2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
2014–15 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	15
TV partner(s)	ACCN, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks, CBS
Regular season
First place	Virginia
Season MVP	Jahlil Okafor, Duke
ACC tournament
Champions	Notre Dame
Finals MVP	Jerian Grant, Notre Dame
Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Virginia	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
No. 4 Duke	15	–	3	.833	35	–	4	.897
No. 8 Notre Dame †	14	–	4	.778	32	–	6	.842
No. 15 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	26	–	12	.684
Miami (FL)	10	–	8	.556	25	–	13	.658
NC State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	14	.611
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Clemson	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Pittsburgh	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Wake Forest	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Boston College	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Georgia Tech	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
Virginia Tech	2	–	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)

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.

Preseason[edit]

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[edit]

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		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
Boston College	C
Clemson	AP
Clemson	C
Duke	AP	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	N/A
Duke	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
Florida State	C	RV	NR
Georgia Tech	AP
Georgia Tech	C
Louisville	AP	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	10	10	9	9	12	17	16	14	17	N/A
Louisville	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
Miami	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
North Carolina	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
NC State	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
Notre Dame	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
Pittsburgh	C	RV	RV	NR
Syracuse	AP	23	23	RV	RV	NR					RV
Syracuse	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
Virginia	C	8	9	7	6	5	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	4	6	8
Virginia Tech	AP
Virginia Tech	C
Wake Forest	AP
Wake Forest	C

Regular season[edit]

Conference matrix[edit]

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	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1-0	0–1	0–1
vs. Clemson	0–1	–	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Duke	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
vs. Florida State	0–1	1–1	1–0	–	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1
vs. Georgia Tech	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1
vs. Louisville	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Miami	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
vs. North Carolina	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. NC State	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	–	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–1
vs. Notre Dame	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Pittsburgh	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Syracuse	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	–	1–0	0–2	0–1
vs. Virginia	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–2
vs. Virginia Tech	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	–	1–0
vs. Wake Forest	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	–
Total	4–14	8-10	15–3	8–10	3–15	12-6	10-8	11-7	10-8	14–4	8-10	9-9	16-2	2–16	5-13

Postseason[edit]

ACC tournament[edit]

March 10–14, 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Tournament, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro.


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

			8	Clemson	73	9	Florida State	44

			9	Florida State	76				1	Virginia	67

									5	North Carolina	71

						4	Louisville	60

			5	North Carolina	81	5	North Carolina	70

12	Boston College	66	12	Boston College	63							5	North Carolina	82

13	Georgia Tech	65										3	Notre Dame	90

						2	Duke	77

			7	NC State	81	7	NC State	53

			10	Pittsburgh	70				2	Duke	64

									3	Notre Dame	74

						3	Notre Dame	70

			6	Miami	59	6	Miami	63

11	Wake Forest	80	14	Virginia Tech	49

14	Virginia Tech	81

NCAA tournament[edit]

Seed	Region	School	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)

NBA draft[edit]

Honors and awards[edit]

Award	Recipient(s)
2015 ACC Men's Basketball Individual Awards^[1]
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

First Team	Second Team	Third Team
2015 ACC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams^[2]
Malcolm Brogdon, Jr., G, VIRGINIA †Jerian Grant, Sr., G, NOTRE DAME Olivier Hanlan, Jr., G, 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[edit]

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

[ACC-1] 2015 ACC Men's Basketball Awards Announced Archived 2015-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2015

[ACCTEAMS-2] 2015 ACC Men's Basketball Awards Announced Archived 2015-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 9, 2015

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