The 2025 ACC men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, from March 11–15, 2025. It was the seventy-second edition of the tournament, and fourteenth edition held in Charlotte. The tournament was sponsored by T. Rowe Price.
Only the top 15 schools were invited to participate in the tournament. This was the first ACC men's basketball tournament in which all ACC teams were not invited to the tournament (barring suspensions). The NC State Wolfpack were the defending tournament champions, but failed to qualify for this year's tournament. First seed Duke went on to win the tournament, defeating second seed Louisville in the championship game. The title was the twenty-third overall for the Duke men's basketball program, and second in the last three years. As tournament champions, Duke received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeding and qualification
Fifteen of the eighteen ACC men's basketball teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. If three or more teams finished the season tied, the combined record in conference games between the tied teams involved would be compiled. Ties were broken and seeds assigned based on the winning percentage of the combined conference records. The higher winning percentage prevailed, even if the number of games played against the team or group was unequal. The second tiebreaker was record against the team occupying the highest position in the standings and then continuing down the standings until one team gained an advantage.
SeedSchoolConferencerecordTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2 1 Duke 19–1 2 Louisville 18–2 1–0 vs. Clemson 3 Clemson 18–2 0–1 vs. Louisville 4 Wake Forest 13–7 2–0 vs. UNC/SMU 5 North Carolina 13–7 1–1 vs. WF/SMU 6 SMU 13–7 0–2 vs. WF/UNC 7 Stanford 11–9 8 Georgia Tech 10–10 9 Virginia 8–12 3–2 vs. VT/FSU/ND/Pitt 2–1 vs. UNC/SMU/WAKE 10 Virginia Tech 8–12 3–2 vs. UVA/FSU/ND/Pitt 0–3 vs. UNC/SMU/WAKE 11 Florida State 8–12 2–2 vs. UVA/VT/ND/Pitt 2–1 vs. UNC/SMU/WAKE 12 Notre Dame 8–12 2–2 vs. UVA/VT/FSU/Pitt 0–3 vs. UNC/SMU/WAKE 13 Pittsburgh 8–12 1–3 vs. UVA/VT/FSU/ND 14 Syracuse 7–13 15 California 6–14 DNQ NC State 5–15 DNQ Boston College 4–16 DNQ Miami (FL) 3–17
Schedule
SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 11 Openingday 1 2:00p.m. No. 12 Notre Dame vs. No. 13 Pittsburgh 55–54 ACCN 5,136 2 4:30p.m. No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 15 California 73–82 3 7:45p.m. No. 11 Florida State vs. No. 14 Syracuse 62–66Second round – Wednesday, March 12 1 4 12:00p.m. No. 8 Georgia Tech vs. No. 9 Virginia 66–60 ESPN29,722 5 2:30p.m. No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Notre Dame 76–56 ESPN 2 6 7:00p.m. No. 7 Stanford vs. No. 15 California 78–73 ESPN2 6,620 7 9:30p.m. No. 6 SMU vs. No. 14 Syracuse 73–53 ESPNUQuarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 3 8 12:00p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 8 Georgia Tech 78–70 ESPN 14,116 9 2:30p.m. No. 4 Wake Forest vs. No. 5 North Carolina 59–68 4 10 7:00p.m. No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 7 Stanford 75–73 ESPN2 10,627 11 9:30p.m. No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 6 SMU 57–54Semifinals – Friday, March 14 5 12 7:00p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 North Carolina 74–71 ESPN 18,116 13 9:30p.m. No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 3 Clemson 76–73Championship – Saturday, March 15 6 14 8:30p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Louisville 73–62 ESPN 15,322Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
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Game summaries First round
Second round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Awards and honors 2025 ACC Men's Basketball All-Tournament Teams First Team Second Team Terrence Edwards Jr. – Louisville Chucky Hepburn – Louisville Kon Knueppel – Duke Khaman Maluach – Duke Andrej Stojaković – California Chase Hunter – Clemson Ven-Allen Lubin – North Carolina Duncan Powell – Georgia Tech Tyrese Proctor – Duke Ian Schieffelin – Clemson
See also 2025 ACC women's basketball tournament
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