1997 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1997 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 6–9 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. In what would be Coach Dean Smith's last season as the head coach of North Carolina, his Tar Heels won the tournament, defeating a surprising NC State team in the final.

NC State became the first team in ACC history to advance past the quarterfinal round after playing in the first-round game. The ACC adopted the first-round game format in 1992 when Florida State joined the conference. After defeating top seed Duke in the quarterfinals, NC State surprisingly defeated #5 seed Maryland to advance to the championship game. Their Cinderella run through the tournament ended against rival North Carolina in the final. The 1997 NC State Wolfpack remained the lowest-seeded team to make the ACC Tournament final until 2007.

Shammond Williams was named MVP.

Bracket

First Round March 6, 1997			Quarterfinals March 7, 1997			Semifinals March 8, 1997			Championship Game March 9, 1997


			1	#7 Duke	60

			8	NC State	66
8	NC State	60

9	Georgia Tech	46
						8	NC State	65

						5	#22 Maryland	58



			4	#13 Clemson	61

			5	#22 Maryland	76



									8	NC State	54

									3	#5 North Carolina	64



			2	#8 Wake Forest	66

			7	Florida State	65



						2	#8 Wake Forest	73

						3	#5 North Carolina	86



			3	#5 North Carolina	78

			6	Virginia	68

AP Rankings at time of tournament

Awards and Honors

Everett Case Award

Player	School
Shammond Williams	North Carolina

All Tournament Teams

First Team

Player	School
Tim Duncan	Wake Forest
Justin Gainey	NC State
C.C. Harrison	NC State
Antawn Jamison	North Carolina
Shammond Williams	North Carolina

Second Team

Player	School
Keith Booth	Maryland
Ed Cota	North Carolina
Jeremy Hyatt	NC State
Danny Strong	NC State
Serge Zwikker	North Carolina

External links

ACC Basketball Archive

ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

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