2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
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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
Post-ACC tournament(s)	2010 NIT, 2010 NCAA, 2010 CBI, 2010 CIT
ACC Men's Basketball Tournaments «2009  2011»

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–March 14, 2010, at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The tournament was broadcast on the ESPN family of networks except in ACC markets, where it was syndicated by Raycom. Both broadcasters had the games available in HD. As of June 2010, the Greensboro Coliseum has hosted the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament 22 times, more than any other venue.

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. Duke won the championship game, 65–61, to win its 9th ACC championship in 12 years, and the most titles in ACC history at 18. As the conference champion, Duke received the ACC's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament, which Duke would go on to win.

Seeding

2009–10 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#3 Duke †	13		3		.813			30		5		.857
#20 Maryland	13		3		.813			24		8		.750
Florida State	10		6		.625			22		10		.688
Virginia Tech	10		6		.625			24		8		.750
Wake Forest	9		7		.563			20		10		.667
Clemson	9		7		.563			21		11		.656
Georgia Tech	7		9		.438			23		12		.657
Boston College	6		10		.375			15		16		.484
Virginia	5		11		.313			15		16		.484
North Carolina	5		11		.313			18		16		.529
NC State	5		11		.313			20		15		.571
Miami	4		12		.250			20		13		.606
† 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.

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	Duke (#4)	57
						9	Virginia	46
	8	Boston College	62
	9	Virginia	68
											1	Duke (#4)	77
										12	Miami	74
						4	Virginia Tech	65
						12	Miami	70
	5	Wake Forest	62
	12	Miami	83
																1	Duke (#4)	65
																7	Georgia Tech	61
						2	Maryland (#19)	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

See also

• 2009-10 ACC Men's Basketball

External links

• Official tournament website