2017 ACC men's basketball tournament

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2017 ACC men's basketball tournament
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2017 ACC Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams15
Site Barclays Center
Brooklyn, New York
Champions Duke (20th title)
Winning coach Mike Krzyzewski (14th title)
MVP Luke Kennard (Duke)
Television ESPN and ACC Network
  2016
2018  
2016–17 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 North Carolina 144 .778337  .825
No. 16 Florida State 126 .667269  .743
No. 14 Notre Dame 126 .6672610  .722
No. 10 Louisville 126 .667259  .735
No. 7 Duke117 .611289  .757
No. 24 Virginia 117 .6112311  .676
Virginia Tech 108 .5562211  .667
Miami (FL) 108 .5562112  .636
Syracuse 108 .5561915  .559
Wake Forest 99 .5001914  .576
Georgia Tech 810 .4442116  .568
Clemson 612 .3331716  .515
NC State 414 .2221517  .469
Pittsburgh 414 .2221617  .485
Boston College 216 .111923  .281
2017 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York from March 7 to 11, 2017. Duke became the first team in history to win four straight games in the ACC Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA tournament with a 75–69 win over Notre Dame.

Contents

Seeds

All 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament. The top nine teams receive first-round byes and the top four 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1 North Carolina 14–4
2 Florida State 12–62–1 vs. Notre Dame/Louisville
3 Notre Dame 12–62–2 vs. Florida State/Louisville
4 Louisville 12–61–2 vs. Florida State/Notre Dame
5 Duke 11–71–0 vs. Virginia
6 Virginia 11–70–1 vs. Duke
7 Virginia Tech 10–82–1 vs. Syracuse/Miami
8 Syracuse 10–81–1 vs. Virginia Tech/Miami
9 Miami 10–81–2 vs. Virginia Tech/Syracuse
10 Wake Forest 9–9
11 Georgia Tech 8–10
12 Clemson 6–12
13 NC State 4–141–0 vs Pittsburgh
14 Pittsburgh 4–140–1 vs NC State
15 Boston College 2–16

Schedule

All games on ACC Network

SessionGameTime*MatchupTelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 7
Opening
day
1noonNo.12 Clemson 75 vs No.13 NC State 61 ESPN2 8,656
22 pmNo.10 Wake Forest 92 vs No.15 Boston College 78
37 pmNo.11 Georgia Tech 59 vs No.14 Pittsburgh 61 ESPNU
Second round – Wednesday, March 8
14noonNo.8 Syracuse 57 vs No.9 Miami 62 ESPN 17,732
52 pmNo.5 Duke 79 vs No.12 Clemson 72
267 pmNo.7 Virginia Tech 99 vs No.10 Wake Forest 90ESPN2
79 pmNo.6 Virginia 75 vs No.14 Pittsburgh 63
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
38noonNo.1 North Carolina 78 vs No.9 Miami 53ESPN17,732
92 pmNo.4 Louisville 77 vs No.5 Duke 81
4107 pmNo.2 Florida State 74 vs No.7 Virginia Tech 68
119 pmNo.3 Notre Dame 71 vs No.6 Virginia 58
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
5127 pmNo.1 North Carolina 83 vs No.5 Duke 93ESPN18,109
139 pmNo.2 Florida State 73 vs No.3 Notre Dame 77
Championship – Saturday, March 11
6149 pmNo.5 Duke 75 vs No.3 Notre Dame 69ESPN18,109
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 7
ESPN2/ESPNU/ACCN
Second round
Wednesday, March 8
ESPN/ESPN2/ACCN
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
ESPN/ACCN
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
ESPN/ACCN
Championship
Saturday, March 11
ESPN/ACCN
1North Carolina78
8Syracuse579Miami53
9Miami621North Carolina83
5Duke93
4Louisville77
5Duke795Duke81
12Clemson7512Clemson725Duke75
13NC State613Notre Dame69
2Florida State74
7Virginia Tech997Virginia Tech68
10Wake Forest9210Wake Forest902Florida State73
15Boston College783Notre Dame77
3Notre Dame71
6Virginia756Virginia58
11Georgia Tech5914Pittsburgh63
14Pittsburgh61

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Luke Kennard, Duke [1]

All-Tournament Teams:

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References

  1. "Blue Devils Duke Out 2017 ACC Tournament Title | News". Archived from the original on March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017.