2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ACC Network, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Learfield Sports
Regular Season
First place	North Carolina
Season MVP	Tyler Zeller, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
Champions	Florida State

2011–12 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 North Carolina	14	–	2		.875			32	–	6		.842
No. 14 Duke	13	–	3		.813			27	–	7		.794
No. 15 Florida State†	12	–	4		.750			25	–	10		.714
Virginia	9	–	7		.563			22	–	10		.688
No. 20 NC State	9	–	7		.563			24	–	13		.649
Miami (FL)	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
Clemson	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Maryland	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Virginia Tech	4	–	12		.250			16	–	17		.485
Wake Forest	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Georgia Tech	4	–	12		.250			11	–	20		.355
Boston College	4	–	12		.250			9	–	22		.290
† 2012 ACC tournament winner As of April 3, 2012 Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2011–12 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season is the 59th season for the league.

Preseason

The conference hosted its 50th annual media event, "Operation Basketball", on October 19 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[1] At this event, the ACC media votes on how they believe each team will finish in the conference, the preseason All-ACC team, the preseason Player of the Year, and the preseason Rookie of the Year.

Preseason Poll^[2]

1. North Carolina (57 first place votes)
2. Duke (2)
3. Florida State
4. Virginia
5. Miami
6. Virginia Tech
7. Clemson
8. NC State
9. Maryland
10. Georgia Tech
11. Wake Forest
12. Boston College

Preseason All-ACC^[2]

• Harrison Barnes (59 votes)– North Carolina
• John Henson (47)– North Carolina
• Tyler Zeller (46)– North Carolina
• Malcolm Grant (32)– Miami
• Mike Scott (20t)– Virginia
• Seth Curry (20t)– Duke

Preseason Player of the Year^[2]

• Harrison Barnes (57)- North Carolina
• John Henson (2)- North Carolina

Preseason Rookie of the Year^[2]

• Austin Rivers (57)– Duke
• James Michael McAdoo (1)- North Carolina
• Nick Faust (1)- Maryland

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Boston College	AP
	C
Clemson	AP
	C
Duke	AP	6	6	6	3	7	7	7	7	5	8	4	8	7	10	5	5	4	6	8
	C	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	5	3	6	4	6	5	9	4	4	3	6	5
Florida State	AP	RV	25	22	RV	RV						RV	23	21	15	20	15	22	17	10
	C	RV	24	20	RV								RV	24	17	21	16	22	17	15
Georgia Tech	AP
	C
Maryland	AP
	C
Miami	AP
	C
North Carolina	AP	1	1	1	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	8	7	5	5	8	7	6	4	4
	C	1	1	1	5	6	6	6	6	4	3	8	8	6	5	7	7	6	4	5
NC State	AP
	C
Virginia	AP					RV	RV	24	23	21	16	15	19	16	19	22	RV	24	RV
	C					RV	RV	RV	24	23	17	17	21	18	20	22	RV	RV	RV
Virginia Tech	AP				RV
	C
Wake Forest	AP
	C

Conference schedules

Composite matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. (x) indicates games remaining this season.

	Boston College	Clemson	Duke	Florida State	Georgia Tech	Maryland	Miami	North Carolina	NC State	Virginia	Virginia Tech	Wake Forest
vs. Boston College	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Clemson	1–0	–	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2
vs. Duke	0–1	0–1	–	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2
vs. Florida State	1–0	1–1	1–1	–	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1
vs. Georgia Tech	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	–	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
vs. Maryland	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Miami	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	–	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. North Carolina	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1
vs. NC State	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	–	1–0	0–1	0–2
vs. Virginia	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	–	1–1	0–1
vs. Virginia Tech	1–1	1-1	2–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	–	1–0
vs. Wake Forest	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	–
Total	4–12	8–8	13–3	12–4	4–12	6–10	9–7	14–2	9–7	9–7	4–12	4–12

