2024–25 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

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The 2024–25 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in December 2024 and conclude in March 2025. The 2025 ACC men's basketball tournament will be held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina in March, 2025.[1] This will the 71st season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball. This will be the first season where eighteen teams compete in the conference, after the additions of California, SMU, and Stanford on July 1, 2024.[2] The top 15 teams from regular season play earn postseason bids to the 2025 ACC Men's basketball tournament.[3]

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2024–25 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 3, 2024 – March, 2025
Number of teams18
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, The CW Sports
NBA Draft
2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
ACC tournament
Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball seasons
2025–26 
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2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Duke151 .938233  .885
No. 18 Clemson132 .867215  .808
No. 25 Louisville132 .867206  .769
SMU114 .733206  .769
Wake Forest114 .733197  .731
North Carolina96 .6001611  .593
Stanford87 .5331610  .615
Florida State78 .4671610  .615
Pittsburgh78 .4671610  .615
Georgia Tech78 .4671313  .500
Virginia69 .4001313  .500
Virginia Tech69 .4001115  .423
California510 .3331214  .462
Notre Dame510 .3331115  .423
Syracuse511 .3131116  .407
Boston College312 .2001115  .423
NC State312 .2001016  .385
Miami (FL)213 .133620  .231
2025 ACC tournament winner
As of February 19, 2025
Rankings from AP poll
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Head coaches

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Coaching changes

  • On March 13, 2024, the Louisville Cardinals fired head coach Kenny Payne.[4] The Cardinals hired Pat Kelsey as his replacement on March 28, 2024.[5]
  • On March 21, 2024, the SMU Mustangs fired head coach Rob Lanier after two seasons.[6] On April 1, the school named USC head coach Andy Enfield the team's new head coach.[7]
  • On March 14, 2024, the Stanford Cardinal fired head coach Jerod Haase after eight seasons.[8] Kyle Smith was hired as his replacement from Washington State on March 25, 2024.[9]
  • On October 17, 2024 former Virginia coach Tony Bennett announced his retirement effective immediately after 15 seasons.[10] Assistant coach Ron Sanchez was named as the replacement.
  • On December 26, 2024 Jim Larrañaga announced his retirement after starting the season 4–8. Larrañaga was in his fourteenth season as head coach.[11] Bill Courtney was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season on the same day.

Coaches

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Earl Grant Charleston 4 49–53 23–37 0 0 0 0
California Mark Madsen Utah Valley 2 13–19 0–0 0 0 0 0
Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 15 265–189 128–126 0 4 0 0
Duke Jon Scheyer Duke (Assoc.) 3 54–18 29–11 1 2 0 0
Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 23 443–281 203–178 1 11 0 0
Georgia Tech Damon Stoudamire Boston Celtics (Asst.) 2 14–18 13–7 0 0 0 0
Louisville Pat Kelsey Charleston 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 14 270–166 126–115 1 6 2 0
NC State Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 8 139–94 64–69 1 3 1 0
North Carolina Hubert Davis North Carolina (Asst.) 4 78–31 43–17 0 2 1 0
Notre Dame Micah Shrewsberry Penn State 2 13–20 7–13 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Asst.) 7 97–92 47–67 0 1 0 0
SMU Andy Enfield USC 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Stanford Kyle Smith Washington State 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Adrian Autry Syracuse (Assoc.) 2 20–12 11–9 0 0 0 0
Virginia Ron Sanchez Virginia (Assoc.) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0
Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 6 92–66 45–48 1 2 0 0
Wake Forest Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 5 71–54 37–41 0 0 0 0
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Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2023–24 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools

Preseason

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Recruiting classes

More information Team, 247 Sports ...
Rankings
Team 247 Sports[12] On3Recruits[13] Rivals[14] Commits
Boston College 59 90 81 3
California 126 113 98 2
Clemson 25 35 33 3
Duke 1 1 1 6
Florida State 21 54 16 5
Georgia Tech 20 25 18 3
Louisville 86 28 59 1
Miami 7 11 12 4
NC State 46 32 31 2
North Carolina 8 5 7 3
Notre Dame 26 36 28 3
Pittsburgh 66 62 70 2
SMU 68 91 NR 3
Stanford 70 101 53 4
Syracuse 33 10 22 2
Virginia 57 53 64 2
Virginia Tech 36 57 60 3
Wake Forest 94 47 80 1
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Notes:

  • Rankings are up to date as of August 14, 2024.

