2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2020 and concluded in March with the 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The season marked the 67th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	December 12, 2020 – March 6, 2021
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	ACC Network, ESPN, Regional Sports Networks
NBA Draft
Top draft pick	Scottie Barnes, Florida State
Picked by	Toronto Raptors, 4th overall
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
First place	Virginia
Runners-up	Florida State
Season MVP	Moses Wright – Georgia Tech
ACC tournament
Champions	Georgia Tech
Finals MVP	Michael Devoe – Georgia Tech
Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball seasons
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2020–21 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 15 Virginia	13	–	4		.765			18	–	7		.720
No. 14 Florida State	11	–	4		.733			18	–	7		.720
No. 25 Virginia Tech	9	–	4		.692			15	–	7		.682
Georgia Tech †	11	–	6		.647			17	–	9		.654
Clemson	10	–	6		.625			16	–	8		.667
North Carolina	10	–	6		.625			18	–	11		.621
Louisville	8	–	5		.615			13	–	7		.650
Syracuse	9	–	7		.563			18	–	10		.643
NC State	9	–	8		.529			14	–	11		.560
Duke	9	–	9		.500			13	–	11		.542
Notre Dame	7	–	11		.389			11	–	15		.423
Pittsburgh	6	–	10		.375			10	–	12		.455
Miami (FL)	4	–	15		.211			10	–	17		.370
Wake Forest	3	–	15		.167			6	–	16		.273
Boston College	2	–	11		.154			4	–	16		.200
† 2021 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The Virginia Cavaliers won the regular season title with a conference record of 13–4. Georgia Tech won the ACC tournament over Florida State.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

• Wake Forest fired Danny Manning after six seasons, where he posted a 78–111 record.^[1][2] On April 30, 2020, the Demon Deacons hired Steve Forbes as his replacement.^[3]
• Boston College fired Jim Christian in the middle of the season, after leading the team to a 3–13 record. Christian's overall record with Boston College was 78–132 and 26–94 in ACC play. Scott Spinelli served as interim coach until the end of the season.^[4] After the season Earl Grant was hired as the new head coach.^[5]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Record at school	ACC record	ACC titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Boston College	Jim Christian	Ohio	7	75–119	25–85	0	0	0	0
Clemson	Brad Brownell	Wright State	11	185–142	85–93	0	6	0	0
Duke	Mike Krzyzewski	Army	41	1,084–291	441–180	16	35	12	5
Florida State	Leonard Hamilton	Washington Wizards	19	382–221	164-142	1	10	0	0
Georgia Tech	Josh Pastner	Memphis	5	65–67	31–43	0	0	0	0
Louisville	Chris Mack	Xavier	3	44–21	25–13	0	1	0	0
Miami	Jim Larrañaga	George Mason	10	190–113	87–75	1	4	1	0
NC State	Kevin Keatts	UNC Wilmington	4	65–36	30–26	0	1	0	0
North Carolina	Roy Williams	Kansas	18	467–152	202–88	3	15	8	3
Notre Dame	Mike Brey	Delaware	21	437–233	200–148	1	12	0	0
Pittsburgh	Jeff Capel	Duke (Assistant)	3	30–36	9–29	0	0	0	0
Syracuse	Jim Boeheim	Syracuse (Assistant)	44	964–399	404–247	0	31	4	1
Virginia	Tony Bennett	Washington State	12	277–96	136–58	2	7	1	1
Virginia Tech	Mike Young	Wofford	2	16–16	7–13	0	0	0	0
Wake Forest	Steve Forbes	East Tennessee State	1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0

Notes:

• Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
• Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2019–20 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
• NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

	Wooden^[6]	Naismith^[7]	Cousy^[8]	West^[9]	Erving^[10]	Malone^[11]	Abdul-Jabbar^[12]
	Scottie Barnes – Florida State Garrison Brooks – North Carolina Kihei Clark – Virginia Sam Hauser – Virginia Matthew Hurt – Duke David Johnson – Louisville Jalen Johnson – Duke	Matthew Hurt – Duke Jalen Johnson – Duke Wendell Moore Jr. – Duke Scottie Barnes – Florida State David Johnson – Louisville Garrison Brooks – North Carolina Caleb Love – North Carolina Sam Hauser – Virginia	Scottie Barnes – Florida State Kihei Clark – Virginia	D. J. Steward – Duke	Jalen Johnson – Duke Wendell Moore Jr. – Duke Sam Hauser – Virginia	Aamir Simms – Clemson Matthew Hurt – Duke Garrison Brooks – North Carolina	Armando Bacot – North Carolina Walker Kessler – North Carolina Jay Huff – Virginia Mark Williams – Duke

