The 2019 ACC men's basketball tournament was the 66th annual postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held March 12–16, 2019, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Virginia Cavaliers and North Carolina Tar Heels entered the tournament as the top two seeds, both with 16–2 conference, and ranked #2 and #3 in the country respectively. Both teams were defeated in the semifinals, by the #4 Florida State Seminoles (ranked #12 nationally) and the #3 Duke Blue Devils (ranked #5 nationally). Duke defeated Florida State, 73–63, in the championship game, claiming their 21st ACC Tournament title and 15th during head coach Mike Krzyzewski's tenure. Duke's Zion Williamson was named the tournament's MVP.
Seeds All 15 ACC teams participated in the tournament, seeded by their record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 4 seeds (Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, and Florida State) received a double bye. Virginia Tech, Syracuse, NC State, Louisville, and Clemson receive single byes. Boston College, Miami, Georgia Tech, Wake Forest, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame played in the first round.
Seed School ConferenceRecord Tiebreaker1Virginia16–21–0 vs. North Carolina2North Carolina16–20–1 vs. Virginia3Duke14–44Florida State13–55Virginia Tech12–66Syracuse10–81–0 vs. Louisville7Louisville10–80–1 vs. Syracuse8NC State9–91–0 vs. Clemson9Clemson9–90–1 vs. NC State10Georgia Tech6–1211Boston College5–131–0 vs. Miami12Miami5–130–1 vs. Boston College13Wake Forest4–1414Pittsburgh3–151–0 vs. Notre Dame15Notre Dame3–150–1 vs. Pittsburgh
Schedule Games were shown on over-the-air television in local media markets by the syndicated ACC Network. Games also aired nationally on various ESPN cable networks with separate telecasts and commentators. The tournament marked the formal end of Raycom Sports' long-term association with the conference; its event rights is now held by ESPN as part of its new cable channel ACC Network.
SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 12Openingday1noon12 Miami vs 13 Wake Forest79–71ESPNRaycom 9,67722:00 pm*10 Georgia Tech vs 15 Notre Dame71–7837:00 pm11 Boston College vs 14 Pittsburgh70–80ESPNURaycom Second round – Wednesday, March 1314noon8 NC State vs 9 Clemson59–58ESPNRaycom 19,69152:00 pm*5 Virginia Tech vs 12 Miami71–56267:00 pm7 Louisville vs 15 Notre Dame75–53ESPN2Raycom11,88479:00 pm*6 Syracuse vs 14 Pittsburgh73–59 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 143812:30 pm1 Virginia vs 8 NC State76–56ESPNRaycom19,69192:30 pm*4 Florida State vs 5 Virginia Tech65–63OT4107:00 pm2 North Carolina vs 7 Louisville83–70119:00 pm*3 Duke vs 6 Syracuse 84–72 Semifinals – Friday, March 155127:00 pm1 Virginia vs 4 Florida State59–69ESPNRaycom 20,116139:00 pm*2 North Carolina vs 3 Duke73–74 Championship – Saturday, March 166148:30 pm4 Florida State vs 3 Duke63–73ESPNRaycom19,691 *Denotes approximate time. Actual time will vary depending on the ending time of the previous game. Game times in ET.
Bracket
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Game summaries
First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Awards and honors Tournament MVP: Zion Williamson
All-Tournament Teams:
First Team RJ Barrett, Duke Zion Williamson, Duke Mfiondu Kabengele, Florida State Cameron Johnson, North Carolina Kyle Guy, Virginia
Second Team Tre Jones, Duke Terance Mann, Florida State Luke Maye, North Carolina Coby White, North Carolina Frank Howard, Syracuse
See also 2019 ACC women's basketball tournament
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