Boston College

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 2:30 pm, Raycom		at No. 3 North Carolina	L 60–83	0–1 (5–10)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 12 7:00 pm, ESPN2		Clemson	W 59–57	1–1 (6–10)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 14 3:00 pm, NESN		Virginia Tech	W 61–59	2–1 (7–10)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 19 8:00 pm, Raycom		at NC State	L 62–76	2–2 (7–11)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 21 12:00 pm, Raycom		Wake Forest	L 56–71	2–3 (7–12)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 26 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 19 Virginia	L 49–66	2–4 (7–13)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 29 1:00 pm, Raycom		Miami (FL)	L 54–76	2–5 (7–14)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 1 8:00 pm, Raycom		NC State	L 51–56	2–6 (7–15)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 4 1:00 pm, ESPNU		at Georgia Tech	L 47–51	2–7 (7–16)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
February 8 7:00 pm, ESPN3		No. 15 Florida State	W 64–60	3–7 (8–16)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 12 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at Virginia Tech	L 65–66	3–8 (8–17)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 16 9:00 pm, Raycom		at Maryland	L 65–81	3–9 (8–18)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 19 6:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 5 Duke	L 50–75	3–10 (8–19)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 25 1:00 pm, NESN		at Wake Forest	L 56–85	3–11 (8–20)	Joel Veterans Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 29 7:00 pm, NESN		Georgia Tech	W 56–52	4–11 (9–20)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
March 3 2:30 pm, Raycom		at Miami (FL)	L 56–77	4–12 (9–21)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 2:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. NC State 2012 ACC tournament first round	L 57–78	9–22	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Clemson

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 4:00 pm, ESPN2		Florida State	W 79–59	1–0 (9–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 12 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Boston College	L 57–59	1–1 (9–7)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 15 6:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 8 Duke	L 66–73	1–2 (9–8)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 18 7:00 pm, RSN		at Miami	L 73–76	1–3 (9–9)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
January 21 2:30 pm, Raycom		Georgia Tech	W 64–62	2–3 (10–9)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 28 12:00 pm, Raycom		Wake Forest	W 71–60	3–3 (11–9)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 31 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 16 Virginia	L 61–65	3–4 (11–10)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 4 4:00 pm, RSN		at Virginia Tech	L 65–67	3–5 (11–11)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 7 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Maryland	L 62–64	3–6 (11–12)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 11 4:00 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	W 78–58	4–6 (12–12)	LVJM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 14 7:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 22 Virginia	W 60–48	5–6 (13–12)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 18 4:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		at No. 8 North Carolina	L 52–74	5–7 (13–13)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 21 7:30 pm, RSN		at Georgia Tech	W 56–37	6–7 (14–13)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
February 25 2:30 pm, Raycom		NC State	W 72–69	7–7 (15–13)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
March 1 9:00 pm, Raycom		Virginia Tech	W 58–56	8–7 (16–13)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
March 4 12:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 22 Florida State	L 72–80	8–8 (16–14)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 7:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Virginia Tech 2012 ACC tournament first round	L 63–68	16–15	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Duke

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 12:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	at Georgia Tech	W 81–74	1–0 (13–2)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
January 12 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 8	No. 16 Virginia	W 61–58	2–0 (14–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 15 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 8	at Clemson	W 73–66	3–0 (15–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 19 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	Wake Forest	W 91–73	4–0 (16–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 21 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	Florida State	L 73–76	4–1 (16–3)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 25 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 8	at Maryland Duke–Maryland rivalry	W 74–61	5–1 (17–3)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 2 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 7	at Virginia Tech	W 75–60	6–1 (18–3)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 5 3:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 7	Miami (FL)	L 74–78 ^OT	6–2 (18–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 8 9:00 pm, ESPN/Raycom	No. 10	at No. 5 North Carolina Carolina–Duke rivalry	W 85–84	7–2 (19–4)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 11 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 10	Maryland Duke–Maryland rivalry	W 73–55	8–2 (20–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 16 9:00 pm, Raycom	No. 5	NC State	W 78–73	9–2 (21–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 19 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	at Boston College	W 75–50	10–2 (22–4)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 23 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 5	at No. 15 Florida State	W 74–66	11–2 (23–4)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 25 12:00 pm, Raycom	No. 5	Virginia Tech	W 70–65 ^OT	12–2 (24–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 28 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	at Wake Forest	W 79–71	13–2 (25–4)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
March 3 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	No. 6 North Carolina ESPN College GameDay	L 70–88	13–3 (25–5)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
2012 ACC tournament
March 9 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	vs. Virginia Tech 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	W 60–56	26–5	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 10 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	vs. No. 17 Florida State 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal	L 59−62	26−6	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
2012 NCAA tournament
March 16 7:15 pm, CBS	No. (2)	vs. No. (15) Lehigh 2012 NCAA tournament second round	L 70-75	26–7	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Florida State