Preseason polls

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season § Pre-season_polls

	AP^[13]	Athlon Sports^[14]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[15]	CBS Sports^[16]^[17]	Coaches^[18]	ESPN^[19]	KenPom^[20]	Sports Illustrated^[21]
Boston College				103			106
Clemson				58			40
Duke	9	12	9	12	8	10	3	15
Florida State	21	21	18	30	18	23	19	13
Georgia Tech				60	RV		73
Louisville	RV			26	RV	RV	14
Miami				48			41
North Carolina	16	15	17	28	16	15	23	10
NC State				59			55
Notre Dame				90			100
Pittsburgh				82			83
Syracuse				53	RV		29
Virginia	4	4	4	5	4	4	16	5
Virginia Tech				65			30
Wake Forest				121			130

ACC preseason media poll

The preseason media poll and preseason All-ACC teams were announced at a virtual tipoff event that was held on November 11 and November 12.^[22] 155 media members voted on the preseason poll and preseason All-ACC teams.^[23]

Preseason poll

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

1. Virginia (97) – 2214
2. Duke (34) – 2146
3. Florida State (15) – 1973
4. North Carolina (7) – 1933
5. Louisville (2) – 1693
6. Syracuse – 1234
7. Miami – 1223
8. NC State – 1149
9. Georgia Tech – 1147
10. Clemson – 1057
11. Virginia Tech – 794
12. Notre Dame – 769
13. Pitt – 635
14. Boston College – 404
15. Wake Forest – 229

Preseason All-ACC teams

2020 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
First Team	Second Team
Garrison Brooks – North Carolina Sam Hauser – Virginia Scottie Barnes – Florida State Jalen Johnson – Duke Aamir Simms – Clemson Chris Lykes – Miami	David Johnson – Louisville Jose Alvarado – Georgia Tech M. J. Walker – Florida State Kihei Clark – Virginia Wendell Moore Jr. – Duke

ACC preseason player of the year

• Garrison Brooks – North Carolina (102)
• Sam Hauser – Virginia (24)
• M. J. Walker – Florida State (10)
• Wendell Moore Jr. – Duke (7)
• Aamir Simms – Clemson (5)
• Matthew Hurt – Duke (3)
• Chris Lykes – Miami (3)
• Kihei Clark – Virginia (1)

ACC preseason rookie of the year

• Scottie Barnes – Florida State (64)
• Jalen Johnson – Duke (60)
• Caleb Love – North Carolina (9)
• Day'Ron Sharpe – North Carolina (6)
• D. J. Steward – Duke (4)
• Reece Beekman – Virginia (3)
• Jeremy Roach – Duke (3)
• RJ Davis – North Carolina (3)
• Mark Williams – Duke (2)
• Cam Hayes – NC State (1)

Regular season

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		First Place votes shown in ()

Main article: 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
Boston College	AP
	C
Clemson	AP		RV	RV	24	RV	RV	19т	12	20	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C		RV	RV	RV	RV	18	12	22	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Duke	AP	9	6	10	21	20	20	21	19	RV
	C	8	11	23	25	RV	24	23	RV
Florida State	AP	21	22	20	15	21	18	25	RV	RV	16	20	17	16	11	11	15	14
	C	18	21	15	21	19	22	RV	25	16	19	19	16	9	11	13	14	10
Georgia Tech	AP											RV						RV
	C	RV									RV						RV	RV
Louisville	AP	RV	RV	25	23	RV	RV	RV	16	RV	25	RV	RV	RV		RV
	C	RV	24	22	RV	RV	25	18	RV	23	RV	RV	RV		RV
Miami	AP
	C
North Carolina	AP	16	14	16	22	17	RV					RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C	16	14	21	17	RV					RV			RV	RV
NC State	AP						RV	RV	RV
	C		RV			RV	RV
Notre Dame	AP
	C
Pittsburgh	AP
	C
Syracuse	AP				RV			RV
	C	RV																25
Virginia	AP	4	15	18	17	16	23	22	18	13	8	14	9	7	15	21	16	15
	C	4	18	16	15	24т	21	22	12	8	15	9	8	14	20	15	15	24
Virginia Tech	AP		16	15	RV	24	24	19т	20	16	20	16	18	18	16	22	22	25
	C		15	RV	RV	RV	20	20	14	19	16	17т	17	15	19	21	24	RV
Wake Forest	AP
	C

