The 2026 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 10–14, 2026. It was the seventy-third edition of the tournament and fifteenth edition held in Charlotte. The tournament was sponsored by T. Rowe Price.

The Duke Blue Devils were the reigning tournament champions. Duke repeated as champions, receiving the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Seeding and qualification

Fifteen of the eighteen ACC men's basketball participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConference RecordTiebreakers 1 Duke 17–1 2 Virginia 15–3 3 Miami (FL) 13–5 4 North Carolina 12–6 1–0 vs. Clemson 5 Clemson 12–6 0–1 vs. North Carolina 6 Louisville 11–7 7 NC State 10–8 1–0 vs. Florida State 8 Florida State 10–8 0–1 vs. NC State 9 California 9–9 2–0 vs. Stanford 10 Stanford 9–9 0–2 vs. California 11 SMU 8–10 1–0 vs. Virginia Tech 12 Virginia Tech 8–10 0–1 vs. SMU 13 Wake Forest 7–11 14 Syracuse 6–12 15 Pittsburgh 5–13 DNQ Notre Dame 4–14 1–0 vs. NC State DNQ Boston College 4–14 0–1 vs. NC State DNQ Georgia Tech 2–16

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Tuesday, March 10Openingday 1 2:00 p.m. No. 10 Stanford vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh 63–64ACCN6,593 2 4:30 p.m. No. 11 SMU vs. No. 14 Syracuse 86–69 3 7:00 p.m. No. 12 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Wake Forest 89–95OTSecond round – Wednesday, March 11 1 4 Noon No. 7 NC State vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh 98–88 ESPN2 8,116 5 2:45 p.m. No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 SMU 62–58ESPN 2 6 7:00 p.m. No. 8 Florida State vs. No. 9 California 95–89 ESPN2 9,620 7 9:30 p.m. No. 5 Clemson vs. No. 13 Wake Forest 71–62Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 3 8 Noon No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 7 NC State 81–74 ESPN2 11,722 9 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Miami (FL) vs. No. 6 Louisville 78–73 4 10 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 8 Florida State 80–79 ESPN 17,627 11 9:30 p.m. No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 5 Clemson 79–80Semifinals – Friday, March 13 5 12 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Virginia vs. No. 3 Miami (FL) 84–62 ESPN2 17,711 13 9:30 p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Clemson 73–61Championship – Saturday, March 14 6 14 8:30 p.m. No. 1 Duke vs. No. 2 Virginia 74–70 ESPN 17,781Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket

Game Summaries

First Round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Awards and honors 2026 ACC Men's Basketball All-Tournament Teams First Team Second TeamCameron Boozer – Duke Isaiah Evans – Duke Sam Lewis – Virginia Robert McCray V – Florida State Ugonna Onyenso – VirginiaCayden Boozer – Duke Lajae Jones – Florida State Henri Veesaar – North Carolina Malik Thomas – Virginia Thijs De Ridder – Virginia

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