The ACC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the ACC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It has been held every year since the ACC's first basketball season concluded in 1954 (with the 2020 tournament only being partially completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The ACC tournament is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records. The winner, declared conference champion, receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA men's tournament.

Tournament champions Since July 1, 1961, the ACC's bylaws have included the phrase "and the winner shall be the conference champion" in referring to the tournament, meaning that the conference tournament winner is the only champion of the ACC.

Year Champion Score Runner-up Tournament MVP Location City 1954 NC State 82–80 (OT) Wake Forest Reynolds ColiseumRaleigh, North Carolina 1955 NC State 87–77Duke 1956 NC State 76–54 Wake Forest Vic Molodet 1957 North Carolina 95–75 South Carolina 1958 Maryland 86–75 North Carolina 1959 NC State 80–56 North Carolina 1960 Duke 64–59 Wake Forest 1961 Wake Forest 96–81 Duke 1962 Wake Forest 77–68 Clemson 1963 Duke 71–66 Wake Forest 1964 Duke 80–59 Wake Forest 1965 NC State 91–85 Duke 1966 Duke 71–66 NC State 1967 North Carolina 82–73 Duke Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 1968 North Carolina 87–50 NC State Charlotte Coliseum (Independence)Charlotte, North Carolina 1969 North Carolina 85–74 Duke 1970 NC State 42–39 (2OT) South Carolina 1971 South Carolina 52–51 North Carolina Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 1972 North Carolina 73–64 Maryland 1973 NC State 76–74 Maryland 1974 NC State 103–100 (OT) Maryland 1975 North Carolina 70–66 NC State 1976 Virginia 67–62 North Carolina Capital Centre Landover, Maryland 1977 North Carolina 75–69 Virginia Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 1978 Duke 85–77 Wake Forest 1979 North Carolina 71–63 Duke 1980 Duke 73–72 Maryland 1981 North Carolina 61–60 Maryland Capital Centre Landover, Maryland 1982 North Carolina 47–45 Virginia Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 1983 NC State 81–78 Virginia The Omni Atlanta, Georgia 1984 Maryland 74–62 Duke Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 1985 Georgia Tech 57–54 North Carolina The Omni Atlanta, Georgia 1986 Duke 68–67 Georgia Tech Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 1987 NC State 68–67 North Carolina Capital Centre Landover, Maryland 1988 Duke 65–61 North Carolina Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 1989 North Carolina 77–74 Duke The Omni Atlanta, Georgia 1990 Georgia Tech 70–61 Virginia Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola)Charlotte, North Carolina 1991 North Carolina 96–74 Duke 1992 Duke 94–74 North Carolina 1993 Georgia Tech 77–75 North Carolina 1994 North Carolina 73–66 Virginia 1995 Wake Forest 82–80 (OT) North Carolina Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 1996 Wake Forest 75–74 Georgia Tech 1997 North Carolina 64–54 NC State 1998 North Carolina 83–68 Duke 1999 Duke 96–73 North Carolina Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola)Charlotte, North Carolina 2000 Duke 81–68 Maryland 2001 Duke 79–53 North Carolina Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 2002 Duke 91–61 NC State Charlotte Coliseum (Tyvola) Charlotte, North Carolina 2003 Duke 84–77 NC State Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 2004 Maryland 95–87 (OT) Duke 2005 Duke 69–64 Georgia Tech MCI Center Washington, D.C. 2006 Duke 78–76 Boston College Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina 2007 North Carolina 89–80 NC State St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida 2008 North Carolina 86–81 Clemson Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina 2009 Duke 79–69 Florida State Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia 2010 Duke 65–61 Georgia Tech Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 2011 Duke 75–58 North Carolina 2012 Florida State 85–82 North Carolina Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia 2013 Miami 87–77 North Carolina Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 2014 Virginia 72–63 Duke 2015 Notre Dame 90–82 North Carolina 2016 North Carolina 61–57 Virginia Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 2017Duke 75–69 Notre Dame Barclays CenterBrooklyn, New York 2018 Virginia 71–63 North Carolina 2019Duke 73–63 Florida State Spectrum Center Charlotte, North Carolina 2020Tournament not completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Number 1 seed Florida State appointed ACC champion.Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 2021 Georgia Tech 80–75 Florida State 2022 Virginia Tech82–67 Duke Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York2023 Duke59–49 Virginia Greensboro ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina 2024 NC State84–76 North Carolina Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.2025 Duke73–62 Louisville Spectrum CenterCharlotte, North Carolina2026 Duke74–70 Virginia 2027First Horizon ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina2028Spectrum CenterCharlotte, North Carolina2029First Horizon ColiseumGreensboro, North Carolina

Venues

VenueCityStateAppearancesLastYearsNotesFirst Horizon ColiseumGreensboroNorth Carolina3020231967, 1971–75, 1977–80, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1995–98, 2003–04, 2006, 2010–11, 2013–15, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2027*, 2029* Reynolds ColiseumRaleighNorth Carolina1319661954–66Charlotte Coliseum(Tyvola Road)CharlotteNorth Carolina820021990–94, 1999–2000, 2002Spectrum CenterCharlotteNorth Carolina420252008, 2019, 2025, 2026, 2028* Charlotte Coliseum(Independence Boulevard)CharlotteNorth Carolina319701968, 1969, 1970 Capital CentreLandoverMaryland319871976, 1981, 1987Omni ColiseumAtlantaGeorgia319891983, 1985, 1989Capital One ArenaWashingtonD.C.320242005, 2016, 2024 Barclays Center BrooklynNew York320222017, 2018, 2022Georgia DomeAtlantaGeorgia220092001, 2009Benchmark International ArenaTampaFlorida120072007 State Farm ArenaAtlantaGeorgia120122012

Notes * Denotes the venue for a future ACC men's basketball tournament.

Tournament championships by school School Year joined Championships Championship yearsDuke 195324 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025, 2026North Carolina 195318 1957, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2016NC State 195311 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1987, 2024Wake Forest 1953 4 1961, 1962, 1995, 1996Georgia Tech 19784 1985, 1990, 1993, 2021Virginia 19533 1976, 2014, 2018Maryland 19533 1958, 1984, 2004South Carolina 19531 1971Florida State 19911 2012Miami 2004 1 2013Virginia Tech 20041 2022Notre Dame 20131 2015Clemson 19530 —Boston College 20050 —Syracuse 20130 —Pittsburgh 20130 —Louisville 20140 —California 20240 —Stanford 20240 —SMU 20240 —

Footnotes The 1972–73 NC State Wolfpack team was forced to skip postseason play due to an NCAA recruiting infraction. Assistant coach Eddie Biedenbach had played in a pick-up (impromptu) basketball game with David Thompson on a recruiting visit to Raleigh, North Carolina. The Wolfpack finished the season undefeated at 27–0 but forfeited the opportunity to compete for the national championship. The University of Maryland, College Park, left the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2014 and is now a member of the Big Ten Conference. The University of South Carolina left the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1971, and it is now a member of the Southeastern Conference. After the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACC automatic bid was awarded to regular season winner Florida State. There was no ACC Tournament champion that year.

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