2020 ACC men's basketball tournament

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2020 ACC men's basketball tournament
2020 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament logo.png
2020 ACC Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2019–20
Teams14
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
ChampionsTournament canceled
Television ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN
←  2019
2021  →
2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Florida State 16–4 .80026–5  .839
No. 16 Virginia 15–5 .75023–7  .767
No. 14 Louisville 15–5 .75024–7  .774
No. 11 Duke 15–5 .75025–6  .806
Georgia Tech*11–9 .55017–14  .548
NC State 10–10 .50020–12  .625
Syracuse 10–10 .50018–14  .563
Notre Dame 10–10 .50020–12  .625
Clemson 9–11 .45016–15  .516
Miami (FL) 7–13 .35015–16  .484
Boston College 7–13 .35013–18  .419
Virginia Tech 7–13 .35016–16  .500
Wake Forest 6–14 .30013–18  .419
Pittsburgh 6–14 .30016–17  .485
North Carolina 6–14 .30014–19  .424
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations.
Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020 ACC men's basketball tournament presented by New York Life was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 10 to 11, 2020. [1] It was the 67th annual edition of the tournament.

Contents

This was the first edition of the tournament to not be available free-to-air at all, as the syndicated ACC package was shut down in favor of the launch of the cable-only ACCN, which exclusively carried the first round of the tournament, with the ESPN networks carrying the remainder of the tournament.

Due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced that, initially, the tournament would only be played in front of essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television, and credentialed media members present, starting with the quarterfinals; however, shortly before the tipoff of the quarterfinal matchup between Florida State and Clemson, the ACC announced the tournament was canceled and Florida State, the regular season champions, would receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, though that decision became moot with the NCAA Tournament's cancellation later the same day. [2] [3] Florida State was awarded the conference championship along with the trophy for the 2020 tournament.

Seeds

Fourteen of the 15 ACC teams would have participated in the tournament; the other team, Georgia Tech, was banned from postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to NCAA rules violations. [4] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [5] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 10 received single byes. [6] Ultimately, the tournament being canceled shortly before the quarterfinal games were to have begun resulted in the top four seeds not playing at all.

SeedSchoolConference
Record		Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 4
1 Florida State 16–4
2 Virginia 15–52–1 vs Duke/Louisville1–1 vs Louisville1–1 vs Florida State
3 Louisville 15–52–1 vs Duke/Virginia1–1 vs Virginia0–2 vs Florida State
4 Duke 15–50–2 vs Louisville/Virginia
5 NC State 10–102–0 vs Notre Dame/Syracuse
6 Syracuse 10–101–2 vs NC State/Notre Dame1–1 vs Notre Dame0–1 vs Florida State1–3 vs Virginia/Louisville/Duke
7 Notre Dame 10–101–2 vs NC State/Syracuse1–1 vs Syracuse0–2 vs Florida State0–3 vs Virginia/Louisville/Duke
8 Clemson 9–11
9 Miami 7–133–0 vs Boston College/Virginia Tech
10 Boston College 7–132–1 vs Miami/Virginia Tech
11 Virginia Tech 7–130–4 vs Miami/Boston College
12 Wake Forest 6–142–1 vs North Carolina/Pittsburgh1–0 vs Pittsburgh
13 Pittsburgh 6–142–1 vs North Carolina/Wake Forest0–1 vs Wake Forest
14 North Carolina 6–141–3 vs Pittsburgh/Wake Forest

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 10
Opening
day		14:30 pmNo. 12 Wake Forest vs No. 13 Pittsburgh72–81 ACCN 13,310
27:00 pmNo. 11 Virginia Tech vs No. 14 North Carolina56–78
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
1312:00 pmNo. 8 Clemson vs No. 9 Miami69–64 ESPN n/a
42:00 pm*No. 5 NC State vs No. 13 Pittsburgh73–58
257:00 pmNo. 7 Notre Dame vs No. 10 Boston College80–58 ESPN2 20,809
69:00 pm*No. 6 Syracuse vs No. 14 North Carolina81–53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3712:30 pmNo. 1 Florida State vs No. 8 ClemsoncanceledESPN
82:30 pm*No. 4 Duke vs No. 5 NC State
497:00 pmNo. 2 Virginia vs No. 7 Notre Dame
109:00 pm*No. 3 Louisville vs No. 6 Syracuse
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5117:00 pmFlorida State/Clemson vs Duke/NC StatecanceledESPN
129:00 pm*Virginia/Notre Dame vs Louisville/Syracuse
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6138:30 pmWinner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12canceledESPN
*Denotes approximate time. Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 10
ACCN 		Second round
Wednesday, March 11
ESPN/ESPN2 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
ESPN		Semifinals
Friday, March 13
ESPN		Championship
Saturday, March 14
ESPN
1Florida State
8Clemson698Clemson
9Miami64Canceled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
4Duke
5NC State735NC State
12Wake Forest7213Pittsburgh58Canceled due to
13Pittsburgh81COVID-19 pandemic
2Virginia
7Notre Dame807Notre Dame
10Boston College58Canceled due to
COVID-19 pandemic
3Louisville
6Syracuse816Syracuse
11Virginia Tech5614North Carolina53
14North Carolina78