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at Clemson	L 59–79	0–1 (9–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 10 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Virginia Tech	W 63–59	1–1 (10–6)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
January 14 2:00 pm, ESPN		No. 3 North Carolina	W 90–57	2–1 (11–6)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
January 17 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Maryland	W 84–70	3–1 (12–6)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
January 21 4:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 4 Duke	W 76–73	4–1 (13–6)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 25 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 23	at Wake Forest	W 75–52	5–1 (14–6)	LJVM Coliseum  Durham, North Carolina
February 1 7:00 pm, RSN	No. 21	Georgia Tech	W 68–54	6–1 (15–6)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 4 1:00 pm, ACC Network	No. 21	No. 16 Virginia	W 58–55	7–1 (16–6)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 8 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 15	at Boston College	L 60–64	7–2 (16–7)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 11 1:00 pm, ACC Network	No. 15	Miami	W 64–59	8–2 (17–7)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 16 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 20	Virginia Tech	W 48–47	9–2 (18–7)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 18 1:00 pm, ACC Network	No. 20	at NC State	W 76–62	10–2 (19–7)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 23 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 15	No. 5 Duke	L 66–74	10–3 (19–8)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 26 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 15	at Miami	L 62–78	10–4 (19–9)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
March 1 6:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 22	at No. 24 Virginia	W 63–60	11–4 (20–9)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
March 4 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 22	Clemson	W 80–72	12–4 (21–9)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
2012 ACC tournament
March 9 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	vs. Miami 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	W 82–71	22–9	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 10 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 17	vs. No. 6 Duke 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal	W 62–59	23–9	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 11 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 17	vs. No. 4 North Carolina 2012 ACC tournament Final	W 85–82	24–9	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
2012 NCAA tournament
March 16 2:45 pm, CBS	No. (3)	vs. No. (14) St. Bonaventure 2012 NCAA tournament second round	W 66–63	25–9	Bridgestone Arena  Nashville, Tennessee
March 18 9:40 pm, TBS	No. (3)	vs. No. (6) Cincinnati 2012 NCAA tournament Third Round	L 52-56	25–10	Bridgestone Arena  Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Georgia Tech

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 12:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 5 Duke	L 74–81	0–1 (7–8)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
January 11 9:00 pm, RSN		at NC State	W 82–71	1–1 (8–8)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 15 4:00 pm, Raycom		at Maryland	L 50–61	1–2 (8–9)	Comcast Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 19 8:00 pm, Raycom		No. 15 Virginia	L 38–70	1–3 (8–10)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
January 21 2:30 pm, Raycom		at Clemson	L 62–64	1–4 (8–11)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 24 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Miami (FL)	L 49–64	1–5 (8–12)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
January 29 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 7 North Carolina	L 81–93	1–6 (8–13)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 1 7:00 pm, RSN		at No. 21 Florida State	L 54–68	1–7 (8–14)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 4 1:00 pm, ESPNU		Boston College	W 51–47	2–7 (9–14)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
February 9 7:00 pm, ESPNU		NC State	L 52–61	2–8 (9–15)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
February 15 7:30 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	L 50–59	2–9 (9–16)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 18 3:00 pm, RSN		at Virginia Tech	L 73–74 ^OT	2–10 (9–17)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 21 7:00 pm, RSN		Clemson	L 37–56	2–11 (9–18)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
February 25 2:30 pm, Raycom		Maryland	W 63–61	3–11 (10–18)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
February 29 7:00 pm, RSN		at Boston College	L 52–56	3–12 (10–19)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
March 3 12:00 pm, Raycom		Wake Forest	W 69–62	4–12 (11–19)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 9:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Miami 2012 ACC tournament first round	L 36–54	11–20	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Maryland

