2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

The 2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2014, followed by the start of the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2015 and concluded in March with the 2015 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 2014–15 season marked the first season in conference history without Maryland as a member; they departed the ACC for the Big Ten Conference in July 2014 and the first season for Louisville.

2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACCN, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks
Regular Season
First placeVirginia
Season MVPJahlil Okafor, Duke
ACC Tournament
ChampionsNotre Dame
Finals MVPJerian Grant, Notre Dame
2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 6 Virginia16–2 .889  30–4  .882
No. 4 Duke15–3 .833  35–4  .897
No. 8 Notre Dame †14–4 .778  32–6  .842
No. 15 North Carolina11–7 .611  26–12  .684
Miami (FL)10–8 .556  25–13  .658
NC State10–8 .556  22–14  .611
Syracuse9–9 .500  18–13  .581
Clemson8–10 .444  16–15  .516
Florida State8–10 .444  17–16  .515
Pittsburgh8–10 .444  19–15  .559
Wake Forest5–13 .278  13–19  .406
Boston College4–14 .222  13–19  .406
Georgia Tech3–15 .167  12–19  .387
Virginia Tech2–16 .111  11–22  .333
No. 17 Louisville*0–6 .000  0–8  .000
† ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
*Louisville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)

Preseason
ACC recruits at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
Grayson Allen, Duke
Joel Berry II, UNC
Justin Jackson, UNC
Tyus Jones, Duke
Jahlil Okafor, Duke
Theo Pinson, UNC
Justise Winslow, Duke

Rankings
Legend
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Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
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Boston College AP
C
Clemson AP
C
Duke AP 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 N/A
C 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 2 5 1
Florida State AP RV RV NR
C RV NR
Georgia Tech AP
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Louisville AP 8 7 6 5 4 4 4 5 5 6 10 10 9 9 12 17 16 14 17 N/A
C 9 8 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 7 10 10 8 8 12 15 14 13 16 10
Miami AP RV 17 15 20 18 RV NR RV 23
C RV RV 20 15 20 21 19 RV NR RV 23
North Carolina AP 6 6 5 12 21 24 20 19 18 15 15 13 12 12 15 15 19 19 15 N/A
C 6 6 6 12 18 24 21 20 17 16 15 14 13 15 16 18 19 19 14 12
NC State AP RV RV RV RV RV NR RV N/A
C RV RV NR RV RV 24
Notre Dame AP RV RV NR RV 25 21 16 14 13 12 8 8 10 10 10 9 12 11 8 N/A
C RV RV RV RV RV 21 16 13 12 12 9 8 10 11 10 8 11 9 8 5
Pittsburgh AP RV RV NR
C RV RV NR
Syracuse AP 23 23 RV RV NR RV
C 24 24 RV NR
Virginia AP 9 9 8 7 6 6 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 3 6 N/A
C 8 9 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 6 8
Virginia Tech AP
C
Wake Forest AP
C

Regular season

Conference 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 Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –1–01–01–00–11–02–01–00–12–02–02–01-00–10–1
vs. Clemson 0–1–1–01–11–11–01–01–01–12–00–10–11–00–10–1
vs. Duke 0–10–1–0–10–10–11–00–21–01–10–10–20–10–10–2
vs. Florida State 0–11–11–0–0–11–01–11–01–01–01–11–01–00–20–1
vs. Georgia Tech 1–01–11–01–0–1–00–12–01–02–01–01–01–01–01–1
vs. Louisville 0–10–11–00–10–1–0–21–11–01–00–21–01–10–10–1
vs. Miami 0–20–10–11–11–02–0–1–00–11–00–10–11–00–21–0
vs. North Carolina 0–10–12–00–10–21–10–1–1–11–01–00–11–00–10–1
vs. NC State 1–01–10–10–10–10–11–01–1–1–00–10–12–00–11–1
vs. Notre Dame 0–20–21–10–10–20–10–10–10–1–1–01–01–00–10–1
vs. Pittsburgh 0–21–01–01–10–12–01–00–11–00–1–0–21–01–01–0
vs. Syracuse 0–21–02–00–10–10–11–01–01–00–12–0–1–00–20–1
vs. Virginia 0–10–11–00–10–11–10–10–10–20–10–10–1–0–20–2
vs. Virginia Tech 1–01–01–02–00–11–02–01–01–01–00–12–02–0–1–0
vs. Wake Forest 1–01–02–01–01–11–00–11–01–11–00–11–02–00–1–
Total 4–148-1015–38–103–1512-610-811-710-814–48-109-916-22–165-13

