2010 ACC men's basketball tournament

2010 ACC men's basketball tournament
2010 ACC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
Champions	Duke (18th title)
Winning coach	Mike Krzyzewski (12th title)
MVP	Kyle Singler (Duke)
Television	ESPN/Raycom Sports
ACC men's basketball tournaments

The 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 11 to March 14 at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.

This tournament was notable for the high number of upsets, with the higher seed winning only twice in the first two rounds, and the 11 and 12 seeds progressing to the semifinals. The championship game matched Duke against Georgia Tech. It was the third time a team has played 4 games (NC State in 1997 and 2007). Duke won the championship game, 65–61, to win its 9th ACC championship in 12 years. Duke went on to win the national championship.

Seeding

2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Duke †	13	–	3		.813			35	–	5		.875
No. 20 Maryland	13	–	3		.813			24	–	9		.727
Florida State	10	–	6		.625			22	–	10		.688
Virginia Tech	10	–	6		.625			25	–	9		.735
Wake Forest	9	–	7		.563			20	–	10		.667
Clemson	9	–	7		.563			21	–	11		.656
Georgia Tech	7	–	9		.438			23	–	13		.639
Boston College	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Virginia	5	–	11		.313			15	–	16		.484
North Carolina	5	–	11		.313			20	–	17		.541
NC State	5	–	11		.313			20	–	16		.556
Miami (FL)	4	–	12		.250			20	–	13		.606
† 2010 ACC tournament winner As of March 19, 2010 Rankings from AP Poll

Teams are seeded based on the final regular season standings, with ties broken under an ACC policy.^[1]

2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Duke	13-3	26-5	3-0 vs. WF and CLEM
#2	Maryland	13-3	23-7	1-2 vs. WF and CLEM
#3	Florida State	10-6	22-8	1-0 vs. VT
#4	Virginia Tech	10-6	23-7	0-1 vs. FSU
#5	Wake Forest	9-7	19-9	1-0 vs. CLEM
#6	Clemson	9-7	21-9	0-1 vs. WF
#7	Georgia Tech	7-9	19-11
#8	Boston College	6-10	15-15
#9	Virginia	5-11	14-15	2-0 vs. UNC and NCSU
#10	North Carolina	5-11	16-15	2-1 vs. UVA and NCSU
#11	NC State	5-11	17-14	0-3 vs. UVA and UNC
#12	Miami	4-12	18-12

Bracket

	First round Thursday, March 11, 2010					Quarterfinals Friday, March 12, 2010					Semifinals Saturday, March 13, 2010					Championship Game Sunday, March 14, 2010
						1	#4 Duke	57
						9	Virginia	46
	8	Boston College	62
	9	Virginia	68
											1	#4 Duke	77
											12	Miami	74
						4	Virginia Tech	65
						12	Miami	70
	5	Wake Forest	62
	12	Miami	83
																1	#4 Duke	65
																7	Georgia Tech	61
						2	#19 Maryland	64
						7	Georgia Tech	69
	7	Georgia Tech	62
	10	North Carolina	58
											7	Georgia Tech	57
											11	NC State	54
						3	Florida State	52
						11	NC State	58
	6	Clemson	57
	11	NC State	59

AP Rankings at time of tournament

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Local radio

Date	Teams	Flagship station	Play-by-play announcer	Color analyst(s)
2010	Duke	WDNC	Bob Harris	John Roth

References

1. "ACC Basketball Tournament Seeding Procedures". TheACC.com. February 26, 2007. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved March 13, 2009.