2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season

2015–16 Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball season
League NCAA Division I
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 15
TV partner(s) ACC Network, ESPN, Raycom Sports, Regional Sports Networks
NBA Draft
Regular Season
ACC Tournament
2015–16 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#3 North Carolina † 14 – 4   .778     33 – 7   .825
#4 Virginia 13 – 5   .722     29 – 8   .784
#10 Miami (FL) 13 – 5   .722     27 – 8   .771
#16 Louisville* 12 – 6   .667     23 – 8   .742
Notre Dame 11 – 7   .611     24 – 12   .667
#19 Duke 11 – 7   .611     25 – 11   .694
Virginia Tech 10 – 8   .556     20 – 15   .571
Clemson 10 – 8   .556     17 – 14   .548
Pittsburgh 9 – 9   .500     21 – 12   .636
Syracuse 9 – 9   .500     23 – 14   .622
Georgia Tech 8 – 10   .444     21 – 15   .583
Florida State 8 – 10   .444     20 – 14   .588
NC State 5 – 13   .278     16 – 17   .485
Wake Forest 2 – 16   .111     11 – 20   .355
Boston College 0 – 18   .000     7 – 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 ACC 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

Chase Jeter, Duke
Malachi Richardson, Syr

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
C 4 4 3 5 5 6 10 12 10 6 12 20 RV RV 19 18 21
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
C RV RV RV 22 19 16 15 18 16 20 16 14 18 RV
Miami AP RV RV 15 21 17 15 13 13 12 8 15 15 17 12 11 12 7
C RV RV 19 21 20 19 16 15 11 9 14 13 15 11 10 11 7
North Carolina AP 1 1 9 9 3 11 7 7 6 5 2 2 2 9 5 7 8
C 2 1 8 9 3 11 7 8 7 5 2 1 1 8 4 6 8
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
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
Virginia AP 6 6 12 10 10 8 5 5 4 13 13 11 9 7 7 3 4
C 6 6 12 10 10 9 5 5 4 11 13 12 9 7 8 3 4
Virginia Tech AP
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Wake Forest AP
C

ACC 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 0–1 1-0 – 0–10–11–11–01–10–21–01–01–00-10–10–2
vs. Florida State 0–1 1–11–0 – 1–01–02–01–00-20–11–01–10-11–00–1
vs. Georgia Tech 0–1 1–11–00–1 – 2–01–01–00–11-11–11–00-11–00–1
vs. Louisville 0–1 1–01–10–10–2 – 1–00–10–11–00–20–12-00–10–1
vs. Miami 0–1 1–00–10–20–10–1 – 1–01–00–20–10–11-11–10–1
vs. North Carolina 0–2 0–11–10–10–11–00–1 – 0-21–00–10–21-00–10–1
vs. NC State 0–1 0–12–02-01–01–00–1 2–0 – 1–00–11–01-01–01–1
vs. Notre Dame 0–2 0–10–11–01-10–12–00–10–1 – 1–01–01-00–10–2
vs. Pittsburgh 0–1 1–00–10–11–12–01–01–01–00–1 – 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 0–1 0–21–01–01–00–21–10–10–10–10–10–1 – 1–10–1
vs. Virginia Tech 0–1 0–11–00–10–11–01–11–00–11–01–11–01-1 – 0-2
vs. Wake Forest 0-1 1–02–01–01–01–01–01–01-12–01–01–01-02-0 –
Total 0-1810-811-78-108-10 12-6 13-5 14-4 5-1311-7 9-9 9-9 13-5 10-82-16

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
                                               
1  North Carolina 88  
    8  Pittsburgh 71  
8  Pittsburgh 72
9  Syracuse 71  
  1  North Carolina 78  
  4  Notre Dame 47  
4  Notre Dame 84*
    5  Duke 79  
5  Duke 92
    12  NC State 89  
12  NC State 75
13  Wake Forest 72  
1  North Carolina 61
2  Virginia 57
2  Virginia 72  
    10  Georgia Tech 52  
7  Clemson 85
10  Georgia Tech 88*  
  2  Virginia 73
  3  Miami 68  
3  Miami 88
    6  Virginia Tech 82  
6  Virginia Tech 96
    11  Florida State 85  
11  Florida State 88
14  Boston College 66  

* Denotes Overtime Game

AP Rankings at time of tournament

NCAA Tournament

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
Anthony 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

References

  1. 1 2 Press Release (2016-03-06). "ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams". theacc.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.

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