ACC Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament: Full Results, Bracket and Champion

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The ACC men’s basketball conference tournament championship game delivered in a high-intensity matchup as Duke prevailed in a 74–70 win over Virginia which likely secured a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday and with it, hopefully a solid path to the Final Four.
Below we look at the ACC tournament as it happened, and how we made it to Saturday’s showdown.
ACC men’s basketball final regular-season standings
Rank | Team | Conference record | Overall record |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | (1) Duke | 17–1 | 29–2 |
2. | (10) Virginia | 15–3 | 27–4 |
3. | Miami | 13–5 | 24–7 |
4. | (19) North Carolina | 12–6 | 24–7 |
5. | Clemson | 12–6 | 22–9 |
6. | (24) Louisville | 11–7 | 22–9 |
7. | NC State | 10–8 | 19–12 |
8. | Florida State | 10–8 | 17–14 |
9. | California | 9–9 | 21–10 |
10. | Stanford | 9–9 | 20–11 |
11. | SMU | 8–10 | 19–12 |
12. | Virginia Tech | 8–10 | 19–12 |
13. | Wake Forest | 7–11 | 16–15 |
14. | Syracuse | 6–12 | 15–16 |
15. | Pittsburgh | 5–13 | 12–19 |
16. | Notre Dame | 4–14 | 13–18 |
17. | Boston College | 4–14 | 11–20 |
18. | Georgia Tech | 2–16 | 11–20 |
ACC men’s basketball conference tournament bracket

ACC men’s basketball conference tournament full schedule
March 10: First round
Game 1: No. 15 Pittsburgh 64, No. 10 Stanford 63
Game 2: No. 11 SMU 86, No. 14 Syracuse 69
Game 3: No. 13 Wake Forest 95, No. 12 Virginia Tech 89 (OT)
March 11: Second round
Game 4: No. 7 NC State 98, No. 15 Pittsburgh 88
Game 5: No. 6 Louisville 62, No. 11 SMU 58
Game 6: No. 8 Florida State 95, No. 9 California 89
Game 7: No. 5 Clemson 71, No. 13 Wake Forest 62
March 12: Quarterfinals
Game 8: No. 2 Virginia 81, No. 7 NC State 74
Game 9: No. 3 Miami 78, No. 6 Louisville 73
Game 10: No. 1 Duke 80, No. 8 Florida State 79
Game 11: No. 5 Clemson 80, No. 4 North Carolina 79
March 13: Semifinals
Game 12: No. 2 Virginia 84, No. 3 Miami 62
Game 13: No. 1 Duke 73, No. 5 Clemson 61
March 14: Championship game
Game 13: No. 1 Duke 74, No. 2 Virginia 70
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Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.