Preseason watchlists

Preseason polls

More information Boston College, – ...
AP[22] Blue Ribbon
Yearbook
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CBS Sports[24] Coaches[25] ESPN[26] Fox Sports[27] KenPom[28] NCAA Sports[29] Sports
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Boston CollegeNo. 114
CaliforniaNo. 135
ClemsonRVRVNo. 24
DukeNo. 7No. 3No. 9No. 5No. 8No. 7No. 2No. 5No. 5
Florida StateNo. 90
Georgia TechNo. 70
LouisvilleRVNo. 64
MiamiRVNo. 55
North CarolinaNo. 9No. 10No. 4No. 10No. 10No. 10No. 14No. 9No. 11
NC StateNo. 52
Notre DameNo. 69
PittsburghNo. 38
SMUNo. 74
StanfordNo. 99
SyracuseNo. 68
VirginiaRVNo. 78
Virginia TechNo. 92
Wake ForestRVRVNo. 44No. 31
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ACC Preseason Media poll

The preseason poll and Preseason All-ACC Teams were released in October 15, 2024, prior to the season beginning and after ACC Media Day. The results of the poll are below.

Preseason poll
More information ACC Media, Points ...
ACC Media Points
1. Duke 956 (42)
2. North Carolina 924 (11)
3. Wake Forest 800 (1)
4. Clemson 765
5. Virginia 743
6. Miami 659
7. Pitt 636
8. NC State 550
9. Louisville 518
10. Notre Dame 462
11. Syracuse 454
12. Georgia Tech 433
13. SMU 344
14. Virginia Tech 252
15. Florida State 251
16. California 206
17. Stanford 165
18. Boston College 116
Reference:[31]
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Preseason All-ACC teams
More information First Team, Second Team ...
2024 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
First Team Second Team
R.J. Davis – North Carolina Ian Schieffelin – Clemson
Hunter Sallis – Wake Forest Chase Hunter – Clemson
Cooper Flagg – Duke Jamir Watkins – Florida State
Markus Burton – Notre Dame Baye Ndongo – Georgia Tech
Nijel Pack – Miami Ishmael Leggett – Pitt
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ACC preseason player of the year
  • R.J. Davis – North Carolina (40)
  • Cooper Flagg – Duke (10)
  • Hunter Sallis – Wake Forest (3)
  • Maxime Raynaud – Stanford (1)
ACC preseason freshman of the year
  • Cooper Flagg – Duke (53)
  • Jeremiah Wilkinson – California (1)

Early season tournaments

More information Team, Tournament ...
Team Tournament Finish
Boston College Cayman Islands Classic Champions
California
Clemson Sunshine Slam Beach Bracket Champions
Duke Vegas Showdown 2nd Place
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville Battle 4 Atlantis 2nd Place
Miami Charleston Classic 8th Place
North Carolina Maui Invitational 4th Place
NC State Rady Children’s Invitational 4th Place
Notre Dame Players Era Festival 8th Place
Pittsburgh Greenbrier Tip-Off Mountain Division 2nd Place
SMU Acrisure Holiday Invitational Champions
Stanford
Syracuse Legends Classic 4th Place
Virginia Bahamas Championship 4th Place
Virginia Tech Fort Myers Tip-Off Beach Division 4th Place
Wake Forest ESPN Events Invitational 3rd Place
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Regular season

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Rankings

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Duke AP 7 6 12 11 9 4 5 4 4 4 3 (1) 2 2 2 3
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Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

