2021 ACC men's basketball tournament

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2021 ACC men's basketball tournament
2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament logo.svg
2021 ACC Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2020–21
Teams15
Site Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions Georgia Tech (4th title)
Winning coach Josh Pastner (1st title)
MVP Michael Devoe (Georgia Tech)
Television ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN
←  2020
2022  →
2020–21 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Virginia 13–4 .76518–7  .720
No. 14 Florida State 11–4 .73318–7  .720
No. 25 Virginia Tech 9–4 .69215–7  .682
Georgia Tech †11–6 .64717–9  .654
Clemson 10–6 .62516–8  .667
North Carolina 10–6 .62518–11  .621
Louisville 8–5 .61513–7  .650
Syracuse 9–7 .56318–10  .643
NC State 9–8 .52914–11  .560
Duke 9–9 .50013–11  .542
Notre Dame 7–11 .38911–15  .423
Pittsburgh 6–10 .37510–12  .455
Miami (FL) 4–15 .21110–17  .370
Wake Forest 3–15 .1676–16  .273
Boston College 2–11 .1544–16  .200
† 2021 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament (officially the 2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by New York Life) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 9 to 13, 2021. [1] It was the 68th annual edition of the tournament.

Contents

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. [2] However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 24, 2020. Capital One Arena will host the tournament in 2024. [3]

Virginia and Duke elected to withdraw from the tournament due to some of their players testing positive for COVID-19.

The tournament final was the second-ever ACC championship game, and the first since Georgia Tech beat Virginia in 1990, to feature no teams from the state of North Carolina.

Seeds

All 15 ACC teams were scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. [4] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 9 received single byes. [5]

SeedSchoolConference
Record		Tiebreaker
1 Virginia 13–4
2 Florida State 11–4
3 Virginia Tech 9–4
4 Georgia Tech 11–6
5 Clemson 10–61–0 vs. North Carolina
6 North Carolina 10–60–1 vs. Clemson
7 Louisville 8–5
8 Syracuse 9–7
9 NC State 9–8
10 Duke 9–9
11 Notre Dame 7–11
12 Pittsburgh 6–10
13 Miami 4–15
14 Wake Forest 3–15
15 Boston College 2–11

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
Opening day12:00 pmNo. 12 Pittsburgh vs. No. 13 Miami73–79ACCN2,820
24:30 pmNo. 10 Duke vs. No. 15 Boston College86–51
37:00 pmNo. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Wake Forest80–77
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
1412:00 pmNo. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 9 NC State89–68ACCN2,820
52:30 pmNo. 5 Clemson vs. No. 13 Miami64–67
266:30 pmNo. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Duke56–702,820
79:00 pmNo. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Notre Dame101–59
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
3812:00 pmNo. 1 Virginia vs. No. 8 Syracuse72–69ESPN22,820
92:30 pmNo. 4 Georgia Tech vs. No. 13 Miami70–66
4106:30 pmNo. 2 Florida State vs. No. 10 DukeCancelled [upper-alpha 1] ESPN2,820
118:30 pmNo. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 North Carolina73-81
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
5126:30 pmNo. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Georgia TechCancelled [upper-alpha 2] ESPN22,820
138:30 pmNo. 2 Florida State vs. No. 6 North Carolina69–66ESPN
Championship – Saturday, March 13
6148:30pmNo. 2 Florida State vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech75–80ESPN2,820
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 9
ACCN		Second round
Wednesday, March 10
ACCN		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11
ESPN/ESPN2		Semifinals
Friday, March 12
ESPN		Championship
Saturday, March 13
ESPN
1#16 Virginia72
8Syracuse898Syracuse69
9NC State681#16 Virginia [upper-alpha 2]
4Georgia Tech
4Georgia Tech70
5Clemson6413Miami66
12Pittsburgh7313Miami674Georgia Tech80
13Miami792#15 Florida State75
2#15 Florida State
7Louisville5610Duke [upper-alpha 1]
10Duke8610Duke702#15 Florida State69
15Boston College516North Carolina66
3#22 Virginia Tech73
6North Carolina1016North Carolina81
11Notre Dame8011Notre Dame59
14Wake Forest77

Game summaries

First round

March 9
2:00 p.m.
No. 12 Pittsburgh 73, No. 13 Miami79
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–39
Pts: Odukale (28)
Rebs: Champagnie (10)
Asts: Horton/Odukale (3)		Pts: Wong (20)
Rebs: Walker (9)
Asts: McGusty/Walker (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Jamie Luckie
AJ Desai
Mark Schnur
ACCN
March 9
4:30 p.m.
No. 10 Duke86, No. 15 Boston College 51
Scoring by half: 41–27, 45–24
Pts: Steward (17)
Rebs: Hurt (7)
Asts: Roach (5)		Pts: Ashton-Langford (9)
Rebs: Felder/Heath/Karnik (5)
Asts: Ashton-Langford (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Brian Dorsey
Clarence Armstrong
Jeff Pon
ACCN
March 9
7:00 p.m.
No. 11 Notre Dame80, No. 14 Wake Forest 77
Scoring by half: 37–44, 43–33
Pts: Durham (16)
Rebs: Durham (10)
Asts: Hubb (4)		Pts: Williamson (21)
Rebs: Mucius (12)
Asts: Whitt (7)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Lee Cassell
Tony Henderson
Tommy Morrissey

