The 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 10 to 14, 2015. The tournament included fourteen of the fifteen ACC teams, as Syracuse did not compete due to a self-imposed postseason ban. Seeds 5 through 10 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a "double bye" through the first round and second rounds. The 2015 tournament was the first to begin on a Tuesday and the first since 1981 to finish on a Saturday. The semifinals and championship game were played in the evening instead of their traditional afternoon timeslot. It was the fourth time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and 2007, Georgia Tech in 2010). ESPN and the ACC Network televised all games, and the championship game was moved to Saturday to facilitate a prime-time broadcast on ESPN.
Seeds Seeds for the tournament are determined by teams' conference records, with tiebreakers determined according to ACC tiebreaker rules. Seed School Conf Tiebreaker1Virginia†‡16–22Duke†15–33 Notre Dame†14–44 Louisville†12–65North Carolina#11–76Miami#10–81–0 vs. NC State7NC State#10–80–1 vs. Miami8Clemson#8–102–1 vs. Florida State, Pittsburgh9Florida State#8–102–2 vs. Clemson, Pittsburgh10Pittsburgh#8–101–2 vs. Clemson, Florida State11Wake Forest5–1312Boston College4–1413Georgia Tech3–1514Virginia Tech2–16‡ – ACC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.† – Received a first and second-round bye in the conference tournament.# – Received a first-round bye in the conference tournament.Overall records include all games played in the ACC Tournament.
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#Final scoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 10Openingday11:00 pm#12 Boston College vs #13 Georgia Tech66–65ESPN2ACC Network9,00323:00 pm#11 Wake Forest vs #14 Virginia Tech80–81 Second round – Wednesday, March 1113Noon#8 Clemson vs #9 Florida State73–76ESPNACC Network22,02642:00 pm#5 North Carolina vs #12 Boston College81–63257:00 pm#7 NC State vs #10 Pittsburgh81–70ESPN2ACC Network22,02669:00 pm#6 Miami vs #14 Virginia Tech59–49 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 1237Noon#1 Virginia vs #9 Florida State58–44ESPNACC Network22,02682:00 pm#4 Louisville vs #5 North Carolina60–70497:00 pm#2 Duke vs #7 NC State77–5322,026109:00 pm#3 Notre Dame vs #6 Miami70–63 Semifinals – Friday, March 135117:00 pm#1 Virginia vs #5 North Carolina67–71ESPNACC Network22,026129:00 pm#2 Duke vs #3 Notre Dame64–74 Championship – Saturday, March 146138:30 pm#5 North Carolina vs #3 Notre Dame82–90ESPN/ACCN22,026 *Game times in EDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
Awards and honors Tournament MVP: Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
All-Tournament Teams:
First Team Jerian Grant, Notre Dame Steve Vasturia, Notre Dame Pat Connaughton, Notre Dame Marcus Paige, North Carolina Brice Johnson, North Carolina Second Team Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame Justin Jackson, North Carolina Jahlil Okafor, Duke Cat Barber, NC State Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
See also 2015 ACC women's basketball tournament
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