More information Boston College, California ...
  Boston College California Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh SMU Stanford Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College 0–00–088–6376–7785–6484–5868–78102–96OT70–6278–60
97–942OT
0–0103–770–079–71
95–863OT
74–5636–5472–66
vs. California 0–080–6878–5768–7790–88OT0–094–98OT79–5362–65
62–74
0–086–7476–6589–8175–6661–7571–6876–66
vs. Clemson 0–068–8071–7757–77
46–72
  • 59–70
  • 89–863OT
74–6455–6565–8558–680–075–78OT0–071–8572–860–057–7262–73
vs. Duke 63–8857–7877–710–056–8265–7654–8970–8764–7478–8647–7662–8970–10654–8362–8065–8856–63
vs. Florida State 77–7677–6877–57
72–46
0–078–9190–7665–80
66–74
0–084–74OT60–6770–820–078–7174–900–076–6670–72
vs. Georgia Tech 64–8588–90OT
  • 70–59
  • 86–893OT
82–5691–7870–770–068–650–0
  • 75–86
  • 71–68
0–093–7152–6062–5575–6164–710–0
vs. Louisville 58–840–064–7476–6576–9077–7078–8870–8366–9160–7578–8273–980–061–8550–70
67–81
0–059–72
vs. Miami 78–6898–94OT65–5589–5480–65
74–66
0–088–780–00–057–6374–65117–7488–5184–9182–7186–8588–78
vs. North Carolina 96–102OT53–7985–6587–700–065–6883–700–061–63
73–97
73–74
  • 73–65
  • 66–67
67–8272–7182–880–00–067–66
vs. NC State 62–7065–62
74–62
68–5874–6474–84OT0–066–910–063–61
97–73
65–660–063–5774–730–070–6779–7677–59
vs. Notre Dame 60–78
94–972OT
0–00–086–7867–60
  • 86–75
  • 68–71
75–6063–5774–7366–650–097–730–0
  • 64–69
  • 77–69
59–7465–630–0
vs. Pittsburgh 0–074–8678–75OT76–4782–700–082–7865–74
  • 65–73
  • 67–66
0–00–083–6368–8373–77
69–80
73–5759–6476–74
vs. SMU 77–10365–760–089–620–071–9398–7374–11782–5757–6373–9763–8361–850–051–63
52–54
75–8177–66
vs. Stanford 0–081–8985–71106–7071–7860–520–051–8871–7273–740–083–6885–6161–7065–8859–7080–67
79–73
vs. Syracuse 71–79
86–953OT
66–7586–7283–5490–7455–6285–6191–8488–820–0
  • 69–64
  • 69–77
77–73
80–69
0–070–610–00–081–71
vs. Virginia 56–7475–610–080–620–061–7570–50
81–67
71–820–067–7074–5957–7363–51
54–52
88–650–0
  • 75–74
  • 70–73
0–0
vs. Virginia Tech 54–3668–7172–5788–6566–7671–640–085–860–076–7963–6564–5981–7570–590–0
  • 74–75
  • 73–70
72–63
vs. Wake Forest 66–7266–7673–6263–5672–700–072–5978–8866–6759–770–074–7666–7767–80
73–79
71–810–063–72
Total 3–125–1013–215–17–87–813–22–139–63–125–107–811–48–75–116–96–911–4
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Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices will name one or two Players of the week and one or two Rookies of the week.

More information Week, Date Awarded ...
Week Date Awarded Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 November 11 Jamir Watkins – Florida State Kon KnueppelDuke [33]
Nijel PackMiami (FL)
Week 2 November 18 Maxime Raynaud – Stanford Cooper Flagg – Duke [34]
Week 3 November 25 Cooper Flagg – Duke Cooper Flagg (2) – Duke [35]
Week 4 December 2 Chucky HepburnLouisville Donnie FreemanSyracuse [36]
Jeremiah Wilkinson – California
Week 5 December 9 Ian Schieffelin – Clemson Cooper Flagg (3) – Duke [37]
Week 6 December 16 Matt Cross – SMU Brandin Cummings – Pittsburgh [38]
Week 7 December 23 Reyne Smith – Louisville Cooper Flagg (4) – Duke [39]
Maxime Raynaud (2) – Stanford
Week 8 December 30 Donald Hand Jr. – Boston College Ian JacksonNorth Carolina [40]
Week 9 January 6 Cooper Flagg (2) – Duke Cooper Flagg (5) – Duke [41]
Week 10 January 13 Cooper Flagg (3) – Duke Cooper Flagg (6) – Duke [42]
Week 11 January 20 Hunter SallisWake Forest Cooper Flagg (7) – Duke [43]
Week 12 January 27 Maxime Raynaud (3) – Stanford Cooper Flagg (8) – Duke [44]
Jeremiah Wilkinson (2) – California
Week 13 February 3 Donald Hand Jr. (2) – Boston College Cooper Flagg (9) – Duke [45]
Cooper Flagg (4) – Duke
Week 14 February 10 Terrance Edwards Jr. – Louisville Jeremiah Wilkinson (3) – California [46]
Cameron Hildreth – Wake Forest
Week 15 February 17 Naithan George – Georgia Tech Cooper Flagg (10) – Duke [47]
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Records against other conferences

2024–25 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only.
Updated through games played on December 29, 2024

More information Power 4 Conferences & Gonzaga, Record ...
Power 4 Conferences & Gonzaga Record
Big East 2–5
Big Ten 7–8
Big 12 3–8
SEC 5–30
Gonzaga 0–0
Power 7 Total 16–51
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
America East 4–0
American 4–2
A-10 4–3
ASUN 6–2
Big Sky 2–0
Big South 14–1
Big West 5–1
CAA 7–1
C-USA 2–0
Horizon League 3–0
Ivy League 2–2
MAAC 3–1
MAC 1–0
MEAC 6–0
MVC 2–1
Mountain West 2–2
NEC 8–0
OVC 1–0
Patriot League 9–0
Pacific West 0–0
SoCon 6–0
Southland 2–0
SWAC 7–0
The Summit 2–0
Sun Belt 3–0
WAC 5–1
WCC (not including Gonzaga) 3–0
Other Division I Total 113–18
NCAA Division I Total 130–67
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Postseason

