Fairing better than the ACC title game, the Big 12 title game does see sellouts with crowds of over 70, 000.

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Other events officially on deck (the plan for the first year is still about 85) include several college basketball tournaments and the ACC Championship football game in December.

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The Hurricanes were coming off a loss at Wake Forest that ended their 14-game winning streak and their bid to go unbeaten in the ACC, and they went 11 minutes without a basket early against Virginia Tech before pulling away.

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The 6-foot-11 Salley helped lead the Yellow Jackets to their first ACC championship in 1985, though that team fell a game short of the Final Four.

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We want the ACC championship, and then eventually we want to make the national championship game.

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That ticket guarantee requires the ACC to purchase 18, 000 tickets, since it provides the higher seed in the game, and the SEC to purchase 16, 000 tickets.

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The Hurricanes (23-6, 14-3 ACC), who squandered a 13-point lead in the second half, lost their second straight game with a shot at an outright title.

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