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 to 12, 2016. 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. This was the 20th consecutive ACC Tournament that featured Duke or UNC in the championship game.
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 21North Carolina14–42Virginia13–51–1 vs. Miami (FL) 1–0 vs. North Carolina3Miami (FL)13–51–1 vs. Virginia0–1 vs. North Carolina4Notre Dame11–71–0 vs. Duke5Duke11–70–1 vs. Notre Dame6Virginia Tech10–81–0 vs. Clemson7Clemson10–80–1 vs. Virginia Tech8Pittsburgh9–92–0 vs. Syracuse9Syracuse9–90–2 vs. Pittsburgh10Georgia Tech8–101–0 vs. Florida State11Florida State8–100–1 vs. Georgia Tech12NC State5–1313Wake Forest2–1614Boston College0–18
Schedule SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 8Opening Day112:00 pm#12 NC State 75 vs #13 Wake Forest 72ESPN2ACC Network7,30222:00 pm#11 Florida State 88 vs #14 Boston College 66 Second round – Wednesday, March 91312:00 pm#8 Pittsburgh 72 vs #9 Syracuse 71ESPNACC Network18,56142:00 pm#5 Duke 92 vs #12 NC State 89257:00 pm#7 Clemson 85 vs #10 Georgia Tech 88 (OT)ESPN2ACC Network18,56169:00 pm#6 Virginia Tech 96 vs #11 Florida State 85 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 103712:00 pm#1 North Carolina 88 vs #8 Pittsburgh 71ESPNACC Network18,56182:00 pm#4 Notre Dame 84 vs #5 Duke 79 (OT)497:00 pm#2 Virginia 72 vs #10 Georgia Tech 5220,719109:00 pm#3 Miami 88 vs #6 Virginia Tech 82 Semifinals – Friday, March 115117:00 pm#1 North Carolina 78 vs #4 Notre Dame 47ESPNACC Network20,719129:00 pm#2 Virginia 73 vs #3 Miami 68 Championship – Saturday, March 126139:00 pm#1 North Carolina 61 vs #2 Virginia 57ESPNACC Network20,719 *Game times in ET. #–Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
Awards and honors Tournament MVP: Joel Berry II, North Carolina
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
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