| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | ACC |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 15 |
| Arena: | Greensboro Coliseum |
| City: | Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions: | Georgia Tech |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Josh Pastner |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Michael Devoe |
| Mvpteam: | Georgia Tech |
| Television: | ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN |
The 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament (officially the 2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by New York Life) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 9 to 13, 2021.[1] It was the 68th annual edition of the tournament.
The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.[2] However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 24, 2020. Capital One Arena will host the tournament in 2024.[3]
Virginia and Duke elected to withdraw from the tournament due to some of their players testing positive for COVID-19.
The tournament final was the second-ever ACC championship game, and the first since Georgia Tech beat Virginia in 1990, to feature no teams from the state of North Carolina.
All 15 ACC teams were scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[4] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 9 received single byes.[5]
| Seed | School | Conference Record | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | 13–4 | ||
| 2 | Florida State | 11–4 | ||
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 9–4 | ||
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 11–6 | ||
| 5 | Clemson | 10–6 | 1–0 vs. North Carolina | |
| 6 | North Carolina | 10–6 | 0–1 vs. Clemson | |
| 7 | Louisville | 8–5 | ||
| 8 | Syracuse | 9–7 | ||
| 9 | NC State | 9–8 | ||
| 10 | Duke | 9–9 | ||
| 11 | Notre Dame | 7–11 | ||
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 6–10 | ||
| 13 | Miami | 4–15 | ||
| 14 | Wake Forest | 3–15 | ||
| 15 | Boston College | 2–11 |
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 9 | |||||||
| Opening day | 1 | 2:00 pm | No. 12 Pittsburgh vs. No. 13 Miami | 73–79 | ACCN | 2,820 | |
| 2 | 4:30 pm | No. 10 Duke vs. No. 15 Boston College | 86–51 | ||||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Wake Forest | 80–77 | ||||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 10 | |||||||
| 1 | 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 9 NC State | 89–68 | ACCN | 2,820 | |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 13 Miami | 64–67 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Duke | 56–70 | 2,820 | ||
| 7 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Notre Dame | 101–59 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 | |||||||
| 3 | 8 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 8 Syracuse | 72–69 | ESPN2 | 2,820 | |
| 9 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. No. 13 Miami | 70–66 | ||||
| 4 | 10 | 6:30 pm | No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 10 Duke | Cancelled | ESPN | 2,820 | |
| 11 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 North Carolina | 73-81 | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 | |||||||
| 5 | 12 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech | Cancelled | ESPN2 | 2,820 | |
| 13 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 6 North Carolina | 69–66 | ESPN | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 13 | |||||||
| 6 | 14 | 8:30pm | No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech | 75–80 | ESPN | 2,820 | |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed. | |||||||
Source:[6]
Tournament MVP: Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech
All-Tournament Teams:
First Team
Second Team