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 8 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at NC State	L 74–79	0–1 (10–4)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 11 7:00 pm, RSN		Wake Forest	W 70–64	1–1 (11–4)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 15 4:00 pm, Raycom		Georgia Tech	W 61–50	2–1 (12–4)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 17 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Florida State	L 70–84	2–2 (13–4)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
January 25 9:00 pm, ESPN		No. 8 Duke	L 61–74	2–3 (13–5)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 28 2:30 pm, Raycom		Virginia Tech	W 73–69	3–3 (14–5)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 1 8:00 pm, Raycom		at Miami	L 86–90 ^2OT	3–4 (14–6)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 4 4:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		No. 5 North Carolina	L 74–83	3–5 (14–7)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 7 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Clemson	W 64–62	4–5 (15–7)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 11 4:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 10 Duke	L 55–73	4–6 (15–8)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 16 9:00 pm, Raycom		Boston College	W 81–65	5–6 (16–8)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 18 1:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 22 Virginia	L 44–71	5–7 (16–9)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 21 8:00 pm, Raycom		Miami	W 75–70	6–7 (17–9)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 25 1:00 pm, Raycom		at Georgia Tech	L 61–63	6–8 (17–10)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, Georgia
February 29 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		at No. 6 North Carolina	L 64–88	6–9 (17–11)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
March 4 2:00 pm, Raycom		No. 24 Virginia	L 72–75 ^OT	6–10 (17–12)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 12:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Wake Forest 2012 ACC tournament first round	W 82–60	18–12	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 9 12:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 4 North Carolina 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	L 69–85	18–13	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Miami

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 21 Virginia	L 51–52	0–1 (9–5)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 10 9:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 3 North Carolina	L 56–73	0–2 (9–6)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 18 7:00 pm, RSN		Clemson	L 73–76	1–2 (10–6)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
January 22 12:00 pm, ESPNU		NC State	L 73–78	1–3 (10–7)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
January 24 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Georgia Tech	W 64–49	2–3 (11–7)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
January 29 1:00 pm, Raycom		at Boston College	W 76–54	3–3 (12–7)	John Paul Jones Arena  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 1 8:00 pm, Raycom		Maryland	W 90–86 ^2OT	4–3 (13–7)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 5 3:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 7 Duke	W 78–74 ^OT	5–3 (14–7)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 9 9:00 pm, ESPN3		Virginia Tech	W 65–49	6–3 (15–7)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 11 1:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 15 Florida State	L 59–64	6–4 (15–8)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 15 8:00 pm, ESPN		No. 8 North Carolina	W 74–63	6–5 (15–9)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 18 1:00 pm, RSN		Wake Forest	W 74–56	7–5 (16–9)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 21 8:00 pm, Raycom		at Maryland	L 70–75	7–6 (16–10)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 26 6:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 15 Florida State	W 78–62	8–6 (17–10)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 29 9:00 pm, Raycom		at NC State	L 73–77	8–7 (17–11)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
March 3 2:30 pm, Raycom		Boston College	W 77–56	9–7 (18–11)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 9:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Georgia Tech 2012 ACC tournament first round	W 54–36	19–11	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 9 9:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 17 Florida State 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	L 71–82	19–12	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

