2009 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 12–15 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The tournament was broadcast on the ESPN family of networks, along with Raycom Sports in the ACC footprint.

2009 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
2009 ACC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	12
Site	Georgia Dome Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Duke (17th title)
Winning coach	Mike Krzyzewski (11th title)
MVP	Jon Scheyer (Duke)
Television	ESPN, Raycom Sports
ACC Men's Basketball Tournaments

2008–09 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina	13	–	3		.813			34	–	4		.895
No. 6 Duke†	11	–	5		.688			30	–	7		.811
No. 12 Wake Forest	11	–	5		.688			24	–	7		.774
No. 16 Florida State	10	–	6		.625			25	–	10		.714
No. 24 Clemson	9	–	7		.563			23	–	9		.719
Boston College	9	–	7		.563			22	–	12		.647
Maryland	7	–	9		.438			21	–	14		.600
Virginia Tech	7	–	9		.438			19	–	15		.559
Miami (FL)	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
NC State	6	–	10		.375			16	–	14		.533
Virginia	4	–	12		.250			10	–	18		.357
Georgia Tech	2	–	14		.125			12	–	19		.387
† 2009 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The championship game matched Duke against Florida State, who made their first appearance in the ACC championship game since joining the league in 1992.[1] Duke won 79–69 for their 8th conference title in 11 years.[2]

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
First Round - Thursday, March 12
1	1	Noon	#8 Virginia Tech vs #9 Miami	Raycom	26,352
	2	2:00PM	#5 Clemson vs #12 Georgia Tech	Raycom
2	3	7:00PM	#7 Maryland vs #10 NC State	Raycom/ESPN2	26,352
	4	9:00PM	#6 Boston College vs #11 Virginia	Raycom
Quarterfinals - Friday, March 13
3	5	Noon	#1 North Carolina vs #8 Virginia Tech	Raycom/ESPN2
	6	2:00PM	#4 Florida State vs #12 Georgia Tech	Raycom/ESPN2
4	7	7:00PM	#2 Wake Forest vs #7 Maryland	Raycom/ESPN2
	8	9:00PM	#3 Duke vs #6 Boston College	Raycom/ESPN2
Semifinals - Saturday, March 14
5	9	1:30PM	#1 North Carolina vs #4 Florida State	Raycom/ESPN
	10	4:00PM	#7 Maryland vs #3 Duke	Raycom/ESPN
Championship Game - Sunday, March 15
6	11	1:00PM	#4 Florida State vs #3 Duke	Raycom/ESPN
Game Times in EDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on the final regular-season standings, with ties broken under an ACC policy.[3]

Wake Forest and Duke split their regular-season games, each winning one. Wake Forest was awarded the second seed for its better record against top-seeded North Carolina: Wake won its only game, while Duke lost both games.

By finishing fourth in the conference, Florida State joined North Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest as teams that received a first-round bye in the tournament. It was the first time that the Seminoles had earned a bye since joining the conference in time for the 1991-92 season.[4]

Clemson received the fifth seed because it beat Boston College in their only meeting.

The three-way tie among Maryland, Virginia Tech, and Miami was broken based on the record of games played among the three teams. Maryland received the seventh seed for having the best winning percentage (2–1), Virginia Tech received the eighth seed (1–1), and Miami received the ninth seed (1–2).

Bracket

	First Round Thursday, March 12, 2009					Quarterfinals Friday, March 13, 2009					Semifinals Saturday, March 14, 2009					Championship Game Sunday, March 15, 2009
						1	North Carolina (#1)	79
						8	Virginia Tech	76
	8	Virginia Tech	65
	9	Miami	47
											1	North Carolina (#1)	70
										4	Florida State (#22)	73
						4	Florida State (#22)	64
						12	Georgia Tech	62
	5	Clemson (#17)	81
	12	Georgia Tech	86
																4	Florida State (#22)	69
																3	Duke (#9)	79
						2	Wake Forest (#8)	64
						7	Maryland	75
	7	Maryland	74
	10	NC State	69
											7	Maryland	61
										3	Duke (#9)	67
						3	Duke (#9)	66
						6	Boston College	65
	6	Boston College	76
	11	Virginia	63

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP

• Jon Scheyer - Duke

All-Tournament Team

First Team Jon Scheyer - Duke Toney Douglas - Florida State Kyle Singler - Duke Tyler Hansbrough - North Carolina Gerald Henderson - Duke

Second Team Solomon Alabi - Florida State Wayne Ellington - North Carolina Eric Hayes - Maryland Greivis Vasquez - Maryland Lewis Clinch - Georgia Tech

References

1. Historic: Florida State in first ACC Tournament final, Winston-Salem Journal, March 15, 2009. Accessed 2009-03-15. Archived 2009-06-11.
2. Duke Wins ACC Championship; Defeat Florida St. 79-69, Atlantic Coast Conference, March 15, 2009. Accessed 2009-03-15. Archived 2009-06-11.
3. "ACC Basketball Tournament Seeding Procedures". TheACC.com. February 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
4. "Pairings Announced for the 56th Annual ACC Tournament". Men's Basketball. TheACC.com. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009.