2016 ACC men's basketball tournament

2016 ACC men's basketball tournament
2016 ACC men's basketball tournament
	2016 ACC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	14
Site	Verizon Center; Washington D.C.
Champions	North Carolina (18th title)
Winning coach	Roy Williams (3rd title)
MVP	Joel Berry II (North Carolina)
Attendance	125,142
Television	ESPN, ACCN
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The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. from March 8 to 12, 2016.^[1] The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. The tournament included 14 of the 15 ACC teams due to Louisville's self-imposed postseason ban.^[2] This was the 20th consecutive ACC Tournament that featured Duke or UNC in the championship game.

2015–16 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 North Carolina †	14	–	4	.778	33	–	7	.825
No. 4 Virginia	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
No. 10 Miami (FL)	13	–	5	.722	27	–	8	.771
No. 16 Louisville*	12	–	6	.667	23	–	8	.742
Notre Dame	11	–	7	.611	24	–	12	.667
No. 19 Duke	11	–	7	.611	25	–	11	.694
Virginia Tech	10	–	8	.556	20	–	15	.571
Clemson	10	–	8	.556	17	–	14	.548
Pittsburgh	9	–	9	.500	21	–	12	.636
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	23	–	14	.622
Georgia Tech	8	–	10	.444	21	–	15	.583
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	20	–	14	.588
NC State	5	–	13	.278	16	–	17	.485
Wake Forest	2	–	16	.111	11	–	20	.355
Boston College	0	–	18	.000	7	–	25	.219
*Ineligible for both the 2016 ACC tournament and the 2016 NCAA tournament due to self-imposed postseason ban.

† 2016 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

The top 10 teams received first round byes and the top 4 teams received double byes to the Quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	Tiebreaker 2
1	North Carolina	14–4
2	Virginia	13–5	1–1 vs. Miami (FL)	1–0 vs. North Carolina
3	Miami (FL)	13–5	1–1 vs. Virginia	0–1 vs. North Carolina
4	Notre Dame	11–7	1–0 vs. Duke
5	Duke	11–7	0–1 vs. Notre Dame
6	Virginia Tech	10–8	1–0 vs. Clemson
7	Clemson	10–8	0–1 vs. Virginia Tech
8	Pittsburgh	9–9	2–0 vs. Syracuse
9	Syracuse	9–9	0–2 vs. Pittsburgh
10	Georgia Tech	8–10	1–0 vs. Florida State
11	Florida State	8–10	0–1 vs. Georgia Tech
12	NC State	5–13
13	Wake Forest	2–16
14	Boston College	0–18

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8
Opening Day	1	12:00 pm	#12 NC State 75 vs #13 Wake Forest 72	ESPN2 ACC Network	7,302
Opening Day	2	2:00 pm	#11 Florida State 88 vs #14 Boston College 66	ESPN2 ACC Network	7,302
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
1	3	12:00 pm	#8 Pittsburgh 72 vs #9 Syracuse 71	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
1	4	2:00 pm	#5 Duke 92 vs #12 NC State 89	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
2	5	7:00 pm	#7 Clemson 85 vs #10 Georgia Tech 88 (OT)	ESPN2 ACC Network	18,561
2	6	9:00 pm	#6 Virginia Tech 96 vs #11 Florida State 85	ESPN2 ACC Network	18,561
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	7	12:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 88 vs #8 Pittsburgh 71	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
3	8	2:00 pm	#4 Notre Dame 84 vs #5 Duke 79 (OT)		18,561
4	9	7:00 pm	#2 Virginia 72 vs #10 Georgia Tech 52		20,719
4	10	9:00 pm	#3 Miami 88 vs #6 Virginia Tech 82		20,719
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5	11	7:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 78 vs #4 Notre Dame 47	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
5	12	9:00 pm	#2 Virginia 73 vs #3 Miami 68	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
Championship – Saturday, March 12
6	13	9:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 61 vs #2 Virginia 57	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
*Game times in ET. #–Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket


First round Tuesday, March 8			Second round Wednesday, March 9			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10			Semifinals Friday, March 11			Championship Saturday, March 12



						1	North Carolina	88

			8	Pittsburgh	72	8	Pittsburgh	71

			9	Syracuse	71				1	North Carolina	78

									4	Notre Dame	47

						4	Notre Dame	84*

			5	Duke	92	5	Duke	79

12	NC State	75	12	NC State	89							1	North Carolina	61

13	Wake Forest	72										2	Virginia	57

						2	Virginia	72

			7	Clemson	85	10	Georgia Tech	52

			10	Georgia Tech	88*				2	Virginia	73

									3	Miami	68

						3	Miami	88

			6	Virginia Tech	96	6	Virginia Tech	82

11	Florida State	88	11	Florida State	85

14	Boston College	66

* denotes overtime period

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Joel Berry II, North Carolina^[3]

All-Tournament Teams:

First Team

Joel Berry II, North Carolina
Marcus Paige, North Carolina
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Anthony Gill, Virginia
Brice Johnson, North Carolina

Second Team

London Perrantes, Virginia
Sheldon McClellan, Miami
Seth Allen, Virginia Tech
Grayson Allen, Duke
Zach Auguste, Notre Dame

References

^ "The 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament Bracket is Announced". ACC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
^ "Louisville self-imposes postseason ban for men's hoops in 2016" (Press release). ESPN. February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
^ "Tar Heels, Cavaliers dominate ACC All-Tournament team". March 13, 2016.

[1] "The 2016 New York Life ACC Tournament Bracket is Announced". ACC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.

[louisville-2] "Louisville self-imposes postseason ban for men's hoops in 2016" (Press release). ESPN. February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.

[3] "Tar Heels, Cavaliers dominate ACC All-Tournament team". March 13, 2016.

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2016 ACC men's basketball tournament

Contents

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

Awards and honors

See also

References