The 2022–23 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in December 2022 and concluded March 7–11, 2023, with the 2023 ACC men's basketball tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. This was the 69th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

Head coaches

Coaching changes Mike Krzyzewski announced his retirement prior to the 2021–22 season, which he stated would be his final season. Kryzewski was head coach of Duke for forty-two years. After the season concluded, Jon Scheyer became the new head coach at Duke. Chris Mack was fired as head coach of Louisville on January 26, 2022. In March of 2022 it was announced that Kenny Payne had been hired as the new head coach.

Coaches Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA ChampionshipsBoston College Earl Grant Charleston 2 13–20 6–14 0 0 0 0Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 13 218–166 103–111 0 3 0 0Duke Jon Scheyer Duke (Associate Head Coach) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 21 417–242 186–156 1 11 0 0Georgia Tech Josh Pastner Memphis 7 94–96 47–64 1 1 0 0Louisville Kenny Payne New York Knicks (Assistant) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 12 226–141 106–96 1 5 1 0NC State Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 6 90–68 43–50 0 1 0 0North Carolina Hubert Davis North Carolina (Assistant) 2 29–10 15–5 0 1 1 0Notre Dame Mike Brey Delaware 23 472–259 222–164 1 13 0 0Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Assistant) 5 51–69 21–53 0 0 0 0Syracuse Jim Boeheim Syracuse (Assistant) 46 998–426 421–265 0 32 5 1Virginia Tony Bennett Washington State 14 316–117 162–70 2 8 1 1Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 4 54–36 11–9 1 2 0 0Wake Forest Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 3 31–26 16–22 0 0 0 0 Notes: Year at school includes 2022–23 season. Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2021–22 season. NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only. NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools.

Preseason

Recruiting classes

+ Rankings Team 247 Sports Rivals Commits Boston College 33 30 4 Clemson 32 45 4 Duke 1 1 7 Florida State 14 27 6 Georgia Tech 133 NR 2 Louisville 26 36 3 Miami 23 24 4 NC State 95 NR 1 North Carolina 17 21 3 Notre Dame 22 20 3 Pittsburgh 74 35 4 Syracuse 19 8 6 Virginia 13 17 4 Virginia Tech 28 28 4 Wake Forest 56 69 2

Notes: Rankings are up to date as of October 18, 2022. NR stands for not ranked.

Preseason watchlists

NaismithCousyWestErvingMaloneAbdul-Jabbar Dereck Lively II – DukeJeremy Roach – DukeDariq Whitehead – DukeNijel Pack – MiamiIsaiah Wong – MiamiArmando Bacot – North CarolinaR. J. Davis – North CarolinaCaleb Love – North CarolinaTerquavion Smith – NC State Jeremy Roach – DukeCaleb Love – North CarolinaKihei Clark – Virginia Tyrese Proctor – DukeIsaiah Wong – MiamiTerquavion Smith – NC StateDane Goodwin – Notre DameJoseph Girard III – Syracuse Dariq Whitehead – DukeMatthew Cleveland – Florida StateLeaky Black – North Carolina Kyle Filipowski – DukeNorchad Omier – MiamiPete Nance – North CarolinaJustyn Mutts – Virginia Tech PJ Hall – ClemsonDereck Lively II – DukeArmando Bacot – North Carolina

Preseason polls

247 Sports AP Blue RibbonYearbook CBS Sports Coaches ESPN KenPom NCAA Sports SportsIllustratedBoston College 74 Clemson 60 Duke 8 7 5 5 8 5 15 9 9Florida State 23 RV RV 65 RV Georgia Tech 117 Louisville 91 Miami RV RV RV 42 17 North Carolina 2 1 1 2 1 1 9 1 1NC State 81 Notre Dame RV 43 RV Pittsburgh 84 Syracuse RV 54 Virginia 25 18 20 16 18 18 5 29 Virginia Tech RV RV 21 Wake Forest 80

ACC Preseason Media poll

The preseason poll and preseason all-ACC teams were released on October 18, 2022.

Preseason poll

North Carolina – 1,504 (90) Duke – 1,339 (2) Virginia – 1,310 (6) Miami – 1,138 (2) Florida State – 1,064 Notre Dame – 971 Virginia Tech – 921 (1) Syracuse – 800 Wake Forest – 672 NC State – 548 Clemson – 528 Louisville – 477 Boston College – 368 Pittsburgh – 320 Georgia Tech – 260

First-place votes shown in parentheses

Preseason All-ACC teams

2021 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams First Team Second Team Armando Bacot – North Carolina Isaiah Wong – Miami Caleb Love – North Carolina Terquavion Smith – NC State Jeremy Roach – Duke Jayden Gardner – Virginia Dereck Lively II – Duke Justyn Mutts – Virginia Tech PJ Hall – Clemson R. J. Davis – North Carolina

