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{{Infobox NCAA conference tournament

| name = ACC men's basketball tournament

| optional_subheader = Conference basketball championship

| defunct =

| image = Atlantic Coast Conference logo.svg

| image_size = 250

| sport = Basketball

| conference = Atlantic Coast Conference

| number_of_teams = 15

| format = Single-elimination tournament

| current_stadium = Rotates – Spectrum Center in 2025 & 2026

| current_location = Rotates – Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2025 & 2026

| years = 1954–present

| most_recent = 2025

| current_champion = Duke

| most_championships = Duke Blue Devils (23)

| television = ESPN, ACCN

| website = [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html TheACC.com Men's Basketball]

| all_stadiums =

| all_locations =

}}

The ACC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the ACC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It has been held every year since the ACC's first basketball season concluded in 1954 (with the 2020 tournament only being partially completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The ACC tournament is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's tournament.

Tournament champions

Since July 1, 1961, the ACC's bylaws have included the phrase "and the winner shall be the conference champion" in referring to the tournament,{{Cite web |title=ACC Manual, Section 3.3.2.1 |url=https://virginiatech.sportswar.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2022/08/2020-21-ACC-Manual-2020-9-17-2.pdf |access-date=2025-02-01 |page=72}} meaning that the conference tournament winner is the only champion of the ACC.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Year

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Champion

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Score

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Runner-up

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Tournament MVP

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Location

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| City

1954

| NC State

| 82–80 (OT)

| Wake Forest

| {{sortname|Dickie|Hemric}}

|rowspan=13|Reynolds Coliseum

|rowspan=13|Raleigh, North Carolina

1955

| NC State

| 87–77

| |Duke

| {{sortname|Ron|Shavlik}}

1956

| NC State

| 76–54

| Wake Forest

| Vic Molodet

1957

| North Carolina

| 95–75

| South Carolina

| {{sortname|Lennie|Rosenbluth}}

1958

| Maryland

| 86–75

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Nick|Davis|nolink=1}}

1959

| NC State

| 80–56

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Lou|Pucillo}}

1960

| Duke

| 64–59

| Wake Forest

| {{sortname|Doug|Kistler}}

1961

| Wake Forest

| 96–81

| Duke

| {{sortname|Len|Chappell}}

1962

| Wake Forest

| 77–68

| Clemson

| {{sortname|Len|Chappell}}

1963

| Duke

| 71–66

| Wake Forest

| {{sortname|Art|Heyman}}

1964

| Duke

| 80–59

| Wake Forest

| {{sortname|Jeff|Mullins|dab=basketball}}

1965

| NC State

| 91–85

| Duke

| {{sortname|Larry|Worsley|nolink=1}}

1966

| Duke

| 71–66

| NC State

| {{sortname|Steve|Vacendak}}

1967

| North Carolina

| 82–73

| Duke

| {{sortname|Larry|Miller|dab=basketball player}}

| Greensboro Coliseum

| Greensboro, North Carolina

1968

| North Carolina

| 87–50

| NC State

| {{sortname|Larry|Miller|dab=basketball player}}

|rowspan=3|Charlotte Coliseum (Independence){{efn|name=bojangles|The Charlotte Coliseum on Independence Boulevard opened in 1956, closed in 1988 when the Charlotte Coliseum on Tyvola Road opened (that arena was demolished 2007), reopened in 1993 as Independence Arena. Cricket Wireless held naming rights from 2001 to 2006, and Bojangles' has held naming rights since 2008.}}

|rowspan=3|Charlotte, North Carolina

1969

| North Carolina

| 85–74

| Duke

| {{sortname|Charlie|Scott|Charlie Scott (basketball)}}

1970

| NC State

| 42–39 (2OT)

| South Carolina

| {{sortname|Vann|Williford}}

1971

| South Carolina

| 52–51

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|John|Roche|dab=basketball}}

| rowspan=5|Greensboro Coliseum

| rowspan=5|Greensboro, North Carolina

1972

| North Carolina

| 73–64

| Maryland

| {{sortname|Bob|McAdoo}}

1973

| NC State

| 76–74

| Maryland

| {{sortname|Tommy|Burleson}}

1974

| NC State

| 103–100 (OT)

