2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2023–24 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in December 2023 and concluded on March 9, 2024. The 2024 ACC men's basketball tournament was held at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. from March 12 to March 16, 2024. This was the 70th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

North Carolina finished as regular season champions with a 17–3 conference record. They finished two games ahead of second place Duke. The title was North Carolina's thirty-third in program history, extending their ACC record. They reached the final of the ACC tournament but were defeated by tenth-seed NC State. As tenth-seed, NC State became the lowest seeded team to win the ACC Tournament in its history. The ACC sent five teams to the NCAA tournament and the teams finished with a record of 12–5 in the tournament. NC State was again the cinderella and advanced the furthest out of any team as an eleventh seed. They advanced to the Final Four, but lost to Purdue.

Head coaches

Coaching changes On January 19, 2023, Mike Brey announced that the 2022–23 season would be his last at Notre Dame. He finished twenty-four seasons at the helm with a 483–280 record. Micah Shrewsberry was hired as the new head coach on March 23, 2023. On March 10, 2023, Georgia Tech fired Josh Pastner after seven seasons. Damon Stoudamire was announced as the new head coach on March 13, 2023. The 2022–23 season was Jim Boeheim's last at the helm of Syracuse. Boeheim was head coach at Syracuse for forty-seven years and had over one thousand wins as a college coach. He is one of only two coaches to surpass that mark. His retirement was announced on the same day as the announcement of Adrian Autry as the new head coach.

Coaches Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA ChampionshipsBoston College Earl Grant Charleston 3 29–37 15–25 0 0 0 0Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 14 241–177 117–117 0 3 0 0Duke Jon Scheyer Duke (Associate Head Coach) 2 27–9 14–6 1 1 0 0Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 22 426–265 193–169 1 11 0 0Georgia Tech Damon Stoudamire Boston Celtics (Assistant) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0Louisville Kenny Payne New York Knicks (Assistant) 2 4–28 2–18 0 0 0 0Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 13 255–149 120–101 1 6 2 0NC State Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 7 113–79 55–58 0 2 0 0North Carolina Hubert Davis North Carolina (Assistant) 3 49–23 26–14 0 1 1 0Notre Dame Micah Shrewsberry Penn State 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Assistant) 6 75–81 35–59 0 1 0 0Syracuse Adrian Autry Syracuse (Associate Head Coach) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0Virginia Tony Bennett Washington State 15 341–124 176–75 2 9 1 1Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 5 73–51 35–38 1 2 0 0Wake Forest Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 4 50–39 26–32 0 0 0 0 Notes: Year at school includes 2023–24 season. Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2022–23 season. NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only. NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Recruiting classes

+ Rankings Team 247 Sports On3Recruits Rivals Commits Boston College 51 70 NR 3 Clemson 95 102 NR 1 Duke 2 2 1 4 Florida State 69 34 35 1 Georgia Tech 75 66 71 4 Louisville 6 9 8 6 Miami 46 49 47 3 NC State 74 46 49 1 North Carolina 32 10 41 2 Notre Dame 26 40 55 4 Pittsburgh 22 26 15 4 Syracuse NR 146 NR 1 Virginia 20 27 27 4 Virginia Tech 57 68 46 2 Wake Forest 44 35 33 3

Notes: Rankings are up to date as of October 16, 2023. NR stands for not ranked.

Preseason watchlists

Wooden AwardNaismithCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-JabbarArmando BacotReece BeekmanMatthew Cleveland R. J. Davis Kyle FilipowskiPJ HallHarrison IngramJudah MintzMark MitchellNorchad OmierNijel PackTyrese ProctorJeremy Roach

Preseason All-American teams

Player AP Armando Bacot 1st Kyle Filipowski1st

Preseason polls

247 Sports AP Blue RibbonYearbook CBS Sports Coaches ESPN Fox Sports KenPom NCAA Sports SportsIllustratedBoston College - - - - - - - 128 - -Clemson - - - - - - - 51 - -Duke 2 2 7 3 3 2 2 9 2 1Florida State - - - - - - - 88 - -Georgia Tech - - - - - - - 118 - -Louisville - - - - - - - 109 - -Miami 13 13 22 10 13 19 10 45 7 16North Carolina 22 19 16 22 21 14 22 17 17 14NC State - - - - - - - 61 - -Notre Dame - - - - - - - 165 - -Pittsburgh - - - - - - - 62 35 -Syracuse - - - - - - - 105 - -Virginia - RV - - RV - - 33 - -Virginia Tech - - - - - - - 65 - -Wake Forest - - - - - - - 73 - -

ACC Preseason Media poll

The preseason poll and Preseason All-ACC Teams were released on October 26, 2023, prior to the season beginning and after ACC Media Day. The results of the poll are below.