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 20 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. The full conference schedule was announced on November 10, 2020.^[24]

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

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Freshmen of the week.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week	Reference
Week 1 – Nov. 30	Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech	Jalen Johnson – Duke	^[25]
Week 2 – Dec. 7	Moses Wright – Georgia Tech	Dre Davis – Louisville	^[26]
Week 3 – Dec. 14	Justin Champagnie – Pittsburgh	Scottie Barnes – Florida State	^[27]
Week 4 – Dec. 21	Quincy Guerrier – Syracuse	D. J. Steward – Duke	^[28]
Week 5 – Dec. 28	David Johnson – Louisville	Shakeel Moore – NC State	^[29]
Week 6 – Jan. 4	Jose Alvarado – Georgia Tech	Day'Ron Sharpe – North Carolina	^[30]
Week 7 – Jan. 11	Matthew Hurt – Duke	D. J. Steward (2) – Duke	^[31]
Week 8 – Jan. 18	Justin Champagnie (2) – Pittsburgh	R. J. Davis – North Carolina	^[32]
	Tyrece Radford – Virginia Tech
Week 9 – Jan. 25	Justin Champagnie (3) – Pittsburgh	Caleb Love – North Carolina	^[33]
Week 10 – Feb. 1	Keve Aluma (2) – Virginia Tech	Jalen Johnson (2) – Duke	^[34]
Week 11 – Feb. 8	Sam Hauser – Virginia	Caleb Love (2) – North Carolina	^[35]
Week 12 – Feb. 15	RaiQuan Gray – Florida State	Scottie Barnes (2) – Florida State	^[36]
Week 13 – Feb. 22	Matthew Hurt (2) – Duke	Kerwin Walton – North Carolina	^[37]
Week 14 – Mar. 1	Moses Wright (2) – Georgia Tech	Walker Kessler – North Carolina	^[38]
		Jae'Lyn Withers – Louisville
Week 15 – Mar. 8	Moses Wright (3) – Georgia Tech	Dereon Seabron – NC State	^[39]

Records against other conferences

2020–21 records against non-conference foes as of (Feb. 24, 2021). Records shown for regular season only.

