2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACCN, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks, CBS
Regular season
First placeNorth Carolina Tar Heels
Season MVPMalcolm Brogdon
ACC tournament
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels
Finals MVPJoel Berry II
2015–16 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 North Carolina †14–4 .77833–7  .825
No. 4 Virginia13–5 .72229–8  .784
No. 10 Miami (FL)13–5 .72227–8  .771
No. 16 Louisville*12–6 .66723–8  .742
Notre Dame11–7 .61124–12  .667
No. 19 Duke11–7 .61125–11  .694
Virginia Tech10–8 .55620–15  .571
Clemson10–8 .55617–14  .548
Pittsburgh9–9 .50021–12  .636
Syracuse9–9 .50023–14  .622
Georgia Tech8–10 .44421–15  .583
Florida State8–10 .44420–14  .588
NC State5–13 .27816–17  .485
Wake Forest2–16 .11111–20  .355
Boston College0–18 .0007–25  .219
*Ineligible for both the 2016 ACC tournament and the 2016 NCAA tournament due to self-imposed postseason ban.
† 2016 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2015, followed by the start of the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2015 and will conclude in March with the 2016 ACC men's basketball tournament at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.

Preseason

Rankings

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Boston College AP
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Clemson AP RV RV
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Duke AP 5 5 6 7 8 7 15 15 14 9 20 24 RV RV 20 15 17 19 19
C 4 4 3 5 5 6 10 12 10 6 12 20 RV RV 19 18 21 21 20 18
Florida State AP RV RV
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Georgia Tech AP
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Louisville AP RV RV RV 24 22 19 16 18 16 21 17 16 19 13 18 11 11 14 16
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Miami AP RV RV 15 21 17 15 13 13 12 8 15 15 17 12 11 12 7 11 11
C RV RV 19 21 20 19 16 15 11 9 14 13 15 11 10 11 7 11 11 8
North Carolina AP 1 1 9 9 3 11 7 7 6 5 2 2 2 9 5 7 8 7 3
C 2 1 8 9 3 11 7 8 7 5 2 1 1 8 4 6 8 7 3 2
NC State AP RV
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Notre Dame AP 19 18 17 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV 19 23 RV
C 18 18 18 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 18 20 RV 17
Pittsburgh AP RV RV RV RV RV 24 20 RV RV RV
C RV RV RV RV 25 21 17 20 23 RV RV RV RV RV
Syracuse AP 14 RV RV RV
C 19 RV RV RV 10
Virginia AP 6 6 12 10 10 8 5 5 4 13 13 11 9 7 7 3 4 4 4
C 6 6 12 10 10 9 5 5 4 11 13 12 9 7 8 3 4 4 5 5
Virginia Tech AP
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Wake Forest AP
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Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 18 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –2–01–01–01–01–01–02–01–02–01–02-01-01–01–0
vs. Clemson 0–2–0-11–11–10–10–11–01–01–00–10–12-01–00–1
vs. Duke 0–11-0–0–10–11–11–01–10–21–01–01–00-10–10–2
vs. Florida State 0–11–11–0–1–01–02–01–00-20–11–01–10-11–00–1
vs. Georgia Tech 0–11–11–00–1–2–01–01–00–11-11–11–00-11–00–1
vs. Louisville 0–11–01–10–10–2–1–00–10–11–00–20–12-00–10–1
vs. Miami 0–11–00–10–20–10–1–1–01–00–20–10–11-11–10–1
vs. North Carolina 0–20–11–10–10–11–00–1–0-21–00–10–21-00–10–1
vs. NC State 0–10–12–02-01–01–00–12–0–1–00–11–01-01–01–1
vs. Notre Dame 0–20–10–11–01-10–12–00–10–1–1–01–01-00–10–2
vs. Pittsburgh 0–11–00–10–11–12–01–01–01–00–1–0–21-01–10–1
vs. Syracuse 0-21–00–11–10–11–01–02–00–10–12–0–1-00–10–1
vs. Virginia 0–10–21–01–01–00–21–10–10–10–10–10–1–1–10–1
vs. Virginia Tech 0–10–11–00–10–11–01–11–00–11–01–11–01-1–0-2
vs. Wake Forest 0-11–02–01–01–01–01–01–01-12–01–01–01-02-0–
Total 0-1810-811-78-108-1012-613-514-45-1311-79-99-913-510-82-16

Postseason

ACC tournament

First round
Tuesday, March 8
ESPN2/ACCN		Second round
Wednesday, March 9
ESPN/ACCN		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 10
ESPN/ACCN		Semifinals
Friday, March 11
ESPN/ACCN		Championship
Saturday, March 12
ESPN/ACCN
1North Carolina88
8Pittsburgh728Pittsburgh71
9Syracuse711North Carolina78
4Notre Dame47
4Notre Dame84*
5Duke925Duke79
12NC State7512NC State891North Carolina61
13Wake Forest722Virginia57
2Virginia72
7Clemson8510Georgia Tech52
10Georgia Tech88*2Virginia73
3Miami68
3Miami88
6Virginia Tech966Virginia Tech82
11Florida State8811Florida State85
14Boston College66