Preseason poll

Duke – 757 (44) Miami – 693 (5) North Carolina – 670 (1) Virginia – 593 (1) Clemson – 570 Wake Forest – 440 NC State – 420 Virginia Tech – 390 Pittsburgh – 380 Syracuse – 321 Florida State – 294 Boston College – 227 Georgia Tech – 157 Louisville – 108 Notre Dame – 100

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

Preseason All-ACC teams

2023 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams First Team Second Team Kyle Filipowski – Duke Armando Bacot – North Carolina PJ Hall – Clemson Reece Beekman – Virginia Norchad Omier – Miami Judah Mintz – Syracuse Nijel Pack – Miami Blake Hinson – Pittsburgh Tyrese Proctor – Duke Quinten Post – Boston College

ACC preseason player of the year

Kyle Filipowski – Duke (35) Armando Bacot – North Carolina (13) PJ Hall – Clemson (2) Tyrese Proctor – Duke (1)

ACC Preseason Freshman of the year

Elliot Cadeau – North Carolina (40) Jared McCain – Duke (6) Caleb Foster – Duke (3) Donald Hand Jr. – Boston College (1) Bub Carrington – Pittsburgh (1)

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish Boston College Hall of Fame Classic 4th Clemson Asheville Championship 1st Duke Champions Classic 1st Florida State Sunshine Slam 1st Georgia Tech Diamond Head Classic 2nd Louisville Empire Classic 4th Miami Bahamas Championship 1st North Carolina Battle 4 Atlantis 3rdNC State Vegas Showdown 2ndNotre Dame Legends Classic 2nd Pittsburgh NIT Season Tip-Off 3rd Syracuse Maui Invitational 7th Virginia Fort Myers Tip-Off 3rd Virginia Tech ESPN Events Invitational 2nd Wake Forest Charleston Classic 6th Source:

Regular season

Rankings + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week     First Place votes shown in () т   Tied

  Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 Wk20 FinalBoston College AP C Clemson AP RV RV RV 24 13 18 18 16 21 RV RV RV RV RV 14C RV RV RV 20 11 18 17 16 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV 15Duke AP 2 (11) 9 9 7 22 21 21 16 14 11т 7 12 7 9 9 8 10 9 11 13 9C 3 (3) 9 9 7 21 19 19 15 13 11 6 12 7 10 8 7 10 8 11 14 9Florida State AP RV C RV RV Georgia Tech AP RV C Louisville AP C Miami AP 13 12 10 8 15 24 RV RV RV RV C 13 11 11 8 15 24 RV RV RV RV North Carolina AP 19 20 14 17 9 9 11 9 8 7 4 (1) 3 3 3 7 10 9 7 4 5 7C 21 18 14 16 10 9 13 11 9 7 3 3 3 3 5 9 8 7 4 5 6NC State AP RV RV RV RV 10C RV RV RV RV 13 Notre Dame AP C Pittsburgh AP RV C RV Syracuse AP C Virginia AP RV RV 24 RV RV 22 22 RV RV RV 21 RV C RV 25т 18 RV 23 21 20 RV RV RV 23 RV RV Virginia Tech AP C Wake Forest AP RV RV RV C RV RV RV RV