North Carolina

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 2:30 pm, Raycom	No. 3	Boston College	W 83–60	1–0 (14–2)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 10 9:00 pm, Raycom	No. 3	Miami (FL)	W 73–56	2–0 (15–2)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 14 2:00 pm, ESPN	No. 3	at Florida State	L 57–90	2–1 (15–3)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
January 19 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 8	at Virginia Tech	W 82–68	3–1 (16–3)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
January 26 7:00, ESPN	No. 7	NC State	W 74–55	4–1 (17–3)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 29 6:00, ESPNU	No. 7	Georgia Tech	W 93–81	5–1 (18–3)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 31 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	at Wake Forest	W 68–53	6–1 (19–3)	LVJM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 4 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 5	at Maryland	W 83–74	7–1 (20–3)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 8 9:00 pm, ESPN/Raycom	No. 5	No. 10 Duke Carolina–Duke rivalry	L 84–85	7–2 (20–4)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 11 1:00 pm, Raycom	No. 5	No. 19 Virginia	W 70–52	8–2 (21–4)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 15 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 8	at Miami (FL)	W 73–64	9–2 (22–4)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 18 4:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 8	Clemson	W 74–52	10–2 (23–4)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 21 8:00 pm, Raycom	No. 7	at NC State	W 86–74	11–2 (24–4)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 25 4:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 7	at Virginia	W 54–51	12–2 (25–4)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 29 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 6	Maryland	W 88–64	13–2 (26–4)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
March 3 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 6	at No. 4 Duke ESPN College GameDay	W 88–70	14–2 (27–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
2012 ACC tournament
March 9 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	vs. Maryland 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	W 85–69	28–4	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 10 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	vs. NC State 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal	W 69–67	29–4	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 11 1:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	vs. No. 17 Florida State 2012 ACC tournament Final	L 82–85	29–5	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
2012 NCAA tournament
March 16 4:10 pm, TBS	No. (1)	vs. No. (16) Vermont 2012 NCAA tournament second round	W 77–58	30–5	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 18 4:10 pm, CBS	No. (1)	vs. No. (8) Creighton 2012 NCAA tournament Third Round	W 87–73	31–5	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
March 23 7:47 pm, TBS	No. (1)	vs. No. (13) Ohio 2012 NCAA tournament Sweet 16	W 73–65 ^OT	32–5	Edward Jones Dome  St. Louis, Missouri
March 25 5:05 pm, CBS	No. (1)	vs. No. (2) Kansas 2012 NCAA tournament Elite 8	L 67–80	32–6	Edward Jones Dome  St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

NC State

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 8 6:00 pm, ESPNU		Maryland	W 79–74	1–0 (12–4)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 11 9:00 pm, Raycom		Georgia Tech	L 71–80	1–1 (12–5)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 14 1:00 pm, RSN		at Wake Forest	W 76–40	2–1 (13–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 19 8:00 pm, Raycom		Boston College	W 76–62	3–1 (14–5)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 22 12:00 pm, Raycom		at Miami (FL)	W 78–73	4–1 (15–5)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
January 26 7:00 pm		at No. 7 North Carolina	L 55–74	4–2 (15–6)	Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
January 28 8:00 pm		No. 19 Virginia	L 60–61	4–3 (15–7)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 1 8:00 pm		at Boston College	W 56–51	5–3 (16–7)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
February 4 1:00 pm		Wake Forest	W 87–76	6–3 (17–7)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 9 7:00 pm		at Georgia Tech	W 61–52	7–3 (18–7)	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
February 16 9:00 pm		at No. 5 Duke	L 73–78	7–4 (18–8)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
February 18 1:00 pm		No. 20 Florida State	L 62–76	7–5 (18–9)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 21 8:00 pm		No. 7 North Carolina	L 74–86	7–6 (18–10)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 25 2:30 pm		at Clemson	L 69–72 ^OT	7–7 (18–11)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 29 9:00 pm		Miami (FL)	W 77–73	8–7 (19–11)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
March 4 6:00 pm		at Virginia Tech	W 70–58	9–7 (20–11)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 2:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Boston College 2012 ACC tournament first round	W 78–57	21–11	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 9 2:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. Virginia 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	W 67–64	22–11	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 10 1:00 pm, ESPN		vs. No. 4 North Carolina 2012 ACC tournament Semifinal	L 67-69	22-12	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
2012 NCAA tournament
March 16 12:40 pm, truTV	No. (11)	vs. No. (6) San Diego State 2012 NCAA tournament second round	W 79-65	23-12	Nationwide Arena  Columbus, Ohio
March 18 12:15 pm, CBS	No. (11)	vs. No. (3) Georgetown 2012 NCAA tournament Third Round	W 66-63	24-12	Nationwide Arena  Columbus, Ohio
March 23 10:17 pm, TBS	No. (11)	vs. No. (2) Kansas 2012 NCAA tournament Sweet 16	L 57-60	24-13	Edward Jones Dome  St. Louis, Missouri
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Virginia

