2007 ACC men's basketball tournament

2007 ACC men's basketball tournament
2007 ACC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2006–07
Teams	12
Site	St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida
Champions	North Carolina (16th title)
Winning coach	Roy Williams (1st title)
MVP	Brandan Wright (North Carolina)
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The 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 8 to 11 in Tampa, Florida, at the St. Pete Times Forum, the first time the tournament was held in Florida. The quarterfinal games were televised nationwide on ESPN2. Semifinals and the championship game were televised on ESPN. The tournament was also televised by Raycom Sports in ACC markets. For the first time ever, Raycom broadcast the tournament in high definition.

The top four regular season teams (North Carolina, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and Boston College) received first-round byes and played their first games in the quarterfinals. Both North Carolina and Virginia finished the regular season tied for first place with an 11–5 record, but North Carolina received the #1 seed by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker.

All four opening-round games were won by the lower seeds. This tournament was the lowest Duke had been seeded (seventh) in the ACC Tournament since 1995, when they were the ninth seed. Their on-court struggles were compounded by the suspension of freshman Gerald Henderson. ^[1] By defeating Duke, NC State ended Duke's 8-year domination of the ACC Tournament. Prior to this loss, Duke was 23–1 in ACC Tournament play over the previous 8 years, losing only the 2004 finals to Maryland. The 2007 final round was identical to the final round of the Women's ACC Tournament, with North Carolina beating NC State for the title.

The 2007 tournament marked the first time a 10th seed won a game in an ACC tournament, much less three in a row (although 12th seed Wake Forest won two games in the 2006 Tournament). It was the second time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997), and the first time a team seeded as low as 10 reached the championship game. Previously the lowest seed to reach the title game was #8 seed NC State in 1997, when the conference had nine members.

By winning the ACC championship, North Carolina received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. North Carolina's Brandan Wright won the tournament's Most Valuable Player award.

2006–07 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 North Carolina†	11	–	5		.688			31	–	7		.816
Virginia	11	–	5		.688			21	–	11		.656
Virginia Tech	10	–	6		.625			22	–	12		.647
Boston College	10	–	6		.625			21	–	12		.636
No. 18 Maryland	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
Georgia Tech	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Duke	8	–	8		.500			22	–	11		.667
Clemson	7	–	9		.438			25	–	11		.694
Florida State	7	–	9		.438			22	–	13		.629
NC State	5	–	11		.313			20	–	16		.556
Wake Forest	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
Miami (FL)	4	–	12		.250			12	–	20		.375
† 2007 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Bracket

	First round March 8, 2007					Quarterfinals March 9, 2007					Semifinals March 10, 2007					Championship Game March 11, 2007
						1	#8 North Carolina [2]	73
						9	Florida State	58
	8	Clemson	66
	9	Florida State [3]	67
											1	#8 North Carolina [4]	71
											4	Boston College	56
						4	Boston College	74OT
						12	Miami [5]	71
	5	#17 Maryland	62
	12	Miami [6]	67
																1	#8 North Carolina	89
																10	NC State	80
						2	Virginia	71
						10	NC State [7]	79
	7	#21 Duke	80
	10	NC State [8]	85OT
											10	NC State [9]	72
											3	Virginia Tech	64
						3	Virginia Tech [10]	71
						11	Wake Forest	52
	6	Georgia Tech	112
	11	Wake Forest [11]	1142OT

AP Rankings at time of tournament

References

1. Henderson suspended for late foul
2. No. 8 North Carolina Moves on to ACC Semifinals :: Tar Heels' Wayne Ellington scores 18 points to pace top-seeded North Carolina to a 73-58 quarterfinal victory over ninth-seeded Florida State
3. No. 9 Seed Florida State Eliminates No. 8 Seed Clemson from the ACC Tournament in the Last Second :: Florida State's Al Thornton makes a free-throw with 1.5 seconds remaining to lift the Seminoles over the Tigers, 67-66
4. Wright Leads No. 8 Tar Heels Past Eagles In ACC Tournament Semis, 71-56 :: UNC (27-6) returns to conference tournament championship game for first time since 2001
5. Boston College Rallies Past Miami to Advance to ACC Semifinals :: The Eagles' Tyrese Rice scores a career-high 32 points as fourth-seeded Boston College defeats twelfth-seeded Miami, 74-71 in overtime, in the ACC quarterfinals
6. Miami Upsets No. 17 Maryland, 67-62, In Opening Round :: Jack McClinton scored 17 points for the Hurricanes
7. Wolfpack Upends Cavaliers In ACC Tournament Semis, 79-71 :: Sean Singletary scores 23 points to pace Virginia (20-10)
8. Wolfpack Knocks Out No. 21 Blue Devils In Opening Round Of ACC Tourney, 85-80 :: NC State (16-14) advances to Friday's quarterfinals against No. 2 seed Virginia at 7 p.m
9. NC State Wins its Third-Straight ACC Tournament Game as it Pushes Past Virginia Tech, 72-64 :: Tenth-seeded NC State knocks off third-seeded Virginia Tech in the ACC semis to advance to a showdown with North Carolina in the finals tomorrow
10. Virginia Tech Defeats Wake Forest, 71-52 :: The third-seeded Hokies used a fast-paced tempo to take advantage of Wake's short turnaround
11. Wake Forest Edges Georgia Tech In Double-Overtime Thriller, 114-112 :: Harvey Hale pours in 21 points in the extra periods to lead Demon Deacons over Yellow Jackets