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.   Boston CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateGeorgia TechLouisvilleMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateNotre DamePittsburghSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – 89–78 80–65 63–6284–76 87–95 77–8961–67 77–8557–67 76–66 84–78OT81–70 59–6358–61 90–65 69–5975–80 72–68 76–71 84–78vs. Clemson 78–89 – 72–71 67–7863–74 93–902OT57–81 64–70 95–8260–77 65–5576–80 78–77 69–62 70–7962–69 68–7775–90 66–65 87–72 81–76vs. Duke 65–80 71–72 – 67–76 72–6879–84 69–8359–84 55–84 93–8484–79 64–79 59–6753–71 53–7580–76 66–86 48–73 67–77 69–7783–79vs. Florida State 62–6376–84 78–6774–63 76–67 – 71–8285–76 101–92 75–8475–83 78–7075–68 83–90 58–67 88–73 69–85 80–76 74–7783–75 82–87vs. Georgia Tech 95–87 90–932OT81–57 68–7284–79 82–7176–85 – 79–67 76–80 73–74 82–76 75–68OT58–55 72–64 60–65 75–6672–57 91–67 80–5169–70vs. Louisville 89–7767–61 70–64 83–6984–59 92–101 67–79 – 71–80 86–70 89–83 72–50 83–7086–59 94–9282–76 77–5369–52 75–6880–64 90–65vs. Miami 85–7767–57 82–9577–60 84–55 84–7583–75 80–76 80–71 – 75–7275–71 74–68 49–6261–73 68–72 72–69 60–38 71–7574–82 86–82OTvs. North Carolina 66–76 55–6580–76 84–9379–84 70–7868–75 74–73 70–86 72–7571–75 – 54–6770–79 51–84 57–70 67–10386–79 44–54 81–96 64–85vs. NC State 78–84OT70–81 77–78 79–64 90–83 76–82 83–89 68–74 67–5479–70 – 52–54 67–6481–73 77–6587–83 60–7659–53OT 84–78 76–8383–79vs. Notre Dame 63–5961–58 62–69 67–5971–53 67–58 68–75OT55–58 50–72 62–4973–61 84–51 54–52 – 70–60 88–85 54–7665–53 66–7482–76 65–70vs. Pittsburgh 65–90 79–7069–62 75–5376–80 73–88 64–72 70–8359–86 72–68 70–57 64–6773–81 60–70 – 81–7369–58 63–74 64–79 72–7791–58vs. Syracuse 59–6980–75 77–6890–75 86–66 85–69 65–60 92–9476–82 69–72 103–6779–86 65–7783–87 85–88 73–8158–69 – 84–62 71–84 99–70vs. Virginia 68–72 65–66 73–48 76–80 66–7557–72 53–7752–69 38–60 54–44 76–6053–59OT 76–5453–65 74–63 62–84 – 57–6575–41 66–4747–49vs. Virginia Tech 71–76 72–87 77–67 77–7475–83 67–91 68–7564–80 75–7182–74 96–81 78–84 74–6676–82 79–64 84–71 65–5741–75 – 86–6376–87vs. Wake Forest 78–84 76–81 77–6979–83 87–82 51–8070–69 65–90 82–86OT 85–64 83–7679–83 70–65 77–7258–91 70–99 47–6649–47 63–8687–76 –Total 8–12 11–9 15–5 10–10 7–13 3–17 6–14 17–3 9–11 7–13 12–8 11–9 13–7 10–10 11–9

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 Rookies of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference Week 1 – November 13 Armando Bacot – North Carolina Bub Carrington – Pittsburgh Week 2 – November 20 Quinten Post – Boston College Bub Carrington (2) – Pittsburgh Week 3 – November 27 Jamir Watkins – Florida State Dennis Parker Jr. – NC State R. J. Davis – North Carolina Week 4 – December 4 PJ Hall – Clemson Baye Ndongo – Georgia Tech Week 5 – December 11 Blake Hinson – Pittsburgh Bub Carrington (3) – Pittsburgh Week 6 – December 18 Kyle Filipowski – Duke Baye Ndongo (2) – Georgia Tech Week 7 – December 26 Lynn Kidd – Virginia Tech Baye Ndongo (3) – Georgia Tech R. J. Davis (2) – North Carolina Week 8 – January 2 Quadir Copeland – Syracuse Markus Burton – Notre Dame Week 9 – January 8 Armando Bacot (2) – North Carolina Bub Carrington (4) – Pittsburgh Kevin Miller – Wake Forest Week 10 – January 15 Sean Pedulla – Virginia Tech Braeden Shrewsberry – Notre Dame Week 11 – January 22 Reece Beekman – Virginia Jaland Lowe – Pittsburgh Week 12 – January 29 R. J. Davis (3) – North Carolina Jared McCain – Duke Week 13 – February 5 Harrison Ingram – North Carolina Ty-Laur Johnson – Louisville DJ Horne – NC State Week 14 – February 12 Joseph Girard III – Clemson Markus Burton (2) – Notre Dame Week 15 – February 19 Blake Hinson (2) – Pittsburgh Jared McCain (2) – Duke Week 16 – February 26 Hunter Sallis – Wake Forest Markus Burton (3) – Notre Dame Week 17 – March 4 R. J. Davis (4) – North Carolina Markus Burton (4) – Notre Dame Week 18 – March 11 Cormac Ryan – North Carolina Bub Carrington (5) – Pittsburgh

Records against other conferences 2023–24 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only. Statistics through games played on December 30, 2023.