2016 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

2015–16 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 North Carolina †	14	–	4	.778	33	–	6	.846
#4 Virginia	13	–	5	.722	29	–	7	.806
#10 Miami (FL)	13	–	5	.722	27	–	8	.771
#16 Louisville*	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
Notre Dame	11	–	7	.611	24	–	12	.667
#19 Duke	11	–	7	.611	25	–	11	.694
Virginia Tech	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Clemson	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Pittsburgh	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	22	–	14	.611
Georgia Tech	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
NC State	5	–	13	.278	16	–	17	.485
Wake Forest	2	–	16	.111	11	–	20	.355
Boston College	0	–	18	.000	7	–	25	.219
*Ineligible for both the 2016 ACC Tournament and the 2016 NCAA Tournament due to self-imposed postseason ban.

† 2016 ACC Tournament winner As of April 2, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. from March 8–12, 2016.^[1] The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament. The tournament included 14 of the 15 ACC teams due to Louisville's self-imposed postseason ban.^[2] This was the 20th consecutive ACC Tournament that featured Duke or UNC in the championship game.

Seeds

The top 10 teams received first round byes and the top 4 teams received double byes to the Quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	Tiebreaker 2
1	North Carolina	14–4
2	Virginia	13–5	1–1 vs. Miami (FL)	1–0 vs. North Carolina
3	Miami (FL)	13–5	1–1 vs. Virginia	0–1 vs. North Carolina
4	Notre Dame	11–7	1–0 vs. Duke
5	Duke	11–7	0–1 vs. Notre Dame
6	Virginia Tech	10–8	1–0 vs. Clemson
7	Clemson	10–8	0–1 vs. Virginia Tech
8	Pittsburgh	9–9	2–0 vs. Syracuse
9	Syracuse	9–9	0–2 vs. Pittsburgh
10	Georgia Tech	8–10	1–0 vs. Florida State
11	Florida State	8–10	0–1 vs. Georgia Tech
12	NC State	5–13
13	Wake Forest	2–16
14	Boston College	0–18

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8
Opening Day	1	12:00 pm	#12 NC State 75 vs #13 Wake Forest 72	ESPN2 ACC Network	7,302
Opening Day	2	2:00 pm	#11 Florida State 88 vs #14 Boston College 66	ESPN2 ACC Network	7,302
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
1	3	12:00 pm	#8 Pittsburgh 72 vs #9 Syracuse 71	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
1	4	2:00 pm	#5 Duke 92 vs #12 NC State 89	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
2	5	7:00 pm	#7 Clemson 85 vs #10 Georgia Tech 88 (OT)	ESPN2 ACC Network	18,561
2	6	9:00 pm	#6 Virginia Tech 96 vs #11 Florida State 85	ESPN2 ACC Network	18,561
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	7	12:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 88 vs #8 Pittsburgh 71	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
3	8	2:00 pm	#4 Notre Dame 84 vs #5 Duke 79 (OT)		18,561
4	9	7:00 pm	#2 Virginia 72 vs #10 Georgia Tech 52		20,719
4	10	9:00 pm	#3 Miami 88 vs #6 Virginia Tech 82		20,719
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5	11	7:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 78 vs #4 Notre Dame 47	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
5	12	9:00 pm	#2 Virginia 73 vs #3 Miami 68	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
Championship – Saturday, March 12
6	13	9:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 61 vs #2 Virginia 57	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round Tuesday, March 8			Second round Wednesday, March 9			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10			Semifinals Friday, March 11			Championship Saturday, March 12


						1	North Carolina	88

						8	Pittsburgh	71
			8	Pittsburgh	72

			9	Syracuse	71

									1	North Carolina	78

									4	Notre Dame	47

						4	Notre Dame	84*

						5	Duke	79
			5	Duke	92

			12	NC State	89
12	NC State	75

13	Wake Forest	72
												1	North Carolina	61

												2	Virginia	57

						2	Virginia	72

						10	Georgia Tech	52
			7	Clemson	85

			10	Georgia Tech	88*

									2	Virginia	73

									3	Miami	68

						3	Miami	88

						6	Virginia Tech	82
			6	Virginia Tech	96

			11	Florida State	85
11	Florida State	88

14	Boston College	66

* denotes overtime period

Awards and honors

^[3]

Tournament MVP: Joel Berry II, North Carolina

All-Tournament Teams:

First Team

Joel Berry II, North Carolina
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Anthony Gill, Virginia
Brice Johnson, North Carolina

Second Team

London Perrantes, Virginia
Sheldon McClellan, Miami
Seth Allen, Virginia Tech
Grayson Allen, Duke
Zach Auguste, Notre Dame

References

↑ "The 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament Bracket is Announced". ACC. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
↑ "Louisville self-imposes postseason ban for men's hoops in 2016" (Press release). ESPN. February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
↑ https://accsports.com/acc-news/headline-news/tar-heels-cavaliers-dominate-acc-tournament-team/

External links

Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Official Website

ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

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