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 21	Miami (FL)	W 52–51	1–0 (14–1)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 12 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 17	at No. 8 Duke	L 61–64	1–1 (14–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 19 8:00 pm, Raycom	No. 15	at Georgia Tech	W 70–38	2–1 (15–2)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
January 22 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 15	Virginia Tech	L 45–47	2–2 (15–3)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 26 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 19	Boston College	W 66–49	3–2 (16–3)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 28 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 19	at NC State	W 61–60	4–2 (17–3)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
January 31 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 16	Clemson	W 65–61	5–2 (18–3)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 4 1:00 pm, Raycom	No. 16	at No. 21 Florida State	L 55–58	5–3 (18–4)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 8 7:30 pm, Raycom		Wake Forest	W 68–44	6–3 (19–4)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 11 1:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 5 North Carolina	L 52–70	6–4 (19–5)	Dean E. Smith Center  Chapel Hill, North Carolina
February 14 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 22	at Clemson	L 48–60	6–5 (19–6)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
February 18 1:00 pm, Raycom	No. 22	Maryland	W 71–44	7–5 (20–6)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 21 9:00 pm, ESPNU		at Virginia Tech	W 61–59	8–5 (21–6)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 25 4:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		No. 7 North Carolina	W 54–51	8–6 (21–7)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
March 1 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 24	No. 22 Florida State	L 60–63	8–7 (21–8)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
March 4 9:00 pm, Raycom	No. 24	at Maryland	W 75–72 ^OT	9–7 (22–8)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
2012 ACC Tournament
March 9 2:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. NC State 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	L 64–67	22–9	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
2012 NCAA Tournament
03/16/2012* 2:10 pm, TNT	No. (10)	vs. No. (7) Florida 2012 NCAA tournament second round	L 45–71	22–10	CenturyLink Center Omaha  Omaha, Nebraska
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Virginia Tech

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 12:00 pm, Raycom		at Wake Forest	L 55–58	0–1 (11–4)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 10 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Florida State	L 59–63	0–2 (11–5)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
January 14 3:00 pm, RSN		at Boston College	L 59–61	0–3 (11–6)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 19 9:00 pm, ESPN		No. 8 North Carolina	L 68–82	0–4 (11–7)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
January 22 6:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 15 Virginia	W 47–45	1–4 (12–7)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
January 28 2:30 pm, Raycom		at Maryland	L 69–73	1–5 (12–9)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
February 2 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		No. 7 Duke	L 60–75	1–6 (12–10)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 4 4:00 pm, RSN		Clemson	W 67–65	2–6 (13–10)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 9 9:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2		at Miami (FL)	L 49–65	2–7 (13–11)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 12 6:00 pm, ESPNU		Boston College	W 67–66	3–7 (14–11)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 16 7:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2	No. 20	at Florida State	L 47–48	3–8 (14–12)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, Florida
February 18 3:00 pm, RSN		Georgia Tech	W 74–73	4–8 (15–12)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 21 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Virginia	L 59–61	4–9 (15–13)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
February 25 12:00 pm, Raycom		at No. 5 Duke	L 65–70 ^OT	4–10 (15–14)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
March 1 9:00 pm, Raycom		at Clemson	L 56–58	4–11 (15–15)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
March 4 6:00 pm, ESPNU		NC State	L 58–70	4–12 (15–16)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, Virginia
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 7:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Clemson 2012 ACC tournament first round	W 68–63	16–16	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
March 9 7:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 6 Duke 2012 ACC tournament Quarterfinal	L 56–60	16–17	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Wake Forest

