CARY — UNC-Wilmington used an 11-run ninth inning to eliminate Elon from the NCAA Regionals today. Thanks to the 15-11 victory, the Seahawks will play North Carolina at approximately 5:10 p.m.

Because of the double-elimination format, UNCW will need to beat the Tar Heels to force a deciding game on Monday. If UNC wins tonight, it will advance to its third straight Super Regional.

The Seahawks used six pitchers in the victory.

After his first night of workouts at the NBA pre-draft camp Tuesday night, North Carolina junior Danny Green told the website insidecarolina.com that he likely will only stay in the draft if he is a first-round draft pick.

“ I mean, if I’m going to be projected to go in the second round, then it’s probably going to be in my best interests to go back to school,'' Green told the website. "That’s what Coach [Williams] is saying. Coach doesn't want me to go unless I'm guaranteed a contract."

Green indicated that he wasn't part of the same extensive process that Williams went through with Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington before the latter two decided to enter their names into the draft without hiring an agent. Hansbrough opted to return to school; Lawson, Ellington and Green have until June 16 to pull out.

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• Wake Forest and N.C. State
• Boston College and Clemson
• Florida State and Maryland
• Va. Tech and UVa
• Miami and Ga. Tech
• UNC and Duke

If you thought the ACC was bad last year, or the year before, or the year before ... brace yourself for 2008. The league could be even worse, if that's possible.

Attrition, either through the NFL Draft, graduation or suspensions, has hit the division champs, Boston College and Virginia Tech, hard.

Traditional powers Miami and Florida State, who went a combined 12-13 in 2007, are no longer reloading but out-and-out rebuilding. FSU is doing so with the handicap of an academic scandal.

The ACC, and Coastal Division in particular, is so bad that Duke could equal its combined win total since 2004 before October ends.

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2007 record: 11-3, 6-2 (Atlantic Division champs)

Returning starters: Offense 6, Defense 6.

Quarterback?: No. Matt Ryan was the third overall pick (Atlanta) in the NFL Draft.

Avoid in the ACC: UVa, Duke, Miami

Coaching situation: Jeff Jagodzinski enters Year 2 but really he's starting over without Ryan, the ACC Player of the Year. The cupboard is not completely bare but the real world, and work, begins for Jags.

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When the ACC spring meetings begin Sunday at Amelia Island, Fla., discussions of expanded conference scheduling will not be limited to basketball.

Also under review will be the possibility of going to a nine-game league format in football. Under the current system, ACC teams play eight conference games. Each school in the two six-team divisions — Atlantic and Coastal — play the other five division members plus three from the opposite division.

Should a nine-game format be adopted, each team would play four games against teams from the opposite division.

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Thursday, Aug. 28
Jacksonville State @ Ga. Tech
Charleston Southern @ Miami
N.C. State @ South Carolina
Wake Forest @ Baylor

Saturday, Aug. 30
Boston College vs. Kent State (@ Cleveland)
Alabama vs. Clemson (@ Atlanta)
James Madison @ Duke
Delaware @ Maryland
McNeese State @ UNC
USC @ UVa
Va. Tech vs. East Carolina (@ Charlotte)

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North Carolina will play Michigan State at Detroit's Ford Field and Duke will play at Purdue in next season's ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

As expected, N.C. State will be left out of the made-for-TV event for the first time because it finished last in league play. The Big Ten features 11 teams; the ACC has a dozen.

The schedule:

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SAN ANTONIO — North Carolina forward Tyler Hansbrough accepted two more National Player of Awards on Sunday — one from the National Association of Basketball Coaches, the other the Naismith Trophy.

But they were bittersweet, coming a day after the Tar Heels lost in the national semifinals to Kansas.

"It's hard, I feel pretty up-and-down overall,'' Hansbrough said. "I'm disappointed because team success is always first in my mind, and it's difficult coming off a loss and coming and getting an award, but also I feel honored. I took the loss pretty hard because I felt like we were playing really good, we just didn't play well last night."

Hansbrough said he thought about the loss to Kansas till 3 in the morning, woke up, and said goodbye to the team, which returned to Chapel Hill on Sunday. The junior planned to return home today, and said he hasn't yet thought about whether he will leave school early for the NBA.

"There's a decision I have, but I'll look at it later,'' he said.

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Carolina coach Roy Williams and players speak to the media after the Heels' loss to Kansas in the Final Four.

UNC coach Roy Williams

UNC players Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson

Washington State coach Tony Bennett

Washington State players Taylor Rochestie and Aron Baynes

Louisville coach Rick Pitino

Louisville players David Padgett and Terrence Williams

Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl

Tennesee players Tyler Smith, JaJuan Smith and Chris Lofton

Today's topic: Joe and Tudor analyze the second round in Raleigh where Carolina and Davidson advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

Staff video: Rob Roberts, Tim Lee, Joe Giglio and Caulton Tudor. Video courtesy of NCAA/CBS Sports.

• ACC Now: The Podcast archives

Georgetown players Roy Hibbert, Patrick Ewing, Jr and Jessie Sapp talk about their first round win over UMBC and their second-round matchup versus Davidson.

UNC coach Roy Williams

UNC players Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson

Indiana coach Dan Dakich

Indiana players D.J. White, Armon Bassett and Eric Gordon

Mount St. Mary's coach Milan Brown

Mount St. Mary's players Jeremy Goode, Chris Vann, and Markus Mitchell

Arkansas coach John Pelphrey and players

Carolina players speak to the media about the NCAA tournament, their first round opponent Mount St. Mary's, and playing at the RBC Center as the home team.

Georgetown coach John Thompson III

Georgetown players Roy Hibbert and Jonathan Wallace

Gonzaga coach Mark Few

Gonzaga players Jeremy Pargo, David Pendergraft and Matt Bouldin

UMBC coach Randy Monroe

UMBC players Cavell Hodges, Brian Hodges and Jay Greene