2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationDecember 12, 2020 – March 6, 2021
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, Regional Sports Networks
NBA Draft
Top draft pickScottie Barnes, Florida State
Picked byToronto Raptors, 4th overall
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
First placeVirginia
  Runners-upFlorida State
Season MVPMoses Wright – Georgia Tech
ACC tournament
ChampionsGeorgia Tech
Finals MVPMichael Devoe – Georgia Tech
2020–21 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 15 Virginia13–4 .76518–7  .720
No. 14 Florida State11–4 .73318–7  .720
No. 25 Virginia Tech9–4 .69215–7  .682
Georgia Tech †11–6 .64717–9  .654
Clemson10–6 .62516–8  .667
North Carolina10–6 .62518–11  .621
Louisville8–5 .61513–7  .650
Syracuse9–7 .56318–10  .643
NC State9–8 .52914–11  .560
Duke9–9 .50013–11  .542
Notre Dame7–11 .38911–15  .423
Pittsburgh6–10 .37510–12  .455
Miami (FL)4–15 .21110–17  .370
Wake Forest3–15 .1676–16  .273
Boston College2–11 .1544–16  .200
† 2021 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2020–21 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December 2020 and concluded in March with the 2021 ACC men's basketball tournament at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The season marked the 67th season of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball.

The Virginia Cavaliers won the regular season title with a conference record of 13–4. Georgia Tech won the ACC tournament over Florida State.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

  • Wake Forest fired Danny Manning after six seasons, where he posted a 78–111 record.[1][2] On April 30, 2020, the Demon Deacons hired Steve Forbes as his replacement.[3]
  • Boston College fired Jim Christian in the middle of the season, after leading the team to a 3–13 record. Christian's overall record with Boston College was 78–132 and 26–94 in ACC play. Scott Spinelli served as interim coach until the end of the season.[4] After the season Earl Grant was hired as the new head coach.[5]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Jim Christian Ohio 7 75–119 25–85 0 0 0 0
Clemson Brad Brownell Wright State 11 185–142 85–93 0 6 0 0
Duke Mike Krzyzewski Army 41 1,084–291 441–180 16 35 12 5
Florida State Leonard Hamilton Washington Wizards 19 382–221 164-142 1 10 0 0
Georgia Tech Josh Pastner Memphis 5 65–67 31–43 0 0 0 0
Louisville Chris Mack Xavier 3 44–21 25–13 0 1 0 0
Miami Jim Larrañaga George Mason 10 190–113 87–75 1 4 1 0
NC State Kevin Keatts UNC Wilmington 4 65–36 30–26 0 1 0 0
North Carolina Roy Williams Kansas 18 467–152 202–88 3 15 8 3
Notre Dame Mike Brey Delaware 21 437–233 200–148 1 12 0 0
Pittsburgh Jeff Capel Duke (Assistant) 3 30–36 9–29 0 0 0 0
Syracuse Jim Boeheim Syracuse (Assistant) 44 964–399 404–247 0 31 4 1
Virginia Tony Bennett Washington State 12 277–96 136–58 2 7 1 1
Virginia Tech Mike Young Wofford 2 16–16 7–13 0 0 0 0
Wake Forest Steve Forbes East Tennessee State 1 0–0 0–0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2019–20 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Wooden[6] Naismith[7] Cousy[8] West[9] Erving[10] Malone[11] Abdul-Jabbar[12]
Scottie Barnes – Florida State
Garrison Brooks – North Carolina
Kihei Clark – Virginia
Sam Hauser – Virginia
Matthew Hurt – Duke
David Johnson – Louisville
Jalen Johnson – Duke
 Matthew Hurt – Duke
Jalen Johnson – Duke
Wendell Moore Jr. – Duke
Scottie Barnes – Florida State
David Johnson – Louisville
Garrison Brooks – North Carolina
Caleb Love – North Carolina
Sam Hauser – Virginia		 Scottie Barnes – Florida State
Kihei Clark – Virginia		 D. J. Steward – Duke Jalen Johnson – Duke
Wendell Moore Jr. – Duke
Sam Hauser – Virginia		 Aamir Simms – Clemson
Matthew Hurt – Duke
Garrison Brooks – North Carolina		 Armando Bacot – North Carolina
Walker Kessler – North Carolina
Jay Huff – Virginia
Mark Williams – Duke

Preseason polls

AP[13] Athlon
Sports[14]		 Blue Ribbon
Yearbook[15]		 CBS Sports[16][17] Coaches[18] ESPN[19] KenPom[20] Sports
Illustrated[21]
Boston College103106
Clemson5840
Duke912912810315
Florida State2121183018231913
Georgia Tech60RV73
LouisvilleRV26RVRV14
Miami4841
North Carolina1615172816152310
NC State5955
Notre Dame90100
Pittsburgh8283
Syracuse53RV29
Virginia444544165
Virginia Tech6530
Wake Forest121130

ACC preseason media poll

The preseason media poll and preseason All-ACC teams were announced at a virtual tipoff event that was held on November 11 and November 12.[22] 155 media members voted on the preseason poll and preseason All-ACC teams.[23]

Preseason poll

First-place votes shown in parentheses.

