2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and 2007). Duke won the championship game, 65–61, to win its 9th ACC championship in 12 years. Duke went on to win the national championship.

Seeding

2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#3 Duke †	13	–	3	.813	35	–	5	.875
#20 Maryland	13	–	3	.813	24	–	9	.727
Florida State	10	–	6	.625	22	–	10	.688
Virginia Tech	10	–	6	.625	25	–	9	.735
Wake Forest	9	–	7	.563	20	–	10	.667
Clemson	9	–	7	.563	21	–	11	.656
Georgia Tech	7	–	9	.438	23	–	13	.639
Boston College	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Virginia	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	5	–	11	.313	20	–	17	.541
NC State	5	–	11	.313	20	–	16	.556
Miami (FL)	4	–	12	.250	20	–	13	.606

† ACC Tournament winner As of March 19, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

Teams are seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an ACC policy.^[1]

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
#1	Duke	13-3	26-5	3-0 vs. WF and CLEM
#2	Maryland	13-3	23-7	1-2 vs. WF and CLEM
#3	Florida State	10-6	22-8	1-0 vs. VT
#4	Virginia Tech	10-6	23-7	0-1 vs. FSU
#5	Wake Forest	9-7	19-9	1-0 vs. CLEM
#6	Clemson	9-7	21-9	0-1 vs. WF
#7	Georgia Tech	7-9	19-11
#8	Boston College	6-10	15-15
#9	Virginia	5-11	14-15	2-0 vs. UNC and NCSU
#10	North Carolina	5-11	16-15	2-1 vs. UVA and NCSU
#11	NC State	5-11	17-14	0-3 vs. UVA and UNC
#12	Miami	4-12	18-12

Bracket

First Round Thursday, March 11, 2010			Quarterfinals Friday, March 12, 2010			Semifinals Saturday, March 13, 2010			Championship Game Sunday, March 14, 2010


			1	#4 Duke	57

			9	Virginia	46
8	Boston College	62

9	Virginia	68
						1	#4 Duke	77

						12	Miami	74



			4	Virginia Tech	65

			12	Miami	70
5	Wake Forest	62

12	Miami	83
									1	#4 Duke	65

									7	Georgia Tech	61



			2	#19 Maryland	64

			7	Georgia Tech	69
7	Georgia Tech	62

10	North Carolina	58
						7	Georgia Tech	57

						11	NC State	54



			3	Florida State	52

			11	NC State	58
6	Clemson	57

11	NC State	59

AP Rankings at time of tournament

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Local Radio

Date	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
2010	Duke	WDNC	Bob Harris	John Roth

References

↑ "ACC Basketball Tournament Seeding Procedures". TheACC.com. February 26, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2009.

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