1972 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

1972 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Teams 7
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions North Carolina (5th title)
Winning coach Dean Smith (4th title)
MVP Bob McAdoo (North Carolina)

The 1972 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum from March 9–11. North Carolina defeated Maryland, 73–64, to win the championship. Bob McAdoo of North Carolina was named the tournament MVP. With the departure of South Carolina, the ACC was left with seven members, so the top seed received a bye into the semifinals from 1972 through and including 1979.

Bracket

  Quarterfinals
March 9
Semifinals
March 10
Championship Game
March 11
                           
 
  1 North Carolina 63  
    4 Duke 48  
4 Duke 73
  5 NC State 60  
    1 North Carolina 73
  2 Maryland 64
  2 Maryland 54  
7 Clemson 52  
2 Maryland 62
    3 Virginia 57  
3 Virginia 74
  6 Wake Forest 65  

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