2020 ACC men's basketball tournament

The 2020 ACC men's basketball tournament presented by New York Life was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference and was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 10 to 11, 2020.^[1] It was the 67th annual edition of the tournament.

2020 ACC men's basketball tournament
2020 ACC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	14
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Tournament canceled
Television	ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN
ACC men's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Florida State	16	–	4		.800			26	–	5		.839
No. 16 Virginia	15	–	5		.750			23	–	7		.767
No. 14 Louisville	15	–	5		.750			24	–	7		.774
No. 11 Duke	15	–	5		.750			25	–	6		.806
Georgia Tech*	11	–	9		.550			17	–	14		.548
NC State	10	–	10		.500			20	–	12		.625
Syracuse	10	–	10		.500			18	–	14		.563
Notre Dame	10	–	10		.500			20	–	12		.625
Clemson	9	–	11		.450			16	–	15		.516
Miami (FL)	7	–	13		.350			15	–	16		.484
Boston College	7	–	13		.350			13	–	18		.419
Virginia Tech	7	–	13		.350			16	–	16		.500
Wake Forest	6	–	14		.300			13	–	18		.419
Pittsburgh	6	–	14		.300			16	–	17		.485
North Carolina	6	–	14		.300			14	–	19		.424
*Ineligible for postseason due to NCAA violations. Note: The 2020 ACC tournament was cancelled before the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rankings from AP poll

This was the first edition of the tournament to not be available free-to-air at all, as the syndicated ACC package was shut down in favor of the launch of the cable-only ACCN, which exclusively carried the first round of the tournament, with the ESPN networks carrying the remainder of the tournament.

Due to ongoing concerns with the COVID-19 pandemic, officials announced that, initially, the tournament would only be played in front of essential tournament personnel, limited school administrators and student-athlete guests, broadcast television, and credentialed media members present, starting with the quarterfinals; however, shortly before the tipoff of the quarterfinal matchup between Florida State and Clemson, the ACC announced the tournament was canceled and Florida State, the regular season champions, would receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, though that decision became moot with the NCAA Tournament's cancellation later the same day.^[2][3] Florida State was awarded the conference championship along with the trophy for the 2020 tournament.

Seeds

Fourteen of the 15 ACC teams would have participated in the tournament; the other team, Georgia Tech, was banned from postseason play, including the conference tournament, due to NCAA rules violations.^[4] Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.^[5] The top four seeds received double byes, while seeds 5 through 10 received single byes.^[6] Ultimately, the tournament being canceled shortly before the quarterfinal games were to have begun resulted in the top four seeds not playing at all.

Seed	School	Conference Record	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4
1	Florida State	16–4
2	Virginia	15–5	2–1 vs Duke/Louisville	1–1 vs Louisville	1–1 vs Florida State
3	Louisville	15–5	2–1 vs Duke/Virginia	1–1 vs Virginia	0–2 vs Florida State
4	Duke	15–5	0–2 vs Louisville/Virginia
5	NC State	10–10	2–0 vs Notre Dame/Syracuse
6	Syracuse	10–10	1–2 vs NC State/Notre Dame	1–1 vs Notre Dame	0–1 vs Florida State	1–3 vs Virginia/Louisville/Duke
7	Notre Dame	10–10	1–2 vs NC State/Syracuse	1–1 vs Syracuse	0–2 vs Florida State	0–3 vs Virginia/Louisville/Duke
8	Clemson	9–11
9	Miami	7–13	3–0 vs Boston College/Virginia Tech
10	Boston College	7–13	2–1 vs Miami/Virginia Tech
11	Virginia Tech	7–13	0–4 vs Miami/Boston College
12	Wake Forest	6–14	2–1 vs North Carolina/Pittsburgh	1–0 vs Pittsburgh
13	Pittsburgh	6–14	2–1 vs North Carolina/Wake Forest	0–1 vs Wake Forest
14	North Carolina	6–14	1–3 vs Pittsburgh/Wake Forest

