2021_ACC_Men's_Basketball_Tournament
2021 ACC men's basketball tournament
American college basketball competition
The 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament (officially the 2021 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament Presented by New York Life) was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 9 to 13, 2021.[1] It was the 68th annual edition of the tournament.
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| 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament | |
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 2021 ACC Tournament logo | |
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2020–21 |
| Teams | 15 |
| Site | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Champions | Georgia Tech (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Josh Pastner (1st title) |
| MVP | Michael Devoe (Georgia Tech) |
| Television | ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Virginia | 13 | – | 4 | .765 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Florida State | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Virginia Tech | 9 | – | 4 | .692 | 15 | – | 7 | .682 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech † | 11 | – | 6 | .647 | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 8 | – | 5 | .615 | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 9 | – | 8 | .529 | 14 | – | 11 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 12 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 4 | – | 15 | .211 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 6 | – | 16 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 2 | – | 11 | .154 | 4 | – | 16 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2021 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference basketball tournament was originally 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. Capital One Arena will host the tournament in 2024.[3]
Virginia and Duke elected to withdraw from the tournament due to some of their players testing positive for COVID-19.
The tournament final was the second-ever ACC championship game, and the first since Georgia Tech beat Virginia in 1990, to feature no teams from the state of North Carolina.
All 15 ACC teams were 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.[5]
More information Seed, School ...
| Seed | School | Conference Record |
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| 1 | Virginia | 13–4 | |
| 2 | Florida State | 11–4 | |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 9–4 | |
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 11–6 | |
| 5 | Clemson | 10–6 | 1–0 vs. North Carolina |
| 6 | North Carolina | 10–6 | 0–1 vs. Clemson |
| 7 | Louisville | 8–5 | |
| 8 | Syracuse | 9–7 | |
| 9 | NC State | 9–8 | |
| 10 | Duke | 9–9 | |
| 11 | Notre Dame | 7–11 | |
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 6–10 | |
| 13 | Miami | 4–15 | |
| 14 | Wake Forest | 3–15 | |
| 15 | Boston College | 2–11 |
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More information Session, Game ...
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
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| First round – Tuesday, March 9 | ||||||
| Opening day | 1 | 2:00 pm | No. 12 Pittsburgh vs. No. 13 Miami | 73–79 | ACCN | 2,820 |
| 2 | 4:30 pm | No. 10 Duke vs. No. 15 Boston College | 86–51 | |||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 11 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Wake Forest | 80–77 | |||
| Second round – Wednesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 1 | 4 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 9 NC State | 89–68 | ACCN | 2,820 |
| 5 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 13 Miami | 64–67 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Duke | 56–70 | 2,820 | |
| 7 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Notre Dame | 101–59 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11 | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 8 Syracuse | 72–69 | ESPN2 | 2,820 |
| 9 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Georgia Tech vs. No. 13 Miami | 70–66 | |||
| 4 | 10 | 6:30 pm | No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 10 Duke | Cancelled[upper-alpha 1] | ESPN | 2,820 |
| 11 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Virginia Tech vs. No. 6 North Carolina | 73-81 | |||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 12 | ||||||
| 5 | 12 | 6:30 pm | No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech | Cancelled[upper-alpha 2] | ESPN2 | 2,820 |
| 13 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 6 North Carolina | 69–66 | ESPN | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 13 | ||||||
| 6 | 14 | 8:30pm | No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech | 75–80 | ESPN | 2,820 |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
