2022 ACC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2022
Conference:ACC
Gender:Men's
Teams:15
Arena:Barclays Center
City:Brooklyn, New York
Champions:Virginia Tech
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Mike Young
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Hunter Cattoor
Mvpteam:Virginia Tech
Television:ESPN, ESPN2, ACCN

The 2022 ACC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the 2021–22 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season. It was held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, during March 8–12, 2022.[1] The 2022 tournament was the 69th annual edition of the tournament. The Virginia Tech Hokies won the tournament, their first ACC Tournament title and only their second conference tournament title in program history, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament. The Hokies were the second ACC champion to win four tournament games to secure the title and were the lowest overall seed to win the title,[2] until NC State won the 2024 tournament as a 10-seed two years later.

Seeds

All 15 ACC teams participate in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams that finished with identical conference records.[3] Duke secured the regular season title and the first overall seed. Notre Dame, North Carolina, and Miami were the other teams to secure double-byes.[4]

SeedSchoolConference
Record
Tiebreaker
1Duke‡†16–4
2Notre Dame15–51–0 vs. UNC
3North Carolina15–50–1 vs. ND
4Miami14–6
5Wake Forest13–7
6Virginia12–8
7Virginia Tech11–9
8Florida State10–10
9Syracuse9–11
10Clemson8–12
11Louisville6–142–1 vs. BC/PITT
12Pittsburgh6–142–2 vs. BC/LOU
13Boston College6–141–2 vs. LOU/PITT
14Georgia Tech5–15
15NC State4–16
‡ – ACC Regular Season Champions.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
First round – Tuesday, March 8
Opening Day12:00 pmNo. 12 Pittsburgh vs. No. 13 Boston College46–66ACCN6,222
24:30 pmNo. 10 Clemson vs. No. 15 NC State70–64
37:00 pmNo. 11 Louisville vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech84–74
Second round – Wednesday, March 9
1412:00 pmNo. 8 Florida State vs. No. 9 Syracuse57–96ESPN
52:30 pmNo. 5 Wake Forest vs. No. 13 Boston College77–82 (OT)
267:00 pmNo. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 10 Clemson76–75 (OT)ESPN28,174
79:30 pmNo. 6 Virginia vs. No. 11 Louisville51–50
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10
3812:00 pmNo. 1 Duke vs. No. 9 Syracuse88–79ESPN11,511
92:30 pmNo. 4 Miami vs. No. 13 Boston College71–69 (OT)ESPN2
4107:00 pmNo. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech80–8715,994
119:30 pmNo. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 6 Virginia63–43ESPN
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
5127:00 pmNo. 1 Duke vs. No. 4 Miami80–76ESPN15,994
139:30 pmNo. 7 Virginia Tech vs. No. 3 North Carolina72–59
Championship – Saturday, March 12
6148:30 pmNo. 1 Duke vs. No. 7 Virginia Tech67–82ESPN 17,764
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Game summaries

Final

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Hunter Cattoor, Virginia Tech

All-Tournament Teams:[5]

First Team

Second Team

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 New York Life Men's ACC Tournament. TheACC.com. January 18, 2022.
  2. Web site: 7th-seed Virginia Tech upsets Duke, Coach K for ACC title. ESPN. Associated Press. March 12, 2022. March 28, 2022.
  3. Web site: New York Life ACC Tournament Tiebreaker and Seedings Procedure. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 7, 2022.
  4. Web site: Seeds, Brackets Announced for 2022 New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 5, 2022. March 7, 2022.
  5. Web site: Postgame Notes DUKE VT - Atlantic Coast Conference. theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. March 12, 2022. March 22, 2022.