ACC tournament

First round
Tuesday, March 11
Second round
Wednesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13
Semifinals
Friday, March 14
Championship
Saturday, March 15
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12
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NCAA tournament

More information Seed, Region ...
Seed Region School First Four 1st round 2nd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)
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National Invitation tournament

More information Seed, Bracket ...
Seed Bracket School 1st round 2nd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
W–L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 0–0 (–)
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Honors and awards

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All-Americans

More information Consensus All-Americans, First Team ...
Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team
None None
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To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[50]

More information Associated Press, NABC ...
Associated Press NABC Sporting News USBWA
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ACC Awards

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More information Award, Recipient(s) ...
2024-25 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Most Improved Player of the Year
Sixth Man Award
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More information First Team, Second Team ...
2024-25 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team Honorable Mention
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More information Player, Team ...
2024-25 ACC Men's Basketball All-Freshman Team
Player Team
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More information Player, Team ...
2024-25 ACC Men's Basketball All-Defensive Team
Player Team
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NBA draft

PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter
More information Player, Team ...
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
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Attendance

More information Game 1, Game 2 ...
Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Total Average % of Capacity
Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Game 20
Boston College Conte Forum 8,606 4,529 4,863 3,102 2,499 4,607 3,993 4,168 4,663 5,035 6,287
8,606 6,083 4,204 2,678 2,567
California Haas Pavilion 11,858 3,472 3,203 3,631 3,662 2,093 6,089 3,035 2,916 3,696 4,003
3,082 5,169 5,203 3,139 4,562
Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum 9,000 7,463 7,571 7,258 7,166 9,000 9,000 8,148 6,889 8,337 7,660
9,341 9,000 7,913 9,000 8,704
Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314
9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314 9,314
Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center 11,675 4,872 3,068 9,797 3,253 2,589 4,354 4,383 4,941 5,784 6,751
6,448 5,101 6,278 7,565
Georgia Tech McCamish Pavilion 8,600 3,530 3,553 3,384 6,622 4,970 3,414 3,414 3,494 8,005 4,430
4,914 3,949 4,047 3,668 6,147 3,869 4,648
Louisville KFC Yum! Center 22,090 12,490 16,976 12,220 12,462 12,729 15,312 11,668 13,150 14,248 14,991
18,233 14,533 15,588
Miami Watsco Center 7,972 5,550 5,701 5,361 3,244 6,389 5,582 5,214 5,539 6,597 6,420
3,922 5,509 3,649 5,752
North Carolina Dean Smith Center 21,750 17,242 19,555 21,750 19,020 18,420 19,959 19,594 20,031 21,750 21,750
21,750 21,750
NC State Lenovo Center
Reynolds Coliseum
19,722 (Lenovo)
5,500 (Reynolds)
N/A 12,949 12,425 11,692 13,219 13,396 12,577 5,500 14,289 13,515
19,500 12,881 12,728 15,299 10,029 13,190
Notre Dame Edmund P. Joyce Center 9,149 5,121 4,132 3,912 4,475 6,280 3,827 5,396 9,149 4,693 4,262
6,959 5,437 4,332
Pittsburgh Petersen Events Center 12,508 6,579 7,537 6,229 10,882 6,391 5,948 7,164 7,177 8,087 9,065
10,584 11,277 9,075 8,578 7,260
SMU Moody Coliseum 7,000 5,454 5,014 4,930 5,056 5,468 5,025 5,189 5,220 7,105 5,526
6,135 5,602 6,176 5,525 6,858
Stanford Maples Pavilion 7,233 2,286 1,818 2,055 2,791 1,881 2,658 2,033 2,121 3,262 4,504
2,950 3,837 3,220 2,774 4,841
Syracuse Carrier Dome 33,000 19,619 19,267 19,610 14,318 19,354 17,187 15,987 14,437 13,935 19,750
20,842 20,585 23,313 20,881 22,340
Virginia John Paul Jones Arena 14,623 13,414 13,294 12,347 13,488 12,021 12,108 12,384 13,875 13,316 13,554
13,481 14,637 14,637 14,637 14,445
Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum 8,925 4,453 6,327 4,157 4,441 4,973 8,925 4,856 4,385 8,925 5,634
8,925 8,925 8,925 8,925
Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum 14,665 8,956 8,829 8,482 8,468 8,705 10,254 7,463 9,633 9,685 12,799
13,169 10,787 8,356
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