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 to 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
2015 ACC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	14
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Notre Dame (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Brey (1st title)
MVP	Jerian Grant (Notre Dame)
Attendance	141,159
Television	ESPN, ACCN
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2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Virginia	16	–	2		.889			30	–	4		.882
No. 4 Duke	15	–	3		.833			35	–	4		.897
No. 8 Notre Dame †	14	–	4		.778			32	–	6		.842
No. 15 North Carolina	11	–	7		.611			26	–	12		.684
Miami (FL)	10	–	8		.556			25	–	13		.658
NC State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	14		.611
Syracuse	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Clemson	8	–	10		.444			16	–	15		.516
Florida State	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Pittsburgh	8	–	10		.444			19	–	15		.559
Wake Forest	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
Boston College	4	–	14		.222			13	–	19		.406
Georgia Tech	3	–	15		.167			12	–	19		.387
Virginia Tech	2	–	16		.111			11	–	22		.333
No. 17 Louisville*	0	–	6		.000			0	–	8		.000
† ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Louisville: 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
						8	Clemson	73			9	Florida State	44
						9	Florida State	76								1	#3 Virginia	67
																5	#19 North Carolina	71
											4	#14 Louisville	60
						5	#19 North Carolina	81			5	#19 North Carolina	70
	12	Boston College	66			12	Boston College	63													5	#19 North Carolina	82
	13	Georgia Tech	65																		3	#11 Notre Dame	90
											2	#2 Duke	77
						7	NC State	81			7	NC State	53
						10	Pittsburgh	70								2	#2 Duke	64
																3	Notre Dame	74
											3	#11 Notre Dame	70
						6	Miami	59			6	Miami	63
	11	Wake Forest	80			14	Virginia Tech	49
	14	Virginia Tech	81

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Jerian Grant, Notre Dame

All-Tournament Teams:

First Team Jerian Grant, Notre Dame Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame Pat Connaughton, Notre Dame Marcus Paige, North Carolina Brice Johnson, North Carolina

Second Team Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame Justin Jackson, North Carolina Jahlil Okafor, Duke Cat Barber, NC State Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia

See also

• 2015 ACC women's basketball tournament

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.