* Denotes Overtime Game

AP Rankings at time of tournament

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School First Four 2nd round 3rd round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 East North Carolina W, 83-67 vs. #16 Florida Gulf Coast – (Raleigh) W, 85-66 vs. #9 Providence – ([Raleigh) W, 101-86 vs. #5 Indiana – (Philadelphia) W, 88-74 vs. #6 Notre Dame – (Philadelphia) W, 83-66 vs. #10 Syracuse – (Houston) L, 74-77 vs. #10 Villanova – (Houston)
1 Midwest Virginia W, 81-45 vs. #16 Hampton – (Raleigh) W, 77-69 vs. #9 Butler – (Raleigh) W, 84-71 vs. #4 Iowa State – (Chicago) L, 62-68 vs. #10 Syracuse – (Chicago)
3 South Miami W, 79-72 vs. #14 Buffalo – (Providence) W, 65-57 vs. #11 Wichita State – (Providence) L, 69-92 vs. #2 Villanova – (Louisville)
4 West Duke W, 93-85 vs. #13 UNC Wilmington – (Providence) W, 71-64 vs. #12 Yale – (Providence) L, 68-82 vs. #1 Oregon – (Anaheim)
6 East Notre Dame W, 70-63 vs. #11 Michigan – (Brooklyn) W, 76-75 vs. #14 Stephen F. Austin – (Brooklyn) W, 61-56 vs. #7 Wisconsin – (Philadelphia) L, 74-88 vs. #1 North Carolina – (Philadelphia)
10 East Pittsburgh L, 43-47 vs. #7 Wisconsin – (St. Louis)
10 Midwest Syracuse W, 70-51 vs. #7 Dayton – (St. Louis) W, 75-50 vs. #15 Middle Tennessee – (St. Louis) W, 63-60 vs. #11 Gonzaga – (Chicago) W, 68-62 vs. #1 Virginia – (Chicago) L, 66-83 vs. #1 North Carolina – (Houston)

National Invitation tournament

Seed Bracket School 1st round 2nd round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
3 St. Bonaventure Virginia Tech W, 86-81 OT vs. #6 Princeton – (Blacksburg) L, 77–80 vs. #2 BYU – (Provo)
4 Valparaiso Florida State W, 84-74 vs. #5 Davidson – (Tallahassee) L, 69-81 vs. #1 Valparaiso – (Valparaiso)
4 South Carolina Georgia Tech W, 82-64 vs. #5 Houston – (Atlanta) W, 83–66 vs. #1 South Carolina – (Columbia) L, 72–56 vs. #2 San Diego State – (San Diego)

Honors and awards

2016 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[1]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, G., VIRGINIA
Coach of the Year Jim Larranaga, MIAMI
Defensive Player of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, G., VIRGINIA
Rookie of the Year Brandon Ingram, F., DUKE
Most Improved Player of the Year Jaron Blossomgame, F., CLEMSON
Sixth Man of the Year Isaiah Hicks, F., NORTH CAROLINA
2016 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[1]
First Team Second Team Third Team
†Brice Johnson, Sr., F., NORTH CAROLINA
†Malcolm Brogdon, Sr., G., VIRGINIA
Cat Barber, Jr., G., N.C. STATE
Grayson Allen, So., G., DUKE
Jaron Blossomgame, Jr., F., CLEMSON
 Michael Gbinije, Sr., F., SYRACUSE
Sheldon McClellan, Sr., F., MIAMI
Demetrius Jackson, Jr., G., NOTRE DAME
Damion Lee, Sr., G., LOUISVILLE
Brandon Ingram, Fr., F., DUKE
 Marcus Georges-Hunt, Sr., G., GEORGIA TECH
Anthony Gill, Sr., F., VIRGINIA
Zach Auguste, Sr., F., NOTRE DAME
Michael Young, Jr., F., PITTSBURGH
Angel Rodríguez, Sr., G., MIAMI
† - denotes unanimous selection

NBA draft

The ACC had 9 players drafted in the 2016 NBA draft. 4 players were drafted in the first round, and 5 players were drafted in the second round.

PGPoint guard SGShooting guard SFSmall forward PFPower forward CCenter
PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
Brandon IngramLos Angeles Lakers1st2SFDuke
Malik BeasleyDenver Nuggets1st19SGFlorida State
Malachi RichardsonCharlotte Hornets1st22SGSyracuse
Brice JohnsonLos Angeles Clippers1st25PFNorth Carolina
Malcolm BrogdonMilwaukee Bucks2nd36PG/SGVirginia
Chinanu OnuakuHouston Rockets2nd37PF/CLouisville
Demetrius JacksonBoston Celtics2nd45PGNotre Dame
Michael GbinijeDetroit Pistons2nd49SFSyracuse
Marcus PaigeBrooklyn Nets2nd55PGNorth Carolina

References

  1. 1 2 Press Release (March 6, 2016). "ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams". theacc.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
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