2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 13–16, 2008, at the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tournament was broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, along with Raycom Sports in the ACC footprint. Both broadcasters had the games available in HD.

2008 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
2008 ACC Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200708
Teams12
SiteCharlotte Bobcats Arena
Charlotte, North Carolina
ChampionsNorth Carolina (17th title)
Winning coachRoy Williams (2nd title)
MVPTyler Hansbrough (North Carolina)
TelevisionESPN, Raycom Sports
2007–08 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 North Carolina142 .875  363  .923
No. 9 Duke133 .813  286  .824
No. 22 Clemson106 .625  2410  .706
Virginia Tech97 .563  2114  .600
Miami (FL)88 .500  2311  .676
Maryland88 .500  1915  .559
Georgia Tech79 .438  1517  .469
Wake Forest79 .438  1713  .567
Florida State79 .438  1915  .559
Virginia511 .313  1716  .515
Boston College412 .250  1417  .452
NC State412 .250  1516  .484
2008 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Florida State and Miami won their first-round games for the second year in a row. Miami became the first #5 seed to win an ACC tournament game since the conference expanded to 12 teams. The past two seasons, the #12 seed pulled off the upset.

Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina was named tournament MVP.[1]

Bracket

  First Round
March 13, 2008
Quarterfinals
March 14, 2008
Semifinals
March 15, 2008
Championship Game
March 16, 2008
                                     
       
  1 #1 North Carolina[2] 82  
    9 Florida State 70  
8 Wake Forest 60
9 Florida State[3] 70  
  1 #1 North Carolina[4] 68  
  4 Virginia Tech 66  
       
       
  4 Virginia Tech[5] 63
    5 Miami 49  
5 Miami[6] 63
12 NC State 50  
  1 #1 North Carolina[7] 86
  3 #22 Clemson 81
       
       
  2 #9 Duke[8] 82
    7 Georgia Tech 70  
7 Georgia Tech[9] 94
10 Virginia 76  
  2 #9 Duke 74
  3 #22 Clemson[10] 78  
       
       
  3 #22 Clemson[11] 82
    11 Boston College 48  
6 Maryland 68
11 Boston College[12] 71  

AP Rankings at time of tournament


References

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