Postseason

ACC Tournament
Main article: 2015 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
  First round
Tuesday March 10		 Second round
Wednesday March 11		 Quarterfinals
Thursday March 12		 Semifinals
Friday March 13		 Championship Game
Saturday March 14
                                               
1 Virginia 58  
    9 Florida State 44  
8 Clemson 73
9 Florida State 76  
  1 Virginia 67  
  5 North Carolina 71  
4 Louisville 60
    5 North Carolina 70  
5 North Carolina 81
    12 Boston College 63  
12 Boston College 66
13 Georgia Tech 65  
5 North Carolina 82
3 Notre Dame 90
2 Duke 77  
    7 NC State 53  
7 NC State 81
10 Pittsburgh 70  
  2 Duke 64
  3 Notre Dame 74  
3 Notre Dame 70
    6 Miami 63  
6 Miami 59
    14 Virginia Tech 49  
11 Wake Forest 80
14 Virginia Tech 81  

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four 2nd Round 3rd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 South Duke W, 85–56 vs. #16 Robert Morris – (Charlotte) W, 68–49 vs. #8 San Diego State – (Charlotte) W, 63–57 vs. #5 Utah – (Houston) W, 66–52 vs. #2 Gonzaga – (Houston) W, 81–61 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Indianapolis) W, 68–63 vs. #1 Wisconsin – (Indianapolis)
2 East Virginia W, 56–53 vs. #15 Belmont – (Charlotte) L, 54–60 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Charlotte)
3 Midwest Notre Dame W, 69–65 vs. #14 Northeastern – (Pittsburgh) W, 67–64 vs. #6 Butler – (Pittsburgh) W, 81–70vs. #7 Wichita State – (Cleveland) L, 66–68 vs. #1 Kentucky – (Cleveland)
4 East Louisville W, 57–55 vs. #13 UC Irvine – (Seattle) W, 71–68 vs. #5 Northern Iowa – (Seattle) W, 75–65 vs. #8 NC State – (Syracuse) L, 70–76 vs. #7 Michigan State – (Syracuse)
4 West North Carolina W, 67–65 vs. #13 Harvard – (Jacksonville) W, 87–78 vs. #5 Arkansas – (Jacksonville) L, 72–79 vs. #1 Wisconsin – (Los Angeles)
8 East NC State W, 66–65 vs. #9 LSU – (Pittsburgh) W, 71–68 vs. #1 Villanova – (Pittsburgh) L, 65–75 vs. #4 Louisville – (Syracuse)

Honors and awards
2015 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards[1]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Jahlil Okafor, C., DUKE
Coach of the Year Tony Bennett, VIRGINIA
Defensive Player of the Year Darion Atkins, G., VIRGINIA
Rookie of the Year Jahlil Okafor, C., DUKE
2015 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[2]
First Team Second Team Third Team
Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., G., VIRGINIA
†Jerian Grant, Sr., G., NOTRE DAME
Olivier Hanlan, Jr., F., BOSTON COLLEGE
†Jahlil Okafor, Fr., C., DUKE
Rakeem Christmas, Sr., F., SYRACUSE
 Justin Anderson, Jr., G., VIRGINIA
Quinn Cook, Sr., G., DUKE
Montrezl Harrell, Jr., F., LOUISVILLE
Trevor Lacey, Jr., G., NC STATE
Terry Rozier, So., G., LOUISVILLE
 Pat Connaughton, Sr., G., NOTRE DAME
Anthony Gill, Jr., F., VIRGINIA
Brice Johnson, Jr., F., NORTH CAROLINA
Tyus Jones, Fr., G., DUKE
Marcus Paige, Jr., G., NORTH CAROLINA
† - denotes unanimous selection

References
  1. 2015 ACC Men's Basketball Awards Announced Archived 2015-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2015
  2. 2015 ACC Men's Basketball Awards Announced Archived 2015-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2015
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