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
ACC Regular Season
January 7 12:00 pm, Raycom		Virginia Tech	W 58–55	1–0 (10–5)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 11 7:00 pm, RSN		at Maryland	L 64–70	1–1 (10–6)	Comcast Center  College Park, Maryland
January 14 1:00 pm, Raycom		NC State	L 40–76	1–2 (10–7)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 19 7:00 pm, ESPN		at No. 4 Duke	L 73–91	1–3 (10–8)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, North Carolina
January 21 12:00 pm, Raycom		at Boston College	W 71–56	2–3 (11–8)	Conte Forum  Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
January 25 7:00 pm, RSN		No. 23 Florida State	L 52–75	2–4 (11–9)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
January 28 12:00 pm, Raycom		at Clemson	L 60–71	2–5 (11–10)	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, South Carolina
January 31 9:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 5 North Carolina	L 53–68	2–6 (11–11)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 4 1:00 pm, Raycom		at NC State	L 76–87	2–7 (11–12)	RBC Center  Raleigh, North Carolina
February 8 7:30 pm, RSN		at No. 19 Virginia	L 44–68	2–8 (11–13)	John Paul Jones Arena  Charlottesville, Virginia
February 11 4:00 pm, RSN		Clemson	L 58–78	2–9 (11–14)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 15 7:30 pm, RSN		Georgia Tech	W 59–50	3–9 (12–14)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 18 1:00 pm, RSN		at Miami	L 56–74	3–10 (12–15)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, Florida
February 25 1:00 pm, RSN		Boston College	W 85–56	4–10 (13–15)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 28 9:00 pm, ESPNU		No. 4 Duke	L 72–79	4–11 (13–16)	LJVM Coliseum  Winston-Salem, North Carolina
March 3 1:00 pm, Raycom		at Georgia Tech	L 62–69	4–12 (13–17)	Philips Arena  Atlanta
2012 ACC tournament
March 8 12:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Maryland 2012 ACC tournament first round	L 60–82	13–18	Philips Arena  Atlanta, Georgia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Postseason

Season awards

Player of the Year^[3]

See also: ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year

• Tyler Zeller

Rookie of the Year^[4]

See also: Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year

• Austin Rivers

Coach of the Year^[5]

• Leonard Hamilton

Defensive Player of the Year^[6]

• John Henson

All-Atlantic Coast Conference^[7]

First Team Tyler Zeller^1 – North Carolina Mike Scott – Virginia John Henson – North Carolina Austin Rivers – Duke Harrison Barnes – North Carolina 1 – Denotes unanimous selection

Second Team Kendall Marshall – North Carolina Terrell Stoglin – Maryland Michael Snaer – Florida State C. J. Leslie – North Carolina State Erick Green – Virginia Tech

Third Team Seth Curry – Duke C. J. Harris – Wake Forest Lorenzo Brown – North Carolina State Kenny Kadji – Miami Mason Plumlee – Duke

All-ACC Freshman team

• Austin Rivers¹ – Duke
• Ryan Anderson ¹– Boston College
• Dorian Finney-Smith – Virginia Tech
• Shane Larkin – Miami
• Nick Faust – Maryland

1 – Denotes unanimous selection

All-ACC Defensive team

• John Henson¹ – North Carolina
• Bernard James – Florida State
• Jontel Evans – Virginia
• Michael Snaer – Florida State
• Andre Young – Clemson

1 – Denotes unanimous selection

2012 NBA draft

Main article: 2012 NBA draft

The following 1st, 2nd & 3rd team All-ACC performers were listed as seniors: Tyler Zeller, Mike Scott. The deadline for entering the NBA draft is April 29, but once one has declared, the deadline for withdrawing the declaration and retaining NCAA eligibility is April 10.^[8] The deadline for submitting information to the NBA Advisory Committee for a 72-hour response is April 3.^[9]

The following ACC underclassmen have sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects:

The following ACC underclassmen declared early for the 2012 draft: Austin Rivers,^[10] Harrison Barnes, Kendall Marshall, John Henson,^[11] Terrell Stoglin^[12]

The following ACC underclassmen entered their name in the draft but who did not hire agents and opted to return to college:

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	7	Harrison Barnes	SF	United States	Golden State Warriors	North Carolina (So.)
1	10	Austin Rivers	SG	United States	New Orleans Hornets	Duke (Fr.)
1	13	Kendall Marshall	PG	United States	Phoenix Suns	North Carolina (So.)
1	14	John Henson	PF	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from Houston)	North Carolina (Jr.)
1	17	Tyler Zeller	C	United States	Dallas Mavericks	North Carolina (Sr.)
1	26	Miles Plumlee	PF	United States	Indiana Pacers	Duke (Sr.)
2	33	Bernard James	PF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers (traded to Dallas)	Florida St. (Sr.)
2	43	Mike Scott	PF	United States	Atlanta Hawks (from Phoenix)	Virginia (Sr.)

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12. Andy Katz (April 30, 2012). "Maryland suspends two from program". ESPN. Retrieved April 30, 2012.