2016 ACC men's basketball tournament

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 8–12, 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.

2016 ACC men's basketball tournament
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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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
	2	2:00 pm	#11 Florida State 88 vs #14 Boston College 66
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
1	3	12:00 pm	#8 Pittsburgh 72 vs #9 Syracuse 71	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
	4	2:00 pm	#5 Duke 92 vs #12 NC State 89
2	5	7:00 pm	#7 Clemson 85 vs #10 Georgia Tech 88 (OT)	ESPN2 ACC Network	18,561
	6	9:00 pm	#6 Virginia Tech 96 vs #11 Florida State 85
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3	7	12:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 88 vs #8 Pittsburgh 71	ESPN ACC Network	18,561
	8	2:00 pm	#4 Notre Dame 84 vs #5 Duke 79 (OT)
4	9	7:00 pm	#2 Virginia 72 vs #10 Georgia Tech 52		20,719
	10	9:00 pm	#3 Miami 88 vs #6 Virginia Tech 82
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5	11	7:00 pm	#1 North Carolina 78 vs #4 Notre Dame 47	ESPN ACC Network	20,719
	12	9:00 pm	#2 Virginia 73 vs #3 Miami 68
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

See also

• 2016 ACC women's basketball tournament

References

1. . ACC. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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.