2015 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 10–14, 2015. The tournament included fourteen of the fifteen ACC teams, as Syracuse did not compete due to a self-imposed postseason ban.[1] Seeds 5 through 10 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a "double bye" through the first round and second rounds. The 2015 tournament was the first to begin on a Tuesday and the first since 1981 to finish on a Saturday. The semifinals and championship game were played in the evening instead of their traditional afternoon timeslot. It was the fourth time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and 2007, Georgia Tech in 2010). ESPN and the ACC Network televised all games, and the championship game was moved to Saturday to facilitate a prime-time broadcast on ESPN.[2]

2015 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams14
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsNotre Dame (1st title)
Winning coachMike Brey (1st title)
MVPJerian Grant (Notre Dame)
Attendance141,159
TelevisionESPN, ACCN
2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Virginia16–2 .889  30–4  .882
No. 4 Duke15–3 .833  35–4  .897
No. 8 Notre Dame †14–4 .778  32–6  .842
No. 15 North Carolina11–7 .611  26–12  .684
Miami (FL)10–8 .556  25–13  .658
NC State10–8 .556  22–14  .611
Syracuse9–9 .500  18–13  .581
Clemson8–10 .444  16–15  .516
Florida State8–10 .444  17–16  .515
Pittsburgh8–10 .444  19–15  .559
Wake Forest5–13 .278  13–19  .406
Boston College4–14 .222  13–19  .406
Georgia Tech3–15 .167  12–19  .387
Virginia Tech2–16 .111  11–22  .333
No. 17 Louisville*0–6 .000  0–8  .000
† ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Lousiville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)

Seeds

Seeds for the tournament are determined by teams' conference records, with tiebreakers determined according to ACC tiebreaker rules.

Seed School Conf Tiebreaker
1 Virginia†‡ 16–2
2 Duke† 15–3
3 Notre Dame† 14–4
4 Louisville† 12–6
5 North Carolina# 11–7
6 Miami# 10–8 1–0 vs. NC State
7 NC State# 10–8 0–1 vs. Miami
8 Clemson# 8–10 2–1 vs. Florida State, Pittsburgh
9 Florida State# 8–10 2–2 vs. Clemson, Pittsburgh
10 Pittsburgh# 8–10 1–2 vs. Clemson, Florida State
11 Wake Forest 5–13
12 Boston College 4–14
13 Georgia Tech 3–15
14 Virginia Tech 2–16
‡ – ACC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a first and second-round bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the ACC Tournament.

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup# Final score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 10
Opening
day		 1 1:00 pm #12 Boston College vs #13 Georgia Tech 66–65 ESPN2
ACC Network		 9,003
2 3:00 pm #11 Wake Forest vs #14 Virginia Tech 80–81
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
1 3 Noon #8 Clemson vs #9 Florida State 73–76 ESPN
ACC Network		 22,026
4 2:00 pm #5 North Carolina vs #12 Boston College 81–63
2 5 7:00 pm #7 NC State vs #10 Pittsburgh 81–70 ESPN2
ACC Network		 22,026
6 9:00 pm #6 Miami vs #14 Virginia Tech 59–49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3 7 Noon #1 Virginia vs #9 Florida State 58–44 ESPN
ACC Network		 22,026
8 2:00 pm #4 Louisville vs #5 North Carolina 60–70
4 9 7:00 pm #2 Duke vs #7 NC State 77–53 22,026
10 9:00 pm #3 Notre Dame vs #6 Miami 70–63
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5 11 7:00 pm #1 Virginia vs #5 North Carolina 67–71 ESPN
ACC Network		 22,026
12 9:00 pm #2 Duke vs #3 Notre Dame 64–74
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6 13 8:30 pm #5 North Carolina vs #3 Notre Dame 82–90 ESPN/ACCN 22,026
*Game times in EDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket
  First round
Tuesday March 10		 Second round
Wednesday March 11		 Quarterfinals
Thursday March 12		 Semifinals
Friday March 13		 Championship Game
Saturday March 14
                                               
1 #3 Virginia 58  
    9 Florida State 44  
8 Clemson 73
9 Florida State 76  
  1 #3 Virginia 67  
  5 #19 North Carolina 71  
4 #14 Louisville 60
    5 #19 North Carolina 70  
5 #19 North Carolina 81
    12 Boston College 63  
12 Boston College 66
13 Georgia Tech 65  
5 #19 North Carolina 82
3 #11 Notre Dame 90
2 #2 Duke 77  
    7 NC State 53  
7 NC State 81
10 Pittsburgh 70  
  2 #2 Duke 64
  3 Notre Dame 74  
3 #11 Notre Dame 70
    6 Miami 63  
6 Miami 59
    14 Virginia Tech 49  
11 Wake Forest 80
14 Virginia Tech 81  

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Jerian Grant, Notre Dame

All-Tournament Teams:

See also

References
  1. "Syracuse University Announces Self-Imposed Post-Season Ban" (Press release). Syracuse Orange. February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  2. "ACC Men's Tournament to Feature Saturday Championship Game". ACC. May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
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