| Maryland

| {{sortname|Tommy|Burleson}}

1975

| North Carolina

| 70–66

| NC State

| {{sortname|Phil|Ford|dab=basketball}}

1976

| Virginia

| 67–62

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Wally|Walker}}

| Capital Centre

| Landover, Maryland

1977

| North Carolina

| 75–69

| Virginia

| {{sortname|John|Kuester}}

| rowspan=4|Greensboro Coliseum

| rowspan=4|Greensboro, North Carolina

1978

| Duke

| 85–77

| Wake Forest

| {{sortname|Jim|Spanarkel}}

1979

| North Carolina

| 71–63

| Duke

| {{sortname|Dudley|Bradley}}

1980

| Duke

| 73–72

| Maryland

| {{sortname|Albert|King|dab=basketball}}

1981

| North Carolina

| 61–60

| Maryland

| {{sortname|Sam|Perkins}}

| Capital Centre

| Landover, Maryland

1982

| North Carolina

| 47–45

| Virginia

| {{sortname|James|Worthy}}

| Greensboro Coliseum

| Greensboro, North Carolina

1983

| NC State

| 81–78

| Virginia

| {{sortname|Sidney|Lowe}}

| The Omni

| Atlanta, Georgia

1984

| Maryland

| 74–62

| Duke

| {{sortname|Len|Bias}}

| Greensboro Coliseum

| Greensboro, North Carolina

1985

| Georgia Tech

| 57–54

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Mark|Price}}

| The Omni

| Atlanta, Georgia

1986

| Duke

| 68–67

| Georgia Tech

| {{sortname|Johnny|Dawkins}}

| Greensboro Coliseum

| Greensboro, North Carolina

1987

| NC State

| 68–67

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Vinny|Del Negro}}

| Capital Centre

| Landover, Maryland

1988

| Duke

| 65–61

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Danny|Ferry}}

| Greensboro Coliseum

| Greensboro, North Carolina

1989

| North Carolina

| 77–74

| Duke

| {{sortname|J.R.|Reid}}

| The Omni

| Atlanta, Georgia

1990

| Georgia Tech

| 70–61

| Virginia

| {{sortname|Brian|Oliver|dab=basketball, born 1968}}

| rowspan=5|Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola){{efn|name=tyvola|The Charlotte Coliseum on Tyvola Road opened in 1988 and closed in 2005, demolished in 2007.}}

| rowspan=5|Charlotte, North Carolina

1991

| North Carolina

| 96–74

| Duke

| {{sortname|Rick|Fox}}

1992

| Duke

| 94–74

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Christian|Laettner}}

1993

| Georgia Tech

| 77–75

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|James|Forrest|dab=basketball}}

1994

| North Carolina

| 73–66

| Virginia

| {{sortname|Jerry|Stackhouse}}

1995

| Wake Forest

| 82–80 (OT)

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Randolph|Childress}}

| rowspan=4|Greensboro Coliseum

| rowspan=4|Greensboro, North Carolina

1996

| Wake Forest

| 75–74

| Georgia Tech

| {{sortname|Tim|Duncan}}

1997

| North Carolina

| 64–54

| NC State

| {{sortname|Shammond|Williams}}

1998

| North Carolina

| 83–68

| Duke

| {{sortname|Antawn|Jamison}}

1999

| Duke

| 96–73

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Elton|Brand}}

| rowspan=2|Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola){{efn|name=tyvola}}

| rowspan=2|Charlotte, North Carolina

2000

| Duke

| 81–68

| Maryland

| {{sortname|Jay|Williams|dab=basketball}}

2001

| Duke

| 79–53

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Shane|Battier}}

| Georgia Dome

| Atlanta, Georgia

2002

| Duke

| 91–61

| NC State

| {{sortname|Carlos|Boozer}}

| Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola){{efn|name=tyvola}}

| Charlotte, North Carolina

2003

| Duke

| 84–77

| NC State

| {{sortname|Daniel|Ewing}}

| rowspan=2|Greensboro Coliseum

| rowspan=2|Greensboro, North Carolina

2004

| Maryland

| 95–87 (OT)

| Duke

| {{sortname|John|Gilchrist|dab=basketball}}

2005

| Duke

| 69–64

| Georgia Tech

| {{sortname|JJ|Redick}}

| MCI Center

| Washington, D.C.

2006

| Duke

| 78–76

| Boston College

| {{sortname|JJ|Redick}}

| Greensboro Coliseum

| Greensboro, North Carolina

2007

| North Carolina

| 89–80

| NC State

| {{sortname|Brandan|Wright}}

| St. Pete Times Forum

| Tampa, Florida

2008

| North Carolina

| 86–81

| Clemson

| {{sortname|Tyler|Hansbrough}}

| Charlotte Bobcats Arena

| Charlotte, North Carolina

2009

| Duke

| 79–69

| Florida State

| {{sortname|Jon|Scheyer}}

| Georgia Dome

| Atlanta, Georgia

2010

| Duke

| 65–61

| Georgia Tech

| {{sortname|Kyle|Singler}}

| rowspan=2|Greensboro Coliseum

| rowspan=2|Greensboro, North Carolina

2011

| Duke

| 75–58

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Nolan|Smith}}

2012

| Florida State

| 85–82

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Michael|Snaer}}

| Philips Arena

| Atlanta, Georgia

2013

| Miami

| 87–77

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Shane|Larkin}}

|rowspan=3|Greensboro Coliseum{{cite web|title=Future ACC Tournament Sites Announced|url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051706aab.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204095854/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/051706aab.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|publisher=The Atlantic Coast Conference|access-date=May 24, 2012|date=May 17, 2006}}