Power 7 Conferences Record American 1–1 Big East 3–3 Big Ten 6–10 Big 12 0–1 Pac-12 1–0 SEC 7–1 Power 7 Total 18–16 Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record American East 2–0 A-10 1–1 ASUN 7–1 Big Sky 0–0 Big South 6–0 Big West 0–0 CAA 6–0 C-USA 1–0 Horizon League 1–0 Ivy League 0–0 MAAC 2–0 MAC 3–0 MEAC 6–0 MVC 1–0 Mountain West 1–0 NEC 2–1 OVC 1–0 Patriot League 0–0 Pacific West 0–0 SoCon 1–1 Southland 0–0 SWAC 1–0 The Summit 0–0 Sun Belt 0–1 WAC 0–0 WCC 0–2 Other Division I Total 42–7 NCAA Division I Total 60–23 Postseason ACC tournament Main article: 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament was originally scheduled to be hosted at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.^[40] However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 24, 2020. The Capital One Arena will host the tournament in 2024.^[41] First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1 Virginia 72 8 Syracuse 89 8 Syracuse 69 9 NC State 68 1 Virginia 4 Georgia Tech w/o 4 Georgia Tech 70 5 Clemson 64 13 Miami 66 12 Pittsburgh 73 13 Miami 67 4 Georgia Tech 80 13 Miami 79 2 Florida State 75 2 Florida State w/o 7 Louisville 56 10 Duke 10 Duke 86 10 Duke 70 2 Florida State 69 15 Boston College 51 6 North Carolina 66 3 Virginia Tech 73 6 North Carolina 101 6 North Carolina 81 11 Notre Dame 80 11 Notre Dame 59 14 Wake Forest 77 NCAA tournament Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Seed Region School 1st round 2nd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship 4 East Florida State W 64–54 vs. #13 UNC Greensboro – (Indianapolis, IN) W 71–53 vs. #5 Colorado – (Indianapolis, IN) L 58–76 vs. #1 Michigan – (Indianapolis, IN) 4 West Virginia L 58–62 vs. #13 Ohio – (Bloomington, IN) 7 Midwest Clemson L 56–60 vs. #10 Rutgers – (Indianapolis, IN) 8 South North Carolina L 62–85 vs. #9 Wisconsin – (West Lafayette, IN) 9 Midwest Georgia Tech L 60–71 vs. #8 Loyola–Chicago – (Indianapolis, IN) 10 South Virginia Tech L 70–75 (OT) vs. #7 Florida – (Indianapolis, IN) 11 Midwest Syracuse W 78–62 vs. #6 San Diego State – (Indianapolis, IN) W 75–72 vs. #3 West Virginia – (Indianapolis, IN) L 46–62 vs. #2 Houston – (Indianapolis, IN) W–L (%): 2–5 (.286) 2–0 (1.000) 0–2 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 4–7 (.364) National Invitation Tournament Main article: 2021 National Invitation Tournament Seed Bracket School 1st round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 3 Colorado State NC State W 75–61 vs. #2 Davidson – (Denton, TX) L 61–65 vs. #1 Colorado State – (Frisco, TX) W–L (%): 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) Total: 1–1 (.500) Honors and awards All-Americans Main article: 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Consensus All-Americans First Team Second Team None None To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.^[42] Associated Press^[43] NABC^[44] Sporting News^[45] USBWA^[46] First Team None None None None Second Team None None None None Third Team None None None None ACC Awards Source:^[47] 2021 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards Award Recipient(s) Player of the Year Moses Wright – Georgia Tech Coach of the Year Mike Young – Virginia Tech Defensive Player of the Year Jose Alvarado – Georgia Tech Freshman of the Year Scottie Barnes – Florida State Most Improved Player of the Year Matthew Hurt – Duke Sixth Man Award Scottie Barnes – Florida State 2021 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Third Team Honorable Mention Moses Wright – Georgia Tech Justin Champagnie – Pittsburgh Carlik Jones – Louisville Matthew Hurt – Duke Sam Hauser – Virginia Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech Jose Alvarado – Georgia Tech Jay Huff – Virginia M. J. Walker – Florida State Aamir Simms – Clemson RaiQuan Gray – Florida State Isaiah Wong – Miami Quincy Guerrier – Syracuse Prentiss Hubb – Notre Dame Armando Bacot – North Carolina Scottie Barnes – Florida State Michael Devoe – Georgia Tech Kihei Clark – Virginia Alan Griffin – Syracuse David Johnson – Louisville Nate Laszewski – Notre Dame Jericole Hellems – NC State Tyrece Radford – Virginia Tech 2020 ACC Men's Basketball All-Freshman Team Player Team Scottie Barnes Florida State D. J. Steward Duke Day'Ron Sharpe North Carolina Jae'Lyn Withers Louisville Caleb Love North Carolina NBA draft Main article: 2021 NBA draft PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center The ACC had seven players selected in the 2021 NBA draft. Over the last eight years (2014–2021) the ACC leads all conferences with forty nine first-round selections.^[48] Player Team Round Pick # Position School Scottie Barnes Toronto Raptors 1 4 PF Florida State Trey Murphy III Memphis Grizzlies 1 17 SF Virginia Jalen Johnson Atlanta Hawks 1 20 SF Duke Day'Ron Sharpe Phoenix Suns 1 29 C North Carolina David Johnson Toronto Raptors 2 47 PG Louisville Balša Koprivica Charlotte Hornets 2 57 C Florida State RaiQuan Gray Brooklyn Nets 2 59 PF Florida State Attendance Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance was limited at all stadiums for the season. Depending on state regulations, some universities did not allow any fans while some universities operated under reduced total capacity. Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of Capacity Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Boston College Conte Forum 8,606 No attendance due to COVID-19 No attendance due to COVID-19 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum 9,000 1,345 1,876 1,508 1,876 1,876 1,876 1,876 21,613 1,801 20.01% 1,876 1,876 1,876 1,876 1,876 Duke Cameron Indoor Stadium 9,314 No attendance due to COVID-19 No attendance due to COVID-19 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center 12,100 2,720 2,956 2,761 2,664 2,576 2,078 2,837 36,067 2,774 22.93% 2,850 2,950 2,825 2,950 2,950 2,950 Georgia Tech McCamish Pavilion 8,600 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 15,600 1,200 13.95% 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 Louisville KFC Yum! 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