ACC preseason player of the year

Armando Bacot – North Carolina (82) Isaiah Wong – Miami (5) Caleb Love – North Carolina (4) Jeremy Roach – Duke (3) PJ Hall – Clemson (2) R. J. Davis – North Carolina (2) Terquavion Smith – NC State (1) Hunter Cattoor – Virginia Tech (1) Dariq Whitehead – Duke (1)

ACC preseason freshman of the year

Dereck Lively II – Duke (57) Dariq Whitehead – Duke (25) Tyrese Proctor – Duke (5) Mark Mitchell – Duke (3) Tyler Nickel – North Carolina (2) Jalen Washington – North Carolina (2) JJ Starling – Notre Dame (2) Kyle Filipowski – Duke (2) Prince Aligbe – Boston College (1) Isaac McKneely – Virginia (1) Seth Trimble – North Carolina (1)

Early-season tournaments

Team Tournament Finish Boston College Paradise Jam 3rd Clemson Emerald Coast Classic 3rd Duke Phil Knight Legacy 2nd Florida State ESPN Events Invitational 8th Georgia Tech Fort Myers Tip-Off 4th Louisville Maui Invitational 8th Miami Hall of Fame Tip-Off 2nd North Carolina Phil Knight Invitational 4thNC State Battle 4 Atlantis 5thNotre Dame Gotham Classic 2–1 Pittsburgh Legends Classic 4th Syracuse Empire Classic 2nd Virginia Roman Main Event 1st Virginia Tech Charleston Classic 2nd Wake Forest Jamaica Classic 2nd Source:

Regular season

Rankings + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week     First-place votes shown in ()

  Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalBoston College AP N/AC Clemson AP RV 19 24 20 RV RV N/AC RV 19 23 19 24т RV RV Duke AP 7 7 8 17 15 12 14 17 16 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV 21 12 N/AC 8 8 10 16 15 12 14 14 14 21 RV 25 RV 24т RV RV RV 21 16 18Florida State AP RV N/AC RV Georgia Tech AP N/AC Louisville AP N/AC Miami AP RV RV RV RV RV 25 22 14 12 16 17 20 23 19 15 13 16 14 16 N/AC RV RV RV RV RV 25 22 16 12 15 16 19 21 20 13 11 15 13 15 3North Carolina AP 1 (47) 1 (44) 1 (47) 18 RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV N/AC 1 (23) 1 (22) 1 (23) 15 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NC State AP RV RV RV RV 22 23 RV RV N/AC RV RV RV 22 22 24 RV RV RV Notre Dame AP RV N/AC Pittsburgh AP RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV N/AC RV RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV Syracuse AP N/AC RV Virginia AP 18 16 5 (1) 3 (2) 3 (3) 2 (19) 6 13 11 13 10 7 6 8 7 6 13 13 14 N/AC 18 14 6 3 (1) 3 2 (12) 6 12 11 12 10 6 4 9 6 (1) 6 (1) 12 11 10 23Virginia Tech AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 RV RV N/AC RV RV RV RV 23т 20 RV RV RV Wake Forest AP RV N/AC RV