|rowspan=3|Greensboro, North Carolina

2014

| Virginia

| 72–63

| Duke

| {{sortname|Joe|Harris|dab=basketball}}

2015

| Notre Dame

| 90–82

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Jerian|Grant}}

2016

| North Carolina

| 61–57

| Virginia

| {{sortname|Joel|Berry II}}

| Verizon Center

| Washington, D.C.

2017

| |Duke

| 75–69

| Notre Dame

| {{sortname|Luke|Kennard|dab=basketball}}

|rowspan=2|Barclays Center

|rowspan=2|Brooklyn, New York

2018

| Virginia

| 71–63

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|Kyle|Guy}}

|2019

| |Duke

| 73–63

| Florida State

| {{sortname|Zion|Williamson}}

| Spectrum Center

| Charlotte, North Carolina

2020

|colspan=4 align=center|Tournament not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Number 1 seed Florida State appointed ACC champion.

|rowspan=2|Greensboro Coliseum

|rowspan=2|Greensboro, North Carolina

2021

| Georgia Tech

| 80–75

| Florida State

| {{sortname|Michael|Devoe}}

2022

| Virginia Tech

|82–67

| Duke

| {{sortname|Hunter|Cattoor}}

| Barclays Center

| Brooklyn, New York

2023

| Duke

|59–49

| Virginia

| {{sortname|Kyle|Filipowski}}

|Greensboro Coliseum

|Greensboro, North Carolina

2024

| NC State

|84–76

| North Carolina

| {{sortname|D. J.|Burns}}

| Capital One Arena

| Washington, D.C.

2025

| Duke

|73–62

| Louisville

| {{sortname|Kon|Knueppel}}

| rowspan="2" |Spectrum Center

| rowspan="2" |Charlotte, North Carolina

2026

|

|

|

|

2027

|

|

|

|

|First Horizon Coliseum

|Greensboro, North Carolina

2028

|

|

|

|

|Spectrum Center

|Charlotte, North Carolina

2029

|

|

|

|

|First Horizon Coliseum

|Greensboro, North Carolina

{{clear}}

{{notelist}}

Venues

class="wikitable sortable"
Venue

!City

!State

!Appearances

!Last

!class=unsortable|Years

!class=unsortable|Notes

First Horizon Coliseum

|Greensboro

|North Carolina

|30

|2023

|1967, 1971–75, 1977–80, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995–98, 2003–04, 2006, 2010–11, 2013–15, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2027*, 2029*

| {{refn|group=v|First Horizon Coliseum was known as Greensboro Coliseum when it hosted prior to 2027.}}

Reynolds Coliseum

|Raleigh

|North Carolina

|13

|1966

|1954–66

|

Charlotte Coliseum
(Tyvola Road, demolished 2007)

|Charlotte

|North Carolina

|8

|2002

|1990–94, 1999–2000, 2002

|

|Spectrum Center

|Charlotte

|North Carolina

|4

|2025

|2008, 2019, 2025, 2026*, 2028*

{{refn|group=v|Spectrum Center was known as Charlotte Bobcats Arena when it served as the 2008 host. It was later known as Time Warner Cable Arena, but never hosted under that name.}}
Charlotte Coliseum (Independence)

|Charlotte

|North Carolina

|3

|1970

|1968, 1969, 1970

| {{refn|group=v|Charlotte Coliseum (Independence) adopted its current name of Bojangles' Coliseum in 2008, but after reopening in 1993, it was also known as Independence Arena and Cricket Arena, but never hosted an ACC men's tournament under any of its later names. (It hosted the ACC women's tournament from 1997 to 1999 as Independence Arena.)}}

Capital Centre

|Landover

|Maryland

|3

|1987

|1976, 1981, 1987

|

Omni Coliseum

|Atlanta

|Georgia

|3

|1989

|1983, 1985, 1989

|

Capital One Arena

|Washington

|D.C.

|3

|2024

|2005, 2016, 2024

| {{refn|group=v|Capital One Arena was known as MCI Center when it hosted in 2005, and the Verizon Center in 2016.}}