  1. Virginia (97) – 2214
  2. Duke (34) – 2146
  3. Florida State (15) – 1973
  4. North Carolina (7) – 1933
  5. Louisville (2) – 1693
  6. Syracuse – 1234
  7. Miami – 1223
  8. NC State – 1149
  9. Georgia Tech – 1147
  10. Clemson – 1057
  11. Virginia Tech – 794
  12. Notre Dame – 769
  13. Pitt – 635
  14. Boston College – 404
  15. Wake Forest – 229

Preseason All-ACC teams

2020 ACC Men's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
First Team Second Team

ACC preseason player of the year

ACC preseason rookie of the year

Regular season

Rankings

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Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 20 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent. The full conference schedule was announced on November 10, 2020.[24]

  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 –0–01–01–00–01–01–10–02–01–10–02–01–00–01–0
vs. Clemson 0–0–1–01–11–10–10–20–10–10–00–11–11–01–00–1
vs. Duke 0–10–1–0–01–12–01–02–00–11–11–00–10–11–00–2
vs. Florida State 0–11–10–0–1–10–10–21–10–11–00–10–00–10–00–1
vs. Georgia Tech 0–01–11–11–1–1–00–10–10–00–10–10–12–00–10–2
vs. Louisville 0–11–00–21–00–1–1–01–00–00–10–10–01–00–10–1
vs. Miami 1–12–00–12–01–00–1–1–00–12–01–01–01–02–01–0
vs. North Carolina 0–01–00–21–11–00–10–1–1–10–10–11–11–00–00–1
vs. NC State 0–21–01–01–00–00–01–01–1–0–10–22–01–10–00–2
vs. Notre Dame 1–10–01–10–11–01–00–21–01–0–0–11–02–02–00–1
vs. Pittsburgh 0–01–00–11–01–01–00–11–02–01–0–0–21–00–11–1
vs. Syracuse 0–21–11–00–01–00–00–11–10–20–12–0–1–00–10–0
vs. Virginia 0–10–11–01–00–20–10–10–11–10–20–10–1–1–00–1
vs. Virginia Tech 0–00–10–10–01–01–00–20–00–00–21–01–00–1–0–2
vs. Wake Forest 0–11–02–01–02–01–00–11–02–01–01–10–01–02–0–
Total 2–1110–69–911–411–68–54–1510–69–87–116–109–713–49–43–15

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Freshmen of the week.

Week Player of the week Freshman of the week Reference
Week 1 – Nov. 30 Keve Aluma – Virginia Tech Jalen Johnson – Duke [25]
Week 2 – Dec. 7 Moses Wright – Georgia Tech Dre Davis – Louisville [26]
Week 3 – Dec. 14 Justin Champagnie – Pittsburgh Scottie Barnes – Florida State [27]
Week 4 – Dec. 21 Quincy Guerrier – Syracuse D. J. Steward – Duke [28]
Week 5 – Dec. 28 David Johnson – Louisville Shakeel Moore – NC State [29]
Week 6 – Jan. 4 Jose Alvarado – Georgia Tech Day'Ron Sharpe – North Carolina [30]
Week 7 – Jan. 11 Matthew Hurt – Duke D. J. Steward (2) – Duke [31]
Week 8 – Jan. 18 Justin Champagnie (2) – Pittsburgh R. J. Davis – North Carolina [32]
Tyrece Radford – Virginia Tech
Week 9 – Jan. 25 Justin Champagnie (3) – Pittsburgh Caleb Love – North Carolina [33]
Week 10 – Feb. 1 Keve Aluma (2) – Virginia Tech Jalen Johnson (2) – Duke [34]
Week 11 – Feb. 8 Sam Hauser – Virginia Caleb Love (2) – North Carolina [35]
Week 12 – Feb. 15 RaiQuan Gray – Florida State Scottie Barnes (2) – Florida State [36]
Week 13 – Feb. 22 Matthew Hurt (2) – Duke Kerwin Walton – North Carolina [37]
Week 14 – Mar. 1 Moses Wright (2) – Georgia Tech Walker Kessler – North Carolina [38]
Jae'Lyn Withers – Louisville
Week 15 – Mar. 8 Moses Wright (3) – Georgia Tech Dereon Seabron – NC State [39]

Records against other conferences

2020–21 records against non-conference foes as of (Feb. 24, 2021). Records shown for regular season only.

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