Second round

ACCN
March 10
12:00 p.m.
No. 8 Syracuse89, No. 9 NC State 68
Scoring by half: 43–38, 46–30
Pts: Boeheim (27)
Rebs: Griffin/Edwards (8)
Asts: Boeheim/Griffin (5)		Pts: Funderburk (14)
Rebs: Seabron (8)
Asts: Beverly (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Ron Groover
Bill Covington Jr.
Mark Schnur
ACCN
March 10
2:30 p.m.
No. 5 Clemson 64, No. 13 Miami67
Scoring by half: 36–32, 28–35
Pts: Simms (17)
Rebs: Simms (8)
Asts: Simms (4)		Pts: Wong (20)
Rebs: Wong (7)
Asts: McGusty (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Bert Smith
Tony Henderson
Jerry Heater
ACCN
March 10
6:30 p.m.
No. 7 Louisville 56, No. 10 Duke70
Scoring by half: 29–30, 27–40
Pts: Johnson (14)
Rebs: Johnson (11)
Asts: Jones (3)		Pts: Williams (23)
Rebs: Williams (19)
Asts: Moore (5)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Referees: Roger Ayers
Jamie Luckie
Tommy Morissey
ACCN
March 10
9:00 p.m.
No. 6 North Carolina101, No. 11 Notre Dame 59
Scoring by half: 50–36, 51–23
Pts: Bacot (20)
Rebs: Bacot (13)
Asts: Love/Sharpe (6)		Pts: Hubb/Laszewski (13)
Rebs: Durham (6)
Asts: Hubb (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Ted Valentine
A.J. Desai
Justin Porterfield

Quarterfinals

ESPN2
March 11
12:00 p.m.
No. 1 Virginia72, No. 8 Syracuse 69
Scoring by half: 36–39, 36–30
Pts: Hauser (21)
Rebs: Huff (12)
Asts: Clark (6)		Pts: Boeheim (31)
Rebs: Guerrier (10)
Asts: Girard/Dolezaj (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Bert Smith
Jamie Luckie
Tony Henderson
ESPN2
March 11
2:30 p.m.
No. 4 Georgia Tech70, No. 13 Miami 66
Scoring by half: 29–33, 41–33
Pts: Usher (15)
Rebs: Wright (6)
Asts: Devoe (7)		Pts: McGusty (25)
Rebs: McGusty (7)
Asts: Wong (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Roger Ayers
Clarence Armstrong
Tommy Morrissey
ESPN
March 11
6:30 p.m.
No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 10 Duke
Florida State advanced due to positive COVID test at Duke which led to the team withdrawing from the tournament [8]
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ESPN
March 11
9:00 p.m.
No. 3 Virginia Tech 73, No. 6 North Carolina81
Scoring by half: 35–32, 38–49
Pts: Mutts (24)
Rebs: Aluma/Mutts (8)
Asts: Bede (7)		Pts: Davis (19)
Rebs: Bacot (13)
Asts: Black/Harris (3)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Ron Groover
Lee Cassell
Brian Dorsey

Semifinals

ESPN2
March 12
6:30 p.m.
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech advanced due to positive COVID test at Virginia which led to the team withdrawing from the tournament [9]
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
ESPN
March 12
8:30 p.m.
No. 2 Florida State69, No. 6 North Carolina 66
Scoring by half: 35-24, 34-42
Pts: Koprivica (17)
Rebs: Koprivica (11)
Asts: Barnes (4)		Pts: Love (13)
Rebs: Brooks (8)
Asts: Harris/Davis (2)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Bert Smith, Roger Ayers, Clarence Armstrong

Final

ESPN
March 13
8:30 p.m.
No. 4 Georgia Tech80, No. 2 Florida State 75
Scoring by half: 31–30, 49–45
Pts: Devoe (20)
Rebs: Wright (8)
Asts: Alvarado/Devoe/Usher (3)		Pts: Barnes (21)
Rebs: Koprivica (10)
Asts: Polite (4)
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
Attendance: 2,820
Referees: Ron Groover
Bill Covington Jr.
Ted Valentine

Awards and honors

Source: [10]

Tournament MVP: Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech

All-Tournament Teams:

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Duke withdrew from the ACC tournament after a player tested positive for COVID-19, which led to the game being cancelled, and Florida State advancing in the tournament. [6]
  2. 1 2 Virginia withdrew from the ACC tournament after a player tested positive for COVID-19, which led to the game being cancelled, and Georgia Tech advancing in the tournament. [7]

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