2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season explained

2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
Color:	193980
Color Text:	ffffff
League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
Pixels:	200px
No Of Teams:	15
Tv:	ACCN, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks, CBS
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	North Carolina Tar Heels
Season Champ Name:	First place
Mvp:	Malcolm Brogdon
Mvp Link:	ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	ACC tournament
Finals Link:	2016 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	North Carolina Tar Heels
Finals Mvp:	Joel Berry II
Seasonslistnames:	Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball
Prevseason Link:	2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:	2014–15
Nextseason Link:	2016–17 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:	2016–17

The 2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2015 and will conclude in March with the 2016 ACC men's basketball tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

Preseason

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

See main article: 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Boston College	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Clemson	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	RV	RV	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	RV	RV	RV	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Duke	AP	5	5	6	7	8	7	15	15	14	9	20	24	RV	RV	20	15	17	19	19	<	-- AP Final -->
C	4	4	3	5	5	6	10	12	10	6	12	20	RV	RV	19	18	21	21	20	18
Florida State	AP	RV	RV	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	RV	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Georgia Tech	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Louisville	AP	RV	RV	RV	24	22	19	16	18	16	21	17	16	19	13	18	11	11	14	16	<	-- AP Final -->
C	RV	RV	RV	22	19	16	15	18	16	20	16	14	18	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Miami	AP	RV	RV	15	21	17	15	13	13	12	8	15	15	17	12	11	12	7	11	11	<	-- AP Final -->
C	RV	RV	19	21	20	19	16	15	11	9	14	13	15	11	10	11	7	11	11	8
North Carolina	AP	1	1	9	9	3	11	7	7	6	5	2	2	2	9	5	7	8	7	3	<	-- AP Final -->
C	2	1	8	9	3	11	7	8	7	5	2	1	1	8	4	6	8	7	3	2
NC State	AP	RV	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	RV	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Notre Dame	AP	19	18	17	RV	RV	RV	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	RV	25	RV	RV	19	23	RV	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	18	18	18	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	RV	RV	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	RV	RV	RV	18	20	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	17
Pittsburgh	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20	RV	RV	RV	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	17	20	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Syracuse	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	14	RV	RV	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	RV	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	19	RV	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	RV	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->10
Virginia	AP	6	6	12	10	10	8	5	5	4	13	13	11	9	7	7	3	4	4	4	<	-- AP Final -->
C	6	6	12	10	10	9	5	5	4	11	13	12	9	7	8	3	4	4	5	5
Virginia Tech	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->
Wake Forest	AP	<	-- AP Preseason -->	<	-- AP Week 2 -->	<	-- AP Week 3 -->	<	-- AP Week 4 -->	<	-- AP Week 5 -->	<	-- AP Week 6 -->	<	-- AP Week 7 -->	<	-- AP Week 8 -->	<	-- AP Week 9 -->	<	-- AP Week 10 -->	<	-- AP Week 11 -->	<	-- AP Week 12 -->	<	-- AP Week 13 -->	<	-- AP Week 14 -->	<	-- AP Week 15 -->	<	-- AP Week 16 -->	<	-- AP Week 17 -->	<	-- AP Week 18 -->	<	-- AP Week 19 -->	<	-- AP Final -->
C	<	-- Coaches Preseason -->	<	-- Coaches Week 2 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 3 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 4 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 5 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 6 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 7 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 8 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 9 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 10 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 11 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 12 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 13 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 14 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 15 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 16 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 17 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 18 -->	<	-- Coaches Week 19 -->	<	-- Coaches Final -->

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

	Boston College	Clemson	Duke	Florida State	Georgia Tech	Louisville	Miami	North Carolina	NC State	Notre Dame	Pittsburgh	Syracuse	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Wake Forest
CLEM	DUKE	FSU	GT	UL	MIAMI	UNC	NCST	ND	PITT	CUSE	UVA	VT	WAKE -->	vs. Boston College	–	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2-0	1-0	1–0	1–0
vs. Clemson	0–2	–	0-1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2-0	1–0	0–1
vs. Duke	0–1	1-0	–	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0-1	0–1	0–2
vs. Florida State	0–1	1–1	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0-2	0–1	1–0	1–1	0-1	1–0	0–1
vs. Georgia Tech	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	–	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1-1	1–1	1–0	0-1	1–0	0–1
vs. Louisville	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2-0	0–1	0–1
vs. Miami	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	1-1	1–1	0–1
vs. North Carolina	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0-2	1–0	0–1	0–2	1-0	0–1	0–1
vs. NC State	0–1	0–1	2–0	2-0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	1-0	1–0	1–1
vs. Notre Dame	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1-1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	1-0	0–1	0–2
vs. Pittsburgh	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	–	0–2	1-0	1–1	0–1
vs. Syracuse	0-2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	–	1-0	0–1	0–1
vs. Virginia	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	0–1
vs. Virginia Tech	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1-1	–	0-2
vs. Wake Forest	0-1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1-1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1-0	2-0	–	CLEM	DUKE	FSU	GT	UL	MIAMI	UNC	NCST	ND	PITT	CUSE	UVA	VT	WAKE -->
Total	0-18	10-8	11-7	8-10	8-10	12-6	13-5	14-4	5-13	11-7	9-9	9-9	13-5	10-8	2-16

Postseason

ACC tournament

See main article: 2016 ACC men's basketball tournament.

• March 8–12, 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Verizon Center, Washington, D.C.

* Denotes Overtime Game

AP Rankings at time of tournament

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Notes and References

1. News: ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams. theacc.com. Press Release. 2016-03-06. 2016-03-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160307040403/http://www.theacc.com/news/acsma-announces-basketball-season-awards-all-acc-teams-03-06-2016. 2016-03-07.