Barclays Center{{cite web|last=ESPN|title=Source: ACC, Barclays have deal|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10670955/barclays-center-host-acc-basketball-tournament-2017-18-per-source|access-date=March 25, 2014}}

|Brooklyn

|New York

|3

|2022

|2017, 2018, 2022

|

Georgia Dome

|Atlanta

|Georgia

|2

|2009

|2001, 2009

|

Amalie Arena

|Tampa

|Florida

|1

|2007

|2007

| {{refn|group=v|Amalie Arena was known as the St. Pete Times Forum when it hosted in 2007. It was originally known as the Ice Palace, and later as the Tampa Bay Times Forum, but never hosted under either name.}}

State Farm Arena

|Atlanta

|Georgia

|1

|2012

|2012

| {{refn|group=v|State Farm Arena was known as Philips Arena when it hosted in 2012.}}

=Notes=

* Denotes the venue for a future ACC men's basketball tournament.

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Tournament championships by school

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| School

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Year Joined

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Championships

! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Atlantic Coast Conference|border=1|color=#ffffff}}"| Championship Years

Dukealign=center|1953align=center|231960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025
North Carolinaalign=center|1953align=center|181957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2016
NC Statealign=center|1953align=center|111954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1973{{ref label|Note 1|a|a}}, 1974, 1983, 1987, 2024
Wake Forestalign=center|1953align=center|41961, 1962, 1995, 1996
Georgia Techalign=center|1978align=center|41985, 1990, 1993, 2021
Virginiaalign=center|1953align=center|31976, 2014, 2018
Marylandalign=center|1953{{ref label|Note 2|b|b}}align=center|31958, 1984, 2004
South Carolinaalign=center|1953{{ref label|Note 3|c|c}}align=center|11971
Florida Statealign=center|1991align=center|1{{ref label|Note 4|d|d}}2012
Miamialign=center|2004align=center|12013
Virginia Techalign=center|2004align=center|12022
Notre Damealign=center|2013align=center|12015
Clemsonalign=center|1953align=center|0align=center| —
Boston Collegealign=center|2005align=center|0align=center| —
Syracusealign=center|2013align=center|0align=center| —
Pittsburghalign=center|2013align=center|0align=center| —
Louisvillealign=center|2014align=center|0align=center| —
Californiaalign=center|2024align=center|0align=center| —
Stanfordalign=center|2024align=center|0align=center| —
SMUalign=center|2024align=center|0align=center| —

Footnotes

  • {{note label|Note 1|a|a}}The 1972–73 NC State Wolfpack team was forced to skip postseason play due to an NCAA recruiting infraction.{{cite web|last = Crawford|first = Jacob|title = Complete History of NC State Basketball|publisher = NorthCarolinaState.scout.com|date = December 26, 2003|url = http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/209048.html|access-date = March 10, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090517115139/http://northcarolinastate.scout.com/2/209048.html|archive-date = 2009-05-17|url-status = dead}} Assistant coach Eddie Biedenbach had played in a pick-up (impromptu) basketball game with David Thompson on a recruiting visit to Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wolfpack finished the season undefeated at 27–0 but forfeited the opportunity to compete for the national championship.
  • {{note label|Note 2|b|b}}The University of Maryland, College Park, left the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014 and is now a member of the Big Ten Conference.{{Cite press release |url=http://www.bigten.org/genrel/070114aaa.html |title=University of Maryland and Rutgers University Become Official Members of Big Ten Conference |publisher=Big Ten Conference |date=July 1, 2014 |access-date=January 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626233107/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/070114aaa.html |archive-date=2016-06-26 |url-status=dead }}
  • {{note label|Note 3|c|c}}The University of South Carolina left the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1971, and it is now a member of the Southeastern Conference.{{harvnb|2009–10 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide|2009|p=82|Ref=none}}{{cite web | title = SEC Men's Basketball | work = secsports.com | publisher = Southeastern Conference | year = 2010 | url = http://www.secsports.com/sports/mbball/default.aspx | access-date = May 31, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100521101224/http://www.secsports.com/sports/mbball/default.aspx| archive-date= 21 May 2010 | url-status= live}}
  • {{note label|Note 4|d|d}}After the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC automatic bid was awarded to regular season winner Florida State. There was no ACC Tournament champion that year.

References

;General

  • {{cite web | title = 2009–10 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Media Guide | publisher = Atlantic Coast Conference | year = 2009 | page = 82 | url = http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/0910accmbkguide.html | access-date = March 10, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101231144203/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/0910accmbkguide.html | archive-date = 2010-12-31 | url-status = dead }}
  • {{cite web| title = NCAA Coaching Records| publisher = National Collegiate Athletic Association | year = 2009 |pages = 158–159 stating Coach of the year awards| url = http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/Coaching.pdf| access-date= March 10, 2010}}

;Specific

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