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team played 20 conference games, including at least 1 against each opponent.   Boston CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateGeorgia TechLouisvilleMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateNotre DamePittsburghSyracuseVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forestvs. Boston College – 54–62 75–5965–64 69–75 73–65 65–75 88–72 72–64 92–62 63–7072–84 77–58 79–6577–68 76–5748–63 65–70 (OT)76–82 85–6369–71vs. Clemson 62–54 – 64–72 81–8254–94 66–7951–72 70–8383–73 78–74 91–71 64–7871–96 64–87 74–75 73–91 64–57 65–6850–51 57–7787–77vs. Duke 59–7564–65 72–64 – 67–86 43–86 62–79 66–6881–59 57–6357–62 84–6067–71 64–68 69–77 55–77 69–62 (OT) 78–7565–81 81–7073–75vs. Florida State 75–69 82–8194–54 86–67 – 64–75 53–7578–81 86–6384–85 77–66 94–66 72–7371–84 64–7183–75 76–67 62–5767–58 82–60 90–75vs. Georgia Tech 65–73 79–6672–51 86–43 75–64 – 68–5867–83 70–76 75–59 78–6672–64 73–72 (OT)68–70 71–6076–68 80–6376–96 74–56 70–77 71–70vs. Louisville 75–65 83–7073–83 79–62 75–5381–78 58–6883–67 – 80–5393–85 80–59 76–64 76–62 75–5491–57 70–69 61–5860–75 71–54 80–72vs. Miami 72–88 74–78 68–6659–81 63–8685–84 76–70 53–8085–93 – 72–80 73–8083–81 (OT) 65–76 71–6876–78 78–82 64–66 83–9270–76 87–96vs. North Carolina 64–72 71–91 63–5762–57 66–77 59–75 59–80 80–72 – 69–8077–69 64–8159–63 76–7465–64 68–72 65–5863–71 80–72 79–8892–85vs. NC State 62–92 78–6496–71 60–8471–67 66–94 66–7864–72 64–67 80–7381–83 (OT) 80–6969–77 – 82–85 68–60 75–72 63–50 69–73 77–7974–90vs. Notre Dame 70–6384–72 87–64 68–64 73–7284–71 72–73 (OT)70–68 62–76 76–65 81–6463–59 85–82 – 81–88 62–6178–73 57–55 93–87 81–6466–58vs. Pittsburgh 58–77 75–74 77–69 71–6475–83 60–7168–76 54–7557–91 68–7178–76 74–7664–65 60–68 88–81 – 82–8482–99 65–68 79–72 79–81vs. Syracuse 65–7968–77 91–73 77–55 67–76 63–8096–76 69–70 82–78 72–68 72–75 61–6273–78 84–8299–82 – 73–6667–62 72–8285–70 63–72vs. Virginia 57–7663–48 57–64 62–69 (OT) 57–6258–67 56–74 58–6175–60 66–64 58–6571–63 50–63 55–57 68–65 66–7362–67 – 68–7874–68 67–76vs. Virginia Tech 70–65 (OT)82–76 68–6551–50 75–7881–65 60–82 77–70 54–71 92–8376–70 72–80 73–69 87–93 72–79 82–7270–85 78–6868–74 – 77–75vs. Wake Forest 63–8571–69 77–5777–87 70–8175–73 75–90 70–71 72–80 96–87 88–7985–92 79–7790–74 64–8158–66 81–79 72–63 76–67 75–77 –Total 9–11 14–6 14–6 7–13 6–14 2–18 15–5 11–9 12–8 3–17 14–6 10–10 15–5 8–12 10–10

Player of the week Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named one or two players of the week and one or two rookies of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference Week 1 – Nov 14 Nate Laszewski – Notre Dame Kyle Filipowski – Duke Week 2 – Nov 21 Reece Beekman – Virginia Kyle Filipowski (2) – Duke Week 3 – Nov 28 Jarkel Joiner – NC State Kyle Filipowski (3) – Duke Week 4 – Dec 5 Justyn Mutts – Virginia Tech Kyle Filipowski (4) – Duke Week 5 – Dec 12 Isaiah Wong – Miami Judah Mintz – Syracuse Week 6 – Dec 19 Armando Bacot – North Carolina Judah Mintz (2) – Syracuse Week 7 – Dec 27 Isaiah Wong (2) – Miami Cam Corhen – Florida State Blake Hinson – Pittsburgh Week 8 – Jan 2 Hunter Tyson – Clemson Judah Mintz (3) – Syracuse Jamarius Burton – Pittsburgh Week 9 – Jan 9 Armando Bacot (2) – North Carolina Mike James – Louisville Week 10 – Jan 16 Andrew Carr – Wake Forest Kyle Filipowski (5) – Duke Week 11 – Jan 23 Armando Bacot (3) – North Carolina Kyle Filipowski (6) – Duke Week 12 – Jan 30 Grant Basile – Virginia Tech Kyle Filipowski (7) – Duke Week 13 – Feb 6 Jeremy Roach – Duke Dereck Lively II – Duke Nijel Pack – Miami Week 14 – Feb 13 Tyree Appleby – Wake Forest Chas Kelly III – Boston College Judah Mintz (4) – Syracuse Week 15 – Feb 20 El Ellis – Louisville Kyle Filipowski (8) – Duke Jarkel Joiner (2) – NC State Week 16 – Feb 27 Hunter Tyson (2) – Clemson Judah Mintz (5) – Syracuse Week 17 – Mar 6 Miles Kelly – Georgia Tech Kyle Filipowski (9) – Duke

Records against other conferences 2022–23 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only. Statistics through games played on February 17, 2023.

Power 6 Conferences & GonzagaRecordAmerican1–3Big East4–5Big Ten13–12Big 122–5Pac-122–2SEC3–8Gonzaga0–0Power 7 Total25–36Other NCAA Division I conferencesRecordAmerica East1–3A-107–3ASUN8–3Big Sky0–0Big South7–0Big West0–0CAA12–1C-USA2–0Horizon League3–1Ivy League3–0MAAC1–1MAC2–0MEAC6–0MVC0–0Mountain West1–0NEC5–0OVC2–0Patriot League5–1Pacific West0–0SoCon5–0Southland0–0SWAC5–0The Summit0–0Sun Belt6–2WAC1–1WCC (not including Gonzaga)1–1Other Division I total83–17NCAA Division I total109–53NCAA Division II total2–0

Postseason

ACC tournament

The 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament was held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina, from March 7 to 11, 2023.

* – Denotes overtime period

NCAA tournament