ACC men's basketball tournament explained

ACC men's basketball tournament
Optional Subheader:Conference basketball championship
Sport:Basketball
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Number Of Teams:15
Format:Single-elimination tournament
Current Stadium:Rotates – Capital One Arena in 2024
Current Location:Rotates – Washington, DC, in 2024
Years:1954–present
Most Recent:2024
Current Champion:NC State
Most Championships:Duke Blue Devils (22)
Television:ESPN, ACCN
Website:TheACC.com Men's Basketball

The ACC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the ACC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It has been held every year since the ACC's first basketball season concluded in 1954 (with the 2020 tournament only being partially completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The ACC tournament is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's tournament.

Tournament champions

Since July 1, 1961, the ACC's bylaws have included the phrase "and the winner shall be the conference champion" in referring to the tournament, meaning that the conference tournament winner is the only champion of the ACC.

YearChampionScoreRunner-upTournament MVPVenueCity
1954NC State82–80 (OT)Wake ForestReynolds ColiseumRaleigh, North Carolina
1955NC State87–77Duke
1956NC State76–54Wake ForestVic Molodet
1957North Carolina95–75South Carolina
1958Maryland86–75North Carolina
1959NC State80–56North Carolina
1960Duke64–59Wake Forest
1961Wake Forest96–81Duke
1962Wake Forest77–68Clemson
1963Duke71–66Wake Forest
1964Duke80–59Wake Forest
1965NC State91–85Duke
1966Duke71–66NC State
1967North Carolina82–73DukeGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1968North Carolina87–50NC StateCharlotte Coliseum (Independence)Charlotte, North Carolina
1969North Carolina85–74Duke
1970NC State42–39 (2OT)South Carolina
1971South Carolina52–51North CarolinaGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1972North Carolina73–64Maryland
1973NC State76–74Maryland
1974NC State103–100 (OT)Maryland
1975North Carolina70–66NC State
1976Virginia67–62North CarolinaCapital CentreLandover, Maryland
1977North Carolina75–69VirginiaGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1978Duke85–77Wake Forest
1979North Carolina71–63Duke
1980Duke73–72Maryland
1981North Carolina61–60MarylandCapital CentreLandover, Maryland
1982North Carolina47–45VirginiaGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1983NC State81–78VirginiaThe OmniAtlanta, Georgia
1984Maryland74–62DukeGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1985Georgia Tech57–54North CarolinaThe OmniAtlanta, Georgia
1986Duke68–67Georgia TechGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1987NC State68–67North CarolinaCapital CentreLandover, Maryland
1988Duke65–61North CarolinaGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1989North Carolina77–74DukeThe OmniAtlanta, Georgia
1990Georgia Tech70–61VirginiaCharlotte Coliseum (Tyvola)Charlotte, North Carolina
1991North Carolina96–74Duke
1992Duke94–74North Carolina
1993Georgia Tech77–75North Carolina
1994North Carolina73–66Virginia
1995Wake Forest82–80 (OT)North CarolinaGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
1996Wake Forest75–74Georgia Tech
1997North Carolina64–54NC State
1998North Carolina83–68Duke
1999Duke96–73North CarolinaCharlotte Coliseum (Tyvola)Charlotte, North Carolina
2000Duke81–68Maryland
2001Duke79–53North CarolinaGeorgia DomeAtlanta, Georgia
2002Duke91–61NC StateCharlotte Coliseum (Tyvola)Charlotte, North Carolina
2003Duke84–77NC StateGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
2004Maryland95–87 (OT)Duke
2005Duke69–64Georgia TechMCI CenterWashington, D.C.
2006Duke78–76Boston CollegeGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
2007North Carolina89–80NC StateSt. Pete Times ForumTampa, Florida
2008North Carolina86–81ClemsonCharlotte Bobcats ArenaCharlotte, North Carolina
2009Duke79–69Florida StateGeorgia DomeAtlanta, Georgia
2010Duke65–61Georgia TechGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
2011Duke75–58North Carolina
2012Florida State85–82North CarolinaPhilips ArenaAtlanta, Georgia
2013Miami87–77North CarolinaGreensboro Coliseum[1] Greensboro, North Carolina
2014Virginia72–63Duke
2015Notre Dame90–82North Carolina
2016North Carolina61–57VirginiaVerizon CenterWashington, D.C.
2017Duke75–69Notre DameBarclays CenterBrooklyn, New York
2018Virginia71–63North Carolina
2019Duke73–63Florida StateSpectrum CenterCharlotte, North Carolina
2020Tournament not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Number 1 seed Florida State appointed ACC champion.
Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
2021Georgia Tech80–75Florida State
2022Virginia Tech82–67DukesortnameHunter CattoorBarclays CenterBrooklyn, New York
2023Duke59–49VirginiaGreensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
2024NC State84–76North CarolinaD. J. BurnsCapital One ArenaWashington, D.C.
2025Spectrum CenterCharlotte, North Carolina
2026
2027Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina
2028Spectrum CenterCharlotte, North Carolina
2029Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina

Venues

VenueCityStateAppearancesLastclass=unsortableYearsclass=unsortableNotes
Greensboro ColiseumGreensboroNorth Carolina3020231967, 1971–75, 1977–80, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995–98, 2003–04, 2006, 2010–11, 2013–15, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2027*, 2029*
Reynolds ColiseumRaleighNorth Carolina1319661954–66
Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola Road, demolished 2007)CharlotteNorth Carolina820021990–94, 1999–2000, 2002
Spectrum CenterCharlotteNorth Carolina420192008, 2019, 2025*, 2026*, 2028*
Charlotte Coliseum (Independence)CharlotteNorth Carolina319701968, 1969, 1970
Capital CentreLandoverMaryland319871976, 1981, 1987
Omni ColiseumAtlantaGeorgia319891983, 1985, 1989
Capital One ArenaWashingtonD.C.320242005, 2016, 2024
Barclays Center[2] BrooklynNew York320222017, 2018, 2022
Georgia DomeAtlantaGeorgia220092001, 2009
Amalie ArenaTampaFlorida120072007
State Farm ArenaAtlantaGeorgia120122012

Notes

Tournament championships by school

School Year joinedChampionships Years
195322 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2023
195318 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2016
195311 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 2024
1953 4 1961, 1962, 1995, 1996
19784 1985, 1990, 1993, 2021
19533 1976, 2014, 2018
Maryland 19533 1958, 1984, 2004
South Carolina 19531 1971
19911 2012
2004 1 2013
20041 2022
20131 2015
19530
20050
20130
20130
20140
20240
20240
20240

Footnotes

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Future ACC Tournament Sites Announced. https://archive.today/20130204095854/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051706aab.html. dead. February 4, 2013. The Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2012. May 17, 2006.
  2. Web site: ESPN. Source: ACC, Barclays have deal. March 25, 2014.
  3. Web site: Crawford. Jacob. Complete History of NC State Basketball. NorthCarolinaState.scout.com. December 26, 2003. March 10, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090517115139/http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/209048.html. 2009-05-17. dead.
  4. University of Maryland and Rutgers University Become Official Members of Big Ten Conference . Big Ten Conference . July 1, 2014 . January 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160626233107/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/070114aaa.html . 2016-06-26 . dead .
  5. Web site: SEC Men's Basketball . secsports.com . . 2010 . May 31, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100521101224/http://www.secsports.com/sports/mbball/default.aspx. 21 May 2010 . live.