2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by New York Life will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and will be held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 9–13, 2021.[1] It will be the 68th annual edition of the tournament.

2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams15
SiteGreensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, North Carolina
TelevisionESPN, ESPN2, ACCN
2020–21 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 14 Virginia9–1 .900  13–3  .813
No. 20 Florida State6–2 .750  10–3  .769
No. 16 Virginia Tech8–3 .727  14–4  .778
Louisville6–3 .667  11–4  .733
North Carolina7–4 .636  12–6  .667
Georgia Tech5–4 .556  9–6  .600
Clemson6–5 .545  12–5  .706
Pittsburgh5–5 .500  9–6  .600
Duke5–5 .500  7–7  .500
Syracuse4–5 .444  10–6  .625
NC State4–6 .400  8–7  .533
Notre Dame4–7 .364  7–10  .412
Miami (FL)3–10 .231  7–11  .389
Wake Forest2–8 .200  5–8  .385
Boston College1–7 .125  3–11  .214
† 2021 ACC Tournament winner
As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament was original scheduled to be hosted at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C..[2] However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was moved to the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina on November 24, 2020. The Capital One Arena will host the tournament in 2024.[3]

Seeds

All 15 ACC teams are scheduled to participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[4] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 9 received single byes.

Seed School Conference
Record		 Tiebreaker
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Schedule
Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 9
Opening day 1 No. 12 vs No. 13
2 No. 10 vs No. 15
3 No. 11 vs No. 14
Second round – Wednesday, March 10
4 No. 8 vs No. 9
5 No. 5 vs Winner of game 1
6 No. 7 vs Winner of game 2
7 No. 6 vs Winner of game 3
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
8 No. 1 vs Winner of game 4
9 No. 4 vs Winner of game 5
10 No. 2 vs Winner of game 6
11 No. 3 vs Winner of game 7
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
12 Winner of game 8 vs Winner of game 9
13 Winner of game 10 vs Winner of game 11
Championship – Saturday, March 13
14 Winner of game 12 vs Winner of game 13
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket
  First round
Tuesday, March 9		 Second round
Wednesday, March 10		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11		 Semifinals
Friday, March 12		 Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                               
1  
     
8
9  
   
   
4
     
5
     
12
13  
2  
     
7
     
10
15  
 
   
3
     
6
     
11
14  

Game summaries

First round
March 9
No. 12 vs. No. 13
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 9
No. 10 vs. No. 15
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 9
No. 11 vs. No. 14
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Second round
March 10
No. 8 vs. No. 9
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 10
No. 5 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 10
No. 7 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 10
No. 6 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Quarterfinals
March 11
No. 1 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 11
No. 4 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 11
No. 2 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 11
No. 3 vs.
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Semifinals
March 12
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC
March 12
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Final
March 13
Greensboro Coliseum
Greensboro, NC

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP:

All-Tournament Teams:

See also

References
  1. Wang, Gene (November 24, 2020). "The 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament will move from D.C. to Greensboro". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. "Greensboro Named 2023 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Site". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. April 28, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  3. "2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Moved to Greensboro". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  4. "New York Life ACC Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure". TheACC.com. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
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