2020 ACC men's basketball tournament
The 2020 ACC men's basketball tournament presented by New York Life was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 10–11, 2020.[1] It was the 67th annual edition of the tournament.
| 2020 ACC men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2019–20 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Site | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions | Tournament canceled |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Florida State | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 26 | – | 5 | .839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Virginia | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Louisville | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Duke | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 25 | – | 6 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech* | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations. Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the first edition of the tournament to not be available free-to-air at all, as the syndicated ACC package was shut down in favor of the launch of the cable-only ACCN, which exclusively carried the first round of the tournament, with the ESPN networks carrying the remainder of the tournament.
Due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced that, initially, the tournament would only be played in front of essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television, and credentialed media members present, starting with the quarterfinals; however, shortly before the tipoff of the quarterfinal matchup between Florida State and Clemson, the ACC announced the tournament was canceled and Florida State, the regular season champions, would receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, though that decision became moot with the NCAA Tournament's cancellation later the same day.[2][3] Florida State was awarded the conference championship along with the trophy for the 2020 tournament.
Seeds
Fourteen of the 15 ACC teams would have participated in the tournament; the other team, Georgia Tech, was banned from postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to NCAA rules violations.[4] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[5] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 10 received single byes.[6] Ultimately, the tournament being canceled shortly before the quarterfinal games were to have begun resulted in the top four seeds not playing at all.
| Seed | School | Conference Record |
Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 | Tiebreaker 4 |
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| 1 | Florida State | 16–4 | ||||
| 2 | Virginia | 15–5 | 2–1 vs Duke/Louisville | 1–1 vs Louisville | 1–1 vs Florida State | |
| 3 | Louisville | 15–5 | 2–1 vs Duke/Virginia | 1–1 vs Virginia | 0–2 vs Florida State | |
| 4 | Duke | 15–5 | 0–2 vs Louisville/Virginia | |||
| 5 | NC State | 10–10 | 2–0 vs Notre Dame/Syracuse | |||
| 6 | Syracuse | 10–10 | 1–2 vs NC State/Notre Dame | 1–1 vs Notre Dame | 0–1 vs Florida State | 1–3 vs Virginia/Louisville/Duke |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 10–10 | 1–2 vs NC State/Syracuse | 1–1 vs Syracuse | 0–2 vs Florida State | 0–3 vs Virginia/Louisville/Duke |
| 8 | Clemson | 9–11 | ||||
| 9 | Miami | 7–13 | 3–0 vs Boston College/Virginia Tech | |||
| 10 | Boston College | 7–13 | 2–1 vs Miami/Virginia Tech | |||
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 7–13 | 0–4 vs Miami/Boston College | |||
| 12 | Wake Forest | 6–14 | 2–1 vs North Carolina/Pittsburgh | 1–0 vs Pittsburgh | ||
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 6–14 | 2–1 vs North Carolina/Wake Forest | 0–1 vs Wake Forest | ||
| 14 | North Carolina | 6–14 | 1–3 vs Pittsburgh/Wake Forest |
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| First round – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||||
| Opening day |
1 | 4:30 pm | No. 12 Wake Forest vs No. 13 Pittsburgh | 72–81 | ACCN | 13,310 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 11 Virginia Tech vs No. 14 North Carolina | 56–78 | |||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Clemson vs No. 9 Miami | 69–64 | ESPN | |
| 4 | 2:00 pm* | No. 5 NC State vs No. 13 Pittsburgh | 73–58 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Notre Dame vs No. 10 Boston College | 80–58 | ESPN2 | 20,809 |
| 6 | 9:00 pm* | No. 6 Syracuse vs No. 14 North Carolina | 81–53 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 | ||||||
| 3 | 7 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Florida State vs No. 8 Clemson | canceled | ESPN | |
| 8 | 2:30 pm* | No. 4 Duke vs No. 5 NC State | ||||
| 4 | 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 2 Virginia vs No. 7 Notre Dame | |||
| 10 | 9:00 pm* | No. 3 Louisville vs No. 6 Syracuse | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 | ||||||