Game summaries

First round

ACCN
March 10
4:30 p.m.
No. 12 Wake Forest 72, No. 13 Pittsburgh81
Scoring by half: 41–40, 31–41
Pts: Sarr (20)
Rebs: Sarr (13)
Asts: Neath (6)		Pts: Champagnie (31)
Rebs: Coulibaly (7)
Asts: Johnson (8)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 13,310
Referees: Tony Henderson, Jerry Heater, Lee Cassell
ACCN
March 10
7:00 p.m.
No. 11 Virginia Tech 56, No. 14 North Carolina78
Scoring by half: 26–32, 30–46
Pts: Cattoor (14)
Rebs: Ojiako (7)
Asts: Bede (5)		Pts: Brooks (20)
Rebs: Bacot (11)
Asts: Anthony/Black (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 13,310
Referees: Mark Schnur, Raymond Styons, Burt Smith

Second round

ESPN
March 11
12:00 p.m.
No. 8 Clemson69, No. 9 Miami 64
Scoring by half: 21–23, 48–41
Pts: Dawes (18)
Rebs: Simms (10)
Asts: Simms (4)		Pts: Lykes (21)
Rebs: Waardenburg (8)
Asts: Wong (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Ron Groover, Brian Dorsey, Mark Schnur
ESPN
March 11
2:00 p.m.
No. 5 NC State73, No. 13 Pittsburgh 58
Scoring by half: 35–32, 38–26
Pts: Daniels (23)
Rebs: Bryce (10)
Asts: Johnson (11)		Pts: Johnson (15)
Rebs: Hamilton (9)
Asts: McGowens (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Roger Ayers, Jamie Luckie, Clarence Armstrong
ESPN2
March 11
7:00 p.m.
No. 7 Notre Dame80, No. 10 Boston College 58
Scoring by half: 36–21, 44–37
Pts: Gibbs (16)
Rebs: Mooney (11)
Asts: Hubb (9)		Pts: Mitchell (20)
Rebs: Mitchell (13)
Asts: Heath (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 20,809
Referees: Mike Eades, Tony Henderson, Jerry Heater
ESPN2
March 11
9:00 p.m.
No. 6 Syracuse81, No. 14 North Carolina 53
Scoring by half: 43–22, 38–31
Pts: Hughes (27)
Rebs: Sidibe (13)
Asts: Girard III (8)		Pts: Brooks (18)
Rebs: Bacot (7)
Asts: Bacot/Anthony (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 20,809
Referees: Ted Valentine, Bill Covington, AJ Desai

Quarterfinals

ESPN
March 12
12:30 p.m.
Not played
No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 8 Clemson
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ESPN
March 12
2:30 p.m.
Not played
No. 4 Duke vs. No. 5 NC State
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ESPN
March 12
7:00 p.m.
Not played
No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 7 Notre Dame
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ESPN
March 12
9:00 p.m.
Not played
No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 6 Syracuse
Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Semifinals

ESPN
March 13
7:00 p.m.
Not played
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ESPN
March 13
9:00 p.m.
Not played
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Final

ESPN
March 14
8:30 p.m.
Not played
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: not awarded

All-Tournament Teams: not awarded

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2019–20 ACC Championship Dates and Sites Announced". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 30, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ↑ Carter, Andrew (March 12, 2020). "ACC tournament will keep fans out of its remaining games amid coronavirus outbreak". The News & Observer . The McClatchy Company . Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Statement from ACC on Men's Basketball Tournament". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ Geisinger, Brian (September 26, 2019). "Georgia Tech Basketball Banned from 2020 Postseason by NCAA". accsports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  5. ↑ "New York Life ACC Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure". TheACC.com. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ Friedlander, Brett (September 26, 2019). "Georgia Tech postseason ban forces change to ACC tourney format". North State Journal . Raleigh, NC . Retrieved February 5, 2020.
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