Schedule

Session	Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 10
Opening day	1	4:30 pm	No. 12 Wake Forest vs No. 13 Pittsburgh	72–81	ACCN	13,310
	2	7:00 pm	No. 11 Virginia Tech vs No. 14 North Carolina	56–78
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
1	3	12:00 pm	No. 8 Clemson vs No. 9 Miami	69–64	ESPN	n/a
	4	2:00 pm*	No. 5 NC State vs No. 13 Pittsburgh	73–58
2	5	7:00 pm	No. 7 Notre Dame vs No. 10 Boston College	80–58	ESPN2	20,809
	6	9:00 pm*	No. 6 Syracuse vs No. 14 North Carolina	81–53
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
3	7	12:30 pm	No. 1 Florida State vs No. 8 Clemson	canceled	ESPN
	8	2:30 pm*	No. 4 Duke vs No. 5 NC State
4	9	7:00 pm	No. 2 Virginia vs No. 7 Notre Dame
	10	9:00 pm*	No. 3 Louisville vs No. 6 Syracuse
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
5	11	7:00 pm	Florida State/Clemson vs Duke/NC State	canceled	ESPN
	12	9:00 pm*	Virginia/Notre Dame vs Louisville/Syracuse
Championship – Saturday, March 14
6	13	8:30 pm	Winner of game 11 vs Winner of game 12	canceled	ESPN
*Denotes approximate time. Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 10 ACCN					Second round Wednesday, March 11 ESPN/ESPN2					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 ESPN					Semifinals Friday, March 13 ESPN					Championship Saturday, March 14 ESPN
											1	Florida State
						8	Clemson	69			8	Clemson
						9	Miami	64								Canceled due to
																COVID-19 pandemic
											4	Duke
						5	NC State	73			5	NC State
	12	Wake Forest	72			13	Pittsburgh	58													Canceled due to
	13	Pittsburgh	81																		COVID-19 pandemic
											2	Virginia
						7	Notre Dame	80			7	Notre Dame
						10	Boston College	58								Canceled due to
																COVID-19 pandemic
											3	Louisville
						6	Syracuse	81			6	Syracuse
	11	Virginia Tech	56			14	North Carolina	53
	14	North Carolina	78

Game summaries

First round

ACCN

March 10 4:30 p.m.

Report

No. 12 Wake Forest 72, No. 13 Pittsburgh 81
Scoring by half: 41–40, 31–41
Pts: Sarr (20) Rebs: Sarr (13) Asts: Neath (6)		Pts: Champagnie (31) Rebs: Coulibaly (7) Asts: Johnson (8)

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 13,310 Referees: Tony Henderson, Jerry Heater, Lee Cassell

ACCN

March 10 7:00 p.m.

Report

No. 11 Virginia Tech 56, No. 14 North Carolina 78
Scoring by half: 26–32, 30–46
Pts: Cattoor (14) Rebs: Ojiako (7) Asts: Bede (5)		Pts: Brooks (20) Rebs: Bacot (11) Asts: Anthony/Black (4)

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 13,310 Referees: Mark Schnur, Raymond Styons, Burt Smith

Second round

ESPN

March 11 12:00 p.m.

Report

No. 8 Clemson 69, No. 9 Miami 64
Scoring by half: 21–23, 48–41
Pts: Dawes (18) Rebs: Simms (10) Asts: Simms (4)		Pts: Lykes (21) Rebs: Waardenburg (8) Asts: Wong (3)

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Ron Groover, Brian Dorsey, Mark Schnur

ESPN

March 11 2:00 p.m.

Report

No. 5 NC State 73, No. 13 Pittsburgh 58
Scoring by half: 35–32, 38–26
Pts: Daniels (23) Rebs: Bryce (10) Asts: Johnson (11)		Pts: Johnson (15) Rebs: Hamilton (9) Asts: McGowens (3)

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Referees: Roger Ayers, Jamie Luckie, Clarence Armstrong

ESPN2

March 11 7:00 p.m.

Report

No. 7 Notre Dame 80, No. 10 Boston College 58
Scoring by half: 36–21, 44–37
Pts: Gibbs (16) Rebs: Mooney (11) Asts: Hubb (9)		Pts: Mitchell (20) Rebs: Mitchell (13) Asts: Heath (4)

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 20,809 Referees: Mike Eades, Tony Henderson, Jerry Heater

ESPN2

March 11 9:00 p.m.

Report

No. 6 Syracuse 81, No. 14 North Carolina 53
Scoring by half: 43–22, 38–31
Pts: Hughes (27) Rebs: Sidibe (13) Asts: Girard III (8)		Pts: Brooks (18) Rebs: Bacot (7) Asts: Bacot/Anthony (3)

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Attendance: 20,809 Referees: Ted Valentine, Bill Covington, AJ Desai

Quarterfinals

ESPN

March 12 12:30 p.m.

Not played

No. 1 Florida State vs. No. 8 Clemson Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

ESPN

March 12 2:30 p.m.

Not played

No. 4 Duke vs. No. 5 NC State Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

ESPN

March 12 7:00 p.m.

Not played

No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 7 Notre Dame Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

ESPN

March 12 9:00 p.m.

Not played

No. 3 Louisville vs. No. 6 Syracuse Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

Semifinals

ESPN

March 13 7:00 p.m.

Not played

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

ESPN

March 13 9:00 p.m.

Not played

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

Final

ESPN

March 14 8:30 p.m.

Not played

Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: not awarded

All-Tournament Teams: not awarded

First Team not awarded

Second Team not awarded

See also

• Basketball portal

• 2020 ACC women's basketball tournament