† ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Louisville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)
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.[1] 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.[2]
Seeds
Seeds for the tournament are determined by teams' conference records, with tiebreakers determined according to ACC tiebreaker rules.
‡ – 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
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Final score
Television
Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 10
Opening day
1
1:00 pm
#12 Boston College vs #13 Georgia Tech
66–65
ESPN2 ACC Network
9,003
2
3:00 pm
#11 Wake Forest vs #14 Virginia Tech
80–81
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
1
3
Noon
#8 Clemson vs #9 Florida State
73–76
ESPN ACC Network
22,026
4
2:00 pm
#5 North Carolina vs #12 Boston College
81–63
2
5
7:00 pm
#7 NC State vs #10 Pittsburgh
81–70
ESPN2 ACC Network
22,026
6
9:00 pm
#6 Miami vs #14 Virginia Tech
59–49
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3
7
Noon
#1 Virginia vs #9 Florida State
58–44
ESPN ACC Network
22,026
8
2:00 pm
#4 Louisville vs #5 North Carolina
60–70
4
9
7:00 pm
#2 Duke vs #7 NC State
77–53
22,026
10
9:00 pm
#3 Notre Dame vs #6 Miami
70–63
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5
11
7:00 pm
#1 Virginia vs #5 North Carolina
67–71
ESPN ACC Network
22,026
12
9:00 pm
#2 Duke vs #3 Notre Dame
64–74
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6
13
8:30 pm
#5 North Carolina vs #3 Notre Dame
82–90
ESPN/ACCN
22,026
*Game times in EDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