| 5 | 11 | 7:00 pm | Florida State/Clemson vs Duke/NC State | canceled | ESPN | |
| 12 | 9:00 pm* | Virginia/Notre Dame vs Louisville/Syracuse | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 6 | 13 | 8:30 pm | Winner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12 | canceled | ESPN | |
| *Denotes approximate time. Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
Bracket
| First round Tuesday, March 10 ACCN | Second round Wednesday, March 11 ESPN/ESPN2 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 ESPN | Semifinals Friday, March 13 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #4 Florida State | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Clemson | 69 | 8 | Clemson | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Miami | 64 | cancelled due to | ||||||||||||||||||||
| COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | #10 Duke | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | NC State | 73 | 5 | NC State | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Wake Forest | 72 | 13 | Pittsburgh | 58 | cancelled due to | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Pittsburgh | 81 | COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #17 Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Notre Dame | 80 | 7 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Boston College | 58 | cancelled due to | ||||||||||||||||||||
| COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #15 Louisville | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Syracuse | 81 | 6 | Syracuse | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Virginia Tech | 56 | 14 | North Carolina | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | North Carolina | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Game summaries
First round
ACCN |
March 10 4:30 p.m. |
| No. 12 Wake Forest 72, No. 13 Pittsburgh 81 | ||
| Scoring by half: 41–40, 31–41 | ||
| Pts: Sarr (20) Rebs: Sarr (13) Asts: Neath (6) |
Pts: Champagnie (31) Rebs: Coulibaly (7) Asts: Johnson (8) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 13,310 Referees: Tony Henderson, Jerry Heater, Lee Cassell |
ACCN |
March 10 7:00 p.m. |
| No. 11 Virginia Tech 56, No. 14 North Carolina 78 | ||
| Scoring by half: 26–32, 30–46 | ||
| Pts: Cattoor (14) Rebs: Ojiako (7) Asts: Bede (5) |
Pts: Brooks (20) Rebs: Bacot (11) Asts: Anthony/Black (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 13,310 Referees: Mark Schnur, Raymond Styons, Burt Smith |
Second round
ESPN |
March 11 12:00 p.m. |
| No. 8 Clemson 69, No. 9 Miami 64 | ||
| Scoring by half: 21–23, 48–41 | ||
| Pts: Dawes (18) Rebs: Simms (10) Asts: Simms (4) |
Pts: Lykes (21) Rebs: Waardenburg (8) Asts: Wong (3) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Ron Groover, Brian Dorsey, Mark Schnur |
ESPN |
March 11 2:00 p.m. |
| No. 5 NC State 73, No. 13 Pittsburgh 58 | ||
| Scoring by half: 35–32, 38–26 | ||
| Pts: Daniels (23) Rebs: Bryce (10) Asts: Johnson (11) |
Pts: Johnson (15) Rebs: Hamilton (9) Asts: McGowens (3) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Roger Ayers, Jamie Luckie, Clarence Armstrong |
ESPN2 |
March 11 7:00 p.m. |
| No. 7 Notre Dame 80, No. 10 Boston College 58 | ||
| Scoring by half: 36–21, 44–37 | ||
| Pts: Gibbs (16) Rebs: Mooney (11) Asts: Hubb (9) |
Pts: Mitchell (20) Rebs: Mitchell (13) Asts: Heath (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 20,809 Referees: Mike Eades, Tony Henderson, Jerry Heater |
ESPN2 |
March 11 9:00 p.m. |
| No. 6 Syracuse 81, No. 14 North Carolina 53 | ||
| Scoring by half: 43–22, 38–31 | ||
| Pts: Hughes (27) Rebs: Sidibe (13) Asts: Girard III (8) |
Pts: Brooks (18) Rebs: Bacot (7) Asts: Bacot/Anthony (3) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 20,809 Referees: Ted Valentine, Bill Covington, AJ Desai |
Quarterfinals
ESPN |
March 12 12:30 p.m. |
| No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 8 Clemson |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
ESPN |
March 12 2:30 p.m. |
| No. 4 Duke vs. No. 5 NC State |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
ESPN |
March 12 7:00 p.m. |
| No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 7 Notre Dame |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
ESPN |
March 12 9:00 p.m. |
| No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 6 Syracuse |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
Semifinals
ESPN |
March 13 7:00 p.m. |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
ESPN |
March 13 9:00 p.m. |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
Final
ESPN |
March 14 8:30 p.m. |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
Awards and honors
Tournament MVP:
All-Tournament Teams: not awarded
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References
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