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| First round Tuesday, March 9 ACCN | Second round Wednesday, March 10 ACCN | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 ESPN/ESPN2 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 ESPN | Championship Saturday, March 13 ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | #16 Virginia | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Syracuse | 89 | 8 | Syracuse | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | NC State | 68 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Georgia Tech | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Georgia Tech | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Clemson | 64 | 13 | Miami | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Pittsburgh | 73 | 13 | Miami | 67 | 4 | Georgia Tech | 80 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | Miami | 79 | 2 | #15 Florida State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | #15 Florida State | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Louisville | 56 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Duke | 86 | 10 | Duke | 70 | 2 | #15 Florida State | 69 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | Boston College | 51 | 6 | North Carolina | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | #22 Virginia Tech | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | North Carolina | 101 | 6 | North Carolina | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Notre Dame | 80 | 11 | Notre Dame | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Wake Forest | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First round
March 9 2:00 p.m. |
| No. 12 Pittsburgh 73, No. 13 Miami 79 | ||
| Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–39 | ||
| Pts: Odukale (28) Rebs: Champagnie (10) Asts: Horton/Odukale (3) |
Pts: Wong (20) Rebs: Walker (9) Asts: McGusty/Walker (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Jamie Luckie AJ Desai Mark Schnur |
ACCN |
March 9 4:30 p.m. |
| No. 10 Duke 86, No. 15 Boston College 51 | ||
| Scoring by half: 41–27, 45–24 | ||
| Pts: Steward (17) Rebs: Hurt (7) Asts: Roach (5) |
Pts: Ashton-Langford (9) Rebs: Felder/Heath/Karnik (5) Asts: Ashton-Langford (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Brian Dorsey Clarence Armstrong Jeff Pon |
Second round
ACCN |
March 10 12:00 p.m. |
| No. 8 Syracuse 89, No. 9 NC State 68 | ||
| Scoring by half: 43–38, 46–30 | ||
| Pts: Boeheim (27) Rebs: Griffin/Edwards (8) Asts: Boeheim/Griffin (5) |
Pts: Funderburk (14) Rebs: Seabron (8) Asts: Beverly (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Ron Groover Bill Covington Jr. Mark Schnur |
ACCN |
March 10 2:30 p.m. |
| No. 5 Clemson 64, No. 13 Miami 67 | ||
| Scoring by half: 36–32, 28–35 | ||
| Pts: Simms (17) Rebs: Simms (8) Asts: Simms (4) |
Pts: Wong (20) Rebs: Wong (7) Asts: McGusty (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Bert Smith Tony Henderson Jerry Heater |
ACCN |
March 10 6:30 p.m. |
| No. 7 Louisville 56, No. 10 Duke 70 | ||
| Scoring by half: 29–30, 27–40 | ||
| Pts: Johnson (14) Rebs: Johnson (11) Asts: Jones (3) |
Pts: Williams (23) Rebs: Williams (19) Asts: Moore (5) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Roger Ayers Jamie Luckie Tommy Morissey |
ACCN |
March 10 9:00 p.m. |
| No. 6 North Carolina 101, No. 11 Notre Dame 59 | ||
| Scoring by half: 50–36, 51–23 | ||
| Pts: Bacot (20) Rebs: Bacot (13) Asts: Love/Sharpe (6) |
Pts: Hubb/Laszewski (13) Rebs: Durham (6) Asts: Hubb (3) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Ted Valentine A.J. Desai Justin Porterfield |
Quarterfinals
ESPN2 |
March 11 12:00 p.m. |
| No. 1 Virginia 72, No. 8 Syracuse 69 | ||
| Scoring by half: 36–39, 36–30 | ||
| Pts: Hauser (21) Rebs: Huff (12) Asts: Clark (6) |
Pts: Boeheim (31) Rebs: Guerrier (10) Asts: Girard/Dolezaj (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Bert Smith Jamie Luckie Tony Henderson |
ESPN2 |
March 11 2:30 p.m. |
| No. 4 Georgia Tech 70, No. 13 Miami 66 | ||
| Scoring by half: 29–33, 41–33 | ||
| Pts: Usher (15) Rebs: Wright (6) Asts: Devoe (7) |
Pts: McGusty (25) Rebs: McGusty (7) Asts: Wong (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Roger Ayers Clarence Armstrong Tommy Morrissey |
ESPN |
March 11 6:30 p.m. |
| No. 2 Florida State vs. No. 10 Duke | ||
| Florida State advanced due to positive COVID test at Duke which led to the team withdrawing from the tournament[8] |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
ESPN |
March 11 9:00 p.m. |
| No. 3 Virginia Tech 73, No. 6 North Carolina 81 | ||
| Scoring by half: 35–32, 38–49 | ||
| Pts: Mutts (24) Rebs: Aluma/Mutts (8) Asts: Bede (7) |
Pts: Davis (19) Rebs: Bacot (13) Asts: Black/Harris (3) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Ron Groover Lee Cassell Brian Dorsey |
Semifinals
ESPN2 |
March 12 6:30 p.m. |
| No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech | ||
| Georgia Tech advanced due to positive COVID test at Virginia which led to the team withdrawing from the tournament[9] |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC |
ESPN |
March 12 8:30 p.m. |
| No. 2 Florida State 69, No. 6 North Carolina 66 | ||
| Scoring by half: 35-24, 34-42 | ||
| Pts: Koprivica (17) Rebs: Koprivica (11) Asts: Barnes (4) |
Pts: Love (13) Rebs: Brooks (8) Asts: Harris/Davis (2) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Bert Smith, Roger Ayers, Clarence Armstrong |
Final
ESPN |
March 13 8:30 p.m. |
| No. 4 Georgia Tech 80, No. 2 Florida State 75 | ||
| Scoring by half: 31–30, 49–45 | ||
| Pts: Devoe (20) Rebs: Wright (8) Asts: Alvarado/Devoe/Usher (3) |
Pts: Barnes (21) Rebs: Koprivica (10) Asts: Polite (4) | |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 2,820 Referees: Ron Groover Bill Covington Jr. Ted Valentine |
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Tournament MVP: Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech
All-Tournament Teams:
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- Duke withdrew from the ACC tournament after a player tested positive for COVID-19, which led to the game being cancelled, and Florida State advancing in the tournament.[6]
- Virginia withdrew from the ACC tournament after a player tested positive for COVID-19, which led to the game being cancelled, and Georgia Tech advancing in the tournament.[7]
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