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The ACC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the ACC tournament) is the conference championship tournament in men's basketball for the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). It has been held every year since the ACC's first basketball season concluded in 1954 (with the 2020 tournament only being partially completed due to the COVID-19 ...
The title ACC Championship Game may refer to several sporting events that are sponsored by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC Championship Game crowns the champion of the ACC football season. The championship game, or tournament final, of the ACC men's basketball tournament crowns the winner of the basketball season.
The early roots of ACC basketball began primarily thanks to two men: Everett Case and Frank McGuire.Case had been a successful high school coach in Indiana who accepted the head coaching job at North Carolina State at a time that the school's athletic department had decided to focus on competing in football on a level with Duke, then a national power in college football.
This is a list of Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball regular season champions. The ACC does not officially recognize a regular season champion and does not award a regular season champion trophy. [1] The conference's automatic NCAA berth is reserved for the ACC Tournament winner.
The ACC football champion was determined based on regular season finish from 1953 until 2004. In 2005, the conference split into two divisions, and the division winners met in the ACC Championship Game through the 2022 season. [12] The football divisions were eliminated in 2020 and after the 2022 season.
The 2023 ACC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 7 to 11, 2023. [1] It was the 70th annual edition of the tournament.
The final pitted arguably the two best teams in the country and has long been regarded by many as the greatest ACC game in history and one of the greatest college games ever. The game was instrumental in forcing the expansion of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament to 32 teams, thus allowing more than one bid from a conference.
North Carolina defeated NC State, 87–50, to win the championship. Larry Miller of North Carolina was named tournament MVP. NC State's 12–10 victory over Duke in the semifinals was the lowest-scoring game in ACC Tournament history. This was the first ACC Tournament held in Charlotte.