, appeared to injure his left ankle Thursday during the top-ranked Blue Devils’ ACC tournament opener in Charlotte. Flagg came down awkwardly on the foot of Georgia Tech’s Baye Ndongo while pulling down a rebound late in the first half.